Minutes:
TRUSTS FOR
AFRICAN SCHOOLS
NOTES OF A
MEETING AT THE SCHOOL ON 13 DECEMBER 2021
Present: Kate Fjasted,
Ken( HR Assistant at GRVL), Alice Wanyara (Teacher), Gill
Marshall-Andrews
Apoligies: Crispin (HR manager from GRVL).
School
update:
There are a
total of 33 children in the school – 16 and the children of hotel staff and 17
are the children of staff in GP.
9 are in
the playgroup, 13 are Pre Primary 1, 11 are Pre Primary2.
Agnes works
with the playgroup and Alice takes the others in one class.
The school
looked in good shape. The rooms were
clean and well ordered, the toilets clean and working, the books were properly
stacked in cupboards, the outside play equipment was newly painted, and gutters
connected to tanks. The hotel is
providing lunch and there had been a Christmas party sponsored by The Friends
of Green Park who continue to provide long term sustainable support for the school.
The
children were well disciplined and in class and having fun outside at break
time.
No cases of
COVID had been registered in the school or in the hotel. Sanitisers were in class, the staff wore
masks and everyone seemed in good spirits.
Finance
Kate reported
that the bank account is inactive and needs 2 signatories to activate it. Both
the other 2 signatories have moved away and it is now very difficult to manage. We discussed and agreed that we would close
the account and transfer the balance of KES 70K into Kate’s personal account
where she would carefully monitor and account for expenditure. As a trusted accountant she can be completely
relied on to do this.
The Future
TAS has a
great deal to be proud of in relation to the Green Park School. When we began to support it in 2006 it was
nothing more than a few desks at the back of a ramshackle church building in
the staff camp of the Great Rift Valley Lodge.
Over the years it has evolved into a successful nursery school with
excellent building and strong support from the hotel and the local residents. TAS involvement is only of marginal value now
and as Kate Fjastad is now nearly 80 she feels we no longer need to be involved
in its management or finances. It was
agreed with the teacher and the GRVL representative that we would spend the
remaining balance of Kes 70k on a trip when COVID regulations allow and close
the account in the New Year.
