tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75677172925189182342024-03-14T00:43:07.038-07:00Primary Schools For Africa Societya Canadian registered charity - www.PrimarySchoolsForAfrica.comAlan Royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14669696831872165917noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567717292518918234.post-11754493626323448312023-12-01T21:03:00.000-08:002023-12-02T15:00:19.951-08:00PROJECT UPDATES - NOVEMBER 2023<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: times;">Hello, all our friends,</span></span></p><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white;">My recent October trip was filled with </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: times;">the usual wonderful celebrations, this time for the opening of three new buildings completed in the last year.</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tidivi Primary School</span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">now has a new Administration building that includes the office for the headmaster, a library room, a teacher's room and staff washrooms. Teacher will now be able to work more effectively to meet, mark papers, etc. The library, an invaluable resource for student learning, will eventually get computers once we get solar electricity panels installed.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEH7AV9nKJH_pY4dhnF6Qajxqz5lX-PBzmJ88dWITFp6sR730eVl1A7QUeiM54CHaJVuD4txPWpQ_QVkyuxTDHiMZk_gCNmAzbU3ZBdjqK92azhSqS4noW4W9aJflshQ82MI_y0BRTg_t_uFgyLEgFw7j5iqQPqUo3Jij_Zy9Iscr3levO5Zvf3aaJJDz/s763/New%20Adm%20Bldg%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="763" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEH7AV9nKJH_pY4dhnF6Qajxqz5lX-PBzmJ88dWITFp6sR730eVl1A7QUeiM54CHaJVuD4txPWpQ_QVkyuxTDHiMZk_gCNmAzbU3ZBdjqK92azhSqS4noW4W9aJflshQ82MI_y0BRTg_t_uFgyLEgFw7j5iqQPqUo3Jij_Zy9Iscr3levO5Zvf3aaJJDz/w640-h370/New%20Adm%20Bldg%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The new Administration building</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAtRO_RqbWuMiq8coeD91tz5TboHsYLZmzkza1sXN2mExJvVWMH4Y7fP7le-unAoFat1Sjau-SJpv6YukD2W-5-KtfahHKqHyFjN-1XVb6IZxK3K10Tif5E_5689LI18mRw_HmZRIqmAxNdlP1hIeeyzKJC6u8BNbId_QNKbOu_Pm8mA4faAzMMwHD4EL/s762/New%20Library%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="762" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAtRO_RqbWuMiq8coeD91tz5TboHsYLZmzkza1sXN2mExJvVWMH4Y7fP7le-unAoFat1Sjau-SJpv6YukD2W-5-KtfahHKqHyFjN-1XVb6IZxK3K10Tif5E_5689LI18mRw_HmZRIqmAxNdlP1hIeeyzKJC6u8BNbId_QNKbOu_Pm8mA4faAzMMwHD4EL/w640-h376/New%20Library%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Library Room</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0uXDQ1FYGnoLj7-3_ibYNdAtrXtKEcJWQzT0kUGnQkcT3p3yFHmws95T_pZtsWBQixcjDJFXatp3HfNKHBxc3F-UwHm9TCiuorwWDIJK6PHdFbn01-Sh3QYss1AgwS2QGD_G20CgNjaPVJbsZG2WyKkTgCf8MciVL_9PlqHu5HEDQnT9JOhTAFN14Ch-p/s715/Teacher%20Room%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="715" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0uXDQ1FYGnoLj7-3_ibYNdAtrXtKEcJWQzT0kUGnQkcT3p3yFHmws95T_pZtsWBQixcjDJFXatp3HfNKHBxc3F-UwHm9TCiuorwWDIJK6PHdFbn01-Sh3QYss1AgwS2QGD_G20CgNjaPVJbsZG2WyKkTgCf8MciVL_9PlqHu5HEDQnT9JOhTAFN14Ch-p/w640-h322/Teacher%20Room%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Teacher's Room</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRGn1Wg0-jo9oCXWNkrxqcg3_UD-cpS6iGLGvoQ9uxLGgJy2Shyx1WrWd_kOCSmUa7caXEa8_M5p2Vw3QWhV13F44ZlDc8lcvLsT_KOpNXK05VcOPYnMlZWEfLEIBwVAshNM2oT28vGOeS9REt8IrH3Po6hGRHSv_GbCf601R-yTlCDyUAiafz6zDyxy4o/s3177/arms%20up%20cheering.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2573" data-original-width="3177" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRGn1Wg0-jo9oCXWNkrxqcg3_UD-cpS6iGLGvoQ9uxLGgJy2Shyx1WrWd_kOCSmUa7caXEa8_M5p2Vw3QWhV13F44ZlDc8lcvLsT_KOpNXK05VcOPYnMlZWEfLEIBwVAshNM2oT28vGOeS9REt8IrH3Po6hGRHSv_GbCf601R-yTlCDyUAiafz6zDyxy4o/w640-h518/arms%20up%20cheering.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The new Tidivi Administration building </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span> </span>The new Administration building was very well constructed by our builder Restus Sanka. The teaching staff absolutely thought they died and went to heaven when it was finished. The headmaster finally got his own office. The library is so necessary for proper learning. The teachers have their own desks where they can prepare lessons and mark papers. It is much more effective than a desk in each classroom.</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span>We provide new high quality durable chairs, desks and shelving that we design and get custom built. Its actually cheaper than if we sourced and ordered them since Tanzania doesn't have a great manufacturing industry, relying mostly on imports.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> The big gift for the teaching staff is to finally have their own washrooms, male and female. Each is fully tiled with toilet, sink and mirror.</span><br /></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4q05nhxMmXd1O7GE_vl26JYmnpSI22vo-XnlC77Y2NPjmx4Wx_jrqYlG92mLBBGU_CWrr1vCVbeQ_2kOKwaT1-72j9OKT4AUz9X3dbCsvrza4Ebt0qPiLB33XyYYTd5Je7QQH_noq4fykpd-hFItEuOIfaPB8QKr8lg6QDE5kd72L8rby-BSkcFM1r0no/s3430/IMG_4210.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2584" data-original-width="3430" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4q05nhxMmXd1O7GE_vl26JYmnpSI22vo-XnlC77Y2NPjmx4Wx_jrqYlG92mLBBGU_CWrr1vCVbeQ_2kOKwaT1-72j9OKT4AUz9X3dbCsvrza4Ebt0qPiLB33XyYYTd5Je7QQH_noq4fykpd-hFItEuOIfaPB8QKr8lg6QDE5kd72L8rby-BSkcFM1r0no/w640-h482/IMG_4210.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">All Tidivi teachers w/ Alan and builder Restus (next to Alan)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The teachers and kids at Tidivi even prepared a song of appreciation for the school's sponsor, the Class of '70 ex-cadets of Canada's Royal Military College. The words are:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">"Tidivi, Tidivi, our wonderful school so grand</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Tidivi, Tidivi, it's really the best in the land</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We are happy to come here to learn and grow<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The nice buildings play a big part</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Thank you dear friends from Canada</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Your kindness lies deep in our hearts"</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is the link to the video on Youtube:</span><span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://youtu.be/T1PjCktCqdQ">https://youtu.be/T1PjCktCqdQ</a><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Simba Milima Primary School</span><span><span style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">now has a new 2-family Teacher Residence building and a new Kitchen/Dining Hall thanks to the generous ongoing sponsorship of<span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Canadian firm Safari Partners Inc</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"> </span>from Vancouver.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZt_E5gRWbRBTqy4WqU9L1G-AIUQq9LHoznmIaVgYMRdQeIIDG-Ye-iN5vEmGSQ2yP6DzV5cIKlih8KatOUa0QZOI8cX0ymR02jcjam-YdInT5hD-QPj-NRvFPX11QX1ULLVJXJqH52r7O-p9mYcRjV1eWGFnJ0pNsU8lE0Zsq7KwGgrms6dM-8nPO4ml/s4032/approaching%20w:%20villagers.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZt_E5gRWbRBTqy4WqU9L1G-AIUQq9LHoznmIaVgYMRdQeIIDG-Ye-iN5vEmGSQ2yP6DzV5cIKlih8KatOUa0QZOI8cX0ymR02jcjam-YdInT5hD-QPj-NRvFPX11QX1ULLVJXJqH52r7O-p9mYcRjV1eWGFnJ0pNsU8lE0Zsq7KwGgrms6dM-8nPO4ml/w480-h640/approaching%20w:%20villagers.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Arriving at School with villagers singing</span><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"> One of the most impressive and heartwarming experience was the arrival. It seems like the whole village turns out. They chanted their customary greeting song in their native Kiswahili. The elders greeted me and the guest of honor, the District Executive Director personally and presented me with the symbol of elder statesmanship; a wood staff. It looks like a simple whittled tree branch, but in their culture it is revered as a sign of respect for the elders. When I didn't hold it properly my elder companion was quick to correct me, haha.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"> </span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisu8xNUiyV97UaVHWq2_VIFz2_1Ve36q1WXJIDtxvUAMAqFe8aH4gXdWSQkVNPwNtK00Zl5PN3XkSQKSv0TtFb2kgGzJe9e97rciItcNA42E8bYkDdt7fG06xE2VTEOO-Z_ZrsoNvfiFpqrE65b705l02lvQZFQcitabHDNpTCV6JxMVu_ZTRARyp9Z4E5/s1008/head%20table.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="1008" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisu8xNUiyV97UaVHWq2_VIFz2_1Ve36q1WXJIDtxvUAMAqFe8aH4gXdWSQkVNPwNtK00Zl5PN3XkSQKSv0TtFb2kgGzJe9e97rciItcNA42E8bYkDdt7fG06xE2VTEOO-Z_ZrsoNvfiFpqrE65b705l02lvQZFQcitabHDNpTCV6JxMVu_ZTRARyp9Z4E5/w640-h312/head%20table.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">head table with the honorable guest, the District Executive Director, sitting next to me.</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;">The typically long-winded speech by the guest of honour was very short and sweet. He had the flu and had to exit earlier than he </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">normally </span><span style="font-family: times;">would.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnDWEG83HLbW891UhyphenhyphenBoJ0qaSxXqreNDZA3W1Zwy7060vsCYwHpx7AwxBfiFcAjy4iEw5O6wwyEvIlaeOHSc-2xLe5EwoszDhyphenhyphenu8avBedwqKP8jHq6RuVVKzd1GBOF20teYjFI0mDwYuBZj0O7eZSxwAmr2_No_7ZdL7YO_a40j2ggxSzgp8KnzcgVAjWy/s4032/villaagers%20seated.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnDWEG83HLbW891UhyphenhyphenBoJ0qaSxXqreNDZA3W1Zwy7060vsCYwHpx7AwxBfiFcAjy4iEw5O6wwyEvIlaeOHSc-2xLe5EwoszDhyphenhyphenu8avBedwqKP8jHq6RuVVKzd1GBOF20teYjFI0mDwYuBZj0O7eZSxwAmr2_No_7ZdL7YO_a40j2ggxSzgp8KnzcgVAjWy/w627-h470/villaagers%20seated.jpeg" width="627" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">villagers seated to listen to the speeches<br /></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The new Kitchen/Dining hall was enthusiastically appreciated by the students as a nice clean environment to eat their delicious once-a-day traditional "Makande" meal, a wholesome mixture of maize corn and beans.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span> The kitchen has 2 new stainless wood-burning steel stoves vented to the exterior roof, a huge improvement from the outdoor open-fire smoke-filled cooking. Large pots are set into the cylinder-shaped stoves, cooking very efficiently.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyRC3aAKk_NI6ipB3cbO7-Nzkxq8kfEBuboGge4Mc2-TeN-0yFc5dEdhhLLxn6SLRllBwQiP7TBF64a4MqAj-1whfT5Yq2S3giOqU_wV_2_bLwwRFSYNkSmTtWOLa8xPJnu2J9ZR0plqqxHUuqVwLh2OBDyBSsjAE5PnZGFqqpZhlg3Nmj2BHgnVQ0mUmI/s813/Kich:Dining%20Hall%20-%20Exterior2.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="813" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyRC3aAKk_NI6ipB3cbO7-Nzkxq8kfEBuboGge4Mc2-TeN-0yFc5dEdhhLLxn6SLRllBwQiP7TBF64a4MqAj-1whfT5Yq2S3giOqU_wV_2_bLwwRFSYNkSmTtWOLa8xPJnu2J9ZR0plqqxHUuqVwLh2OBDyBSsjAE5PnZGFqqpZhlg3Nmj2BHgnVQ0mUmI/w640-h360/Kich:Dining%20Hall%20-%20Exterior2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">New Dining Hall</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkDfB6G15XLsBUK_gIDCe22S-eOvpmjPKESnbk4cmq9MGLub0Am3S07dDPGHQCR9AESURlMHxkZs83p7nzYdzrmXpdWPDDwAJP-V5dpBgSUeAwH90ZOve2JOmn3QsbIwKpBbHk9wXYuk5sXR3NZkiYumuGC_TW5JXR4JrReb9jNC1r9Pol31werWcZjsAj/s793/Kids%20Eating%20in%20Dining%20Hall.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="489" data-original-width="793" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkDfB6G15XLsBUK_gIDCe22S-eOvpmjPKESnbk4cmq9MGLub0Am3S07dDPGHQCR9AESURlMHxkZs83p7nzYdzrmXpdWPDDwAJP-V5dpBgSUeAwH90ZOve2JOmn3QsbIwKpBbHk9wXYuk5sXR3NZkiYumuGC_TW5JXR4JrReb9jNC1r9Pol31werWcZjsAj/w640-h394/Kids%20Eating%20in%20Dining%20Hall.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">New Dining Hall</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN7k2aEdjRksDOh00Jy0JPK3oxrW1_fqNg6iYBbj49sZsF5Ex0MfY4Ddjas17FpkzkH40el5DQ-rs0jh67HNHhqty_q8pgOGpSjxjWl43ovCVZdTTfssm4w8jayhIEF5vFFDU3Ti7unUETvbB0UAE9l9Bj1k1NhvKrNDfz7RfG5dyMgI69NXVKSuBva3Jj/s810/Stainless%20Steel%20Stoves.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="810" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN7k2aEdjRksDOh00Jy0JPK3oxrW1_fqNg6iYBbj49sZsF5Ex0MfY4Ddjas17FpkzkH40el5DQ-rs0jh67HNHhqty_q8pgOGpSjxjWl43ovCVZdTTfssm4w8jayhIEF5vFFDU3Ti7unUETvbB0UAE9l9Bj1k1NhvKrNDfz7RfG5dyMgI69NXVKSuBva3Jj/w640-h358/Stainless%20Steel%20Stoves.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">stainless steel pot-cooking stoves at new Kitchen</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"> The new 2-family Teacher Residence</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> building is our best design to date. It has three bedrooms compared to our previous two-bedroom design. Its great for a growing family and gives more privacy to the kids in their teen years. And in the meantime, a spare bedroom can be used to temporarily accommodate single teachers.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span><span style="font-size: medium;"> The teachers are extremely please to be living in a "modern" clean and healthy environment. The kitchen is equipped with a countertop 2-burner propane gas stove and a sink, but their most life-changing feature is the shower and toilet rooms. All running water is </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">fed from the tower-mounted 2000 litre SIM tanks adjacent each residence.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwHCVqTXdtq8kRIt2pXxNVpCfIrU6K2v7gdcBwDr1DxArmZDRPFbQkpiVslOAclNpTYu-CCrq-NL0yVygzx7nDUzXwt4Oe9zNrvynCpbtWIlEWhyphenhypheng664c4JWmjefmcvf2PjBRcgo_4evr4SDbpfe3198CbIXP7ztGoLWthwrfqLqv3a8L8SyCA9-DvEGsi/s4032/ribbon%20cutting.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwHCVqTXdtq8kRIt2pXxNVpCfIrU6K2v7gdcBwDr1DxArmZDRPFbQkpiVslOAclNpTYu-CCrq-NL0yVygzx7nDUzXwt4Oe9zNrvynCpbtWIlEWhyphenhypheng664c4JWmjefmcvf2PjBRcgo_4evr4SDbpfe3198CbIXP7ztGoLWthwrfqLqv3a8L8SyCA9-DvEGsi/w480-h640/ribbon%20cutting.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">ribbon cutting of the new Teacher Residences</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXNJQAma4SrLGxQAWy0jUJH-C9HyJaIgEM8ZI_F-IeCWfXDTBEgQDa-t8mFGK46CD9V0DIWAMqPTUfwRQCMA8nQKHE-j1Aqc7vmnvB1oBtNbwiAtWFuheA923n5fyWdq18jxQ91j-tWKbW3VBXi5wbNe47kF-MwB5jkm1AQwE4XtJ6Wymol94ZhE5Pg0VN" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1554" data-original-width="2022" height="407" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXNJQAma4SrLGxQAWy0jUJH-C9HyJaIgEM8ZI_F-IeCWfXDTBEgQDa-t8mFGK46CD9V0DIWAMqPTUfwRQCMA8nQKHE-j1Aqc7vmnvB1oBtNbwiAtWFuheA923n5fyWdq18jxQ91j-tWKbW3VBXi5wbNe47kF-MwB5jkm1AQwE4XtJ6Wymol94ZhE5Pg0VN=w529-h407" width="529" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-Qop-2Tkz7G6O7Koir83C-Pqqp4D0KJrt9pGQLEa0NtyQrQ1mXCqTiI5LFxtQfYaBY6ohgDg565ykhntdysxyiP3t0dktJgPFlbZjoAtU6lte9Hax7_dDsfCT3UhzP7z7WqzovzraESEKsL9zvoqVV-S1mN64WPIBRu9PGM5hMb9iBT7rJcIqBZ05moT/s718/Family%20in%20LR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="718" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-Qop-2Tkz7G6O7Koir83C-Pqqp4D0KJrt9pGQLEa0NtyQrQ1mXCqTiI5LFxtQfYaBY6ohgDg565ykhntdysxyiP3t0dktJgPFlbZjoAtU6lte9Hax7_dDsfCT3UhzP7z7WqzovzraESEKsL9zvoqVV-S1mN64WPIBRu9PGM5hMb9iBT7rJcIqBZ05moT/w640-h444/Family%20in%20LR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Teacher family in new Teacher Residence</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUBeJwmvv_RkEB4B1BRfvCtlNTFPVuE8PBzAp9PjzfLBPvHId8-aOvvfnbniwpXTyp6Qe5RmiPOPNlJMosEfibpoYIdf4hDdj_iPQwe_P1HJt4oyHfnanUWKujrSsB3Bv7mFox7tfUZkF2OTUiDFBB5fAEqeTYZWnE1JnizIvJ_NEmauiqQ00sXG39y9SI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUBeJwmvv_RkEB4B1BRfvCtlNTFPVuE8PBzAp9PjzfLBPvHId8-aOvvfnbniwpXTyp6Qe5RmiPOPNlJMosEfibpoYIdf4hDdj_iPQwe_P1HJt4oyHfnanUWKujrSsB3Bv7mFox7tfUZkF2OTUiDFBB5fAEqeTYZWnE1JnizIvJ_NEmauiqQ00sXG39y9SI=w356-h474" width="356" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Running water in the shower. No more string tilting an overhead bucket.</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">Our Progress To Date.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> In 13 years we've come a long way with the progress at each of our 8 schools. Two are completed. At the remaining 6 schools, the majority of buildings, most importantly the classroom buildings, are complete and operating well. <b>We need funding for the outstanding support buildings at those schools.</b></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Our 5 Primary Schools each have outstanding development costs ranging from 64,000 at the most completed school to 199,000 CAD for the </span><span>least completed one</span><span>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Our short term goal is to complete these 5 schools before we take on new schools.</b> Other villages have approached us to start much-needed primary schools in their area where walking distances to existing schools are too long and even dangerous for the young kids.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Our heartfelt thanks to all the generous donors</span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">who have supported us over the past 13 years. The Tanzanian children feel blessed to be in a standard of public school that is considerably higher than the government-built ones with their lesser construction quality and the absence of Teacher Residences. And their better academic performance is proving it.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">How To Donate</span></div></div></div></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Visit <i>PrimarySchoolsforAfrica.com</i> and click on the "Donate" button, or send a cheque made out to:</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"PSFA Primary Schools For Africa Society", </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">and mail to:</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">3301 Wordsworth Street, Victoria, BC, V8P4B9</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">End of Post</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div></div></span></div></div>Alan Royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14669696831872165917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567717292518918234.post-63560797844965689412022-12-08T16:09:00.000-08:002022-12-08T16:09:08.019-08:00PROJECT UPDATES - NOVEMBER 2022<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Hello, all our friends,</span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Alan's partner Nina Yin, fellow Director Peter Daniels with partner Lorna Pagliaro, and Nina's daughter Corinna joined Alan on this year's </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span>November 2022 trip to Tanzania.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> It was quite the adventure; school buildings opening celebrations, safaris, big cats, rogue elephants, and lots of hugs and entertainment from welcoming Tanzanians.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222;">New 2-family Teacher Residences were built at two of our 7 school projects in the area. </span><span style="color: #222222;">Our amazing builder Restus Sanka has once again created a quality building for two lucky teachers and their families at both</span></span><span><span> <span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">Tidivi Primary School</span></span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">and</span></span><span><span style="color: red;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">Gongali Primary School.</span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">It solves their commuting problems on muddy rain season roads, and provides a healthy environment for kids to grow up in. Teachers can now focus more on teaching. This has proven success since we have achieved higher national academic standin</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: x-large;">g on all our schools with teacher residences. </span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="color: #222222;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: red; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFf-Q-O_39G3hmhKhrVYEtcR7vjkDmyFa323uaRQ9g_9zFLbKiGj20pHQ_F2TDQsiSuOuzDkdAcx2NilPWy7oM3LmsY3oK1iCP_Cv1Xl0M9DqrBAfkSBuMKTTtEQe_TjIYKDoMRoF4TnL7qAQvhbi23Eu-N6yoEPw8dTuMJI_Q84xWK13Y11NMjd9IQ/s2616/2%20TR's.jpeg" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1327" data-original-width="2616" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFf-Q-O_39G3hmhKhrVYEtcR7vjkDmyFa323uaRQ9g_9zFLbKiGj20pHQ_F2TDQsiSuOuzDkdAcx2NilPWy7oM3LmsY3oK1iCP_Cv1Xl0M9DqrBAfkSBuMKTTtEQe_TjIYKDoMRoF4TnL7qAQvhbi23Eu-N6yoEPw8dTuMJI_Q84xWK13Y11NMjd9IQ/w640-h325/2%20TR's.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">New Tidivi 2-family teacher residence building at right</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IbTj5CCwTRegcOtKQ6OFAYNRrInzUqw6Dhc7MMFB6GpP5zXg0BmYQhczQLAR_CsKs5vzGN9mpALQUeXoewnSYiEnm2DEvtLjXwia5hVTswCPlo3O7Edqxr7M4zm6N4rjIwDkjkmxJBHr-ZUeB0r8U00K4NMtxQR_j1U2qyVaV6cc_L8yXKMTlgn0IA/s858/TRes5.6.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="858" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IbTj5CCwTRegcOtKQ6OFAYNRrInzUqw6Dhc7MMFB6GpP5zXg0BmYQhczQLAR_CsKs5vzGN9mpALQUeXoewnSYiEnm2DEvtLjXwia5hVTswCPlo3O7Edqxr7M4zm6N4rjIwDkjkmxJBHr-ZUeB0r8U00K4NMtxQR_j1U2qyVaV6cc_L8yXKMTlgn0IA/w640-h360/TRes5.6.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">New Gongali 2-family teacher residences<br /></span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8NVM8bcNpE7SSQOFjS59tA0MPaTrfW5pxUuI-7eF8MLxW1Hie6vG0Z27--YqT893y1HvZoi9-mqVXcIKvYHJ3PwR0hxRjcflrx9JCYly7k0Hde7IISX7L1A1TTWH02HakCyCRjbHFEgXf8fOenE5Bzqbphq1kj45YcpqZ2gcD-BBLnhAVUiIJyL1RKA/s4032/head%20table.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8NVM8bcNpE7SSQOFjS59tA0MPaTrfW5pxUuI-7eF8MLxW1Hie6vG0Z27--YqT893y1HvZoi9-mqVXcIKvYHJ3PwR0hxRjcflrx9JCYly7k0Hde7IISX7L1A1TTWH02HakCyCRjbHFEgXf8fOenE5Bzqbphq1kj45YcpqZ2gcD-BBLnhAVUiIJyL1RKA/w640-h480/head%20table.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">the head table at Gongali Primary School: Nina Yin, Alan, Salmina Msuya, Peter Daniels, Lorna Pagliaro<br /></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixyFkF82u6cw416UIoh4eFyNFgqZFCFJa9pr7pI80rOBCOUa30_HUGt4GBbGrFu7yT3BBniCR9uv2IxVXRppQiX7Jlk9TvilZNPIc3bBPG01M0VGFDDZY6aUQ7-i0UfMRHKAj_LOllThmPQFPkXQMKAXRPYOwtS49-e_VgHm9gmTmts07C2HPqkvMuwg/s3783/another%20group%20shot.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1824" data-original-width="3783" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixyFkF82u6cw416UIoh4eFyNFgqZFCFJa9pr7pI80rOBCOUa30_HUGt4GBbGrFu7yT3BBniCR9uv2IxVXRppQiX7Jlk9TvilZNPIc3bBPG01M0VGFDDZY6aUQ7-i0UfMRHKAj_LOllThmPQFPkXQMKAXRPYOwtS49-e_VgHm9gmTmts07C2HPqkvMuwg/w640-h308/another%20group%20shot.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">teachers and guests at Tidivi Primary School</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dave Green and wife Cheryl Alexander detoured from their African holiday to join us as honorary guests at Tidivi Primary School. For their contribution to the school's development, they were celebrated as honorary villagers.</span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: red; float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZafThBcyJxhypbhgyUW19m1vk3Pu4S7DB0cuEIAsiZvUzJgwD3XbdXtZwyTleFyz7_Xza-Ti36TErxLtuldgXoknHvoWcs518PNhP9YI-4DBdyk-2P8kh41W21OyWPL6h1yP94EblNB0UbFUkN9jqPsV6WCLnTG7MPLYf-OrSSwIYOH9-Jtx1mJWBw/s1270/Dave:Alan.jpeg" style="clear: left; font-size: xx-large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="1257" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZafThBcyJxhypbhgyUW19m1vk3Pu4S7DB0cuEIAsiZvUzJgwD3XbdXtZwyTleFyz7_Xza-Ti36TErxLtuldgXoknHvoWcs518PNhP9YI-4DBdyk-2P8kh41W21OyWPL6h1yP94EblNB0UbFUkN9jqPsV6WCLnTG7MPLYf-OrSSwIYOH9-Jtx1mJWBw/w317-h320/Dave:Alan.jpeg" width="317" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Thanking donor Dave Green</span><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsH0xgeykCzaRc68yiv_u3ccFVqssfYMqVgnB5Okjp-T2M38WcTlMidTukRatjPt9vjjxIKdBVBuzPUo9s8bdXTYl6uvTGyG87oFEx3gQJ0uguFZfvc_myhn2dE6cCM7F6grHPz27tiwW8f8QAbWnFTSipF5TLEhtA9yS0Sdfle9h12v0rGKmSOjhNgw/s2096/Cheryl%20robed.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2096" data-original-width="2018" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsH0xgeykCzaRc68yiv_u3ccFVqssfYMqVgnB5Okjp-T2M38WcTlMidTukRatjPt9vjjxIKdBVBuzPUo9s8bdXTYl6uvTGyG87oFEx3gQJ0uguFZfvc_myhn2dE6cCM7F6grHPz27tiwW8f8QAbWnFTSipF5TLEhtA9yS0Sdfle9h12v0rGKmSOjhNgw/w309-h320/Cheryl%20robed.jpeg" width="309" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cheryl Alexander being "robed"<br />as an honorary villager<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: black; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The villagers didn't stop there. They "robed" us all..</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK0fv9Vzz-RC4Uv1lDtAzlnqbHWWqkoE4t4FB_Ns7IbMontzLsOR7v8XPoxN9OJlJ2JtjWWLwof1B9ybv5fbtI43n-8ZYuZX0OO6mJvQ9KAgYqr91dXTTRnp7sYIkk_QbatIUOqRnDcfc5nQh5niRlxgTGfZ5OFWNQkPmYbQoisa3_fpdOitxQot-g2g/s1990/group%20robed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1990" data-original-width="1853" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK0fv9Vzz-RC4Uv1lDtAzlnqbHWWqkoE4t4FB_Ns7IbMontzLsOR7v8XPoxN9OJlJ2JtjWWLwof1B9ybv5fbtI43n-8ZYuZX0OO6mJvQ9KAgYqr91dXTTRnp7sYIkk_QbatIUOqRnDcfc5nQh5niRlxgTGfZ5OFWNQkPmYbQoisa3_fpdOitxQot-g2g/w597-h640/group%20robed.jpeg" width="597" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">...and sang and danced for us...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Etfxi6hNh06hx3qKnMB7P895CkJ86a9ugW41p5LnuBnJifwkT9VJgI9csTbL8POQi3CADtZ0Ekab9B_iaOSUwmpPZmJMjO09lX3AazlwiqPusepjRicoStV_QwiQA21BTzeMFshr95D3g63-MIaYejiMSWkMr63y_Pg5ehZuDPS2OE8fbcsFXQaiew/s820/teachers%20dancing.jpeg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="782" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Etfxi6hNh06hx3qKnMB7P895CkJ86a9ugW41p5LnuBnJifwkT9VJgI9csTbL8POQi3CADtZ0Ekab9B_iaOSUwmpPZmJMjO09lX3AazlwiqPusepjRicoStV_QwiQA21BTzeMFshr95D3g63-MIaYejiMSWkMr63y_Pg5ehZuDPS2OE8fbcsFXQaiew/w610-h640/teachers%20dancing.jpeg" width="610" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">teachers dancing</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLI6qhzYDSyE6qBUGiC3Zg4nFuqbHFd3eehn6W5nHLNqCqvaIJ8kZpIOaH2bqcB-4cBVquzUMKRGPtHfsHR-TnwVURiSdCXG12tDji0IIrSnoaxLnFoQ5m3OUyzia1HF577ytk_N9PD8Tv8sGp4augKJFZGhotaMiZIYyckwwcqoDsnZlS_0-EM4HHw/s1001/tribal%20dancers.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLI6qhzYDSyE6qBUGiC3Zg4nFuqbHFd3eehn6W5nHLNqCqvaIJ8kZpIOaH2bqcB-4cBVquzUMKRGPtHfsHR-TnwVURiSdCXG12tDji0IIrSnoaxLnFoQ5m3OUyzia1HF577ytk_N9PD8Tv8sGp4augKJFZGhotaMiZIYyckwwcqoDsnZlS_0-EM4HHw/w614-h640/tribal%20dancers.jpeg" width="614" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">tribal dancing<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">...and provided an unexpected surprise birthday cake for Alan (that we all enjoyed)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7KC5ePxLVm1ockaZuDImr4gGqx5HSE77GaLjqJiVnarKyNHeY0wdYNVX_ZxNnZeBJmz7JuFMTQWaNFoWnq1PynJ4ON6AoXeqHvn8Nr1JFtH681YkusLBjPYLHq93YvajfOKjG4wfQb04rpw-jQr_iy1wo90jg1ZGotBJ-YTadiYT49dXXazlfMcCFKw/s2604/Alan%20&%20cake.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2604" data-original-width="2604" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7KC5ePxLVm1ockaZuDImr4gGqx5HSE77GaLjqJiVnarKyNHeY0wdYNVX_ZxNnZeBJmz7JuFMTQWaNFoWnq1PynJ4ON6AoXeqHvn8Nr1JFtH681YkusLBjPYLHq93YvajfOKjG4wfQb04rpw-jQr_iy1wo90jg1ZGotBJ-YTadiYT49dXXazlfMcCFKw/w640-h640/Alan%20&%20cake.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span><br /></span><br /></span></div></div></span></span></div></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plaques were installed to commemorate the donors. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Special thanks to all ex-cadets of the <span style="text-align: justify;">Royal Military College of Canada for their continuing support.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></span></span></div><div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: times;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyCzesmZ-yJP7ZEsnLYsht1dQdTgUdhEI7TdrKqRLTIzDxfXJXLAuvdJsTZJGEDOPA5C-UR1Kov692bOfQ-UX_9rRWIHCnW-cu3EFtgnN40cLQKBM0FDpyM29dl4O4fCl42c_M_ZVN4zPW59odQnMxiJyh8jjZzbCcw7cZvkMOle0aDlkvQXuqWD6Yw/s2949/RMC%20plaque%20w:%20teacher.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2949" data-original-width="2802" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyCzesmZ-yJP7ZEsnLYsht1dQdTgUdhEI7TdrKqRLTIzDxfXJXLAuvdJsTZJGEDOPA5C-UR1Kov692bOfQ-UX_9rRWIHCnW-cu3EFtgnN40cLQKBM0FDpyM29dl4O4fCl42c_M_ZVN4zPW59odQnMxiJyh8jjZzbCcw7cZvkMOle0aDlkvQXuqWD6Yw/s320/RMC%20plaque%20w:%20teacher.jpeg" width="304" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">plaque for donors from <br />Royal Military College, Canada </span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjheYnPG8bFxCZPCkl9_m410vXHgiSXz79lrW7JrIU1f2ga5ydTx82TsIa-2JB_OlpbWBzELDW5eNwGWqNh-hh-45L5j-RIkNtHUP5U-C2HQo_tW4fQEnEv1IWXEYvU1zq_eaga1MLFfUMWmLukZSlSYQxqDfwa4FquMS_DB6RNH1xduTck25ZLcoWaMg/s2821/Lepicq%20plaque.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2484" data-original-width="2821" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjheYnPG8bFxCZPCkl9_m410vXHgiSXz79lrW7JrIU1f2ga5ydTx82TsIa-2JB_OlpbWBzELDW5eNwGWqNh-hh-45L5j-RIkNtHUP5U-C2HQo_tW4fQEnEv1IWXEYvU1zq_eaga1MLFfUMWmLukZSlSYQxqDfwa4FquMS_DB6RNH1xduTck25ZLcoWaMg/s320/Lepicq%20plaque.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">plaque at residence<br />for donor Lepicq family </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsatQNuMxPDh4Iqe98EFIMteHdJvWutbvLS1NRyxG-9p0vvRAnY3qCR-61mtG8ysp9OoZfb5GS0zd_aGNOyFv9XFpAxaq0HsO3qGRfx0EhH1PvMHKs0YA19uYjusNmgGXHsRsI25mC8aes1sFxhuHqvYBpK8CMEMn29eJmNjGfwGBC4edTmdNTZ2Qvug/s4032/RMC%20plaque.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsatQNuMxPDh4Iqe98EFIMteHdJvWutbvLS1NRyxG-9p0vvRAnY3qCR-61mtG8ysp9OoZfb5GS0zd_aGNOyFv9XFpAxaq0HsO3qGRfx0EhH1PvMHKs0YA19uYjusNmgGXHsRsI25mC8aes1sFxhuHqvYBpK8CMEMn29eJmNjGfwGBC4edTmdNTZ2Qvug/w640-h480/RMC%20plaque.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">"loving families build healthy communities"</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43ZsEkEbPEGJqTGS2Mx-glK03_k5mgNHGCoPprq77t-NDa9a6EORgX6Thx4ZVciqBDPdZIkOKWeu94DTh57AbODuE-25UC-ivP624edLLyIgyBbRpOJPW_tO9eJxcGcysQhOi-BB80vLVapv5jQRhdDwgyALIBz6O_P414hROeanIIHaglhpCet3Mlw/s1301/Green%20plaque.jpeg" style="clear: left; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="1301" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43ZsEkEbPEGJqTGS2Mx-glK03_k5mgNHGCoPprq77t-NDa9a6EORgX6Thx4ZVciqBDPdZIkOKWeu94DTh57AbODuE-25UC-ivP624edLLyIgyBbRpOJPW_tO9eJxcGcysQhOi-BB80vLVapv5jQRhdDwgyALIBz6O_P414hROeanIIHaglhpCet3Mlw/w640-h586/Green%20plaque.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">plaque at residence commemorating the Green/Alexander family Great hat, Dave. (his gift from the community)!<br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQaGDZsnxtPg5L0Gl4UicOI1AVGHwNTbSwcpraOfuCokgXUJeOMizI6eZY-IQt11h8j5qEVbiVOyiSJ3WMvko4y0A0kApfnnpycDpVFmtmmieDI80NKec02q3Bmbs4Rb4EwZfhQo4kyxwXSpX0UvikQa4EUiuQ-2ZhZfk9q_QpbpmkOfOLx7tfJ1ewXQ/s4032/sitting%20rm.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQaGDZsnxtPg5L0Gl4UicOI1AVGHwNTbSwcpraOfuCokgXUJeOMizI6eZY-IQt11h8j5qEVbiVOyiSJ3WMvko4y0A0kApfnnpycDpVFmtmmieDI80NKec02q3Bmbs4Rb4EwZfhQo4kyxwXSpX0UvikQa4EUiuQ-2ZhZfk9q_QpbpmkOfOLx7tfJ1ewXQ/w640-h480/sitting%20rm.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A happy teacher in her new residence at Tidivi Primary School<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZCipxfpDMYlhgYuIW-UZON5QLRkQc96CvDQ-e6EjpUbnY8YQchD3FOiEx2gfG17LIAR0OYBl9W_OQlXTxZqpUS3hD-TT1NPk2O1cfXq5oOZIViHKCju66b83kpP8NO9CtJR5dDObJuImjTOcP0WLYawCRJTYhzY-as8eprXfMKankKnK1XRpNe74TA/s598/new%20family1.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZCipxfpDMYlhgYuIW-UZON5QLRkQc96CvDQ-e6EjpUbnY8YQchD3FOiEx2gfG17LIAR0OYBl9W_OQlXTxZqpUS3hD-TT1NPk2O1cfXq5oOZIViHKCju66b83kpP8NO9CtJR5dDObJuImjTOcP0WLYawCRJTYhzY-as8eprXfMKankKnK1XRpNe74TA/w499-h640/new%20family1.jpeg" width="499" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">a happy teacher family in their new residence at Gongali School<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh6etsPHzAvmPm4JL7dzoafHeMYfvKz6vZABb11bOrMgYoAN7BAc1msldUh0hD0S3cyln5Ww0rB9nKKTdeew82amYXyyi9o6QHThBaqXLEcOpF1gVDFVglOKYQdVY0tdGrOYG9lW4AmvmfJ9HpW4U1zZ-bXqNtkpeuae2zyzDWveD6mtU6Evq9y_f0Tg/s634/new%20family%202.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="381" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh6etsPHzAvmPm4JL7dzoafHeMYfvKz6vZABb11bOrMgYoAN7BAc1msldUh0hD0S3cyln5Ww0rB9nKKTdeew82amYXyyi9o6QHThBaqXLEcOpF1gVDFVglOKYQdVY0tdGrOYG9lW4AmvmfJ9HpW4U1zZ-bXqNtkpeuae2zyzDWveD6mtU6Evq9y_f0Tg/w384-h640/new%20family%202.jpeg" width="384" /></span></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">another happy teacher family in their <br />new residence at Gongali Primary School<br /></span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><div style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">We visited a couple of our other schools too.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last year, we completed the </span><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Flame Tree Vocational Centre</span><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">project, adding a Kitchen and Dining Hall, a classroom, and a Girls Dormitory.</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> It is now in the final stages of transferring ownership from local government to the federal agency VETA (Vocational Education Training Authority). This means it will now be properly staffed with the full complement of fully paid administrators, managers and teachers. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDxzqZmKh98ij0z4-Difzr5jAVUzUsiCfBZOG_J3rp3d1hzYgN2X3fyqnuMnKfmyChNPC7mqWhQcdQ4KWLyJ81DOs_Zh0C4UhVIm8CdIFTDmSHqy1HuwdGYmIdu8ihJjSfInUNxpSlQLR5uz4sM6aaQbD3538X2JB3VLysOzfv0CCZK76_4sTH1FO34Q/s7619/pano%20view.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2360" data-original-width="7619" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDxzqZmKh98ij0z4-Difzr5jAVUzUsiCfBZOG_J3rp3d1hzYgN2X3fyqnuMnKfmyChNPC7mqWhQcdQ4KWLyJ81DOs_Zh0C4UhVIm8CdIFTDmSHqy1HuwdGYmIdu8ihJjSfInUNxpSlQLR5uz4sM6aaQbD3538X2JB3VLysOzfv0CCZK76_4sTH1FO34Q/w640-h198/pano%20view.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">The flame tree seedling planted by the Centre's major sponsor, Dr Peter Pearse, has grown majestically to over 40 feet tall. It is now the beginning of the flowering season for its bright red flowers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJuvzoIVq1GVr6OhN7azvbZE9Jctj9Q2QhfGvR1UtI4C66fR7-On2nvAZ-s4BgStjQbRMRQu6r5UoAUNIqcqT3hd5a2aMT_XobC56d0eH7oYMh5OpuvIIkTnVl5Z0KBqpfaEfm4ExUPNsHaFjUo8DwvoJWbhdvrAvPiQflAlwZ2Bo4SIU3lrkFRYsow/s2805/flame%20tree%20growing.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2805" data-original-width="2206" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJuvzoIVq1GVr6OhN7azvbZE9Jctj9Q2QhfGvR1UtI4C66fR7-On2nvAZ-s4BgStjQbRMRQu6r5UoAUNIqcqT3hd5a2aMT_XobC56d0eH7oYMh5OpuvIIkTnVl5Z0KBqpfaEfm4ExUPNsHaFjUo8DwvoJWbhdvrAvPiQflAlwZ2Bo4SIU3lrkFRYsow/w504-h640/flame%20tree%20growing.jpeg" width="504" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhinNI-Wn-smcH7J_0Q8xLRduY_3yRmepjybJZpKBss3_vX4VcpqRo8Lf0lGRPNC6cjpZE8d6y-fRqCcwHoiUKZOj5FtrSOsKtQvIUsb-C5Yq3_0R12Hf2LwL_vaARI67gu1L3wCSKTGLPOl7k5XaCt3XpElb5Zy1z3wjLDQau0W7wDR0zo-mpmHhlTg/s2919/laundry%20area.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1883" data-original-width="2919" height="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhinNI-Wn-smcH7J_0Q8xLRduY_3yRmepjybJZpKBss3_vX4VcpqRo8Lf0lGRPNC6cjpZE8d6y-fRqCcwHoiUKZOj5FtrSOsKtQvIUsb-C5Yq3_0R12Hf2LwL_vaARI67gu1L3wCSKTGLPOl7k5XaCt3XpElb5Zy1z3wjLDQau0W7wDR0zo-mpmHhlTg/w640-h413/laundry%20area.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">girls dormitory laundry area</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebHfOmnyh9dcTjnpR_5opg49fY0z1eCf_RIFowuZUge5NTFYyBNF6LeMgJCsxRDTBvbCjL_4YKHd6nLXVt6ro5iy1GjAnK6rakP6OqjqbmFd-4TJlIRu9lf91Q9XdpmHCx9wsR0F4FIkPDlLMDO5Ug-dJns72mbUtojpXslmoGd_nUT91GnxyfVcrZA/s2183/showers.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2139" data-original-width="2183" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebHfOmnyh9dcTjnpR_5opg49fY0z1eCf_RIFowuZUge5NTFYyBNF6LeMgJCsxRDTBvbCjL_4YKHd6nLXVt6ro5iy1GjAnK6rakP6OqjqbmFd-4TJlIRu9lf91Q9XdpmHCx9wsR0F4FIkPDlLMDO5Ug-dJns72mbUtojpXslmoGd_nUT91GnxyfVcrZA/w640-h628/showers.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">dorm shower area</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">At</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: x-large;"> Simba Milima Primary School</span><span style="font-size: large;">, our sponsor,</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Safari Partners Ltd</span><span style="font-size: large;"> from Vancouver, has provided funding to start the construction of a new Kitchen/Dining Hall building that will also provide staff toilets. </span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQXJdVgd2GNNIde0somBPJt4AbZJDCDJPXGP4wPb8ZuouN0IIFC6wBKBzOkzCrfh4ZKhpvm7RhoLLY63kUtKO43UCWgIIFItmXzYK5L3jE9ln5FJv4-ftMV1uhG_YXFDtrcemgNQiSBeM6QQUOwuGzcdzitgqdkVPp8u7wek05n4jV_fIeZDayLMnv3g/s2502/group%20w:%20students.jpeg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2257" data-original-width="2502" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQXJdVgd2GNNIde0somBPJt4AbZJDCDJPXGP4wPb8ZuouN0IIFC6wBKBzOkzCrfh4ZKhpvm7RhoLLY63kUtKO43UCWgIIFItmXzYK5L3jE9ln5FJv4-ftMV1uhG_YXFDtrcemgNQiSBeM6QQUOwuGzcdzitgqdkVPp8u7wek05n4jV_fIeZDayLMnv3g/w640-h578/group%20w:%20students.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The trip wasn't just all about the schools. </span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">We went on a couple of Safaris</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;"> with Claud Goi's Kili-Routes tour company and saw some big game; lions, leopards, giraffes, hippos, water buffalo, and a gazillion zebras. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="340" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDSye4njgXwURBvoPdTdKHu02fPUSrf6VDu6TynMb-GTwx5nA_RWodf4Y5K5ocBPkcGWZW3Saq0qgUWlMqwOiIYJn4laBhDSOJdCeVOF2yN7mvfiFHJZQNETzs71DwVtcw0hcOJXI_xYPd5U467jsY6ES_cZdhPxfokKJ1nDGAS6GhKCGzDqP5TvlA4A/w640-h538/leopard.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">leopard; a very rare sight, and this one paraded by only 30 feet away</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ZR1mTPfEzAgzGhHZgjRRFWM68aPxTZueBs_ZkNxhFiKt6E0NgnoGej16ohw_xpmc0aj0DxrEHACTt5SqDnxudQ4NQpMOdhJoXrwj7nYEJ5spQ5gI0_4lhmZafAu7d95PmBk5TlysvSd2ww0dZ3R2MiSrkfWYtSNRCXxEPiulL-ZuArIixpTKZSeaAA/s427/leopard%20in%20tree.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="367" data-original-width="427" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ZR1mTPfEzAgzGhHZgjRRFWM68aPxTZueBs_ZkNxhFiKt6E0NgnoGej16ohw_xpmc0aj0DxrEHACTt5SqDnxudQ4NQpMOdhJoXrwj7nYEJ5spQ5gI0_4lhmZafAu7d95PmBk5TlysvSd2ww0dZ3R2MiSrkfWYtSNRCXxEPiulL-ZuArIixpTKZSeaAA/w640-h550/leopard%20in%20tree.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">then nestled herself in a tree to stare at us indifferently</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A rogue elephant family invaded our lodge...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz9nDYX8pDJVtCu3SbwxfSw4txw8gEF8t75ccsJ_42a2YRJ5Jws9n9du64lFWOEKYHqvz_g-9_BItaMxVSuIjvV9nOTXZ8hlBBRkCQmVghABJQvPrpgJrA82abPQzq-vhzOxyxS9feoTXSKQLRnJknHLoke48fMiBi8qcUXYBpxau6Js00k-Fpc8Fwhg/s998/rogue%20elephant.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="998" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz9nDYX8pDJVtCu3SbwxfSw4txw8gEF8t75ccsJ_42a2YRJ5Jws9n9du64lFWOEKYHqvz_g-9_BItaMxVSuIjvV9nOTXZ8hlBBRkCQmVghABJQvPrpgJrA82abPQzq-vhzOxyxS9feoTXSKQLRnJknHLoke48fMiBi8qcUXYBpxau6Js00k-Fpc8Fwhg/w616-h640/rogue%20elephant.jpeg" width="616" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">...and ate tree leaves before being chased away</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ELk5ld1glOZEiXq4cHNLHWSZVJDueWngAB_VY6yQYRvLHjq-p7hUSWATZCSNER5YFZodCW9vwtHVPXdgKAx47bwyKqacvRG2X9JUhQcg3Ah94WUYJgc78gNpOrzn0srrw_ItZDE9USros8PJXDfBaxlOlFhIsD2P2fVbxzDw4lOfuG-wVEMCBkffRQ/s966/rogue%20elephant2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="935" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ELk5ld1glOZEiXq4cHNLHWSZVJDueWngAB_VY6yQYRvLHjq-p7hUSWATZCSNER5YFZodCW9vwtHVPXdgKAx47bwyKqacvRG2X9JUhQcg3Ah94WUYJgc78gNpOrzn0srrw_ItZDE9USros8PJXDfBaxlOlFhIsD2P2fVbxzDw4lOfuG-wVEMCBkffRQ/w620-h640/rogue%20elephant2.jpeg" width="620" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">George Goi</span><span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">,</span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">one of our sponsored students, </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">bussed 5 hours from his University in Moshi to see us at our lodge in Tarangire Park, visiting for only an hour before returning to Moshi to work on a class presentation due the next day. Seen here greeted by Nina's daughter Corinna.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you, Ginny and Greg for sponsoring George through his physiotherapy studies.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgojtwUoN_RKhttoKmF1UF09WY_tVzFf28PqrWROEu98Q166Zza4ARFmzX8z0SFO2RROcvPKR4jh1Vqiih7RSPZ8-BjLQfZtg8muwE44MhNAVx2PNvUwdnuLsVi3D1fwhLnnYTe8hG5IrARwRlCaScBSlT5a8LTMbKBz49ot1qZq1P__vnoSsSbZpa5uw/s2158/George%20and%20Corinna.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1963" data-original-width="2158" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgojtwUoN_RKhttoKmF1UF09WY_tVzFf28PqrWROEu98Q166Zza4ARFmzX8z0SFO2RROcvPKR4jh1Vqiih7RSPZ8-BjLQfZtg8muwE44MhNAVx2PNvUwdnuLsVi3D1fwhLnnYTe8hG5IrARwRlCaScBSlT5a8LTMbKBz49ot1qZq1P__vnoSsSbZpa5uw/w640-h582/George%20and%20Corinna.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">The staff at Farm of Dreams lodge</span><span style="font-size: large;"> treated us like family, with a few tears and singing and dancing fanfare at our leaving. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUGv25mgOJ6KA5uJNBF7RmVPmILxixLWXCAJ2OX4upGGLhNS95dsVvMC1kiReR5irVsHYptp8-IXZXNLz9eBukO7kqj5mmLJBHJkpxKgdQXCdPmab01GvW16JIAbl8YtrB6LqsBaXsXJT5KjPJ9LnEkqosgGHGZnSrGfohYosGi4CTkTfuUwIg8FsKcg/s973/staff%20singing.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="973" data-original-width="908" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUGv25mgOJ6KA5uJNBF7RmVPmILxixLWXCAJ2OX4upGGLhNS95dsVvMC1kiReR5irVsHYptp8-IXZXNLz9eBukO7kqj5mmLJBHJkpxKgdQXCdPmab01GvW16JIAbl8YtrB6LqsBaXsXJT5KjPJ9LnEkqosgGHGZnSrGfohYosGi4CTkTfuUwIg8FsKcg/w598-h640/staff%20singing.jpeg" width="598" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA1Z7xBaTSAjCvi6vJfPreDs45IpKGrHOGqEJJLO9DU2evKylkjFR0K0RxNfscmtfryQLRLKGLnK_zRJyGTIK2cmUFB228wBMuJZMfhBWE5Wei8n-W18pNKTQlHrBMqLG-CC07pcLu0yv36KQb9DFeQ5UDKDfgh2yuihhhAV_hMiWNMkRxJo_LYW744A/s851/staff%20gift%20to%20Corinna.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="851" data-original-width="809" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA1Z7xBaTSAjCvi6vJfPreDs45IpKGrHOGqEJJLO9DU2evKylkjFR0K0RxNfscmtfryQLRLKGLnK_zRJyGTIK2cmUFB228wBMuJZMfhBWE5Wei8n-W18pNKTQlHrBMqLG-CC07pcLu0yv36KQb9DFeQ5UDKDfgh2yuihhhAV_hMiWNMkRxJo_LYW744A/w608-h640/staff%20gift%20to%20Corinna.jpeg" width="608" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">Corinna got treated to a birthday cake too, this one with a dangerous blowtorch-like candle.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We still have a lot of work to do to complete 6 schools</span><span style="font-size: large;">. we need funding for teacher residences, kitchen/dining halls, administration and toilet buildings.</span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">DONATIONS</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> can be made: </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span>- using the donate button on website <span style="color: red;">primaryschoolsforafrica.com</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span>- by e-transfer to <span style="color: red;">psfa@shaw.ca</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span>- by mail to 3301 Wordsworth St, Victoria, BC, V8P4B9 with cheque addressed to "Primary Schools For Africa Society".</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">Our </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">heartfelt thanks</span><span style="font-size: large;"> to all the generous donors who continue to support our school building and student scholarship programs. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;">F</span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">or all you new readers,</span><span style="font-size: large;"> please help us support Tanzanian kids get the proper education they desperately need with your kind donations.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank You</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">END OF POST</span></div></div><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></span></div>Alan Royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14669696831872165917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567717292518918234.post-16586679079744726882021-10-14T13:13:00.000-07:002021-10-14T13:13:36.355-07:00PROJECT UPDATES - OCTOBER 2021<p> <span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-large;">Hello, all our friends,</span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Despite the challenges of Covid-19 worldwide, and especially in Tanzania, PSFA has continued its mission to develop schools in its northern region during 2020 and 2021. It is encouraging that Tanzania's new President, Samia Suluhu Hassan, is fully committed to a vaccination program for the country.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">At the outset of the pandemic, PSFA and its partner African Book Box Society (ABB) responded by providing masks, soap, and hand-washing water stations at schools with our Project Manager Restus Sanka advising teachers and students on proper protocols for their use.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wUi4AdmU_pGe4pyI3DI3DaQ7GWaeNY_NZ6F5gk3x0y_lOobVbbu0dYHjbS-HoCfD78fwp_IDtcf-y_Q6V82cWNlrcNluRFmd9ynQbWnGtJqZcpdC-S-8Jav7fnrXGCCg_GCjRdJSlwyw/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="741" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wUi4AdmU_pGe4pyI3DI3DaQ7GWaeNY_NZ6F5gk3x0y_lOobVbbu0dYHjbS-HoCfD78fwp_IDtcf-y_Q6V82cWNlrcNluRFmd9ynQbWnGtJqZcpdC-S-8Jav7fnrXGCCg_GCjRdJSlwyw/" width="238" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">kids observing Covid 19 hygiene<br />protocols before entering classrooms<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ylqaTvB9x2Csip3WXnW5KmV8udTxq9zsVmGmJ3p5v-DMuNq7uvy-XnwmP3YxiEfwCDXh9O3z3A1MJD6W4TavxlvE-pd-3CtIYNtbd-G2ayrC8XZXkdM6au5jyPVC3mbeYCCejn_rioIh/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="780" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ylqaTvB9x2Csip3WXnW5KmV8udTxq9zsVmGmJ3p5v-DMuNq7uvy-XnwmP3YxiEfwCDXh9O3z3A1MJD6W4TavxlvE-pd-3CtIYNtbd-G2ayrC8XZXkdM6au5jyPVC3mbeYCCejn_rioIh/w320-h229/9EAD15E5-F636-419C-A0BC-2AF774544BFF_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">kids observing Covid 19 hygiene<br />protocols before entering classrooms<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our 5 primary schools, high school, and vocational school are all in full operation. All classroom buildings are completed at each school, and we are continuing their development adding teacher residences, kitchen/dining, administration, and toilet buildings as incoming funds allow. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;">Flame Tree Vocational Centre,</span><span><span style="font-size: medium;"> Karatu, Tanzania</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In 2020, with adopted Covid protocols, we continued with the construction of a new 32-bed Girls Dormitory, a Kitchen/Dining Hall, and a new Classroom building. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anne Pearson Girls Dormitory</span>, <span style="font-size: medium;">completed in Late 2020, is named after ABB's Anne Pearson, who passed away in January 2021. Our hearts are heavy with her loss. She was the driving force for ABB's sponsoring of this Centre's development. With her bright personality, wonderful enthusiasm, and passion for teaching, she and her lifelong friend Ruth provided many enjoyable hours for the kids at our primary schools reciting stories from their colourful picture books.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The dormitory is an important addition to allow increased student population to the Centre for local and regional girls. It features a large reading room where students can study together or gather for social activities.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VOHWqpHcpVqE_3RQNLADb9AZT21dC2L_PJVjUbpjbmzPuqeOrjNA5qygwWvIkUKHUEO2cc6zeZipaiy1MMCsbS06qP2B2fbKjEKI50puSJB5qm_6hjBBEYvTi0gzjm_p7zdYCkkqaoij/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="934" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VOHWqpHcpVqE_3RQNLADb9AZT21dC2L_PJVjUbpjbmzPuqeOrjNA5qygwWvIkUKHUEO2cc6zeZipaiy1MMCsbS06qP2B2fbKjEKI50puSJB5qm_6hjBBEYvTi0gzjm_p7zdYCkkqaoij/" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">new 32 girl Dormitory at FTVC<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwqROAUY8-eHPmGyoj5DzC3sI8YaB3ugkaYBqs1l0BbI4qW2BHL0soDZ0k4M0PKgWNdyQAcmAAbYzAUHOUqaqdgllnq0xSBaVQCN8GwVerQXpEpCvzxdiXMOaqdiBz9bHhumRBQS3H6-0/" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1008" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwqROAUY8-eHPmGyoj5DzC3sI8YaB3ugkaYBqs1l0BbI4qW2BHL0soDZ0k4M0PKgWNdyQAcmAAbYzAUHOUqaqdgllnq0xSBaVQCN8GwVerQXpEpCvzxdiXMOaqdiBz9bHhumRBQS3H6-0/w293-h223/264B1C40-5BC9-44EC-8EA9-EDDFE6146E47_1_105_c.jpeg" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">typical dormitory room</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; float: left; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-4dDGtaz7N-5WNN8Ljlc2sXITz2WYuFkH-U424gLsJ8bH2Mp5SMdt4XmoKQfvU9hF3aJ0dwlHZfvOwBJNTvYHn_ZN5Jis7lKH5c8il2QwqBHUGJqr5m7M9HrSh-pR48I9M_09noF70eL/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1008" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-4dDGtaz7N-5WNN8Ljlc2sXITz2WYuFkH-U424gLsJ8bH2Mp5SMdt4XmoKQfvU9hF3aJ0dwlHZfvOwBJNTvYHn_ZN5Jis7lKH5c8il2QwqBHUGJqr5m7M9HrSh-pR48I9M_09noF70eL/w283-h212/499C40FE-4775-4B9B-9DFC-EE9310F436AB_1_105_c.jpeg" width="283" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">girls dormitory study room<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbjqRj8ufIAuPbhZNM6g5UpY914ESbF-hkH7aMmXobuUbKYgDBiuTU-LZZj2fnHbMEvwiT0W1r6PX0bJHuzoF5AS4edD7SmSuoa4zguF9ExwMw0i6RO5uxWm_3gtA1w2T1elHOsDN3lohb/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="999" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbjqRj8ufIAuPbhZNM6g5UpY914ESbF-hkH7aMmXobuUbKYgDBiuTU-LZZj2fnHbMEvwiT0W1r6PX0bJHuzoF5AS4edD7SmSuoa4zguF9ExwMw0i6RO5uxWm_3gtA1w2T1elHOsDN3lohb/w350-h197/66BA1FB9-14E8-4CF0-979D-F9F684D38539_1_201_a.jpeg" width="350" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">new Kitchen/dining Hall<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kitchen/Dining Hall.</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Construction completed in May 2021. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Up to 50 students can be accommodated in a well-glazed cheerful dining space where nutritious meals are prepared by local volunteer cooks. The kitchen features efficient stainless steel stoves for their maize, soybeans, groundnut menu items.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOzDeKLEjcIJoiDMzPO7b8yK5JByNLxeejpi7QpNE5jS8RXOzRD8QySngq-YMfCRxvuvzkbWTNfOmjEH1wNzrghz-uQDpwiDv_wsD_C65fSnbvh9FR6WSBL-qw-a4KVSPCCJbxc23WAUN5/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="1008" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOzDeKLEjcIJoiDMzPO7b8yK5JByNLxeejpi7QpNE5jS8RXOzRD8QySngq-YMfCRxvuvzkbWTNfOmjEH1wNzrghz-uQDpwiDv_wsD_C65fSnbvh9FR6WSBL-qw-a4KVSPCCJbxc23WAUN5/" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">new FTVC Dining Hall<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifiPG1F-sQK1IYu2_T_Xsn_lQFpfTMLTLyP7Ox08FP9zWYExN3hfuZPJP8JWnbJ5wDQBobEwbJectcqzsMuuUrZf-rqkc-aSRkV8bEzaBmv38aHLflokm8cKNVSo0ssNmFm76-DudUrEdY/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="1008" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifiPG1F-sQK1IYu2_T_Xsn_lQFpfTMLTLyP7Ox08FP9zWYExN3hfuZPJP8JWnbJ5wDQBobEwbJectcqzsMuuUrZf-rqkc-aSRkV8bEzaBmv38aHLflokm8cKNVSo0ssNmFm76-DudUrEdY/" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">kitchen at FTVC - cooking porridge meal<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Classroom Building. </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Construction completed in May 2021. </span><span>A new 48 person classroom provides additional classroom space to support the workshop student course needs.</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-right: 1em;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUeS7RSBVVyPLK64H9NJ4Fv1pWbJ8PLCrL9_ypDxwHaLfB1rNbSKDWNji-A7FKN-1OGZQnVpGPvvSi2Iub3wa0LNVdRC5L5VixXulpCP25Zh33ZzeELrAwS0d7oNF5eixwy1XnFF1ORfd/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="1008" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUeS7RSBVVyPLK64H9NJ4Fv1pWbJ8PLCrL9_ypDxwHaLfB1rNbSKDWNji-A7FKN-1OGZQnVpGPvvSi2Iub3wa0LNVdRC5L5VixXulpCP25Zh33ZzeELrAwS0d7oNF5eixwy1XnFF1ORfd/w317-h179/48921210-1472-4CE8-8028-118E69CFA15B_1_105_c.jpeg" width="317" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">new Classroom building<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmrNe8YePvHG3p-wGqQwU_sPl-TGJMwEIGGN_cM7Qy1lcPGXKJCFXbs_CbjwCFj9hGLGpSMJHKk-CAF_vEgK9uAHcPoaStMD_-YYffU4URoANuP6-UvVMDjsIxb9b6IjC3fM-VrUyEDGn7/" style="clear: right; 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font-size: medium;">Construction has commenced in 2021 for two new residences. It will bring the total number of teacher families living at the school to six. There is substantially improved quality of life for the families; flush toilets and showers that connect to a septic system, clean-burning gas stoves that replace smokey outdoor fires, and the elimination of commuting on dusty clay roads that sometimes become impassable during rainy seasons.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhBsPSgP1daiUXwehLEW_JyKMnD5Eki_GM7ZkKOQcdL_5s0qGbJksGTWJqphyphenhyphenpNkQG3N4c43Jp-0C8DvWeWrRaOdhK0aWc13EI2AKhsnHSZyDbRHPdABvIvpLooK1GAGRaS82KVZ0ECU7/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="984" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhBsPSgP1daiUXwehLEW_JyKMnD5Eki_GM7ZkKOQcdL_5s0qGbJksGTWJqphyphenhyphenpNkQG3N4c43Jp-0C8DvWeWrRaOdhK0aWc13EI2AKhsnHSZyDbRHPdABvIvpLooK1GAGRaS82KVZ0ECU7/w640-h280/922A0ED3-7A6D-4BE6-B749-CC8285804E7E_1_105_c.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">PSFA Student Scholarship Program.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;">PSFA supports tertiary level education of the top male and female students that graduate every year from our Edith Gvora High School. We do this by pairing up each student with</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">a generous Canadian donor</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"> willing to pay the relatively inexpensive yearly tuition fees and living expenses in exchange for the satisfaction of being the foundation for his/her career success. </span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;">To date we have four students being supported. They include:</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;">Elizabeth Goi - a 3 year course for a Diploma in Banking and Finance</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;">Selina Yohani - a Certificate in Education to teach High School</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;">Deborah Laizer - a 5 year program for a Doctor of Pharmacy degree</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;">George Goi - a 4 year program for a Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDgKw-PwNIsjSj6qGmJdThm8q2EZTXi0nrB97Zf0rbg348jCx31kRPnwXgyI8TvbcCYOKS_A80qOkhbCNzm6-w9JgjtLxukG0qQAmBYEw1AmGkdJEES4W7EicHVr4xFTPxlNCnLFxYgokg/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDgKw-PwNIsjSj6qGmJdThm8q2EZTXi0nrB97Zf0rbg348jCx31kRPnwXgyI8TvbcCYOKS_A80qOkhbCNzm6-w9JgjtLxukG0qQAmBYEw1AmGkdJEES4W7EicHVr4xFTPxlNCnLFxYgokg/w167-h223/DFA1B7E1-0E92-4B8A-9DEA-1D18FDE34A0A_1_105_c.jpeg" width="167" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elizabeth Goi<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblnsQN_CzZ7us0fiY9WWjb-n1Xj4hQo_ZoYz8emMJip-_pClg0ai7IktstaKS64rt2rIvW30o8iGztC-cgxg0q8xlbyRwDJjKediH7v6Bw3XRVSvYX-sUak8KXoB2gheX-ZYhchTyrWHe/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="789" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblnsQN_CzZ7us0fiY9WWjb-n1Xj4hQo_ZoYz8emMJip-_pClg0ai7IktstaKS64rt2rIvW30o8iGztC-cgxg0q8xlbyRwDJjKediH7v6Bw3XRVSvYX-sUak8KXoB2gheX-ZYhchTyrWHe/w175-h221/9330ACD5-98B0-410D-90C3-456A725736ED_1_105_c.jpeg" width="175" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deborah Laizer and mom<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbuoUoL7HVOLvTEGAANrTVqWsAUyOpgzOpr2WeA4_CJvKUvm8LxZtq6Mfkl5e3svQvBEtUBVGpLfFOAEZtHNbw7ANyEiL7rjZEyxlgh6Qqrp1A94kSrkXv3mmZph9_-G-zeB50-LA4DiyJ/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="465" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbuoUoL7HVOLvTEGAANrTVqWsAUyOpgzOpr2WeA4_CJvKUvm8LxZtq6Mfkl5e3svQvBEtUBVGpLfFOAEZtHNbw7ANyEiL7rjZEyxlgh6Qqrp1A94kSrkXv3mmZph9_-G-zeB50-LA4DiyJ/w251-h223/FF033227-9771-412C-AAA7-E9BACA56B0DD_1_201_a.jpeg" width="251" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Selina Yohani with <br />mom and Restus<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: xx-large;">Primary Schools Food Program</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thanks to ABB sponsoring a food program at Gongali Primary School, kids are being fed a nutritious breakfast and lunch meal</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65I7o_4ugtR0ylLuV2JB91y05YOIZj3GCTFRWOzyP2-3T-Hhu2mz2vot26SWV9Y3-CwAtT6nR_6GnReQB1oHKi7nhEZknJRHsbDTickpKaarPbf4GxgIoXAx8iFIr7weizNccGCbBZ3cU/" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="1008" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65I7o_4ugtR0ylLuV2JB91y05YOIZj3GCTFRWOzyP2-3T-Hhu2mz2vot26SWV9Y3-CwAtT6nR_6GnReQB1oHKi7nhEZknJRHsbDTickpKaarPbf4GxgIoXAx8iFIr7weizNccGCbBZ3cU/w472-h230/465611FD-80A1-4719-BD3A-71D8362C0141_1_105_c.jpeg" width="472" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">lunch time</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXoh766zwr3lrapNC16chbmvBQIkGpwZXgyjGdSEyE1FUW5-ghJB6zOWGGO-dQ64l1u54CCJr5K-A5JlfzTKgM1WFTNMxRuxlVKs5ADsU_oMN8jCZAqo3HVEsqn9PpuSDAd9pVke8zpVM/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="394" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXoh766zwr3lrapNC16chbmvBQIkGpwZXgyjGdSEyE1FUW5-ghJB6zOWGGO-dQ64l1u54CCJr5K-A5JlfzTKgM1WFTNMxRuxlVKs5ADsU_oMN8jCZAqo3HVEsqn9PpuSDAd9pVke8zpVM/" width="158" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gongali Primary School <br />Food Program</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Construction donations are needed!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;">- to complete our Gongali Teacher Residence project</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwEH87mk-MIRw5zWzRrAjj-Sq1QZASr5x3laShUZfBvZlI9IAC9xAW9_SDWcGAHgNaoiiJoXuF0Og25sibf28NxECbZ9m0xFfmEbgOt8qCH6qXbLuoom5t64VBsMsesniLRv3d0EnEk3u/s1814/Fundraising+Progress+Chart-31+Aug+15+v2019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="1814" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwEH87mk-MIRw5zWzRrAjj-Sq1QZASr5x3laShUZfBvZlI9IAC9xAW9_SDWcGAHgNaoiiJoXuF0Og25sibf28NxECbZ9m0xFfmEbgOt8qCH6qXbLuoom5t64VBsMsesniLRv3d0EnEk3u/w640-h482/Fundraising+Progress+Chart-31+Aug+15+v2019.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">More Student Sponsors are needed! </span><span style="font-size: medium;">for students to finish upper 2 levels of High School and attend University programs.</span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">High School fees range from $600 to $2,000 per year, depending on location of school. University or college fees including dormitory accommodation range from $1,000 - $3,000 per year, depending on type of program and location of school. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Petro Emanuel</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">wants to be a Teacher, attending a college to obtain a Diploma of Education in Physics and Mathematics. His first year expenses are $1,000. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Josephat Baltazari</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> needs to complete Level 6 of High School, then wants to go to college for 3 - 4 years. His year's expenses for Level 6 are approx $700</span>. </div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Sarah Leonard </span><span style="font-size: medium;">wants to attend a 4 year program leading to a Diploma in Animal Health and Production. She needs to start immediately. Her first year expenses are $2,200.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Claudian Nestafory </span><span style="font-size: medium;">needs to finish Level 5 High School. His expenses will be approx $1,600.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For further information, please contact Alan Roy at psfa@shaw.ca</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">DONATIONS</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> can be made: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">- using the donate button on website <span style="color: red;">primaryschoolsforafrica.com</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">- by e-transfer to <span style="color: red;">psfa@shaw.ca</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">- by mail to 3301 Wordsworth St, Victoria, BC, V8P4B9 with cheque addressed to Primary Schools For Africa Society</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our heartfelt thanks to all the generous donors who continue to support our school building and student scholarship programs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<span class="s1" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">October 2019 is a</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="s1" style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="s2"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">milestone occasion</span></span></span><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"> for Primary Schools For Africa schools. With the opening of the Classroom 5,6,7 buildings at Simba Milima Primary School and Tidivi Primary School, all five of our primary schools now have ALL of their classroom buildings to be able to teach Standard 1 to 7 classes. Yay!!</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">We can’t rest though. We still need Teacher Residences, Toilets, Kitchen/dining, and Teacher Centre buildings for a fully functioning school.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">The opening ceremonies for the Classroom 5,6,7 building were wonderfully organized by headmaster Loatha Paulo and the Doffa Village officials and local people. It’s always so much fun to be greeted by a group of elders who take your arm and “dance” you to the head table with their traditional dance. And the children’s singing and special military marching demonstration (with sticks in lieu of guns) were amazingly precise. Why they’re training this is a bit odd; Loatha says it’s good for discipline and co-operation. District Education Officer Sara Mollel (former headmistress of our Gongali Aslini School - nice that she got this promotion) cut the ribbon to two of the classrooms, but it was more fun to have a couple of eager kids cut the ribbon to the third classroom; a memory they will certainly cherish.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: small;">Our sincere thanks to our school sponsor </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Chris Ronneseth and Safari Partners Inc</span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: small;"> for their generous yearly donation to maintain the progress of the school’s development -</span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: medium;"> a new building every year!</b></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;">We are now awarding a </span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">cash prize</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"> to the top male and female student graduates from Standard 7; 100,000 Shillings (about 60 CAD) to the top boy and girl and 50,000 Shillings (30 CAD) to the second place boy and girl. We made the presentations this year to grads at both Gongali Primary School and Kilimamoja Primary School. We give the cash to the head teacher who will buy things like backpacks and school supplies for their first year in high school.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">We are also initiating a scholarship program for graduates of our one and only high school (Edith Gvora) who intend to continue on from Form Four level to higher learning, either with a college or vocational programs or with completion of 2 pre-university Form 5,6 years at a good private school, followed by university,.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Anyone who wishes to sponsor a student can contact Alan by email; <a href="mailto:psfa@shaw.ca"><span class="s3">psfa@shaw.ca</span></a>, or phone; 250-920-6296.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">2018 grad student Deborah Laizer is being sponsored by Tony and Beth Gvora. She is now attending Mwanza College in a 3-year program leading up to a university Doctor of Pharmacy degree.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">The undersigned is sponsoring a sister and brother. Jackson Goi is currently in his second year of a Civil Engineering course at Arusha Technical College and his sister Elizabeth is completing Form 5,6 at Dodoma High School, to then continue on with medicine at University to become a doctor.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">We have just returned from another amazing trip to Tanzania. This one was to celebrate the opening of another building; the new Teacher Centre at Gongali Primary School, and to start another phase of construction on our RMC Class of '70 project, Tidivi Primary School.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">We were fortunate to have two of our Directors come as well; Peter Daniels and Blaise Salmon with his wife BC Green Party MLA Sonia Furstenau. It was an exciting and memorable first trip for Blaise and Sonia. They were able to visit a couple of our schools, experience some of the local culture, and obtain insights into other NGO activity in the area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">The new Teacher Centre provides a Teacher Room, Headmistress Office, and Library Room. The school finally has its much-needed Teacher's Room, thanks to our donor, African Book Box Society of Victoria, BC. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">The teachers have vacated Classroom 7 which they had commandeered for their use to grade papers and organize their work. That meant the Standard 1 to 7 classes were being organized in only 6 rooms. But now, each class level has its own room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">PSFA Directors Peter Daniels and Blaise Salmon and Blaise's wife Sonia Furstenau were special guests at the ceremony. This was Blaise's and Sonia's first trip to Tanzania. They were duly impressed. A throng of students greeted them, singing and then excitedly swarming them as they walked to the canopied head tables set up in an open grassed area next to the new building. Both District Council Chairman Jublate Mnenye and Village Chairman Peter Hayshi gave speeches that were inspiring to the students and villagers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">An impressive feature of the school is its new pathway system; concrete edged gravel paths that will drastically reduce the amount of sticky clay mud from </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">the kids' feet being tracked </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">into the classrooms. The network of paths, lined with newly planted Gravillia and Jacaranda trees, effectively link all the buildings now, creating a more organized and aesthetically pleasing landscape. The feedback from teachers and kids alike is how much more proud they are of their school. PSFA is hoping to find funds to do this at all schools.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">A pleasant surprise a few days later was meeting photographer Stephen Otero and Julie, and American couple staying with us at our lodge. They volunteered to take "drone" photos and videos of Gongali school. At the site, we organized the excited teachers and kids in a circle and Stephen's drone dropped down from the sky and circled around the kids, tantalizing them and just keeping out of their reach as they waved frantically, shouting and screaming in delight, to try to touch it. An amazing new experience for them. The drone's overhead photos really highlight the effect and beauty of the new pathway system.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">Peter, Restus, and Alan toured all the Karatu District schools to determine priorities for funding allocations. Peter and Alan later sat down with Restus's cost estimates and crunched the numbers to see what they could accomplish with their limited funds. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">The result: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Tidivi Primary School</span> will be getting a new Classroom 5 building with the concrete floor slab extended to receive a future Classroom 6 and 7 building. Digging of the foundations at Tidivi has already begun.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">On a pleasant note, we noticed that Tidivi teacher Neema Milaki has moved into the 2nd teacher residence. She's bought furniture, window curtains, kitchen appliances and is comfortable and extremely happy with her new home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">At <span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">Flame Tree Vocational Centre</span>, we mapped out locations for future teacher residences and water storage tanks. A special thanks to African Book Box Society for continuing to fund the development of this important community facility. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">Simba Milima Primary School </span>is doing very well with its recent addition of a Classrooms 3,4 building, but one important issue must be addressed. The government cannot assign a female teacher since there is no female accommodation available yet. The school's remote location makes it unsuitable for females to travel the distance. PSFA will have to consider this as a project as soon as possible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's not all work!</span> Peter and Alan still had time out to do a little cycling and visit the Ngorongoro elephant caves. The elephants come to the rocks which are very rich in calcium. They poke at the rocks with their tusks and eat the sand that drops down, to receive the minerals that make their bones strong.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">So please donate generously towards the education of these young children who are so eager to learn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Visit <i>PrimarySchoolsforAfrica.com</i> and click on the "Donate" button, or send a cheque made out to:</span></div>
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Alan Royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14669696831872165917noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567717292518918234.post-24694174183208037202018-11-09T15:15:00.000-08:002019-02-13T04:08:21.681-08:00PROJECT UPDATES - SEPTEMBER 2018<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;">Thanks to our sponsors, </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">Roland Wille, Alan Cassels and Blaise Salmon</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;">, all of Victoria, BC, we had the funds to complete the timely construction of this 3 classroom building. The school now has all 7 classrooms and were fortunate enough as well to have 4 new teachers provided by the District Education Office.</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;">The opening of the building involved the usual festivities of speech-making, singing and dancing.</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;">There is now an urgent need for a</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> <span style="font-size: large;">teacher residence</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"> building to house the new teachers who are temporarily being housed in a very small storage building provided by a local farmer. W</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">e will seek donations of $37,000 for its construction cost.</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In Sep 2018, we completed the construction of the second classroom building for levels 3 and 4. We now have 4 classrooms, an administrative building and 2 teacher residences.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When we visited the site for the opening celebrations, Restus and I were welcomed by village men and women who pulled us in to join them as they chanted and danced their way to the ceremonial area. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">District Education Officer Martin Goi, with his powerful voice, impressed on the villagers the importance of education and the need to continue every effort to support this growing school. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thanks to o</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ur sponsor donor, <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Safari Partners Inc</span> </span>of Vancouver BC, and our expert local builder Restus Sanka, the school is on track to become one of the best developed in the region. We have water and solar power. Kids instructed on </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #f1c232; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">hygienic practices</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> now wash their hands at a SIM tank placed next to the toilets. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #c27ba0; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Electricity</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> in the classrooms will allow basic computer instruction. Our next building scheduled for 2019 will be a 3 classroom building.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">in the new classrooms</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;">teachers, village officials and Education<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Headmaster Loatha Paolo has initiated tree planting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Classrooms 3,4 (left), Classrooms 1,2 and Admin building (centre), Teacher Residences (right)</td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Edith Gvora High School, </span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Gongali</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Village, Tanzania</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">After 4 years, on Sep 20 2018, our only high school celebrated the graduation of 21 girls and 7 boys.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">VIP's in attendance included District Commissioner Theresa Mahongo and local and District government officials. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It has been a struggle for the school where a very low flow water supply to the site limits the use of the new toilet building and denies classes at the new laboratory building. Students walk several kilometres to another school for their science classes. An improvised tin and twig shelter serves as the kitchen where a hot lunch of beans and maize cooked over a fire is provided to the students. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But some things are improving. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A rousing speech from District Commissioner Theresa Mahongo stressed more effort needed from the local and district government to provide a </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6aa84f; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">proper road access, as well as water and electricity</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> to the site. Also, the community must find the means to complete the 4 year old unfinished teacher residence building. Mme Mahongo indicated her office will "work" on the electricity issue. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We were also fortunate to have had African Book Box Society's Ruth James and Anne Pearson with us on this trip. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When recently asked by headmaster Gideon Myovella, they didn't hesitate to provide funding for the supply of books and construction of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">new library shelving</span><span style="color: #222222;"> in one of the Administration building's rooms.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> The school now has a decent library supplied with curriculum books as well as interesting African authored reading material. Kudos to Anne and Ruth who showed up to clean the dust off the shelves before they placed the books. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Edith Gvora High School graduating class of 2018: 21 girls, 7 boys</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The school has been running well since its 2017 opening. All 4 workshops have students enrolled, about 8 - 10 students in each. The staff and Board of Directors are actively campaigning for more by visiting schools and churches and are confident the numbers will be maximized by the start of January 2019 classes.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Also, inspectors from the regional VETA office (Vocational Education Training Authority) are currently reviewing the possibility of complete registration of the school. When registered, VETA will assume responsibility for funding, supplying teachers, administrative staff, etc. Yay!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">The African Book Box Society has committed to further fund some development urgently required in the near future; </span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">teacher residences, water supply, and drop toilets.</span><span style="color: #222222;"> They are also considering the Board's interest in building the next most viable workshop; Motor Cycle/Auto Repair. PSFA hopes to schedule some of this construction in 2019, pending the success of the enrolment campaign.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">So please donate generously towards the education of these young children who are so eager to learn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Visit <i>PrimarySchoolsforAfrica.com</i> and click on the "Donate" button, or send a cheque made out to:</span></div>
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Alan Royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14669696831872165917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567717292518918234.post-65353784154108548822018-08-03T15:22:00.000-07:002018-08-03T15:33:00.980-07:00PROJECT UPDATES - JULY 2018<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Simba Milima Primary School, </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Doffa Village, Tanzania</span></span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">New Teacher Residence, Water and Solar Power to Site</span></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Teacher Emmanuel Jacob can now move out of his temporary abode in the administration building storage room and finally bring his family to the school to live with him in a proper home.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With electricity from</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: medium;">solar panels</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> mounted on the Administration building's roof, the classrooms and residences have lighting and power outlets for small loads like battery charging and computers.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The most important development however, is the piping of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">water to the site</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. This is a huge improvement to the quality of life for the teacher families living there, saving long tedious cattle-driven cart trips to a source many kilometers away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">As of May 2018, the construction of the long awaited teacher residence building is finished, thanks to the generous donations of David Green and the Sun Star Fund from the Victoria Foundation in Victoria, Canada. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">The contribution of David, an ex-cadet from the Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada, is in memory of his father, former naval Commander Jim Green and his wife Jane. Accordingly, we installed a plaque on the left residence entrance wall which includes a note "may this residence be a happy place".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">The site now has two 2-classroom buildings and accommodation for two of its teachers. The next requirement is a 3-classroom building where we will seek donations of $35,000 for its construction cost.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So finally, after...</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- a proposal submitted </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">by Bashay village </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to Alan Roy in June 2016 ,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- a willing donor, Peter Pearse, proposed by African </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Book B</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ox Society</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- dozens of emails, texts and conversations with </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mr Jublate Mnenye of the Karatu District Council Office and Mr Angelus Ngonyani of the Regional Office of the Vocational Education and Training Authority (VETA),</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- 4 months of design; several design concept drawings, 3D renderings, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">15 technical construction drawings,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- a construction contract with the best local builder, Restus Amma Sanka, in June 2017,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- many hours of long distance co-ordination calls with Restus</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- 5 months of intense site activity; excavators, concretors, bricklayers, carpenters, plasterers, painters, plumbers, electricians, furniture builders, roofers, artists, signpainters, and landscapers,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- a new name for the school, complete with new school logo and motto,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- 1 day of ribbon cutting, political speeches, gift-giving, celebrations, TV videos, photos, a local meal, and the planting of the commemorative Flame Tree by Peter Pearse...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a beautifully built 3-building trade school complex fitted out with office furniture, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">custom designed workbenches, electrical and plumbing tools and equipment, sewing machines, and computers, ready for regional as well as local students to begin their academic and practical training in electrical, plumbing, tailor/sewing and computers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-weight: normal;">A special acknowledgement to Restus and his crew of dedicated Tanzanian workers who worked tirelessly in the hot sun to get the project finished on time for the opening, and to have produced such a quality product. The motivating principal of Restus' relentless intention for superior construction was to set a fine example for the trades students. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: red;">He has achieved this.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">This project would also not have been possible without the successful collaboration between PSFA and African Book Box Society, who found our visionary donor Peter Pearse and worked with PSFA every step of the way. Thank you Peter Pearse, Anne Pearson, Ruth James, and Birgit Castledine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">With construction complete and the building fitted out, the next immediate challenge for the District and VETA is to </span>provide staff and programs to have the facility up and running<span style="font-weight: normal;"> as soon as possible, possibly by January 2018.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We will see how this facility progresses over the next year or two and hope that there will be more demand for additional trades. If so, we can consider more phases of development to include </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">teacher residences </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and more workshops; carpentry, auto mechanics, hotel management and welding.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Madam Theresia Mahongo</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">After seven years, the first graduating class of our charity's first school</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>26 children finished Standard 7 level schooling</b> at Gongali Aslini Primary School and when asked the question, responded that they will continue with higher education, very fittingly so, at our Edith Gvora High School, then would either attend University or our new Flame Tree Vocational School.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">A celebration included the usual political speeches, gift-giving, and local entertainment. but the highlight was the wonderful singing and dancing performances created by the 26 pupils who graduated. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">It was such a pleasure for PSFA to see our first graduation. </span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We waited 7 years for this moment, the culminating justification of our work here in Tanzania. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guest of Honour District Commissioner<br />
Madam Theresia Mahongo and Alan Roy thanking<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">L to R: Peter Daniels, Ruth James, Head Teacher Magreth Macha, Anne Pearson, Alan Roy</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Gongali Primary School is functioning well, but showing signs of wear and tear with the first 2 classroom buildings. Maintenance work involving ceilings, doors, concrete patching and painting is needed in the near future. But at this point, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After one year, this remote 2 classroom school with 2 teachers and 82 children is doing well despite the lack of electricity, an inadequate lunch program, insufficient curriculum books, and the</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">urgent need...</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">for a water system to the site - $17,000; and </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">an additional teacher residence - $20,000.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But we are continuing to develop this facility. Our sponsor donor, <span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Safari Partners Inc</span> of Vancouver BC, has committed to this years funding for a pipeline project to bring <b>water to the site as well as a second teacher residence</b> so that teacher Emmanuel Jacob can move out of his temporary habitat in the administration building storage room and finally bring his family to the school to live with him in a proper home.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The first phase of the development of the Centre includes an Administration Building, Plumbing, Electrical and Tailor/Sewing workshops, a computer classroom and library and a Cafeteria.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">The community is excited too. There are regular visits by the District Commissioner, the village Mayor and the local Member of Parliament. They believe that this facility has been too long in the waiting to help solve the youth unemployment crisis in this northern region of Tanzania.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Thanks to the generosity of Victoria's </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">Africa Book Box Society, t</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">he "meal in a mug" food program is well underway at the school, with a lot of smiling pupils showing off their big shiny stainless steel mugs that provide a mid day meal of maize and nuts porridge.</span><br />
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<span class="s1"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">PROJECT UPDATES – 8 MARCH 2017 - FEB 11 - 29 TRIP</span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: small;">It was </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">an amazing trip</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: small;">; full of surprises and accomplishment, but not without the realization that </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: red; font-size: large;">much work still remains to be done</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: small;"> at our schools. It is a continual process of completing each school’s building program as well as existing building maintenance and school operation. </span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Alan was joined on this trip by Canadian friends and donors Don and Ruth James and Anne and Terry Pearson. Ruth and Anne are the founders of </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">African book Box Society (ABB)</span><span style="font-size: small;">, whose work has been described in our previous post.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">The first week was spent at the opening of our joint project, the Luhunga Girls Dormitory, in the village of Mufindi. That was followed by a visit to our Karatu District to look at our school projects.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">We celebrated the opening of this amazing new facility with a tour of the new building complex followed by speeches from regional politicians as well as a heartfelt speech from Ruth James that acknowledged the work of their African Book Box Society (ABB) in creating this dormitory project and many other projects during their wonderful 10 year relationship with this Mufindi village community.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks to the initiative of local women who approached Ruth and Anne to create this project, there are now 64 comfortable bunk beds, a modern shower/toilet building, laundry area, multipurpose room, 2 house mother rooms, a workshop and a kitchen/dining room. PSFA’s architectural design took the opportunity to provide<span style="color: #6aa84f;"> </span></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">sustainable features that include roof rainwater harvesting, solar lighting, solar hot water heating, and a garden for the girls to grow their own vegetables.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> We will be forever indebted to the work of builder Restus Sanka who overcame the incredible logistical challenges of a remote location to produce such a high quality facility, in only four months.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">One such initiative is a new regional vocational training centre that will be a collaboration between ABB and PSFA. Over one year ago, Alan Roy was approached by local officials in the village of Bashay in the Karatu District to build a much needed trade school where the many </span><span style="font-size: large;">unemployed youth aged 17 - 25 </span><span style="font-size: small;">that hang around the streets of Karatu could learn a trade and lead a productive life. The </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">need is great within both the tourism industry for cooks and hotel workers and the building industry</span><span style="font-size: small;"> for carpenters, metalworkers, electricians, bricklayers and many other trades. Alan approached ABB, and serendipitously, they came up with a donor that agreed to fund a first phase development. so we are now in the design process, working the the regional office of the federal government’s Vocational Educational Training Authority (VETA), trying to decide which trades we should start with. More on this in later blog posts.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">The first teacher residence is complete and ready for occupancy by the first teacher family. Thanks to </span><span style="font-size: large;">our project donor, Safari Partners Inc</span><span style="font-size: small;"> from Vancouver BC, this facility’s development is well under way; we now have a new Administration Building, a 2-classroom building and its first teacher residence, with additional buildings to be constructed in the near future.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">We gave the Canadian group a tour of this school. Head Teacher Magreth Macha impressed us with her speech outlining the schools’s needs. The big concern at this point is the serious lack of an at-school lunch program. Kids have to walk home at noon for lunch and when they return 2 hours later, they are tired and cannot focus on learning. ABB to the rescue!! Anne and Ruth suggested the possibility of them funding a “meal in a mug” lunch program. They will also supply books. Wonderful news.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">The grand finale to the trip was a tour of the modern FAME Hospital in Karatu, where, at the end of the tour, we had a wonderful surprise. Nancy Allard, the hospital’s architect had just finished showing us around the modern facilities; an outpatient clinic, radiology department, 30 bed ward, a laboratory and plans for a new maternity ward. Alan had no sooner introduced the hospital’s founders, Dr Frank and his wife Susan, when Ruth and Don surprisingly announced a donation for the remaining funds needed for the new maternity ward…$300,000 USD. “Well, we are at that stage in our life…”, he humbly offered. Dr Frank, emotionally stunned, then quickly ran off, saying, “I’ve got to tell my staff”. It was a moment of excitement and jubilation for the rest of us as we hugged each other, fighting back tears of joy. This will be such a greatly needed feature for the hospital, where Labour and Delivery are literally bursting at the (belly’s) seams. Much kudos to you, Don and Ruth!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tidivi Primary School - 2-Family Teacher Residence Building - $38,500</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">As of 8 March 2017, we have $19,000, but we need another $20,000, so p</span><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">lease help us with your donations.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: small;">Our Vancouver donor,</span><span class="s2"> <span style="font-size: large;">Safari Partners Inc</span></span><span class="s1" style="font-size: small;">, followed up on the funding for the first 2 classrooms completed in June 2016 with enough funds to start the much needed first teacher residence in a 2 teacher family building. Wall plastering and septic tanks/soak pits construction are in progress with completion expected before Christmas. We look forward to completing the second residence in the new year.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Our excellent builder, Mr Restus Sanka, completed the 3rd and 4th teacher family residence building. Two teacher families that were living in a classroom for the past few months are now happily adjusting to a more “modern” lifestyle with indoor kitchens, showers and flush toilets. The biggest cultural challenge is to transition from traditional outdoor cooking with its unhealthy smoky fires in small outdoor huts to the clean indoor propane countertop gas stoves which by the way they can afford now since the accommodation is rent free. </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">On this trip, </span><span style="font-size: large;">we installed donor plaques</span><span style="font-size: small;"> for those who contributed funds for a classroom. The pupils and teachers send their heartfelt thanks to:</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: large;">BC Ferries</span><span style="font-size: small;"> of Victoria, BC, in memory of Dale Pace</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: large;">Alicia and Sang Han</span><span style="font-size: small;">, Victoria, BC</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: large;">Tony and Beth Gvora</span></span><span class="s1" style="font-size: small;">, in memory of Beth’s daughter Jennifer Street, who tragically died at the early age of 10 years. When the first plaque was installed in June, the pupils asked to see a picture of Jennifer. When I went back in October, I brought another plaque with a photo of her. The pupils gathered around in awe and stared at her beautiful face framed by golden curls. </span><span class="s2"><span style="font-size: large;">“She looks like an angel”</span><span style="font-size: small;">, </span></span><span class="s1" style="font-size: small;">several remarked. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="s1">Thanks to a generous donation from two wonderful donors, the </span><span class="s2">Eldon and Anne Foote Fund grant of $20,000</span><span class="s1"> and the </span><span class="s2">Tony and Beth Gvora grant of $25,000, </span><span class="s1">we are able to build the long awaited first laboratory building for this high school built in 2014. For its first two years of operation, the science-based school has not been able to offer science classes for chemistry, physics and biology. We can only afford at this point to build the Chemistry lab building. The physics and biology labs will hopefully be funded in the near future, but at least those classes can be taught in the Chemistry lab until we raise the funds. Since this building will be our most technically demanding construction to date, we are fortunate to have builder Restus Sanka’s proven expertise. The building will be completed by January 2017.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: large;">We are 50% complete.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">The teachers are getting excited. The 31 girls who will live there are getting <span style="color: red;">EVEN MORE EXCITED</span>. They have been forced to live inside a classroom, three to a bed, in dilapidated bunks that are falling apart, with no interior washrooms or water. The dormitory compound facilities include rooms for 64 girls, a kitchen/dining hall, a toilet/shower building, multipurpose room, workshop, house mother residences, and interior gardens.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: small;">I had the pleasure of being there with the project’s donors, </span><span class="s2"><span style="font-size: large;">Ruth James and Anne Pearson</span></span><span class="s1" style="font-size: small;">, of Victoria’s </span><span class="s2"><span style="font-size: large;">African Book Box Society</span><span style="font-size: small;">,</span></span><span class="s1" style="font-size: small;"> the charity we are partnering with on this project. In their 11 years in this Mufindi district, these two creative and spirited women and their organization have distributed books, sponsored construction of classrooms and libraries, supported a Children’s Village project and taught innovative and colourful classes at the schools. You can check out their website </span><span class="s3" style="font-size: small;">http://africanbookbox.org/</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">toilet and shower building flanked by dormitory room buildings</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;">where the girls live now - in a spare classroom<br /></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ruth James and Anne Pearson<br /> of project sponsor African Book Box Society, <br />with builder Restus Sanka, middle, and teachers Mr Essaye and Mr Lebaye</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">creative results of one of Anne and Ruth's classes</span></td></tr>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Since 2010, we have built 8 village schools that are in various stages of development. We usually start with a couple of classrooms, then progress through teacher residences, dining halls, toilet buildings, and administration/library buildings. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tidivi Primary School - 2-Family Teacher Residence Building - $38,500</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">As of 15 Nov 2016, we have $19,800, but we need another $18,700, so p</span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">lease help us with your donations.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: small;">Gongali Primary School - Toilet Building - $18,000</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="s1">Kilimamoja Primary School - Toilet Building</span><span class="s5"> </span><span class="s1">- $18,000</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Edith Gvora High School - 2-Family Teacher Residence Building - $38,500</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Simba Milima Primary School - 2-Family Teacher Residence Building - $38,500</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Patricia Elizabeth Primary School - 2-Family Teacher Residence Building - $38,500</span></span></div>
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<br />Alan Royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14669696831872165917noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567717292518918234.post-42649650269123282402016-07-18T21:34:00.003-07:002016-07-19T20:45:56.541-07:00NEW SCHOOL OPENINGS - KARATU DISTRICT; NEW PROJECT - MUFINDI VILLAGE<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello All</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.48px;">I just returned from Africa on July 7 with another amazing trip; new experiences, inspiring new people, and most of all, great progress with school construction.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Chris Ronneseth of Safari Partners Inc, the funding donor for the school, joined us for the official opening of the school;<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"> two</span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: large;"> new classrooms and an administration building</span> </span>with a headmaster's office, a teacher's room and a library room. A mass of (mostly) uniformed pupils greeted him with singing when he arrived and later performed an entertaining and amazingly precise marching dance number. Many</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> speeches praised and appreciated him for his generosity and support of the schooling needs of this community, and rewarded him by "robing" him in a traditional Maasai blanket to become an honorary elder of the Doffa Village commuity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thanks to our excellent builder Restus Sanka for another quality construction; brightly painted smooth plastered brick walls, level concrete floors, well-crafted and smoothly operating metal doors and windows. With the school now turned over to the village, the locals proudly state that these buildings are the best and most important ones in the village and vow to take great care of them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And thanks as always, to our Project Manager, Mathew Sulle, for a great job in organizing the openings at all schools. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The village wanted to do something themselves to aid in the construction; they raised enough funds (about $1,800) to start the first teacher residence building and managed to at least complete the foundations. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As a surprising further gesture of support, when he viewed the work, Chris Ronneseth offered to fund the remaining construction. So now we look forward </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in the next few months </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to a home for two teacher families. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">Four new classrooms and a renovated, (but temporary) toilet building</span><span style="color: #222222;"> are now ready for occupancy in the next school term.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.48px;">We had a great celebration as the village provided singing, dancing, and promises from the village executives of continued support to maintain this school at a high level of operation and maintenance in future. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">The District Chairman, Mr Jubilate Mnenye, and the District Education Officer, Mr Papakinyi Kaai, again promised the support of their district government in ensuring the school's successful operation. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">The village thanked the </span><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">ex-cadets of the Class of '70</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"> for their support of this school project and requested that they continue to support the school's growth over the next few years; remaining projects include teacher residences, library, administration building, teacher's room, kitchen/dining hall, and toilet building.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18.48px;">However</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18.48px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 18.48px;"> teacher residences for 4 teacher families</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 18.48px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18.48px;">are ur<span style="color: black; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">gently needed now. Due to the remoteness of the school from rental housing, the teachers must live on site. This will be our fundraising project continuing in 2016. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The new teacher residence building is about 90% complete; good news for the two teacher families living in one of the (yet to be occupied) new classrooms. Once the cement parging on the walls is cured, the buildings will be painted our normal bright gold colour.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The plans are completed and Restus Sanka will be building this new exciting project, starting the week of 18 - 22 July 2016. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The project is funded by the <span style="color: red; font-size: large;">African Book Box Society (ABBS)</span> of Victoria in collaboration with the local Foxes' NGO organization, who will administer the construction contract. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Restus and I visited the Mufindi area and enjoyed the wonderful hospitality of the Geoffrey Knight and Jenny Peck, who run the Foxes' NGO </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mufindi Orphans project</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> there, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">an inspiring effort to</span></span><span style="color: #161515; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> provide shelter, sustenance, education, and medical care for children in Mufindi, and to curtail the spread of HIV.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #161515; font-family: "arial" , "ms pゴシック" , "ms pgothic" , , "dotum" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Restus will have a challenge building this project, probably one of the most sophisticated in the region. He will seek out the best local "fundies" (tradesmen) in an effort to use as many locals as possible. </span><span style="color: #161515;">We enjoyed meeting some of them and were impressed with their friendly quiet nature.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #161515;">Restus and I are very grateful to ABBS for the use of their comfortable Mufindi home "Protea" that came supplied with some of the best home cooked meals that we have had in Tanzania to date, creatively prepared by the talented and sweet natured chef, Upendo (which literally translates as "love"). </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span>Alan Royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14669696831872165917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567717292518918234.post-58278382423759445672016-06-17T16:49:00.002-07:002016-06-17T17:02:24.660-07:00LEAVING FOR TANZANIA JUNE 20 - NEW SCHOOL OPENINGS, NEW PROJECT<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello all!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My upcoming trip is from 20 June to 7 July. In those 17 days I will be busy with existing and new projects:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">opening of new </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;">Teacher Residence building</span> </span>at one of our existing schools, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">opening of new</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: orange;">Tidivi Primary School</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">opening of new</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Simba Milima Primary School</span>,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">start</span> of new </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">64 person Girls Dormitory complex</span> in the Mufindi area, south of Iringa in southern Tanzania</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Kilimamoja (Ayatsere) Primary School</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"> - </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">new Teacher Residence building</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> & </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">opening of final classroom #7 </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you remember from our January 2016 blog post, we cancelled the official opening of our Classroom 5 and 6 project due to heavy rains that muddied the roads making them impassable. Well, since then, in the last five months, we initiated construction of the 7th and final classroom, and it is now complete. And we also initiated another badly needed teacher residence to get <span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-size: large;">the two teacher families temporarily living in classrooms 5 and 6</span> out and into proper homes on site. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our famed builder, Restus Sanka, endured a very wet spring that slowed down his construction progress of the residences. The 8 km road from the main highway to the school was impassably mudded, so all the concrete bricks had to be offloaded from the flatbed delivery trucks and left on the side of the road, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">requiring armed guards to protect from passing traffic possibly yielding to temptation.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Eventually, the rains let up enough and construction continued. Not a big deal for Restus; these things happen all the time. When I get there on 29 June, <span style="font-size: large;">the teacher residences will be complete</span>, and we will have the official opening. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Construction</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> is complete on both buildings. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This project is sponsored by the <span style="font-size: large;">Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Class of '70</span> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">alumni.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Teachers are excited and ready to start classes next term. The official opening celebrations in two weeks will be attended by local officials and a large number of villagers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The first two buildings are complete and ready for classes. This project, sponsored by Safari Partners Inc of Vancouver, had the local villagers so excited, they managed to raise enough funds to start on a two family teacher residence building which they are now in the process of building themselves, but under the close supervision of Restus to ensure construction quality and proper siting according to our site masterplan layout.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The heavy rains also took their toll on this project's schedule, muddying the access roads and washing out a small river crossing near the site. Apparently, according to Restus, the local government has since built a proper culverted roadway crossing. The rains eventually abated, materials got delivered to the site and construction resumed. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">PSFA is pleased to be partnering with the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>African Book Box Society (ABB)</b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> from Victoria for the design and construction of this desperately needed facility in the tea farming region of Mufindi, south of Iringa in southern Tanzania. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">During their regular trips to Mufindi, African Book Box Society's Ruth James, Anne Pearson and Birgit Castledine of Victoria BC, became sympathetic to the village's concern to protect local girls from wayward migrant workers, and offered to sponsor construction of a dormitory complex. On their return to Victoria, they contacted Primary Schools For Africa to assist with the design and construction of the facility, and the project is now under way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The facility includes dormitory rooms for 64 girls, toilet and shower facilities, kitchen and dining hall and a multipurpose room. Sustainable features include collection of rainwater into elevated storage tanks, solar panel electricity, and possible roof mounted solar panel hot water boilers for the shower water.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Alan will travel there with builder Restus to finalize the design and construction details with the locals assisted by an NGO, the Foxes organization, who have been in this area for a number of years, creating health and community building programs as well as construction projects. Foxes' Geoffrey Knight, administrator of the project, is promising an enthusiastic local welcoming.</span><br />
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<br />Alan Royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14669696831872165917noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567717292518918234.post-9565124557628334502016-02-01T17:11:00.000-08:002016-02-21T12:23:19.691-08:00PROJECT UPDATES - JANUARY 2016 TRIPHi All<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">I have just returned from my Tanzania trip; challenging, productive and interesting.</span><br />
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Peter Daniels, one of our directors, joined me from South Africa after completing an organic farming project that he introduced to the small village community of Masithuthukisane, near Durban.<br />
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After the usual cellphone SIM card organizing in the bustling city of Arusha, Peter, project manager Mathew Sulle and I drove our rented car to Karatu and spent the next few days visiting the two new school sites under construction.<br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">Tidivi Primary School - </span><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Kilimamoja - Huduma Ward</span><br />
Our builder, Restus Sanka is a marvel of organization. He already has the concrete brickwork halfway up the walls on our first two classroom building. The villagers are showing up at the site to witness construction and offer help with some of the manual labour; digging, carrying bricks and water.<br />
As much as their resources allowed, the village on their part constructed a two-classroom building and an 8-seat latrine type toilet building. We will complete the remaining roofing, wall plastering, interior finishes and painting. The four classrooms finished by end of March is a good start for the school. Teachers and pupils have been assigned and classes will begin next term. Now, we have to focus fundraising efforts for the next building priorities;<b> teacher residences now,</b> and administration building, electricity, administration building and kitchen/dining hall in future successive years.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">Simba Milima Primary School </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">- Dofa Village</span><br />
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This is our latest school project and is sponsored by The Safari Partners in Vancouver BC, Canada. We are starting with a two classroom building and an Administration building. Next year's priority will be to construct a Teacher Residence building. The name "Simba Milima" is a result of Safari Partners' Chris Ronneseth's idea to name it after a Canadian animal. We submitted a list of animals and the village unanimously chose the swahili translation for cougar or mountain lion: simba = lion, milima = mountain.<br />
Like the Tidivi site, this is a perfect site for a school. It is flat, with panoramic views of surrounding hills, and located centrally to the homes of pupils needing a school in the surrounding area of Dofa Village. The only downside at the moment is a stream gully that becomes muddy and is very difficult to cross during rains. Builder Restus Sanka attempted it and was forced to abandon his 4-wheel drive and walk 4 km on a muddy road in pouring rain to get help. "Hakuna matata" he says, "we're used to these things". The local council promised to solve the problem by constructing a roadway and culvert across the gully.<br />
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Again, as at the Tidivi school, the construction is efficiently proceeding on an accelerated schedule to complete the project well ahead of the heavy rains in March/April. Restus is confident that pupils will be sitting in class in April.<br />
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It appears that the village council is also anxious to contribute, albeit with their limited resources. Along the road on the way back from the site, we spotted a group of villagers meeting under a tree. We joined them and found discussions already underway for building of toilets and the locations of accommodation for teachers. It's amazing how these meetings are organized. No buildings or email are available, but there are lots of shady trees and everyone has a cellphone (cheap in Africa - $20).<br />
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The locals are excited about this school. We met with the District Education Officer Martin Goi and village Education Officer, Mr Joachim Lazaro to discuss mutual post construction responsibilities at Simba Milima.<br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">School Operations and Standards will hopefully improve...</span><br />
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Mr Goi is the nattily dressed gentleman in the photo. He was newly appointed by the Ministry of Education as the Karatu region's District Education Officer - Special Projects. He will be administering a new much-needed educational program, SWSH (School Water, Sanitation and Hygiene), to primary schools. Much to our delight, Martin advised that he would <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #e69138;">monitor our schools' operations</span> </span>and keep us informed of academic performance as well as physical needs. One area that we have noted that needs improvement is building maintenance and site landscaping.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">This guy is motivated.</span> He told me his focus will be to inspire teachers and community leaders to improve school academic and physical standards. In the course of a week, in meetings with the teachers from three of our schools, Edith Gvora High School, Gongali Aslini and Kilimamoja Ayatsere primary schools, Martin strongly urged the need to produce better grades and more attractive environments. He proudly announced that schools will now compete yearly for "Best School", and that this can only be achieved by strong leadership from head teachers. He quoted an example of the new headmaster at neighbouring Njia Panda Primary School, who, in the course of one year, rose his school in regional academic performance ranking from 57th to 7th place.<br />
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The ability to inspire pupils and teachers is of course is challenged by the schools' incredible everyday struggle with basic human as well as logistical needs; seasonal lack of water and food, electricity, toilets, furniture, school supplies, cleaning supplies. I was saddened when visiting a Standard 2 level math class to see the kids intently watching the teacher do numbers operations on the blackboard, but not one pupil with an exercise book or a pencil. They had simply run out of supplies a while back. Funds come from the federal Ministry; a paltry 10,000 shillings per student per year (about $6.00 Canadian), barely enough to buy a school uniform. But the teachers and communities are determined; the few books are shared, local carpenters make furniture, and farmers share food from successful harvests. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On our part, we are helping</span>. Since 2014, we have donated funds to each school for supplies and maintenance, and although it only covers about 50 - 60% of their needs, the teachers are happy to be at least somewhat functional. <span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">Mathew is Santa Claus.</span> This year, from a list of needs from each head teacher, Mathew will be confirming prices from local bookstores and shops and on his own time (remember all his work with us is voluntary; he does this in addition to his responsibilities as the assistant manager of a large Arusha hotel) he will organize the purchase and distribution of some furniture, books, cleaning supplies and oversee maintenance work. <b>Thank You Mathew.</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Gongali (Aslini) Primary School - a work in progress...</span> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;"> </span><br />
This is our first school, built in 2010. It needed a few improvements. From the list of needs, in addition to school supplies, we provided buckets, brooms and mops to clean floors and walls, we repaired sinks that were leaking, we replaced nine broken windows and we repainted fascia boards. We also provided a plan to build gravel pathways, plant trees, shrubs and flowers, and seed grass areas that the teachers, pupils and community volunteers can afford to do within their own resources, to create more pleasant outdoor spaces that will also drastically reduce the amount of mud tracked into buildings.<br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Watts Up Rocko?</span><br />
Only 2 buildings left to complete here; a Library/Teacher Room building and a two-family Teacher Residence. The school now has all seven teachers, the latest one a young man (I will nickname "Rocko") who spent most of his paycheques to be "wired" with the technology befitting a modern single person; cellphone, headphones, laptop, stereo, boomer speaker system, TV, and even a satellite dish. A residence was not available at the school for Rocko, however the storage room in the kitchen building had enough space to cram in his equipment as well as a sofa and double bed. And with the school at this time being between headmasters, alleviating the need for approval, the timing was right for Rocko to seize the day and move in. Only one important thing was still needed; "juice" for the electronics, and a lot of it. Well, he was in luck. This school was probably the first one in the country to have electricity supplied to it (our previous project - refer to blog dated 1/5/15), but no connection was made to the kitchen building yet. So with the help of a buddy who knew a little about wiring, he ran one in a shallow trench from one of the residences to the storage room, installed a few light fixtures and outlets, and then, with only moments away from watching his favourite Arsenal team to the background megawatt sounds of Metallica, Rocko excitedly flipped the switch for the crowning moment of his bachelor lifestyle....flip, flick, flip, flick....NOTHING??!!**<br />
... then a visit to the main electrical panel... to witness a smoking circuit breaker!...that shut off power to the whole school.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">the teachers at Gongali (Aslini) Primary School</span></td></tr>
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An inspection by our electrical contractor, a reprimand and 740,000 Tanzanian shillings later, we generously rewired everything and restored power with a promise by the new headmaster that a foolishly dangerous escapade like this would never happen again. Rocko sheepishly apologized and I have to admit, I felt a little sorry for him. Rock on, Rocko!<br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Life at the School</span><br />
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The teachers are supplementing the minimal spaces of our building design by adding traditional structures to the residence buildings; an outdoor cookhouse, a toilet building, a chicken coop, a goat shelter. The initial requirement was for just a sitting room and two bedrooms, but our current design adds a kitchen, toilet room and shower room and at some point in the future we hope to expand these existing residences to include these spaces. It will mean going away from the wood-burning fires in smoky shelters, but the teachers are willing to change to indoor propane gas burners and will not miss the harmful effects of the smoke on their lungs.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">traditionally built add-ons; a cookhouse, chicken coop, goat shelter, and shower room</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;">Kilimamoja (Ayatsere) Primary School - </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">opening of two new classrooms</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">two new classrooms at Kilimamoja Ayatsere Primary School</span></td></tr>
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Construction of the last two classrooms has just been completed and with overnight heavy rains subsiding, we were all set to attend the grand opening on Sunday morning. The villagers had been preparing entertainment and food for a few days now, the VIP's were invited; all we had to do was show up. <span style="font-size: large;">Well, we didn't make it. </span>Mathew, Martin Goi, Peter and I headed down the highway to Kilimamoja Village. Once there I turned my rented 4-wheel drive off the main highway onto a steep road that was the 8 km route to the school, and stopped to survey its navigability. The deep gully on each side was daunting and the rain-slicked clay surface looked a little dicey, but considering Mathew and Martin's silence as approval, I decided to gingerly proceed. Within a few moments however, the car was sliding out of control. We slammed into a ditch only a few yards from a deep gully and our efforts to back out were futile; the spinning wheels just got us deeper and deeper. We got out to ponder a solution. Martin, suited with tie and his signature hat, opted to look on from a safe distance while Peter, Mathew and I concluded the only possible alternative; a local tractor to pull us out. <span style="font-size: large;">Then came the rescue for the embarrassed "mzungu"s.</span><br />
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We then phoned the main VIP, Moses Mabula, who hadn't left his home yet, as if waiting to hear of our outcome before attempting this road himself. He canceled the opening to a future date.<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Teacher Accommodation Critical</span><br />
Mathew, Martin and I did visit the site a few days later to look at things. The finished two classrooms looked great. <b>Thank you, master builder Restus Sanka</b>. In addition to the schools supplies (that we are now providing), there is an urgent problem of accommodating the new teachers recently assigned to the school. The government response to supply the teachers was somewhat simplistic. Two teacher families and all their furniture and belongings were loaded up onto a government truck and then literally dropped off at the school. They were on their own now; only farmer's houses within 8 km, so no rentals available. The headmaster had the only solution; put them up temporarily in the new 7th classroom since this room is not required as a classroom for another year. <span style="font-size: large;">Out next priority project is obvious</span>; <b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">build another residence building here as soon as possible.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large;">An Impressive Orphanage Project</span><br />
On a final note of inspiration, I met a couple of young women, Kajsa from Sweden and Sabine from France who were volunteering at a new orphanage designed by Swedish architects. It was under construction at the village of King'ori, near the footslopes of Mt Kilimanjaro. They invited Claud Goi and me to visit it so we stopped in on my last day on our way to the airport.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">L to R: Kajsa, Sabine, Caroline, another Swede</span></td></tr>
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It is a very impressive project by Econef Tanzania, an independent NGO (non-governmental organization) located outside
of Arusha. Its architecture is sustainable and attractive, cleverly using local materials in tune with the environment. I was fortunate to be able to meet and have a conversation with the originator and driving force of its operation, a local woman Caroline Nicholas who aims to improve the
standard of living for orphans in the area.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Orphanage in King'ori Tanzania</span></td></tr>
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For more information and wonderful photos, visit their website:<br />
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http://www.arkitekterutangranser.se/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/econef-childrens-center.pdf<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;">HAPPY</span> <span style="color: blue;">NEW</span> <span style="color: #6aa84f;">YEAR</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">AND THANK YOU</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">TO ALL OUR SUPPORTERS FOR A SUCCESSFUL 2015</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The fundraiser was successful. Lebeau Petersen trio was fantastic. We had fun. And managed to raise over $3,000 through silent auctions, gate sales and raffles. A big<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"> thank you to Don Gordon</span> for his idea and hard work to make it happen.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A new school project!!...</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">TIDIVI PRIMARY SCHOOL</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">is going to start construction on Jan 7 2016.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We raised enough money from the <span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Class of '70 ex-cadets of the Royal Military College of Canada</span> to begin the first phase of construction starting 7 January 2016 - a Two Classroom building for about 60 children in the Huduma Ward of the village of Kilimamoja, 19 km east of the town of Karatu, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Northern Tanzania.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The village managed to donate construction for the first two classrooms only, and hopefully enough funds will continue to be raised from the ex-cadets to build the remaining buildings as they are needed in the next few years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It will be located in Dofa Village, about 10 km west of Karatu town in northern Tanzania, where 40 - 50 children will begin classes at the first level, Standard One.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Simba Milima is Swahili for Cougar, a prominent Canadian animal that, as Safari Partners' Chris Ronneseth says, "shows a connection between Canada and Tanzania and is also relatable for children".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have enough funds for Phase 1 - a Two Classroom Building and an Administration Building. Construction will start on 7 January 2016.</span><br />
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Project Manager Mathew at Site with Dofa Village officials<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The school now has its full 7 classrooms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Opening celebrations will take place on 10 January 2016. Photos and descriptions to follow after Alan's visit there from 6 to 22 January. </span><br />
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<br />Alan Royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14669696831872165917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567717292518918234.post-38151414951948306232015-11-09T22:58:00.002-08:002015-11-09T22:59:53.014-08:00PRIMARY SCHOOLS FOR AFRICA - HERMANN'S JAZZ CLUB FUNDRAISERHi All<br />
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Please come with your friends and enjoy an evening of good music from our talented musicians and singers. The repertoire of Niels Petersen and Connie Lebeau include a range of classics and romantic songs including Moondance, Look of Love, Spooky, etc.<br />
See their demo performance on Youtube:<br />
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You can also join in the fun with our silent auctions and raffles.<br />
Proceeds from tickets, silent auction and raffle sales will all go to support our school-building in Tanzania.<br />
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<br />Alan Royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14669696831872165917noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567717292518918234.post-17487540514757165642015-11-05T12:31:00.000-08:002015-11-05T12:33:11.056-08:00KILIMAMOJA CLASSROOMS 6 & 7 UPDATE/ ART EXHIBITION RESULTS<span style="font-size: x-large;">Kilimamoja Classrooms 6 & 7</span><br />
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We have receive the remaining funds needed to complete the remaining 2 classrooms of the 7-classroom school at Kilimamoja Village in northern Tanzania. <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">Construction will resume shortly and will be completed by mid-December</span>,</span> in time for the opening of classes in early January 2016.<br />
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The next building for this site will be a 2-family Teacher Residence building for the new teachers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gold building is classroom no. 5. <br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">A heartfelt thank you from the Mayor of Kilimamoja and the teachers and children of the school to all who have supported this project!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Art Exhibition Fundraiser - October 2015</span><br />
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PSFA hosted a very successful fundraiser. 40 - 50 persons attended the 2-day event showcasing artist and humanitarian Alicia Lee's paintings. Over $6,000 was sold, with Alicia donating half of the proceeds to Primary Schools For Africa Society. <br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-large;">THANK YOU, ALICIA and all the supporters who purchased her wonderful paintings</span><br />
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Alan Royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14669696831872165917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567717292518918234.post-61787533594221980222015-10-13T21:10:00.001-07:002015-10-13T21:10:49.636-07:00<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-size: medium;">of our school-building projects in Tanzania.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">She is holding an exhibition of her work:</span></div>
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Fri 23 October - 3:00PM to 7:00PM</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sat 24 October - 10:00AM to 5:00PM</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; line-height: 1.4;">Address: 3301 Wordsworth Street</span></div>
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<br />For more information, <span style="line-height: 1.4;">Phone/E-mail :</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.4;">Alicia Lee: 778-440-0932; haksinne@gmail.com</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.4;">Alan Roy: 250-598-4207; psfa@shaw.ca</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;">attend her exhibition and buy a painting, or two....</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">or select from her website and phone/e-mail her to have them delivered.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you from the children of Africa.</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="clear: both; font-size: 13px;">
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in their new blue and orange uniforms, celebrated Tony’s generosity with a
quick tour of the buildings, speeches, and his induction into the Gongali
community as an honorary elder, complete with a donated traditional robe and
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first school project, the Gongali (Aslini) Primary School, where 6 of the 8
buildings have been built to date. Teachers Sarah and Boniface organized a
special greeting with the pupils singing a welcome, after which Tony, Beth and
Sang, much to their delight, were “swarmed” with affection and curiosity by
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alma mater, Royal Military College in Kingston Ontario are sponsoring the construction
of a new school to be built in the village of Kilimamoja near Karatu in
northern Tanzania where an urgent need exists to accommodate approximately 50 -
60 local children who at present either do not attend school or are travelling
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were quite curious about the beautiful singing coming from the church next to our lodge every day, so Tony, Beth and I decided to check it out. Local choir members were rehearsing for a promotional fundraising video and allowed us to watch. A lovely heartwarming experience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Click on the link below for the video.</span><br />
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Alan Royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14669696831872165917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567717292518918234.post-82828817197883556602015-07-29T11:15:00.002-07:002015-07-29T11:15:32.742-07:00KILIMAMOJA PRIMARY SCHOOL - 3 CLASSROOM PROJECT - TANZANIA<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Construction has started!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Construction of the 3-classroom building in Kilimamoja is underway. The local builder Restus Sanka has all the material stored on site and is preparing the foundations for the concrete floor slab.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At this point, with the present limited funds, <span style="color: red; font-size: large;">we are able to build the first classroom</span> <span style="color: red; font-size: large;">#5 </span><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">and the floor slab only for Classrooms 6 & 7.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are continuing to fundraise for the additional $12,500 needed for the remaining 2 classrooms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The new classrooms are urgently required to be built this year to accommodate the 38 pupils graduating from Standard 4 level to Standard 5. </span></div>
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Alan Royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14669696831872165917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567717292518918234.post-47641426901437013332015-01-05T05:04:00.000-08:002015-01-05T05:04:08.810-08:00PATRICIA ELIZABETH PRIMARY SCHOOL GRAND OPENING - QAMEYU VILAGE - 20 DEC 2014<div class="MsoNormal">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">PATRICIA ELIZABETH PRIMARY SCHOOL, Qameyu Village, Babati District, Tanzania; </span></b><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">4 Classrooms,
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Greetings from Tanzania again!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Amazing</span><span style="color: #e06666;">,</span> <span style="color: #6aa84f;">awesome</span>, <span style="color: #3d85c6;">unforgettable</span>. Words cannot adequately describe the
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When Mathew and I arrived at the site, our car was blockaded
by about 90 colourfully dressed chanting and warbling women. As we got out of
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beautiful newly painted orange-red buildings. No time to look more closely at
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">“Parents - provide clean uniforms and food; children - study hard, and keep the walls and floors clean from the mud (a challenging task in the rainy season).”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The top VIP, District Executive Director, Mr Mrutu, invited
me at the beginning of his speech to accompany him in singing the national cultural
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">My speech told the story of donor Ted
Woodcock whose wife recently passed away and how he wanted to memorialize her
with the name of the school, “Patricia Elizabeth Primary School”.</span><br />
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applause, recorded it with appropriate photos, then disassembled informally for
congratulatory chats and drinking of soda (pop) for the kids and local “busa”
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It was a tense two-hour ride back to Babati to our lodge.
The rain slickened the clay roads causing me to lose control of the car at one
point down a steep slope. The one good thing about the trip though was the reduction
of speed of the boda-boda motorcyclists who drive way too recklessly, passing
and cutting in too soon, creating huge dust clouds. They were reduced to overcautious
slipping and sliding at slow speeds. Thank God at least for that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">December 15 was the national Election Day for lower level
government leaders; Ward and Village officials; chairmen and executive
officers. Next year it will be for the district and national levels; District
Chairmen, MP’s, President.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the last
few days before an election, men from both parties (CCM and Chadema) were
driving around everywhere, blasting out their appeals to voters through
boom-box loudspeakers mounted on the back of pick-up trucks. And noisy
celebrations in the streets and bars were the norm – an excuse to party, it
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When I arrived at the Gongali Primary School site on 16
December for my meeting with the school committee, I was surprised to see
District Chairman Lazaro Titus speaking to a large gathering in the schoolyard.
Head teacher Mark Mollel educated me on post election procedures. The school
was the site for the village voting. I noticed wind-blown pages of electorate
lists pasted on the exterior walls of the school. And today, it was Lazarus’
job to brief the population on the results. Since there is no local TV media,
the District Chairman has the daunting task of going to each ward in each
village to announce the results. I spoke with him briefly. He looked
exhausted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My school visits and discussions with the head teachers
uncovered of a serious lack of operating expenses. Government assistance
amounted to a paltry 200. CDN per year for school supplies only, not enough to
cover costs for all the books needed for new graduating classes. Being always
so busy with building construction, I admit to being a little neglectful in looking
closer at the way the schools were operating. The school office has no shelving
to store books, no cabinets to store binders and files, not even any binders
for the files - just heaps of paper and books on the floor. The teacher’s desk
in classrooms is a shared kids desk. Building maintenance is non-existent. The
wall paint on the first few buildings we did at Gongali and Kilimamoja is
peeling and wood trim is back to bare wood. Some windows are broken. The
impoverished village cannot contribute anything significant, other than
uniforms and meals at home, i.e., no food program for kids lunches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After hands-on work sessions with the school committees of
both schools, I concluded that their need was genuine; books, administration
supplies, teacher desks, shelving and painting, but no food program as
unfortunately it was not in our mandate and original agreements with the
village. We painstakingly went through their list of needs and arrived at a minimal
budget, about half of what they were asking. And when I announced that this
year we were fortunate to have some available funds to at least get the schools
in basic and decent working order, to my surprise, the committee members all
stood up and cheered. This was a new experience now for them, to actually have
a budget to work with. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We discussed administrative procedures, including the need
for a bank account, double signatures on cheques and District Education Office
co-ordination. And when they satisfied me that all procedures were in place a
few days later, I deposited a couple of thousand dollars each in their
accounts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Probably the greatest achievement of this trip was
finalizing the installation of electricity to our first school, Gongali Primary
School. After six months of challenging commitments from both the national
company Tanesco and our electrical contractor, the switch is about to be turned
on. Back in May, we signed a contract with Tanesco to do the installation, but
because we were a “private” organization, we were required to provide the
equipment to them. They gave us a shopping list of items; a transformer, cable,
connectors and ground rods that we had to purchase from a manufacturer. With no
choice, we agreed, but <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ohm</i>-my-God, we
had our work cut out for us. We ordered the transformer from the manufacturer
in Arusha, and when its assembly was completed, we hired a truck driver and had
it delivered to the site at Karatu. Insuring it in transit was not possible so
we took the risk. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that nothing was happening. But it seems we got a stroke of luck when, as I was
meeting with the school committee at Gongali, we had an unexpected visitor; the
honourable Member of Parliament Israel Natse (remember him from the high school
opening?) who just out of curiosity and also for good press I imagine, wanted
to sit in on the meeting. That was my cue! I mentioned the Tanesco <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">resistance</i> to our electricity connection
progress and no sooner had I completed my sentence, than he was on his cell
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Poles arrived at the site the next day, but they were not
installed in the locations shown on my plan to run the line to the head teacher
office, but instead were located to connect to the last residence building.
Their field foreman apparently had good reasons to do so, but it required our
electrician to relocate the main panel and do extensive building rewiring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well, guess what! When it was finally installed in December,
Tanesco noticed the transformer was damaged. Yes, probably in transit. I consulted
with the manufacturer and was relieved to hear it was only a minor problem. He
gave me instructions and I hired a welder to reinstall the broken part, which
he did (see photos). So at the time of my departure from Tanzania back to
Canada, Tanesco was back on the job, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">current-</i>ly
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Despite all the hassles, it was worthwhile. The school staff
and students are excited and are finally taking the Korean-donated computers
out of the boxes for January training classes. The homes and classrooms will
have lighting! And most importantly…cell phones can be charged. What a huge
life-changing accomplishment for this dark part of Africa! And remember what I
described previously about the Mayor’s plans now - to relocate his offices
here, build a church, and more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The two new school projects this year were a complete
success. We are so fortunate to have finally found a quality builder in Restus
Sanka, and I have great confidence in both the Gongali Village and Qameyu
Village local government and school officials to complete their share of the
remaining project facilities. Major issues remain however; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Both the Edith Gvora High School and
Patricia Elizabeth Primary School projects need electricity, water and sewage
drainage systems. We can help with continued donations from our
friends in Canada and elsewhere.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We are also fortunate to be partnered with Dr Askwar Hilonga
and his “Gongali Model Co”. They continue to strive for solutions to assist in
the High School’s development. To date they have initiated and were responsible
for the drilling of well-water near the high school site and are seeking
solutions for funding of the associated pump systems. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Christmas here is simple, but heartwarming. It’s such a nice break from the Western commercialism. Christmas Day and Boxing Day are simple family times, cooking hearty meals (pilau a highlight) and visits from neighbours who express their appreciation. I was cycling on Christmas Eve and passed a man and his young son walking a young goat to a neighbour’s house. He explained it was a Christmas gift for helping him with his crop harvesting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">A pleasant surprise. I received a newborn calf as a Christmas gift from a local family near my lodge who befriended me over the last couple of years. What to do with that? Of course, it should stay with its mother and I must now pay for its upkeep and feeding so that it may grow to be a healthy milk-producing cow. Haha. I had to applaud it as a very clever enterprise on their part.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Before leaving Karatu, I visited Gongali School's top pupil Patricia at her home. I was shocked to hear from h</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">ead teacher Mark Mollel that </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">things had turned worse for the family. The father had abandoned the family, and with no income, little Patricia hasn't even a school uniform to wear. It didn't seem fair to have the school's top student feeling sad and ashamed about her clothing. I gave the family a Christmas present; enough funds for a new uniform and a bunch more for food.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Star Pupil Patricia's family</td></tr>
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My last few days in Tanzania spent with Mathew Sulle and Claud Goi’s families were relaxing and memorable. The highlight was the
enjoyment of their kids watching a couple of rented I-tune movies on my
computer, a rarity for Tanzanians. Do you remember, a year ago, Claud’s new
baby was named after Lillian, the mother of donor Michael Stringham’s wife
Charlotte who visited their project last January. I was very happy to see
little Lillian in her beautiful white Christmas dress and her hair perfectly
braided in little ribbons, almost one year old, walking now and the centre
point of attention with her big smiles. We did a lot of eating, sharing stories,
laughing and reminiscing. I’m very fortunate and blessed to be a welcomed part
of these families. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">Asante sana sana</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
(Thank you so much) and </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">kilalaheri</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
(good luck) to all of you in the New Year.</span></div>
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Alan Royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14669696831872165917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567717292518918234.post-44717857157564276342014-12-13T22:36:00.001-08:002014-12-13T22:36:22.742-08:00EDITH GVORA HIGH SCHOOL GRAND OPENING - 5 DECEMBER 2014<div style="color: #008cb4; font-family: Didot; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: -0.3px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Edith Gvora High School Grand Opening</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;"> December 11, 2014</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Member of Parliament Hon Rev. Israel Natse on left; <br />District Executive Director Moses Mabula on right</span></td></tr>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The grand opening took place on 5 December, the day after I arrived at Karatu. Unlike previous openings of school buildings attended by only middle level politicos, this one was different; the Member of Parliament, Mr Israel Natse and the District Executive Director, Mr Moses Mabula arrived, demonstrating the significance of this project. And it was certainly that; phase 1 of a new high school with 4 classrooms, and administration building and a <b>modern</b> toilet building. On my part, I also invited two English holidayers I met on the plane , Mike Hughes and Peter Coleman, who had expressed a keen interest in experiencing the ceremonies. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At my turn to speak after several standard political speeches, I thought I would start out with a simple opening greeting, the first line of their national cultural song; “Tanzania, Tanzania, nakupenda kwa moyo wote”. Surprisingly, as if to a cultural cue, all the seated kids in the audience stood up and sang the complete song. Not what I intended, but a delightful outcome. Following is an excerpt of my speech:</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“You may be wondering so let me tell the story of how we chose the name of the school. Edith Gvora is the wife of Mr Tony Gvora from Victoria, Canada. She passed away one year ago. Mr Gvora wanted to show not only his deep love for his wife Edith but his appreciation of her life of humanitarian work, so the result is this wonderful school named in memory of her. Next year you may be able to meet Mr Gvora when he comes to visit a class in progress. And we know that he will be very impressed not only with the quality of these buildings but the enthusiasm of the new students pursuing their educational dreams…”</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not enough applause can be given to builder Restus Ernest for the outstanding quality and successful scheduling of this project. The level of workmanship of every trade is unprecedented relative to our previous projects; smoother plastering, increased structural concrete and foundation work, better trusses, higher quality doors, windows, hardware, and even the choice of PVC gutters over the standard rustable metal ones. It has been a rarity in my 35 years of design and building to have witnessed such professionalism, problem-solving initiative, leadership and respect from sub trades. THANK YOU, RESTUS!!</span></span></div>
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HIGH SCHOOL, Gongali Village – First Phase; 4 Classrooms, Administration
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Director Peter Daniels visited both sites from 21 – 28
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Our two current construction projects are well under way and the construction quality is excellent thanks to the skills of our builder, Mr Restus (Rusti) Ernest, a former teacher who decided his passion and abilities were more suited to construction. That is fortunate for us as we are now benefitting from his construction expertise as well as his knowledge of school needs.</div>
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All buildings including the two 2-classroom buildings and
the toilet building are approximately 70% complete, with wall plastering,
ceiling construction and roofing underway. The administration building has offices
for headmaster, vice head, and bursar, a staff room and storage and electrical
rooms. The administration building will be the first point of access for the
high school complex, when the new road access is completed. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The locals are also excited to be involved in the project;
even good-spirited Mayor Peter Hayshi has spent many hours working on the
concrete pours. The first teacher residence building, a village initiation
project, is in the final stages. And local laborers are currently working on
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Local laborers are also filling in the large erosion gully
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Peter Daniels and project manager Mathew Sulle travelled the
bone-rattling road to Qameyu Village west of Babati to witness good progress at
this site as well. This phase of the project includes two 2-classroom buildings
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mathew inspecting <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter and Mathew with District Education Officer (red) <br />
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And more good news; the local councilors advised additional land has been assigned to the school for future sports playing fields and teacher residences.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Alan Royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14669696831872165917noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567717292518918234.post-67846654364015648762014-09-10T18:13:00.003-07:002014-09-10T19:11:51.090-07:00EDITH GVORA HIGH SCHOOL - GONGALI VILLAGE & PATRICIA ELIZABETH PRIMARY SCHOOL - QAMEYU VILLAGE - UPDATE SEP 2014 <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">
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<span style="color: black;">I just returned after three weeks
in the Karatu District organizing the construction of the new High School
project at Gongali and visiting the new Qameyu Village site for the first time.
But first an update on the Gongali School Electrical supply project. The
electrician, Sebastian Hilonga, completed the wiring of the classrooms and
teacher residences, and I just received </span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">shockingly</span></span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">good news from Project
Manager Mathew Sulle that Tanesco, the power company, has finally started their
work to install the transformer and power poles. So excitement is building
among the teacher families living there…</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">…speaking of which, I decided that
a Sunday picnic for the teacher families would be a timely event at Gongali
Primary. For one thing, it’s an opportunity to celebrate the arrival of a 4<sup>th</sup>
teacher family to the little community. Emmanuel Pariso, his wife Sophia and
baby Gloria are delighted with their new home and friends. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Also, teacher
Boniface is now married and has just returned from a honeymoon. </span><span style="color: black;">A small man
with a huge grin, he proudly introduced his tall shy bride Irene. Headmaster
Mark Mollel and wife Sarah attended the wedding in Arusha, a well–deserved
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<span style="color: black;"> Mathew and I and his two visiting daughters, Lissa and
Maureen, showed up with food, drink and volleyballs and we spent the hot sunny
afternoon munching on pizza and chasing errant volleyballs to the delight of
parents and children alike.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: green;">a gift for PSFA
from</span><span style="color: green;"> the community</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">This Gongali School community is
growing. With the advent of Director Mark Burrowes electricity project, Mayor
Peter Hayshi is planning the relocation of his office here. On one of my visits
with him, we walked the site and he pointed out the location of a new church to
be built there soon. And to my surprise, he proclaimed a 2-acre plot next to it
as a gift to PSFA to build an office/accommodation building. </span><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Hey, we’ll seriously consider it</span><span style="color: black;">; a great opportunity for drop in visitors to support our
cause as well as saving on accommodation expenses during our work here<span style="font-size: x-small;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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High School</span><span style="font-size: 22pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">We are so fortunate to have solved
the biggest problem of any project – the selection of a good builder. Restus
(Rusti) Ernest is a former teacher but his passion was building. His resume is
a great bene</span><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">fit</span> <span style="color: black;">to our work. His English is great, he’s computer savvy, and
to top it off, he’s smart and excellent with construction. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">The project is fast-tracked for
completion before Christmas this year. Construction didn’t start until I arrived,
as I needed to assure the proper siting of the buildings. I came with freshly
drawn plans for the minimum four buildings required for registration of the
school name. As usual the costing came in high, but through discussions with
Restus, some redesigning (with hand drawing, as I didn’t dare bring a computer
this time around as mine was stolen from my room during my last visit in
April/May) and some additional generosity from our donor Tony Gvora, we finally
arrived at a construction cost. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also sent a </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">design package to the top gun
in the region, Mr Moses Mabula, the District Executive Officer, who on a
previous occasion requested monthly progress reports of our work. And
fortunately, his staff accepted my suggested changes to the government plans
that we were given to follow. For example, I improved the Administration
building layout by having indoor rather than exterior access to washrooms. (I
couldn’t imagine staff running to outside doors in the middle of their heavy
rainy season.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">To date, Restus has built the
floor slabs of the two two-classroom buildings and is doing the foundations for
the Administration and Toilet buildings. The walls weren’t up yet, but I did my
usual carpentry part of roof framing. How, you ask?? Well, I decided that the
trusses should be built with a little better engineering than ones on previous
projects. So I asked the B&B hotel if I could build on a nice level grass
area outside my room, and they allowed it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">I built three sample trusses, one
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the bottom chord members to allow alignment in a straight plane; it used more
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;">During my last visit, I drafted
an agreement whereby the construction would be a partnership between Primary
Schools for Africa (PSFA), the Gongali Village Government (GVG) and the
regional government, the Karatu District Council Office (KDCO). PSFA will
design and construct the buildings and GVG and KDCO will be responsible for
site services, ie, electricity, water, sewage, rainwater collection, roads and
paths and landscaping. Two important issues that they needed to address by the
end of this construction phase were the provision of water and septic systems
and filling a large erosion gully running between our new buildings. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;">A little anxious about their
ability, I met with all parties at the site to ensure they do their part and
fortunately it seems they are very motivated. Mayor Peter Hayshi had some
village funds, so he decided to have the community get into the spirit by
building a teacher residence to start with. Walls are up and roof framing is about
to start. DED Moses Mabula, a tall charismatic politician, as a show of
commitment, strongly directed his accompanying staff to remediate the existing
erosion gully between our buildings. Great! This will get done, but I’m still a
little worried that the water and septic will be delayed as funds are not yet
available. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;">The good news about water
though, is that the Korean connections of Askwar Hilonga and his Gongali Model
Co. have funded the drilling of a borehole about a kilometer downhill from the
school site. It will take a lot more funds, however, to get the water up to a new
water tank. Our Director Mark Burrowes, a local Victoria mechanical engineer,
has agreed to design the pump system for it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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last day in Karatu. Prime Minister Kikwete and his Ministry of Education has
just decreed that all high schools must build laboratories to increase the
breadth of science learning. For us, it now means we need to have a laboratory
building constructed before we can register the school, which will jeopardize
the donors naming of the school. The village or ourselves do not have the
additional $50,000 – $100,000 CDN extra that it would cost. We will see how
this develops over the next few months. Mayor Peter Hayshi was understandably
angry and so was I, to now have the rules change at this late stage, but he
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<span style="color: black;">Mathew and I went on safari, not
to see animals, but to scope out the new primary school to be built that is
funded by donor Ted Woodcock to memorialize his late wife Patricia Elizabeth.
Our destination was the tiny village of Qameyu located west of Babati Town, a 3
hour drive from Karatu to Babati and then a bone-rattling 2 hour drive from
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<span style="color: black;">We were greeted at the village
office by the senior VIP and Project Manager, Ward Councillor Paulo Margwe, the District Education
Co-ordinator Mary Modaha and several other local political staff, who then led
us to the site which to my delight, was large and FLAT, (a plus for building).
I was surprised because it seemed to be the only level site in this hilly
community. Unlike most village schools, t</span>here is lots of room for a good sports field for soccer. <span style="color: black;">We walked around the perimeter of this wonderful nine acre property,
with me sketching and pacing the distances, to eventually agree on the location
of the buildings. We’ll do the seven classrooms, they’ll do the outhouse-style
toilets. If future funds allow, they would like a kitchen/dining hall and
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">gift of 200 lbs of potatoes<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">official welcome by local kids<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">the sign makes it official - there will be a new school here</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;">So now its back to Canada to
continue with fundraising to help with the Gongali laboratory building as well
as our other school projects that need us to continue with their building
program. We are getting busy, but I’m lovin’ it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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