The INES Project Team faces two tasks. First, it is has to create learning tasks and respective learning materials which correspond contentwise with the Kenyan syllabus (Mother tongue, Swahili, English, Mathematics, Sciences and Religious Education) and extend it to the unique needs of the Daasanach (culture, nutrition, hygiene, livestock, etc.). Currently the INES-Project-Team focuses on the roll-out of the learning material for classes 1 to 3. Second, the INES-Project-Team has to train and supervise the community teachers, who belong to the nomadic families themselves and support the children in their education. God willing, the mobile school system will start mid 2017.
Beginning 2014
INES is founded with three nursery schools in nearby manyattas
Mid 2014
URC-INES cooperation with the University of Regensburg is initiated
End 2014
Basic MGML-Workshop in Illeret with Ruth Würzle
Start of the development of learning materials for language acquisition
Beginning 2015
MGML-Material-Workshop in Illeret with Theresa Stamm and Ruth Würzle
Development of learning materials for language and number acquisition
MGML-Teacher-Workshop in Aiy’beete, Illolo and Nang‘olei with volonteer Philipp Laurer
Beginning 2015
Prototypes of learning materials are tested in the manyatta community schools in Illolo, Nang’olei und Aiy’beete before they are revised and made ready for printing
INES workers produce the learning material, print and laminate the material cards and sow the donkey’s carrier bags in Illeret
Mid 2015
Cooperative learning material development of Daasanach and Mathematics
Prototypes are tested in manyatta community Schools
MGML teacher Training Workshop with newly introduced introdcution ladder of learning for nursery School in Illeret
Design of the activity cards are set. Pictures show the children which materials they need for the respective activity and with whom to learn cooperatively.
End 2015
Prototypes of donkey carrier bags and learning materials made of leather and cloth are sown in Illeret
Beginning 2016
Prototypes for language acquisition ready for scale up
All raw materials for sixteen sets of Daasanach and Mathematics learning materials are now in Illeret ready for processing.
Daasanach proofreading of all activity and material cards for language acquisition and Mathematics.
Daasanach songs are being recorded in the church.
Daasanach stories are being recorded in the nearby lager.
Felt letters and numbers are being stiched on goat skin.
INES material development team in Illeret.