Well we've arrived at last, after a long but relatively uneventful journey. For some of us it's meant two nights with little or no sleep, but all rendezvous, connections, security checks, check-ins and lengthy walks (and bus rides) through various airports happened smoothly and without a hitch. Well I say without a hitch. We were […]
Park Students Share their story
Great event last night with the students from Park Community School who went to Mbeya, Tanzania in July sharing their experience with their parents and those in the community who had helped raise money for the trip. Sharon and Catherine went along as well. The newspaper wrote the story up like this: http://www.pcs.hants.sch.uk/index…/latest-news/tanzania-trip
New Grassroots Centre in Ndala, Tukuyu, Tanzania
So excited. On Monday a team from the UK (mostly students from Park Community School in Havant and their teachers) with a group of Tanzanian Universitry students (all of whom have been sponsored via Grassroots since they were little) went with Sharon Anson and Richard Mwasala (the Grassroots Project Director in Tanzania) to Ndala. Ndela […]
Chickens and Water Filtration buckets
We are having problems with the internet again in Tanzania this evening. Workmen are trying to repair the broken connection. Sadly there is not enough omph to upload pictures. However … It was a great today. The team collected and delivered chickens. For many of the students this was the first time holding a chicken. […]
Team from Park Community School in Mbeya
The team has now been in Tanzania for 3 days and we have asked them to write their experiences and thoughts. Each day different students have taken responsibility and the blog has been posted on facebook along with some great photos. Here is what they have written so far: Blog 1 We have been in […]
Nehemiah
Congratulations to Nehemia Jotam Mwankina who from 1st May starts his first teaching job after qualifying on the 27th April! Nehemiah has been a child sponsored via Grassroots in the Tanzania programme in Mbeya. We are thrilled to have played a part in his future.
First batch of students who have been offered a place at secondary school
This is the point in the year (January) when those who have passed standard 7 exams (the end of primary school) start being told if they have been offered a place in secondary school. A very exciting time for our sponsored young people. They are told on a few different batches over the next […]
Weather, Children, Uniforms & Pambogo feeding programme
Friday was a rough day. Torrential rain in Mbeya (see video here!). Rivers running through the streets. And it was uniform distribution day in Airport location. Not an easy time as the children and their parents/guardians had to be squeezed into shelter in the same buildings being used for the distribution process. Hard but […]
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