Each Child Deserves Quality Education

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Location:	Ngongongare, Arumeru District, Arusha, Tanzania
Category:	Education
Published:	07 February 2010
Progress:	64% funded
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About 100 million children world-wide don’t go to school. To make education available for more children in his region, Joseph Maganga started in 2001 a school in his village Ngongongare in the Arusha region of Tanzania. He named the school Meru Peak School, after the fifth highest mountain of Africa, which can be seen from the school on clear days.

The school provides free education, boarding and care for orphans from the nearby orphanage, whose parents died due to the HIV epidemic. The school does not only focus on making education more widely available but also on improving the quality of education. For example, it keeps classes relatively small and teaches about HIV/AIDS prevention. Meru Peak School is a great initiative of Tanzanians to improve the quality and availability of education in their region, so let’s support it!

It is not easy to learn without school books or writing materials. For many students at Meru Peak School this is a big problem because they cannot afford buying basic school supplies such as school books, dictionaries, pens and exercise books. Let’s help the school to buy these materials, so they can be used by students who can’t afford to buy their own!

This project is a direct cooperation between me and Meru Peak School. In August 2010, I’m going to Meru Peak School to teach voluntarily for half a year. When I’m there, I will help the school to buy the books and writing materials from local suppliers. Thus, no transport- or other costs are being made and 100% of the donated money is used for buying dictionaries, school books, pens and exercise books.

• 300 Pens

  83% funded

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  One for 0.14 Euro. • Still needed: 7 Euro • Published 07 February 2010
  300 Pens, one for each student. Each pen costs 250 Tanzanian Shillings, which is roughly equal to 14 cents.

• 60 Dictionaries

  80% funded

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  One for 3 Euro. • Still needed: 35 Euro • Published 07 February 2010
  60 Dictionaries. Each dictionary costs 5500 Tanzanian Shillings, which is roughly 3 Euro.

• 36 School books

  64% funded

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  One for 3 Euro. • Still needed: 38 Euro • Published 07 February 2010
  36 School books. Mathematics, Geography, History, English and Science. Each book costs 5500 Tanzanian Shilling, which is roughly 3 Euro.

• 1200 Exercise books

  46% funded

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  One for 0.17 Euro. • Still needed: 109 Euro • Published 07 February 2010
  1200 Exercise books. Four for each student. Each exercise book costs 300 Tanzanian Shillings, which is roughly 17 eurocents.

English (6):

L. van Ier–
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Safaris and Education in Tanzania

by L. van Iersel, posted 8 days ago

Hi all,

Great that this project is going well! I've had a lot of positive feedback from many people, which makes me very happy. It's also great to see that the project has received so many positive ratings. Recently I've had regular email contact

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German (2)

Supporters (15):

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  t. kok
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  C. Schmidt
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  S. Linz
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  Klaus E.
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  V. Specht
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  J. Gout
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  M. Fischer

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Advocates (1):

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  Michaela B.

  F • Eindhoven, Netherlands

  One of the millennium development goals (MDG's) of the UN is better basic education for more children. Such a grass root project will help directly and is down-to-earth. In this particular project I see many features that indicate a successful outcome for all stake holders. The most important for me: books and all other needs will be purchased onsite in Tanzania. That will help the country's economy as much as the school and its students. The project will not loose any money for transport or transfer fees. I hope this project finds many donors and supporters! It has the potential to have a great impact on the development of the region.

Visitors (1):

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  S. Morgan

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  Hi All - I have been working with MPS since 2005. The school has been struggling but through the help of donors, visitors, volunteers - the school has been making slow and steady progress. The school has about 20 youngsters who are orphans because their parents died of AIDS. Joseph Maganga, the school owner and manager, has taken many children into the school because they have had no where else to go. We currently have a manager on-site - a school teacher from the Bronx, NY - and she is making a huge difference. She has put financial controls in place to better manage cash-flow, is coaching teachers on better classroom management, tutoring kids and working very very hard. She will be there until June. We have Leo joining MPS later in the year and there are two other volunteers who are interested in coming in 2010 as well. The school is not a perfect model of education - they have a long way to go - but that's why I stick with them. There are many schools in Tanzania that are run and managed by Brits/Americans and they are fantastic. While this school is not at the same level, it needs TLC, constant attention and the leaders need to build their skills so the school can be self sustainable. If you ever come to Tanzania and meet Joseph and the children - you will understand why this is such a great cause. KARIBU! Come to Tanzania and see for yourself. All best, Scott .