Archive for April, 2009

Recent Projects - Update

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

This spring, a group of teachers from primary schools in Cumbria with links to Uru primary schools went out to visit.  Thanks to Phil Clark and Elaine Nicholls for these photos.rononi-nurses-house.jpg

It is good to see the Nurses’ House at the Rononi Dispensary in use.  Evarist sent this photo as bad weather meant the group   couldn’t get up here.  This makes it clear why there is a need for staff accommodation on site!

kisarika_heads_house_uforo_macha_head_teacher.jpgThe Head’s House at Kisarika.   The doors and windows are now fitted and the whole house will be finished very soon.           

 

The photo below shows the current kitchen facilities for the Mrawi primary school.
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The plot and plan have been prepared for the new kitchen and rubble for the foundations has been collected.  Work should progress well now so we look forward to news of its further progress.  See the Photo album - 2009 (link on right hand side of page) for more photos of the school in general.

Sweyne Park School has raised the funds for new classroom accommodation at Kisarika Secondary School and these have been sent out to help prepare for new A-level provision. (more…)

John Rimmer

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

We are sad to have to report that John Rimmer died on January 31st 2009.  We send ourjohn-rimmer thoughts to Judy and the rest of the family.  John first visited Uru North in 1992, needing no encouragement to join Judy and others in researching the tourism project that was established at Machare in 1993; John created the “House Book” which many of you will remember. 
He enjoyed the countryside and wild life in the area but was not satisfied to view and photograph Mount Kilimanjaro from afar.  In 1997 he took on a slightly larger challenge than scaling his beloved Lake District Mountains and climbed the 5,891.8 metre Kilimanjaro peak.  (more…)

Update on Fund Raising for the Goat Project

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
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Following the launch of the ‘Goat project’ in November 2008, we have once again been delighted with the response from our members. With their help, the total we had raised towards our goal by March was £3,347.86.  We also know that there are significant fund still in the pipeline.  Initially our goal was £8,200, but following the recent decline in the pound we have calculated it to be more in the region of £9.500.  However, a group of the Executive Committee members are working very hard towards achieving this goal by the end of the year. (more…)

The Mother and Child Health (MCH) Project - April 09

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

The MCH Project is supported by the Big Lottery Fund (BLF) and is operated by UNCODET in partnership with BTT and Skillshare International (SKI) and was due to finish on 30th June this year. 

Whilst the project has been outstandingly successful, unavoidable staff changes resulted in programme delays which threatened the planned exit strategy.  BLF, exceptionally, overturned their normal “use it or lose it” philosophy and approved an application to allow us to use the under spent funds to extend the project to the end of December.  (An earlier application for a new BLF supported project had been unsuccessful.) (more…)

Welcome to the Brampton Tanzania Trust web site

Friday, April 10th, 2009

kilimanjaro_small.jpgBTT 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.

We hope that you find the site useful and enjoy looking round to:
* find out about us
* keep up to date with progress on projects
* enjoy the photos
* shop with Amazon through this site and we get a donation