Lynn and Frank arrived in Tanzania on February 4 and the next day they were busy in Moshi shopping for the ABCD students. Boxes and boxes of school counter books, exercise books, pens, math sets, soap and skin cream were loaded on the van for the drive up the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro to the […]
Tanzania
Libraries Off to a Great Start!
As you can read in earlier posts, our volunteer team put forth a herculean effort and got four rooms ready as libraries for 4 of our primary schools. It is important to us that the libraries are functioning well and available to all the students and communities which they serve. To this end Lynn and […]
Doing Business in Moshi!
A first for ABCD…the hosting of a student business conference at the YMCA in Moshi in early February. 47 students were in attendance from 8 secondary schools and vocational training centers. The 2 1/2 day conference program was planned in cooperation and participation with students from Deakin University’s Study Abroad Program in Melbourne, Australia. Programs […]
The Volunteer Team of 2013
From two different sides of the world, Canada and Australia, two teams of volunteers came together in a small part of Africa to give, to sweat, to laugh, to cry and to work together on behalf of the children of Kilimanjaro. They became one team very quickly and through so many shared experiences, they bonded […]
Reflections One Morning
I visited a very remote school this morning called Kitowo/Napaku Primary School to sign an agreement to pay school fees for four children: Amedeusi, Oskar, Isaac and Teresia. This is a very, very poor school. It is one where ABCD could focus some funds and time in the future. The teachers were very welcoming and gathered […]