NEW YEAR 2016 UPDATE

HAPPY NEW YEAR AND THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SUPPORTERS FOR A SUCCESSFUL 2015

HERMANN'S JAZZ CLUB FUNDRAISER - NOV 2015
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 thank you to Don Gordon for his idea and hard work to make it happen.

A new school project!!...TIDIVI PRIMARY SCHOOL is going to start construction on Jan 7 2016.
We raised enough money from the Class of '70 ex-cadets of the Royal Military College of Canada 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, Northern Tanzania. 

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.






Another project is starting...

SIMBA MILIMA PRIMARY SCHOOL is being funded by the generous donation of THE SAFARI PARTNERS, an Africa tour company in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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.

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".

We have enough funds for Phase 1 - a Two Classroom Building and an Administration Building. Construction will start on 7 January 2016.


Project Manager Mathew at Site with Dofa Village officials


Time For Opening Celebrations...we have completed our current project, a Three Classroom Building in the Ayatsere Ward of Kilimamoja Village.

The school now has its full 7 classrooms.

Opening celebrations will take place on 10 January 2016. Photos and descriptions to follow after Alan's visit there from 6 to 22 January. 

PRIMARY SCHOOLS FOR AFRICA - HERMANN'S JAZZ CLUB FUNDRAISER

Hi All

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.
See their demo performance on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcjmYVm8Kjc

You can also join in the fun with our silent auctions and raffles.
Proceeds from tickets, silent auction and raffle sales will all go to support our school-building in Tanzania.

Thank you from the children of Africa.

KILIMAMOJA CLASSROOMS 6 & 7 UPDATE/ ART EXHIBITION RESULTS

Kilimamoja Classrooms 6 & 7

Yay!

The concrete slab awaiting construction of Classrooms 6 & 7

We have receive the remaining funds needed to complete the remaining 2 classrooms of the 7-classroom school at Kilimamoja Village in northern Tanzania. Construction will resume shortly and will be completed by mid-December, in time for the opening of classes in early January 2016.

The next building for this site will be a 2-family Teacher Residence building for the new teachers.

The gold building is classroom no. 5.
Classroom 6 and 7 will be built adjacent to it

A heartfelt thank you from the Mayor of Kilimamoja and the teachers and children of the school to all who have supported this project!




Art Exhibition Fundraiser - October 2015

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.

THANK YOU, ALICIA and all the supporters who purchased her wonderful paintings

ART EXHIBITION - ALICIA LEE

ART EXHIBITION - ALICIA LEE

Alicia Lee is a Victoria artist.

She is also a humanitarian and generous supporter

of our school-building projects in Tanzania.

She is holding an exhibition of her work:

Fri 23 October - 3:00PM to 7:00PM

Sat 24 October - 10:00AM to 5:00PM
                    

Address: 3301 Wordsworth Street

For more information, Phone/E-mail :

Alicia  Lee: 778-440-0932; haksinne@gmail.com

Alan Roy: 250-598-4207; psfa@shaw.ca

Visit her website "aalicia.com" for her amazing gallery of work

50% of proceeds from the sale of her work goes to Primary Schools for Africa towards the construction of our schools, so please support her in supporting us....

attend her exhibition and buy a painting, or two....
or select from her website and phone/e-mail her to have them delivered.

Thank you from the children of Africa.

UPDATE ON CURRENT PROJECTS - 31 AUGUST 2015

HI ALL

Greetings from Tanzania!

Construction continues...

3 – Classroom Building, Ayatsere Ward, Kilimamoja Village

Our builder, Restus Sanka, is again doing a fine job with his quality construction practices. The first classroom of the 3-classroom building is underway, with the concrete floor slab finished and the concrete brick walls erected. 

 

First Classroom Walls- Concrete slab for Remaining Classrooms

First Classroom Walls

More Funds Needed

Our current focus is the funds needed to complete the 2 remaining classrooms of the 3-classroom building at Kilimamoja Village.

The graduates from Standard 4 level at this school urgently need this building for the 2016 academic terms. 

To all our supporters, please consider a donation to us from your 2015 charitable giving budget.

Please help us complete this building - only $5,500 left.

Please make out cheque to "PSFA Primary Schools For Africa Society", and send to:

Primary Schools For Africa Society

3301 Wordsworth Street, Victoria, BC, V8P 4B9

or with credit card, click on DONATION button on website www.PrimarySchoolsForAfrica.com

A tax receipt will be provided.

Donor Tony Gvora visits Edith Gvora High School – Gongali Village 

Tony Gvora, his fiancée Beth Street, and Sang Han accompanied me on this trip. All are donors. We visited the Gongali Village’s Edith Gvora High School built in December 2014 with the generous donation of Tony Gvora to memorialize his late wife Edith.

A typical classroom

A gathering of local politicians, various officials and a handful of students, colourfully dressed 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 “walking stick”.  Tony responded with his own gift; playing his harmonica to the tune of the Tanzania national song to a classroom of students as they sang it.

Beth Getting Robed

Tony Gvora

Tony now as honorary elder

Visit To Gongali Village (Aslini) Primary School

We also visited our 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 dozens of pupils eager to shake their hands.

Pupils at Gongali Primary Singing a Greeting

Tony, Beth and Sang with Gongali pupils

Sang Han got to visit and admire the 2 classrooms that he and Alicia Lee, our Victoria artist benefactor, funded.

Sang Han and Mayor Peter Hayshi - Alicia and Sang Classroom

New Project – Tidivi Primary School – Kirurumu Rd, Kilimamoja Village

The alumni of Alan Roy’s 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 too far to go to school.

To date $21,000 has been raised for the first phase of construction.

Rehearsal - Lutheran Church Choir

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.

Click on the link below for the video.

https://youtu.be/Ke77jyKYfis 

End of Update

KILIMAMOJA PRIMARY SCHOOL - 3 CLASSROOM PROJECT - TANZANIA

Construction has started!!

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.

At this point, with the present limited funds, we are able to build the first classroom #5 and the floor slab only for Classrooms 6 & 7.

We are continuing to fundraise for the additional $12,500 needed for the remaining 2 classrooms.

The graduates from Standard 4 level at this school urgently need this building for the 2016 academic terms. 

To all our supporters, please consider a donation to us from your 2015 charitable giving budget.

Please help us complete this building.

Please make out cheque to "PSFA Primary Schools For Africa Society", and send to:

Primary Schools For Africa Society

3301 Wordsworth Street, Victoria, BC, V8P 4B9

or with credit card, click on DONATION button on website www.PrimarySchoolsForAfrica.com

A tax receipt will be provided.

KILIMAMOJA PRIMARY SCHOOL - 3 CLASSROOM PROJECT - TANZANIA

Hello again, Friends and Supporters

Funds are needed now!

This years project is a 3-classroom building at the Kilimamoja Village school site where we have already completed 4 classrooms and two teacher residences. 

The new classrooms are urgently required to be built this year to accommodate the 38 pupils graduating from Standard 4 level to Standard 5. 

We have raised $21,000 to date, and need an additional $14,000 to reach our construction cost of $35,000.

School Committee Meeting - Jan 2015

Kids Lunch Under Canopy - Kitchen/Dining Hall Yet To Be Built 

Classrooms 1,2 - Built 2012

Classrooms 3,4 - Built 2013

Existing Pupils from 2 Classrooms - 2014

Teacher Residences

Thank You For Your Donation

Please make out cheque to "PSFA Primary Schools For Africa Society", and send to:

Primary Schools For Africa Society

3301 Wordsworth Street, Victoria, BC, V8P 4B9

or with credit card, click on DONATION button on website www.PrimarySchoolsForAfrica.com

A tax receipt will be provided