goDream is a program for students in Life-Skills, the Arts, Leadership & Agriculture. goDream blends tours, arts workshops, hands-on activities and fun, This is what students do when they Visit Tafaria Castle & Center for the Arts for the goDream program guided by our facilitators & artists in residence at Tafaria:

1. Tour of the Castle

On arrival at Tafaria, the students are given a tour of the Castle to raise their awareness and appreciation of medieval history and the history of Tafaria Castle.

2. Tour of the Museum (established in collaboration with the National Museums of Kenya).

The students explore the human evolution milestones from ape ancestry, walking upright, innovation and exploration, communication and trade.

3. The Art Tour

The students get a guided art tour to expose them to art installations by professional local and international artists for inspiration and to enhance their visual literacy, critical thinking and broadening their appreciation and uses of the arts in its various forms.

4. A tour of the Tafaria Nano Farm

The students get a farm tour for a first-hand exposure to farming methods, sustainable agriculture, food sources, farming techniques etc.

5. Tour of the Herbarium

They tour the one-of-a-kind Tafaria display Herbarium to enhance their appreciation of nature and need for conservation. They are taken through the scientific way of plant specimen collection, processing and preservation, species identification, labelling and storage and an immersive session of the Tafaria Taxonomy where they interact with the ‘ten clan leaders of the jungle tribe’ to make them more knowledgeable and environmentally conscious.

6. Visual Arts session

The students engage in curated hands-on art activities and lessons on painting, pottery, fashion, music and culinary etiquette facilitated by resident professional artists.

7. ⁠Life-skills

The students learn some life-skills through leisure activities on how to approach and navigate different life scenarios through teamwork and communication, decision making, stress management, confidence building, goal setting etc.

8. Unwinding Fun

The students enjoy leisure activities such as swimming, the Vikings pillow, football, archery, horse riding, horse carriage riding, basketball, mini golf and other indoor games.

9. Community Service

The students get involved in a community service project to instills a sense of responsibility and community engagement raising their levels of agency and to foster community engagement and lifelong giving back.

10. Certification:

At the end of the program, the students get a certificate to put on record their experiences.