One of the great things about having a school in Djibouti is that no one is too far away from a beach! EECL has at least one beach outing a year, for the students to enjoy themselves, to meet people they may never have met before, and practice their English in a more relaxed environment. …
Thursday 27th October was Film Night at EELC!
One of the ways that has proved successful in learning a language is through videos, TV, and films. So, most months EELC has a Movie Night when students watch a movie that is enjoyable but also has some good learning features and useful discussion topics. The charge is a cheap 100 Djiboutian Francs, so virtually …
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Grace Upon Grace
The school year at EELC has officially started! The first English classes were held on Saturday 24th September and by the following Tuesday every class had had at least one lesson. The teachers were thrilled this year to have so many students and teachers that it was possible to have two level 2 classes, a …
Placement Tests 2022-23
On 10th – 12th September, Emmanuel English Language Centre held placement tests! These are offered every year for new students to test and see if they have a solid foundation in English so are ready to join the teaching programmes. It is also a great way for teachers to learn more about Djibouti, through its …
News from EELC – May 2021
Graduation Day approaching! Graduation 2020 was delayed until December because of the coronavirus pandemic so this year’s course has been short and very intense! The course ends on 20th May with exams in their final week – NOW! There is extra administrative work for teachers preparing and supervising exams and then there is the task …
New Term with a New Student Intake
School restarted this evening. Three adult English evening classes from level 2, pre intermediary, to level 4, upper intermediary will be held on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings 7-9pm from January to May. Please pray that teachers will cope well with a bigger workload than usual students will grow in knowledge and understanding students will …
Placement Tests
'Ecole Emmanuel' School Year starts in January so now is the time for Placement Tests. Placement Tests enable MMR team to decide the level applicants are most suited to. They have been taking place during the last 3 days – 12 -15 December. They have gone well. Great teamwork among MMR team and the local …
A New Page!
Girls Run 2 is a new page listed under Current MMR Projects. It is not a new project, it is just that Kerith Trust has taken until now to catch up with them! We have also taken this opportunity to update the Emmanuel English Language Centre with a new photograph that has recently been discovered …
Graduation Celebration 2020!
It started 4 years ago. English! What a strange language .... strange construction .... strange people. But it will help find employment – perhaps. But four years! That was 4 years ago! Now it is done! Congratulations everybody! We had a wonderful celebration and graduation ceremony at the International School of Djibouti (ISD) on Saturday …
School Restarts!
EELC school and library are open again after the premature and prolonged summer closure because of Covid-19! Djibouti has had 5,605 Coronavirus cases and 61 deaths since the pandemic arrived in March. New cases, maybe up to 10/day, continue to occur but there is no pattern and there have been no deaths since 10th September. …
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