Volunteer Joe Crone and I are back from a wonderfully productive trip to visit our friends, the students, and our projects in Marangu West, Tanzania. A couple of hiccups such as a 3 day delay in getting our luggage and a minor flood in my room, didn’t hold us back. Volunteer Joe did an amazing […]
Reuniting with Past ABCDreams Grads!
I met David the other day during a walk-about in the villages. He graduated from vocational school in mechanics and as yet has not been able to find steady work. The employment market in Tanzania is not strong. I had a chat with David and gave him some thoughts on job hunting. Will also send […]
An Exciting Prospect for ABCDreams and the Children of Marangu West!
Photo L-R: Mr. Kaniki, Frank Smith, Mr. Sinde, Joe Crone, Sebastian Masaro Recently, on our 2024 volunteer trip to Tanzania, we held a meeting with the Marangu West Ward Education Officer, Mr. Allen Sinde, Mr. Thomas Kaniki, Headmaster of Makomu Secondary School and Chairperson of ABCD Tanzania and Sebastian Masaro, ABCDreams Canada agent. The meeting […]
Update on Robati!
While walking through the villages today I met a lovely mama called Francisca. ABCDreams funded all three of her children’s education. Robati successfully went through vocational training in electricity. Robati’s dream has come through! He is employed as an electrician in the city of Morogoro and he happened to be at home to visit his […]
Oh my, Rose!
Rose is a confident, young woman who lives near the location where our volunteer teams stay when we visit our projects in Tanzania. She came to ABCDreams when she was a little girl and now she is studying at Tengeru College for Community Development! Rose happened to be home for a break from her studies […]