April 10th, 2009
BTT raises funds in response to specific requests for help with small-scale projects from Tanzanians who live in the four villages that make up Uru North on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro.
All of these projects are identified, planned, costed and supported with volunteer labour and their own expertise by the villagers themselves.
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* find out about us
* keep up to date with progress on projects
* enjoy the photos
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November 29th, 2011
This August we sent out money to support the Msiriwa Secondary School and the UNCODET replacement vehicle. Evarist Momburi (UNCODET Project Officer) is in the process of finding a suitable vehicle and the following report by Brian and Susan Wind shows how the school is progressing.
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November 29th, 2011
Evarist Momburi, Senior Academic Master, Head Teacher
In September we had the opportunity to visit Msiriwa Secondary School, which has been the subject of several BTT funding appeals in recent years and is just starting on the next phase of building work. We travelled with Evarist Momburi and were met by the Head Teacher, Mary Mushi, who explained the origins and organisation of the school, its current situation and her ambitions for the future. Msariwa is a growing school but has already joined the more established Kisarika School in providing state funded secondary education for the community, to complement the opportunities provided over the years by Uru Secondary School which is funded by the Diocese. Msiriwa School was created in response to the increasing number of young people passing the Primary School Leaver Examination following the introduction of compulsory and free primary schooling. Read the rest of this entry »
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November 29th, 2011
- Msiriwa classrooms built in 2010, 2007 and 2006
Our thanks to Barbara Key, Head of Temple Sowerby Primary School who took these pictures during her visit in late October 2011 - they show lots of success but work still to be done.
- Preparation for the new classroom 2011
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November 29th, 2011
The way we work:
• We respond to project proposals put forward through our partner committee, UNCODET (Uru North Committee Development Trust). It represents the four Uru North villages.
• We receive detailed proposals that are clearly costed and include information about timing, the source of the 20% local contribution, plans for the future etc. As we are not able to fund any running costs this has to be thought through if relevant.
• BTT executive committee looks carefully at each proposal and any recommendations provided by UNCODET, and balances this all out with the funds available.
• Funds are sent out to support projects and they are used as quickly as feasible.
• UNCODET checks on projects, and of course we have a number of BTT members and friends who visit the Uru area and monitor progress as well.
**This all means that we know the money is spent directly to help the most needy.** Read the rest of this entry »
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June 19th, 2011
Msariwa Classrooms being built
This government secondary school continues to develop and grow and as you can see from the recent photo some of the classrooms that BTT helped fund are now looking more established. There is still some way to go to provide the last classrooms needed for the complete school intake (see new project proposal) but it is fantastic to see such provision for the growing number of students who pass their primary school exams.
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June 19th, 2011
Goat and Male Kid Mrawi
With fantastic support from many of you the goat project to support women headed households looking after orphans in Uru north is well underway, although it has yet to gather momentum. The young goats are less likely to have twins the first time round and as luck would have it there are more male than female kids. Strategies are being developed to cope with the glut of male kids and more twins should appear as time goes on. Lots more photos in Album. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 19th, 2011
- Ball games at Nuru Centre
The centre for orphaned children is going from strength to strength with your donations going to improve the dormitories, and to decorations and basic office equipment and furniture. The rented land is being prepared for the planting of maize and beans in time for the rains and many other crops have been grown, including tomatoes from UK seeds! See more photos in the Photo Album.
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June 19th, 2011
BTT and UNCODET (Uru North Community Development Trust) work closely to fund and support the many community projects in Uru North. All current projects ( April 2011) are now well underway and we can consider new possibilities for the improvement of life chances in these desperately poor communities. UNCODET has recently proposed new projects and the BTT committee discussed them at our March meeting. They are all important and we would like to lend our support: BTT always requires a local contribution for all projects, so that the community has a real stake in their success. We have described the top priorities here.
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June 19th, 2011
Msiriwa original buildings now
It has been great to see the increased success of education in the Uru area. Msiriwa now has a new Headteacher, Mary Korneli, and the photo, taken this Spring, shows students using the original buildings that were completed in March 2007 after the Government only giving the community 3 months prior notice. You may remember that the community set up the school with just enough classrooms for the first year intake. BTT has also supported them to build new classrooms each year to cope with each new intake of students. BTT provides 45% of the costs, the Tanzanian government 35% and the local community 20%.
The timing of this project is crucial: when each new group of students pass their Primary Leavers’ Exam, there must be a place available for them at a Government Secondary School for them to move on. If not, they will lose the opportunity to progress forever unless they can pay for a private school place. This means that the last group of 3 classrooms needs to be completed before January 2012 to satisfy the Government’s basic requirement for a fully operational school. We have been asked for £6,608.
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June 19th, 2011
Driving round Uru is difficult
All the projects that we support need to be carefully supervised and co-ordinated by UNCODET and they have huge problems given the rural nature of the area and poor roads (see photo). Read the rest of this entry »
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BTT raises funds in response to specific requests for help with small-scale projects from Tanzanians who live in the four villages that make up Uru North on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro.