Inside Nucleus Summer Camp 2026: Six Weeks That Actually Grow Your Child

The school gates close and a long Ethiopian summer opens up. Six or seven weeks is a lot of time for a child — enough to slide backwards in front of a screen, or enough to leap forward. Nucleus Summer Camp 2026 is built for the leap.

It runs from July 6 to August 12, across our Mekanisa and Vatican campuses in Addis Ababa, for children aged 4 to 14. Six weeks of real activity, real skills and real friendships — learning that never feels like school.

What your child will actually do

Campers rotate through a full, balanced week of hands-on activities, each led by a specialist. No idle afternoons, no endless screen time — a genuine mix of mind, body and imagination:

STEM Labs — experiments that make science click.
Robotics — building and programming real robots, the skill of the decade.
Chess — patience, strategy and focus, one move at a time.
Arts & Crafts — painting, clay and mixed-media, with room to create boldly.
Music Wing — voice, rhythm and keyboard for every level.
Taekwondo — discipline, respect and confidence on the mat.
Football, Basketball and Volleyball — coached, competitive and full of energy.
Kite flying and paper aeroplanes — design, build and fly; physics you can feel.

Led by real educators, not seasonal helpers

This is where Nucleus camp is different. Every activity is run by a qualified specialist who does this for a living. Camp Director Mandefro Melaku holds an MBA and a degree in Sport Science with a decade in youth development. Ruth Derrick leads English and language, Alice Long runs the creative and fine-arts studio, and Abby leads music and rhythm. Cambridge-aligned, warm with children, and genuinely good at what they teach.

Safe first, fun always

Both campuses are secure and supervised, with a dedicated head of security and small, age-grouped classes so no child is lost in the crowd. Parents get peace of mind; children get a summer they talk about for months.

More than somewhere to be

A good camp is not a place to drop the kids. It is a place they come home from taller — braver, more curious, carrying a new skill and a few new friends into the school year. That is the whole point of learning beyond books, and it is what six weeks at Nucleus is designed to give.

Places are limited per campus and the popular weeks fill first. If you want your child in the room, now is the time to reserve a spot.