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Project Proposals for 2008

JUST NOT ENOUGH

TLOMA PRIMARY SCHOOL has more than 650 students. There are usually 3 or 4 children to one desk, and 4 children to one textbook. 45 children share one latrine. Needless to say there is a great need for additional facilities. Mr. Msuya, the headmaster, proposes that KEF helps to fund the building of additional classrooms, latrines and desks, to make learning more comfortable for children and teachers alike. The above needs do not apply only to Tloma Primary School. All the schools KEF has assessed are in dire need of these basic facilities – especially textbooks, desks and toilets.

OUR PIONEERS

GANAKO SECONDARY SCHOOL Form 4 students last year wrote the first “O” Level Exams in their school’s history – with no Science Labs! These 124 brave pioneers managed to sit their practical exams for Biology, Chemistry and Physics in make-shift labs that teachers set up with the limited resources they had. KEF hopes to assist the school to finish the labs they have started and equip them with the necessary chemicals and apparatus for this year’s students.

ADDING ENRICHMENT

TANZANIA has one of the highest rates of HIV infection in the world. Unfortunately, the schools do not have the funding to offer comprehensive education on family planning and reproductive health. Karatu Education Fund hopes to start showing educational movies at the schools that promote safe sex and educate children about HIV/AIDS. This is a very low-cost project, but we do need some simple equipment to get started, and we welcome any suggestions for films to show!

IN THIS DAY IN AGE

In the west nowadays, technology in schools is fairly mainstream. Most children in Karatu have never seen a computer, much less explored searching the internet or emailing their friends. Karatu Education Fund has been researching the “$100 dollar laptop” project, and we feel the project would be very successful in our schools. If you are interested in pursuing this project, please visit iht.com(external link) for more information, or contact us.

FOR THEIR READING ENJOYMENT

One of Karatu Education Fund’s long-term projects is to build a library at Ganako Secondary School. If you are interested in donating books, or helping to fund the building of the structure, please contact us.

THE TEXTBOOK DILEMMA

When you walk into a classroom in Karatu, the first thing you notice is how many children are huddling around one textbook. Sometimes up to 6 children are sharing one textbook – making it very difficult for them to read and follow the exercises. Karatu Education Fund hopes to help to create a more comfortable learning environment by buying textbooks directly from the publishers, making the ratio of children: books 2:1.

2007 WAS A GREAT YEAR.
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU to all of our donors in 2007:

Alderwood Terrace Rotary Foundation; David Marsh, John & Louise Riber; Stephen and Carol Ries; Brock Haussamen; Richard Rediker; Juliane Richter & Gunnar Grimm; Caleb Hurtt; Mr & Mrs Terry Rothermel; Margaret W Clarke and many more. And thank you to all of you who have sent books and supplies this year!

And a huge thank you to our DONOR OF THE YEAR, A SCHOOL BELL RINGS(external link), who recently donated $15,000 towards building new classrooms at Tloma Primary School.

For more information on any of these projects, or to obtain full project proposals and budgets, please contact us.