Visitors in 2010 _________________________________
Service Learning students from Massachusettes spend October - December 2010 working at the Sega School
Service Learning Group with NM board member, Juma Ally and VSO, Sandra Belemans, August 2010	Ashlie Busone, service learning student & Sega students, August 2010

Visitors to Sega - 2009 __________________________________
Board member, Tom Wales, visits with Sega students, March 2009
Karen Davis with son, Dustin Levine summit Mt. Kilimanjaro, August 2009 Sega students honor Karen & Dustin	Message from Karen Davis:  Each year, my business partner and I at Ingage, Inc. choose a cause that we believe in supporting in the hope of making a visceral difference in the world. We call this effort, Passion for a Cause. This year, we supported Nurturing Minds and The Sega Girls School. As part of our fund-raiser, my son Dustin and I committed to climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in an effort to raise awareness for the cause. My daughter, Alexa made a banner for us to take to the top of the mountain and then bring to share with the girls. I will never forget the faces of the girls as they greeted us with a welcome dance in English, as we walked in the school door. It was a very touching moment. They all had such a passion for life and an amazing sense of humor. I will never forget when my brother, Bruce (who was introduced as "Uncle") was showing the girls our safari pictures and he was asking them the Swahili name for each animal. When he came to a funny looking baboon, one of the girls blurted out, "Uncle!" We all burst out laughing. It was also so interesting to meet each girl and hear about her professional vision for the future—teachers, doctors, pilots, lawyers, secretaries and a Member of Parliament. It was a very rewarding day for us to meet these driven and inspired young women who are getting a second chance to create their life dreams. I whole-heartedly congratulate Nurturing Minds and SEGA for the work they are doing on behalf of the young women of Tanzania. Message from Dustin Levine Our visit to The Sega Girl's school was one of my absolute favorite days of our entire three-week trip to Tanzania. The girls were intrigued by everything—from our life back in Colorado and Alaska to our hike up Mount Kilimanjaro. I showed them some karate forms and a couple of girls got up and imitated me. They convinced me to dance with them. It was such a pleasure to see them laughing and be part of the experience.  The girls and their teacher, Astridah, were very welcoming to us and open to our presentation.  As much of an experience it was for all the girls, it was an equally memorable experience for me, and I hope someday to return to Tanzania and visit a new class of girls in the future.
Rachel Dickinson, age 17, visits the Sega Girls School, July 2009. Rachel worked with the students on English language skills, helped them translate a drama they had written into English, taught them some new sports, learned some new Tanzanian dances, and did some videotaped interviews of students.  The students had a great time visiting with someone of their own age!	A group of US visitors --Team Africa (from Connecticut)-- recently returned from their visit to Tanzania where they spent two days at the Sega Girls School. Many in the group work as EMTs and nurses, so they organized a First Aid Training session to present to the Sega students. In preparation for Team Africa's visit, the Sega students wrote and performed a play and dance. The team coordinators and Sega School representatives spent several months preparing and planning for this visit. It was a huge success as you can see from the letter below and the photo gallery.
The Perse family (mother and two daughters), pictured above, enjoyed visiting the Sega students in March and all worked on making Origami and friendship bracelets.   Zoey's Impression of Her Trip:   In March, my mother, older sister and I visited the Sega School in Tanzania during my spring break. The girls gave us a huge welcome and they were so excited to receive the uniforms that we had brought with us.  Everybody was so nice and welcoming. It was a lot of fun teaching them to make friendship bracelets and origami paper cranes. They learned how to do it quickly and were very enthusiastic.  I hope I can visit there again and it was a great experience to meet the students and to see them so excited about their learning.
	US visitors dancing with Sega students
A message from Kim Merriman's after a visit to Sega I had the incredible opportunity of visiting Sega in person this June. When we drove up to the school, the girls came running out smiling and yelling our names - there was an immediate connection. We were welcomed with dancing, singing and a lot of hugs before we went into the classroom for introductions. Each girl told us their age, where they lived and what they wanted to be when they grew up (their English was much better than our Swahili). Sitting in the circle listening to all of the girls in their uniforms I almost forgot about their backgrounds and hardships. It was clear that while at Sega everyone was equal and had opportunity. Their dreams and goals were similar to many of the teenagers in our group but we did not have to worry about safety, health, hunger and shelter on a daily basis. We spent the afternoon teaching the girls basic first aid and I was so impressed with their interest and curiosity. What we received during our Sega visit was so much more that what we gave. I had read the information on the website but it does not even compare to the feeling and gratitude of being there in person. I am humbled by Polly and Astridah's love, determination and dedication of fighting to change the future of Tanzanian women and look forward to watching this first class from Sega grow up and break the cycle.