Bwana Asifiwe

Yesu anipenda

Yesu anipenda

Yesu anipenda

Neno lake lasema

Work and Witness - 16 April to 1 May 2011

Fourteen men and women will leave for Tanzania in less than 4 weeks on a work and witness trip to see first-hand the work of  kids4school  Part of the work we are planning to do is build new toilet blocks at the schools.  The facilities are so poor with only 4 toilets for 400 children in some areas. By constructing new toilets at schools like the one shown here at Mchemwa Primary School and by utilising water from the rain water storage tanks, hygiene levels are raised . kids4school is committed to helping children to have clean and safe drinking water and hygienic toilet facilities. If you would like to help financially in construction projects like these you can do so in confidence

At kids4school 100% of funds raised goes to the project.

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Swahili Lessons

JAMBO!

Tonight 14 eager students met with adult educator Sheila Long on a five week journey to learn basic Swahili.  This group is planning to visit Tanzania in April or August this year on Work and Witness trips to the areas of Hombolo and Kitelera.

We hope to be able to speak a few phrases to the children we will be working with in their own language.

The group had great fun tonight.  Who knows?  We might even want to move up a level to the advanced course!

I'll keep you up-to-date with the progress of the group.

Clean Drinking Water

Water Storage Systems

 This is just one of the projects that you have helped to make a reality to the kids at school in Hombolo and Kitelera - fresh, clean drinking water.  What a difference we are making!

During our April trip we hope to initiate health education in the form of hand washing after toileting and to raise awareness of the dangers of drinking water from dirty, muddy puddles.  These are exciting and challenging times – making a difference and the privilege of sharing the love of Jesus with these

precious people.

YouTube video

Follow the link below

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez92bskmSnE

see for your self the work of kids4school

Interesting facts about Tanzania

Tanzania is rich in natural beauty and history. The highest point in Tanzania (and Africa) is Mount Kilimanjaro which reaches 5,895 meters (almost 20,000 feet) while the great Rift Valley runs across Tanzania from north to south. Tanzania borders two great lakes, Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika, which is the world’s second deepest lake.

In 1856 John Hanning Speke and Richard Francis Burton were commissioned by the Royal Geographical Society to find the source of the Nile. Speke claimed (correctly) that Lake Victoria was the Nile’s source. East Africa has been called “the cradle of mankind”. Rock art found in Tanzania dates back to the stone age.
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania is a huge caldera which is home to many wild animals, some of whom join the large herds that migrate from the Serengeti to Kenya each year. An annual migration of gazelles, wildebeest and zebras (followed by their predators) is made to find water. “Serengeti” is derived from the Maasai word for “endless plains”.
Sir Henry Morton Stanley is particularly remembered for his commission from the New York Herald to find David Livingstone who was presumed to be in Tanzania. When they finally met in Ujiji, on the Tanzanian shore of Lake Tanganyika, in November 1871 Stanley greeted Livingstone with the famous words “Dr Livingstone, I presume”.
A Dr. Livingstone museum can be found just outside Tabora town.
Zanzibar was the main slave-trading port in East Africa. Dr David Livingstone campaigned to bring an end to the slave trade.
Dar-es-Salaam has one of the world’s largest natural harbours. The name Dar-es-Salaam means “haven of peace”.
In 1964 Tanganyika and Zanzibar united to become the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar and was renamed the ‘United Republic of Tanzania’.
Health problems in Tanzania include Malaria, sleeping sickness, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.

Feeding Programme

Because these families are so poor and because the rains have failed for several years the children go to school hungry.  They may be able to pick a few dried berries or husks from the trees and bushes.  No child can possibly learn in those conditions!  kids4school provides a nutritious meal each day.  It is a simple meal of mielie, a little like our porridge.  It's the staple in this part of the world.  kids4school has employed several ladies in each school area who makes and serves the food to the children.    This costs £14.07 per child per year.  What a difference kids4school can make in the life of a child with your help!

How it all started ...

In 2009 the Director, Tom, was in Tanzania and saw the need of the children in the areas of Samaria and Kitelera, two villages near Dodoma. The government provide schools although they are not great but the children cannot go to school unless they have a uniform, shoes and a small school fee.  Tom did some checking and found that £20 would cover that need for one year.

Can you believe that? 

Check out further on our website: http://www.kids4school.org/

Nelson Mandella said:

“Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation”.

 

Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa

Getting started

This is my first blog ever!  I wanted to share with you the work of kids4school.  We are a Christian Ministry working in Tanzania and we are enabling kids in very poor and rural areas to go to school, get an education and hopefully get out of the poverty trap.
http://www.kids4school.org/