May the blessing of this Christmas time be with you all through the coming years. 
Your kindness and support to the Zara charity project is a great milestone in your spiritual life.
Our hearts are filled with happiness for you and your team for all that you do to improve the community livelihood here in Tanzania.
Your great cooperation enable us to provide school supplies food and clothing at the centers in Kilimanjaro where we have done with Kilimanjaro Orphanage center, shalom Orphanage and mwema Street both in Karatu.
Special thanks to Reinhold Beitlich stiffing Foundation under Mr. Hubert Bosch, Zara Tanzania Adventures, in excess of Mama Zara Afrika Safari under Claus , Zara properties Leila Ansel land many others
Marry Christmas and good wishes of the New Year 2014.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT THE MASAI PRE SCHOOL

THE CONSTRUCTION OF MASAI PRE SCHOOL IN NGORNGORO

By the power of Almighty God, we have managed to start construction of a nursery school for the Maasai children who living in the Ngorongoro, previously the kids use to walk more than ten kilometer to reach the nearest school. But if we will complete our construction until late this year so we expect to start first semester of academic year in January 2014.for those people of good will with this project please help us to to be able to accomplished by empowering these young children to get education. You can contact us through zara1@zaracharity.com, or zainab@zaratours.com

ELEPHANT POACHING CRISIS - INTERNATIONAL MARCH FOR ELEPHANTS OCTOBER 4 - ARUSHA

One elephant is killed every 15 minutes. At this rate none will be roaming wild in 2025. Tanzania is losing 30 Elephants a day. By 2020 Elephants will be wiped out in Tanzania at current kill rates, possibly even earlier.

In response to the slaughter that threatens Tourism and our jobs and the whole value chain Zara tours with its charitable organization have seen the impact and cooperate with the organizers to participate in the march by selecting two schools in moshi and sponsor them to participate in the burners competition where by school of st Louis and Northern highland attend the Elephant March in Arusha commemorating the World Animal Day held each year on the 4th October.

The Arusha walk was confirmed as one of the 15 cities in the world sponsored by The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT) in the International March for Elephants. 

The march involves fifteen local schools with wildlife awareness initiative and banners competition. And to educate communities on what is happening to our Graceful Giant requires Resources that we hope it will be able to assist.

We as an Institution of Social, funded mainly by tourism company of Zara International travel agence, we would like to thank the families of Jemie Morgan for their love, because as well as they climb Mount Kilimanjaro also make Safari in tanzania parks with our company but also they contribute to livelihood sustainability of our center Kilimanjaro Orphanage where they give us financial support to children, then we afford these necessities and purchase some gifts for the kids and represent them through our Managing director of tours / zaracharity Zainab Ansell, and a hotel manager at Springlands Hotel Remmy Adan.
Jamie’s Joy Memorial Fund started in May 2002 after a car accident took the life of 5-year-old Jamie Mychael Morgan Bratton-McNeeley. As a tribute to Jamie, family and friends came together to form a memorial fund at the San Diego Foundation to honor his legacy. Although his life was cut short, Jamie’s contagious spirit continues through his legacy of: love, joy, peace and connection

NEWS LETTER

HO TO CLIMB MOUNT KILIMANJARO 13 STEPS WITH www.zaratours.com

Mountain climbing is viewed by some as an extreme sport, while for others it is simply an exhilarating pastime that offers the ultimate challenge of strength, endurance, and sacrifice. It can be highly dangerous, even fatal, especially when the climber is out of his or her depth, or simply gets overwhelmed by weather, terrain, ice, or other dangers of the mountain. Inexperience, poor planning, and inadequate equipment can all contribute to injury or death, so knowing what to do right matters.

Despite all the negatives, when done right, mountain climbing is an exciting, exhilarating, and rewarding experience. This training for Zara Guides  is an overview beginner's guide and outlines the initial basics to learn; in reality, each step is deserving of a training in its own right, and entire tomes have been written on climbing mountains, so you're advised to spend a good deal of your beginner's learning immersed in reading widely. This basic overview will give you an idea of what is involved in a climb

Do your research. Before you even set out to climb mountains, do as much reading as you can about the skills needed and about other people's experiences. It is as important to understand the mental required to climb a mountain as it is to be fit, and know how to use the equipment properly, and one of the best ways of understanding this is to read the stories of mountaineers who have climbed challenging, interesting, or many mountains. Many bookstores now carry sections specifically devoted to the craft of mountain climbing, so it won't be hard to find good book.

Assess your mental strength. A lot of mountain climbing is about your mental attitude because you will need to make sound, fast judgments about conditions, directions, and safety. For many mountaineers, the mental challenge is a large part of the allure because you are taken completely out of your usual routine of air-conditioned offices and easy lifestyles into a world where decision has major consequences and you're thoroughly tested. 

Get fit. Mountain climbing requires good fitness and endurance skills because it is an intensely demanding physical activity. You can't simply turn up for a big climb after a relatively sedentary office desk lifestyle. Train for fitness and strength in ways that benefit you best. 

Acquire the gear. Mountain climbing gear is very specific and absolutely essential. You have two options – buying your own or hiring it. If you decide to purchase your own, this will be initially expensive but if done gradually, it's a good option as you can be sure everything is fitted to you exactly, and if you plan on climbing more than one mountain, it's a good investment. If you're hiring gear, you won't be guaranteed ideal fit and the items will obviously be used but if you use a reputable outfitter, they will be able to provide quality, tested items. It's probably a good idea to hire for the first experience to see if you even enjoy mountain climbing, and then decide whether or not to start assembling your own gear. Even with hiring, there will still be items you need to purchase for yourself, such as your wick-away clothing layers, and perhaps your boots, as clothing items are far more important to get fitted properly.

Learn about mountaineering ethics. Knowing how to climb a mountain isn't just about the physical and mental aspects. Many mountains are located in remote areas of the world and your climbing can have an impact on the local environment. It is a privilege to be able to climb pristine mountains and most mountaineers are very concerned to keep mountains in their original condition, as well as not abusing local amenities or running roughshod over local cultures.

Get training. If you intend on doing your first climb as a course for beginners, then the course will serve as your initial training. On the other hand, if you're planning to climb with a companion, you may need to undertake some basic training before setting off unless you're prepared to "learn as you go" with your guide. A mountain club can offer you specialized courses in such skills as you need to know them all.

Plan your first climb. Your first ascent should be one suited to a beginner and preferably with an experienced guide. The level of difficulty of a mountain is affected by both its altitude and its terrain. Mountains are graded from easy to extremely difficult, with many gradations in between. A beginner mountaineer should always ascend an "easy" mountain to begin with, while still taking all necessary precautions because a mountain is still a mountain, no matter how "easy" it is considered. Different countries assign different grade systems, so you'll need to do a little research first. You'll also need to understand rock pitches (from very difficult to hard, very severe) and ice pitches if rock and ice pitches (alpine and waterfall ice) are an issue on the mountain sought to be climb.

Find a good guide. One of the best things you can do is to join a mountain climbing club near you. From this club, you'll soon connect into other clubs through a shared network and you'll be able to find good, trusted, and reputable guides through clubs. The great thing about clubs is that they will arrange group climbs, which are often targeted at beginner to intermediate climbers, so you can learn the skills while having fun meeting other like-minded climbers.

Prepare for the trip. If your mountain is close by, there will be less to arrange than if it requires travel to reach. If you don't live near mountains, you'll need to travel and book accommodation, and if this travel includes flying overseas, you'll also need to take into account baggage allowances and visa requirements, etc. In both cases, consider ensuring that you have insurance for equipment loss, and for medical evacuation, injury, and death.

Begin climbing. This step is simply an overview, for the actual climb requires many different techniques and is contextual to the mountain. This is where reading detailed books about your intended mountain climb is invaluable, along with talking to climbers who have already summitted it. Most climbs begin very early in the morning to ensure that you have time to come back down before darkness, or if you're sleeping on the mountain, to ensure you reach a suitable place for sleeping each night. After checking you have everything you need (which you should have packed the night before), and having a hearty breakfast, set out on your climb with your guide or experienced companion. Put into action all of the skills that you have trained for before reaching this mountain.

Descend with plenty of time to get back safely. Be aware that the descent is hard and dangerous. While it may seem easier than going up, this is the time that accidents are most likely to occur, and when concentration tends to lapse.

ZARA MEI MOSI BONANZA AT HIGH VIEW HOTEL KARATU

Staff always are the ones who enable progress within the company or institution., Zara as the company realized that without employees could not reach their place today, considering that this year we made the annual event a day of workers to engage all our branches within the company, including headquarters of Zara tours in Moshi, and those who facilitate the trip to northern circuit, Zara propertiesThis year competition was done at high view hotel in KaratuThese celebrations included various games including, egg race, Rope rolling, football and Different talent like sing, dance and drink.It was a good opportunity also for those who have done their work well to receive numerous gifts and Certifications.The winner receives award and cash money the next season competitions will be at Moshi.

ZARA AND KILIMANJARO CHARITY CLIMBING

 NEWS LETTER

INTRODUCTION
žZara Charity aims at supporting vulnerable groups within their local communities such as orphans, porters who climb Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru, marginalized groups like the Maasai women group(Make A Change) and in addition to that, Zara Charity is also supporting the Ngorongoro Marathon which raises awareness against Malaria.


žDuring the last years we have developed our own projects further. In the following we will give you a summary of what we have done up to now in our individual projects.

Mount Kilimanjaro Porters Society (MKPS)

žThis project supports porters who climb Mount Kilimanjaro and Meru due to the fact that most of the porters are low income earners and they have low or no education at all, so the project is aimed at improving the living and working conditions of those porters, especially by providing them the following:
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Free education during the low season, such as health education e.g. MALARIA and HIV/AIDS, financial management education, mountain sickness education, environmental conservation education and English.
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As of late, all porters have their own bank account and bank card, which will help them to handle their money better; due to this, some of the porters pursue their own businesses, can afford to build their own houses, pay their bills and are taking care of their families in terms of basic needs such as food, shelter, clothes and education material.
žIn terms of environmental education we have started and partly finished several tree planting projects around Moshi and Karatu (Highview Hotel) in order to raise awareness on environmental problems and to give employment to the porters during the low season.

EQUIPMENT'S FOR HIKING

žThe porters’ work is not easy; they have to walk in low temperatures and carry a heavy weight. Zara Charity attaches importance to the fact that their maximum weight doesn’t go beyond 25 kilos including their own gear. For the porters’ safety, Zara Charity guarantees, that the following equipment is available:

žrain trousers and jackets

žwarm trousers and jackets

žshoes

žprivate bag and take-away food

žmedical check up

žhiking sticks, gloves and caps

Wages

žZara Tours Adventure in Collaboration with Zara Charity is aimed at ensuring a minimum standard of wages. In so doing, we are making sure, that every porter who is registered under the company receives 15,000 Tsh per day. We’re also seeing to it, that as registered porters, they have an identity card and a bank account, which can help us to distribute their salaries on a regular basis. In addition to that, we are able to secure the properly handling of money of our porters

Porters sign for their wages

LOAD CARRIED BY THE PORTERS

žApplying accordingly to the Tanzania National Parks Act, it is recommended, that every porter should carry a load limited to 25 kg. This weight includes the company cargo and the porters own gear. Assuring this requirement, our company in collaboration with Zara Charity affirms that the following standards have to be checked together with the visitors from the point of departure at the hotel:

žInitially, the whole cargo for the travel has to be prepared

žAccording to the number of porters and visitors we have, the load has to be distributed equally

žNot to neglect is lastly the weighing of each individual cargo to comply with the required standards of 20 kg per porter plus 5 kg in addition for the porters own gear

žIt is not only this individual effort, proposed by the company in collaboration with Zara Charity, but also the management of the respective National Parks, that cares for the compliance with these guidelines. Before entering a park’s gate and climbing the mountain, the parks’ officers are in an endeavor to approve the proposed weight of each cargo.

 FAIR TIP DISTRIBUTION

žA tip is not comparable to a contract. The charges depend on the willingness of each visitor due to various reasons, mentioned below:

žHow the visitors have enjoyed their tour trip in general

žThe visitors contentment depends on the assistance they received during the trip, but also

žon the clarification of the natural features observed,

žon the individual caring  in case of accidents or disease and also

žon the food prepared.

žConsidering these services, the visitors can agree to provide a motivation to the crew for a well done job. This is the normal process the company is aware of, but in order to assure a fair tip distribution among the employees, the company under Zara Charity has decided to provide a tip sheet. Thereupon, we specified six important employees, such as guide, assistance guide, porter(s), cook, waiter and the toilet porter. Bearing the sheet in mind, the visitors can discuss about the amount of each category. After the crew is back from the trip, the MKPSs office makes sure, that the employees confirm with their signature on the aforementioned sheet the amount of money they received.

CLOTHING AND

EQUIPMENT CLOTHING 

žWe are conscious of the fact that the work which is done by the porters is hard and exhausting. In order to ensure their safety, the company is checking their clothing and equipment and is adapting it depending on the trip they are going to. There’s a difference between hut and camping route, latter is harsher. At any rate, the following equipment is supposed to be provided to the porters and the guide before their departure:

žrain trousers and jackets

žwarm trousers and jackets

žshoes

žprivate bag

žtake away food

žmedical check up

žhiking sticks

žgloves

žcaps

žThe mentioned equipment assures the porters safety during and after the tour trip.

 CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT STORE

KILIMANJARO ORPHANAGE CENTER

This project is aimed at supporting orphans within the local community so that they can obtain their basic needs such as food, shelter, clothes, as well as education to improve their living conditions.

Since there is a big request on food in order to satisfy all the children, the orphan center has decided to grow the most needed food on their own and therefore some acres of land were bought in order to plant maize, rice, bananas and onions. Given that the growing of maize was very successful, they were able to feed both the pre school kids and the orphanage for the whole year.

WORK AT THE FARM

Currently a new dormitory has been built as well as the new toilet and bath rooms.

The kids are also supported in their different religious believes, where they achieve spiritual care. 

The orphanage also has a school bus which takes the children to their schools and returns them to the center again. 

   ACADEMIC SUPPORT

žMr. Victor, who has been working at the Orphan Center for about one year, decided to apply for the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center and has been sponsored by the Kilimanjaro Orphanage center during his studies. Now he has successfully finished his studies and will become a doctor and he’ll also care for the children at the center.

MAKE A CHANGE PROJECT

This project aims at supporting Masai women so as to liberate them from their traditional belief, which is based on oppression, exploitation and elimination of women within their society.

In order to improve this situation and to help the Masai women in Karatu/Ngorongoro, ZARA Charity plans to build an educational training centre for them. It will be built in the Highlands of Karatu. Not only a class room, but also accommodations for students and teachers as well as washing and dining houses have to be built. We hope that the skills learned in the center will help those women to grant their family a better living by establishing their own business or by getting employed.

MAKE A CHANGE SELL THEIR PRODUCTS IN KARATU

MAKE A CHANGE PROCEEDS

So as to afford a project like this, some of the Masai women have designed several dresses that have strong influences of the Masai colors and jewelry. The dresses are being sold at High-view Hotel Karatu and Spring land Hotel Moshi, they can also be ordered online. The benefits from the sale will then help to establish the set-up of the educational training center. 

DESIGN CREATED BY THE MAKE A CHANGE GROUP IN KARATU

NGORONGORO MARATHON 

Ngorongoro Marathon was held on 6th April 2013 in Karatu, Arusha region. The race against malaria took place for the sixth year in a row and was organized and sponsored by Zara Tanzania Adventures, Zara Charity, Tigo Tanzania, Chuchu, African Safaris, bougainvillea Safari Lodge, Hans Paul Automechs Limited, and Simba safari. A total of 536 runners participated. 

PARTICIPANTS ON THE RUN

 

BASIC OBJECTIVES OF THE RUN

The aim of this annual event is to inform the local community about malaria according to the statistics from FEMA  ​​it was found that malaria is a disease which kills more than 650,000 people a year in Africa.

In the Southern Sahara desert 88 million of people live at the risk of getting infected by malaria. It's believed that there are indicators where approximately twenty million people will be infected or suffered from malaria this year.

While in Tanzania only about one person dies every minute due to the disease. It is based on these statistics that we as Zara Tanzania Adventure and Zara Charity decided to initiate this race in terms of ngorongoro Run since 2008 to raise funds that will be used to help communities in Karatu and Ngorongoro for prevention, access to treatment and education about this disease and its risk.

This is the sixth race since its inception and we are grateful for the success we have gained, whereas last year more than 200 international runners were able to share this with the 300 children running and bringing the total participants to 500

ARRIVALS AND WINNERS AWARD

WHAT WE DO

For the money we have raised we managed to do the following: -

Provided mosquito nets for orphans and karatu Hospital.

Assisted in completing construction in the respective maternity wards including ceiling board and windows

Also provided integrated education to the community about how to terminate reproduction of mosquitoes and the importance of prevention against malaria, including encouraging the use of mosquito nets. Through these communities we managed to identify and significantly reduce the prevalence of malaria which has decreased greatly.

DONATION AT THE KARATU HOSPITAL IN BY ZARA CHARITY

HOW WE DISTRIBUTE OUR FUND

Many people are interested in supporting those vulnerable groups in a developing country like Tanzania. We guarantee that those who are in need of help will benefit from the provided charity news letter zara1@zaracharity.com

For further information please visit our website www.zaracharity.com where you can find each of our Zara Charity member groups that are truly taking responsibility for those vulnerable groups and exhibit high transparency requirements.