The TEMBO Guesthouse Project:
Providing Project Sustainability into the Future

The new TEMBO Guesthouse will support many villagers, including these women and their families.

The Time is Right
Project TEMBO is proposing to build a guesthouse in northern Tanzania. There are several good reasons why the timing is perfect for this project:

• The construction and operation of the guesthouse will provide meaningful employment for many people in Longido, a village where few people have regular employment and most live on less than $1.00 a day;
• Longido has just been designated the newest “district” in Tanzania. Government offices are being set up, to be followed by a bank and hospital. Longido is also a designated cultural tourism destination. Accommodation for visitors will be necessary and the planned guesthouse will allow TEMBO to get in “on the ground floor”; and
• Project TEMBO has just registered a new NGO (non-governmental organization) in Tanzania called “TEMBO Trust”. TEMBO Trust will manage the guesthouse as an income-generating project and will locate its office space in the TEMBO Guesthouse.

How You Can Help
Project TEMBO Canada is looking for individuals and organizations to be donors and partners in building, furnishing, and staffing the TEMBO Guesthouse in northern Tanzania. Land has been purchased, a Tanzanian contractor chosen, and blueprints have been drawn up. Our goal is to raise $100,000.00 and begin construction in January 2008. You can read details about the various aspects of this project in the TEMBO Guesthouse Proposal. Our design includes important conservation and environmental features such as a solar system for lights and power, a water harvesting system, and a septic system. The design is circular to reflect the Maasai boma structure, the common form of housing in the area.

There are many ways you can help make this the TEMBO Guesthouse project a reality. Every single contribution is important and for donations over $10.00 you will receive a tax receipt. You can donate by credit card at canadahelps.org. Just select ‘TEMBO Guesthouse Project’ from the drop-down menu and tell us how you’d like your money used in the guesthouse. If you prefer, you can download the TEMBO Guesthouse Brochure, fill in the donation form and return it to us with a cheque. Here are some examples of what your donation will provide:

Sustainability is Key
An initiative that will ensure an ongoing source of income is crucial to the future success of Project TEMBO in Tanzania. There is a readiness among the women to work with us to develop this project with the assistance we are making available to them. With your help, we can provide them with the opportunity and the means to create a successful and sustainable micro-business venture.

A guesthouse initially funded by TEMBO will be the “engine” that generates returns right in the community, eventually replacing much of the funding currently provided by Project TEMBO in Canada. The time to build sustainability into this project is now if we hope to have a solid organization owned and managed by local women in 10 or 15 years time.

Visit canadahelps.org and make your donation to help us assist women in northern Tanzania to create a sustainable future for themselves and their families.

Additional Information
You can view or download a complete .pdf copy of the TEMBO Guesthouse Proposal or the TEMBO Guesthouse Brochure.

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