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Our Work!

The primary purpose of KGSF is to improve the future job prospects of Mt. Kilimanjaro guides, assistant guides, and porters by soliciting, receiving, and administering funds for providing scholarships to prospective candidates.  The generation of funds is achieved by direct solicitation of donations from previous visitors to Tanzania.  We have now identified three types of scholarships that we can provide:

  • Scholarships to Bridge Institute of Business Studies in Arusha for a "rainy season" course. 
  • Scholarships to Moshi University College of Co-Operative & Business Studies in Moshi.
  • Scholarships to College of African Wildlife Management (Mweka College) in Moshi.

Donors may make donations of any amount or may totally fund a scholarship.  If the donor funds a scholarship, they may specify the recipient and the type of scholarship to be awarded. 

The "rainy season" course has proven to be very popular with guides and donors.  The course runs from March 1 - May 31 which allows the recipients to work during the remainder of the climbing year. 

For 2012, there will be two different courses offerred.  The course for guides/assistant guides has been improved for the 2012 session and will consist of the following four sections:

  •  Tour Operations and Administration
  •  Tourism Geography
  •  Wildlife Knowledge
  •  Basic Computer Application (new for 2012) 

A new course for porters has been developed.  It will consist of English classes for the month of March and April.  The month of May will consist of English classes and seven other subjects that will prepare the porters to become assistant guides.

As of February 17, 2012, the following recipients have been awarded scholarships for the 2012 "rainy season" courses:

  •  1 AhSante Tours guide sponsored by one 2011 Action Challenge Kili climber 
  •  1 African Walking Company guide sponsored by Gane and Marshall
  •  1 AhSante Tours guide sponsored by one 2010 Action Challenge Kili climber and other Action Challenge donors
  •  1 AhSante Tours guide sponsored by a group of 2011 Action Challenge Kili climbers
  •  4 Tanzanian Experience porters and 1 Tanzanian Experience guide sponsored by one 2011 Action Challenge Kili climber
  •  2 guides sponsored by Migunga Tours
  •  1 AhSante Tours porter sponsored by one 2011 Action Challenge Kili climber
  •  2 African Walking Company guides sponsored by Exodus
  •  2 AhSante Tours guides sponsored by one 2011 Action Challenge Kili climber
  •  1 African Walking Company guide sponsored by World Expeditions 
  •  1 Tanzania Experience guide sponsored by KGSF donors
  •  1 Duma porter and 1 Duma guide sponsored by Macs Adventure Limited

Also, we have received a comitment from one 2011 African Walking Company climber to sponsor a guide to Mweka College to obtain a Bachelors Degree in Wildlife Tourism beginning August, 2012.