Reach the Educational Peak

An aid project by: L. van Iersel
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L. van Iersel (Project Manager)

L. van Iersel
Meru Peak School is a school in Ngongongare village in Tanzania (near Arusha). The school has very limited means because there are many orphans studying at the school who can't pay school fees. These students lost their parents due to HIV/AIDS. They have no means to pay school fees and the director of Meru Peak School decided to let them study at the school for free. For this reason the school doesn't get enough money from school fees to pay for all food, teacher salaries and other costs. The school generates additional income by farming chickens and organising safaris (please have a look at www.huntingdogsafaris.com).

I'm currently working at this school as a voluntary teacher. Before coming to the school I collected money on Betterplace to buy pens and exercise books for all students and books for the school library. This money has already been donated and the students have already received the pens and exercise books and the library books are already in the library. This is a very important development for the school because when I arrived at the school many students didn't have a pen and many students didn't have enough exercise books. Please have a look at the pictures and read the visitors reports written by some of the students. In addition, the dictionaries and school books we bought are a good addition to the library.

However, the school still faces many problems and one of those problems is that there are almost no school books at the school. We bought 36 books from Betterplace donations but this is of course not enough for all 250 students. It also turned out that almost no students have the means to buy their own school books.

Therefore we decided to start a new school book project. The aim of the project is to buy all school books for all students. The project will be financed by money donated on Betterplace, money earned by Hunting Dog Safaris and money of the director of the school. From this money, we will buy all school books for all students. The students will not get these books for free but pay a fee of 1000 shilling (about 50 eurocents) per book per year. The result of this system is that after five years the school will have received enough money from book fees to replace all books by new ones. In this way, this project will make sure that the students of Meru Peak School will have school books for many years to come.

In addition, I'm looking for sponsors for orphans who are studying at this school. Please read their stories on www.merupeakschool.com These orphans can't pay their school fees. The director decided to let them study at the school for free, but told them that they have to try to find a sponsor, because the school can't survive if there are too many children living and studying at the school without paying. You can read more about the children who need sponsors on our website

www.merupeakschool.com

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  • K. Price:
    Leo, I'd also like to send 2 boxes for the kids from Jessie. Last time she was there the post offic…
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    K. Price asked about 1 year ago

    Leo, I'd also like to send 2 boxes for the kids from Jessie. Last time she was there the post office charged $1 per box. Can you include any fees that may be incurred in the total for Eliah? And can I address the packages to you as well? Thank you for all of your help.
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    L. van Iersel: (Project Responsible) answered about 1 year ago

    Dear Kayte, I'm not at the school at the moment, so it's difficult to give Eliah pocket money or money for his uniform or to help with the boxes. If you send me your email address in a personal message then I'll contact you when I go to the school and then we can arrange all this. Most important are the school fees and these have been paid. Great! Thanks, Leo

  • K. Price:
    Leo, I have taken care of Eliah's school fees for the year. Can I make a donation for his uniform f…
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    K. Price asked about 1 year ago

    Leo,
    I have taken care of Eliah's school fees for the year. Can I make a donation for his uniform fees and pocket money and can you assure me that he will receive these? Please advise and be sure to tell Eliah that Jessie and I love him. Thank you, Kayte

  • K. Price:
    Hi Mr. van lersel, I would like to sponsor Eliah Baraka, a student in the secondary school. My daug…
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    K. Price asked about 1 year ago

    Hi Mr. van lersel,
    I would like to sponsor Eliah Baraka, a student in the secondary school. My daughter taught at the school in 2008 and has stayed in touch with him since then. Can you please let me know what the boarding fees/tuition are for the this school year and can you provide a link or add Eliah to the betterplace needs listing so that I make contribute funds? I am very happy to see the library still in place and growing. Thank you so much.
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    L. van Iersel: (Project Responsible) answered about 1 year ago

    Dear Kayte, That is very well possible. Eliah will be very happy. The school fees for secondary school are 400 euro per year (including tuition, accommodation and food for the full year). It does not include money for the uniform, pocket money, etc. I added Eliah to the Betterplace needs listing. So you can donate to this need and Eliah's school fees will be paid from this donation. I can also give you the school's bank details if you prefer to make a bank transfer. Thank you very much!
    Leo

  • Michaela B.:
    Dear Betterplace fans, I only want to anounce that I just donated 10 school books on behalf of my …
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    Michaela B. asked about 1 year ago

    Dear Betterplace fans,
    I only want to anounce that I just donated 10 school books on behalf of my former manager Nicole and her husband. They did not want to accept my invitation for fare well drinks and insisted paying for themselves. Who would thought drinks can turn out to be so educative. :-)

  • Joris E.:
    Hi Leo, I am very impressed about the imput on information I could find in this project. Keep it u…
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    Joris E. asked over 1 year ago

    Hi Leo,
    I am very impressed about the imput on information I could find in this project. Keep it up and congrats to the donations you could collect so far. I am sure it serves the school well. regards, Joris.
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    L. van Iersel: (Project Responsible) answered over 1 year ago

    Hi Joris, Thanks a lot for the donation and for your kind words! The money you donated will be used well and I'll keep you updated!

  • A. Baasit:
    hi my name is Ali Baasit can u assist in anyform of skilled and management in betterplace .for all…
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    A. Baasit asked almost 2 years ago

    hi my name is Ali Baasit can u assist in anyform of skilled and management in betterplace .for all the communities that need help regarless of place area . culture or race. for better human lives please

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