Projects

• Secondary School Girls Education Fund • Teacher Education and Certification Fund
• Women's Small Business Fund • Longido Community Library • TEMBO Guesthouse

The grassroots work we are doing in Tanzania flows from discussions with teachers, community leaders, elders, women’s groups, and families in the villages. Children want to attend school, and with Project TEMBO assistance, they will be able to do so. Mothers able to earn an income of their own will be able to provide for their families and experience economic empowerment. The funding we provide is a beginning and we continue to track the progress of our recipients through our project partners.

The cost to educate a student at the secondary school level is $250.00 US the first year and $150.00 US for the next three years, totaling $700.00 US for the four years.

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Teacher Education and Certification Fund
The number of certified teachers have been drastically reduced in Tanzania due to HIV/AIDS and the quality of education in the country is regarded as poor. Project TEMBO provides scholarships to secondary school graduates, both men and women, who qualify for teacher training. In 2005, two girls received funding and in 2006, another seven students were sponsored. In 2007, eight more students will receive Project TEMBO support.

The cost for teacher education and certification in Tanzania is about $1200.00 US per year for two years.

Women's Small Business Initiatives
In the Maasai culture, women have limited rights and very few opportunities for employment outside of the home. Many women want to send their children to school but do not have the funds to do so. Donations to our small business fund will be used to provide start-up funding for projects like raising goats for milk and meat; raising chickens and selling eggs in the village; and producing and marketing handcrafted beadwork. New ideas that will benefit the community are regularly explored.

To qualify for funding, women join groups of 5-10 so they can support one another. The group attends a course where they receive information on the different aspects of beginning and running a small business. After completing a business proposal, each woman receives a maximum loan of $150.00 US. An example of a project would be supplying 10 women with 10 chickens each, an allowance for basic materials for building chicken coops, and feed for the chickens for the first year of operation. The cost of the project would be $1,500.00 US.

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Longido Community Library
In rural areas, there are few resources to encourage or promote literacy, or provide informal education. In Longido and Kimokouwa there are no newspapers or magazines, and few written materials.

Project TEMBO initiated the formation of a community library in March 2006. A small room in the village was chosen and bookshelves were built. The book collection, which includes books in Masai, Swahili, and English, is slowly taking shape. During a project visit in November 2006 solar lights were installed. In December, Mary, a Masai woman in the village, was selected to be the librarian and, in January 2007, Mary took a library training course in Arusha. Strong community support from people in Canada will enable Mary to receive “library mentoring” and provide programs in the schools and village. Further support from US donors will allow for expansion of the library in the near future.

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TEMBO Guesthouse Project
Project TEMBO is initiating a new project to support women and their families in Longido and Kimokouwa. The TEMBO Guesthouse will be a village income-generating project for women and the foundation for a sustainable TEMBO in Tanzania.  Fundraising is now underway and construction is set to begin in January 2008.

There are many ways that you can be a part of this exciting initiative. Read or download the complete proposal or read more and view the design on the TEMBO Guesthouse page.

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