For a few years now we have been trying to help our families with the issue of light in their homes, primarily to assist the children with studying in the evening and doing homework. Most families do not have electricity and have to buy kerosene for small kerosene lamps which produce a toxic smoke. We […]
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Canadian Volunteer Sparks Solar Reading Light Feasibility Study in Tanzania
by Terry Maynard Little did Joe Scholz, a retired teacher volunteering on the 2013 Tanzania Trip in February, realize that his help with building solar reading lights would spark a feasibility study among the teachers and schools in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. Joe offered his technical and teaching expertise to show students, in two […]
Volunteers Arrive, Orientation and Working
It was exciting to meet the volunteers as they arrived at Kilimanjaro International Airport and we could see how excited they were to have finally arrived! After a busy day in Moshi, shopping for school supplies and other items to be given later to the children, we all headed up to the Sekao Lodge to settle […]
Lights for Learning
by Terry Maynard ABCD: Art Building Children’s Dreams is collecting old solar garden/Christmas lights during Earth Week (starting tomorrow – April 18th) to be recycled into solar reading lights for students in Tanzania Kilimanjaro Region. Students form Banting Memorial Secondary School will earn community volunteer hours on Thursday April 21st for disassembling the lights for […]
Light for Learning Social Enterprise
by Terry Maynard We are recycling expired solar garden lights into reading lights for ABCDreams students! It’s hoped that students with reading lights will be more successful in their studies. Since ABCDreams students do not have access to electricity we thought we could set up some of our graduating students in a micro business to […]