Projects

Here are some of our current projects. (To see our completed projects, please click here.)

1. 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.

In addition to financial donations, we are also collecting donated unwanted secondhand mobile phones and their chargers which will be refurbished or recycled to raise funds. Please see our Donations Page.

2. 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.

3. Construction of New Boys' Toilets in Makomu, Tanzania

The boys' toilet at Makomu School in Tanzania is an old pit latrine. It is now full, but 350 boys aged 7-16 years continue to use it.

A new one will be a relief!

The total cost of new toilets will be about £4,600.

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.

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