Touching Africa - Changing lives
Projects
Projects
Here are some of our current projects. (To see our completed projects, please click here.)
The majority of our projects are in Tanzania, East Africa, where we have contacts and local knowledge |
1. Computers for Africa
Following the success achieved with second-hand computers kindly donated by Belmarsh Prison in 2010, You Touch Africa has embarked on a new project to obtain more second hand computers, refurbish them and establish more computer learning centres in Africa. Please support this project, either by donating funds
or...
Please donate a computer. If you are interested in doing this, please contact us
The photographs above show volunteers who generously donated their time to work on donated computers.
2. Building a New Classroom Block at Kiraracha Primary School
Kiraracha Primary School in Tanzania is partly built, funded by the charity Hand in Hand. We are now working in partnership with Hand in Hand to build a new block containing nine new classrooms and a kitchen. The photographs above show the building under construction, with the ground flooor walls built.
If you would like to help, please see our Donations Page.
3. Refurbishment of Toilets in Sanya Juu, Tanzania
The existing school toilets are in poor condition. Refurbishing four ventilated pit latrines will improve sanitation and mitigate the spread of diseases and improve the learning environment.
The estimated cost of the refurbishment is £1,100.
4. Funding Teachers' Salaries at Uomboni Vocational School
We have already provided equipment for the Uomboni Vocational School in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania. Details are here. The school is in need of ongoing funding to pay teacher's salaries. The salary of one teacher is approximately £30 per month.
5. Assisting volunteers to work in Africa as teachers or nurses
Where experienced teachers have wanted to teach in Africa during their school holidays, we have been able to put them in contact with African schools. Our goal is to promote the sharing and exchange of knowledge and experience between the staff and pupils of village schools in Africa and European teachers and schools. To see a video featuring one volunteer, please click here.
6. Improving the Diet at Makomu School in Tanzania
Originally the children only had boiled maize meal for lunch, except when their food contributions ran out. When that happened, the children had no food at school all day. We are now improving the children's diet by adding healthy local additional local food items to the staple diet provided for lunches at school. For more information about this project, please click here.
We are very pleased that this project is underway and funded by Mr Wilbert Derks of Amsterdam. Email:
We will be considering similar projects at other schools. For typical costs, see here.
7. Working in conjunction with a local women’s organisations
We have been working with local women's organisations (WAWATA) through their microcredit unions to raise funds for Makomu Hospital and Kitowo School and we are investigating ways of encouraging and extending this type of venture.
8. Installing windows in Kitowo/Napaku Primary School
The school is in a very cold part of Tanzania, at an altitude of over 1900m.
Currently the school doesn't have glazed windows. We intend to supply them.
9. Renovating Blackboards at Kitowo Primary School
Some of the class blackboards are in poor condition. These will be rebuilt.
Completed Projects
For details of some completed projects, please click here.