Photos 3 and 4 are raised bed gardens at the rear of the school.
At the school, a positive message is found over the entrance. Ten raised bed gardens are a part of the landscape. Some of the vegetables and herbs that students and teachers planted were cabbage, collards, tomatoes and basil in beds at the rear and front of the school. There are six raised beds on the front lawn of the school and four behind the main school building.
Cultural Awareness
When you visit the Nsoroma Institute, you will find that being courteous is part of the school culture. The students and staff address adults in Swahili with titles such as Mama (Mrs., Miss, Ms, mother, woman), Baba (Mr., gentleman, sir, father), or Bibi (Mrs, Miss, Ms, lady, woman without children). At the school, I am addressed as Bibi Aurora.
Common greetings are:
Hujambo? How are you? (to one person)
sijambo I'm fine
Hamjambo? how are you (to more than one person)
Njema good
Nzuri good, fine
Words Associated with the Nsoroma Institute, Food Security, Gardening, Farming , Lakes and Rivers
On June 1 and 2, after visiting with teachers in their classrooms and learning about their classroom experiences, Baba Malik, Mama Nko, Mama Deborah and Mama Fabayo and I agreed that it would be a good idea to have a vocabulary list of English and Swahili words. I compiled the following list of words for teachers, students and community partners to contribute to:
Acre- eka
Agriculture- kilimo; ukulima
Air- hewa
Bee- nyuki
Beehive- mzinga
Child, children -mtoto; mwana
City- mji mkubwa
Circumference - mzingo
Clean- safi
Community - jamii ya watu wakaao pamoja
Culture- uungwana
Dance- dansi
Development; progress - maendeleo
Dirt - uchafu
Earth- dunia, ardhi
Environment- mazingira
Family - jamba
Farm- shamba la mfugaj
Farm (cultivated field) - shamba
Farmer- mfugaji
Food- chakula
Friend- rafiki (na)
Fresh- bichi; a sikuhizi
Garden- bustani
Gardner- mtunza bustani
Greens- mboga ya majani
Grow- Kukua
Guidance - maongozi
Happiness- heri; furaha
Harvest- mavuno
Health, healthiness- afya
Healthy- enye afya
Help- msaada ku
History - historia
Honey- asali ya nyuki
Honeycomb- sega la asali
Insight- ufahamu
Inspiration- Maongozi ya moyoni
Inspire- kutia moyoni
Justice- haki
Knowledge- maarifa; habari
Lake- ziwa (ma)
Leaf- jani
Learning- elimu
Love- upendo
Mathematics- elimu ya hesabu
Measurement- kipimp
Meter (length) - meta
Nature- utaratibu wa ulimwengu
Nourishment- maakuli mema
Nutritious- a kulisha mwili
Outstanding- kutokeza
Parent- mzazi
Peace- amani
Plant- mmea; kupanda
Plentiful- tele
Poem, poetry- mashairi
Poet- mshairi
Pollution- uchafu
Positive- a hakika
Possibility- yumkini
Rain- mvua
Reflect, reflection- kurudisha nuru; kufikiri
Respect- staha; kustahi
Respectful- enye adabu
Responsibility- mandaraka
Resource- mahali patokapo msaada
River- mto
Safe- salama;
School- chulu; shule
Security- usalama
Seed- mbegu
Share- fungu(ma)
Smile- kuchekelea
Soil- udongo; kuchafua
Spring- miezi March-May
Squash- kuponda; kusonga
Stream- kijito
Student- mwanafunzi
Summer- kiangazi
Sun; sunshine- jua
Teacher- mwalimu
Till- kulima; hata
Together- pamoja
Tomato- nyanya
Tradition- mapokep
Transform; Transformation- kugeuza kabisa
Understand- kufahamu
Urban- amiji
Vegetables- mboga
Water- maji
Weeds- magugu
Whole- zima; kamili
Wholesome- enye afya
Write, wrote, written- kuandika
Writer- mwandishi
Writings-maandiko
Tools - kifa, zana ya kazi
Bucket- ndoo
Hoe- jembe (ma); kupalia
Rake- jembe la meno
Shovel- sepeto (ma)
Note: all photos are c.2009 by Aurora Harris. Please contact Aurora Harris at aurora917@gmail.com to request permission to use, copy or duplicate.
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