Mvumi School Trust

Thanks to the generosity of Dr Challoner’s School in Buckinghamshire, UK, we are really delighted that the School Shop is finished and are eagerly awaiting the girls’ visit in the summer.

A new Alpha House annexe for Senior School entrants and new classrooms are in use. A flat for the Matron to oversee new Form V girls entering Harry Rose House, is nearly completed – and we hope passing her door will dampen any marauding boys’ passions!

We have plans for further buildings conversion including the school’s old kitchen, which will be transformed into a place for plays and concerts and more, much-needed space for boarders. It’s also hoped to expand staff accommodation.

The boys of Caldicott Prep School and their families chose Burnham Beeches in Buckinghamshire for this year's sponsored walk. So far over £1,500 have been raised.

This will be sufficient to pay for the education of two students at DCT Mvumi Secondary School through Forms I to IV. The boys will correspond with two students who receive the bursary awards and follow their progress.

J O Hambro Investment Management, the highly acclaimed London-based Private Client Wealth Management firm which is part of the Credit Suisse Banking Group, has donated £20,000 to Mvumi School Trust.

This is intended to be the a first instalment. J O Hambro and the Trust intend this to be a long term relationship. In announcing this donation Christopher Rose, a Director of J O Hambro said, “We have chosen to make this donation to help the DCT Mvumi Secondary School in Tanzania following a careful selection process. We were seeking a charity to which our involvement would make a difference and in which our staff could make a real and direct contribution to the charity's future. DCT Mvumi Secondary School is a great success story and we are delighted that we shall now be part of it”.