African Modern Arts Project

  So much work is being done at AMAP!  I arrived a few weeks ago here in Bagamoyo, Tanzania to volunteer with the nursery school this April and May.  The three local teachers (Swahili, English, and math) were immediately welcoming and open to new ideas.  My first day at the school, I walked into a...

AMAP is serving the community of Bagamoyo on a widespread level. There are 80 nursery students attending the morning nursery school sessions and 54 students enrolled and supported at local primary schools by AMAP. The primary students also come to AMAP after school for English instruction by a local professional English...

The concept: Project “Faces” is a teaching tool to combine children’s imagination with a reflection to their character through their art piece. More often than normal we see teaching visuals through pictures of animals, objects, plants, and nature but seldom a reflection of another character even if this...

The African Modern Arts Project Progress Report: New School Headquarters:  The school expansion project is well underway now! After fundraising in the US and Canada we are able to secure funds for a new headquarters of AMAP school.  The new building contracted for three years from April 2012 till same month 2015...

Q-IV 2011 Progress Report, AMAP, Bagamoyo. Tanzania  The fourth quarter of 2011 was not an easy ride for AMAP School. Running against many challenges the school was able to overcome many financial hurdles and continue on with its progress and mission educating many underprivileged children living in and around the...

AMAP school is currently located in the middle of Bagamoyo town. The school premises is a rented house of two floors and an adjacent playground space. With the total number of children over 64 right now the old headquarters are proving to be rather small for all the children and the classrooms during the...

Educational Program At the African Modern Arts Project. (AMAP) During the third quarter of 2011 AMAP was able to raise adequate funds to hire one full time teacher to be working during the morning hours. The much needed help comes in play with the increase in the number of enrolled students. With the presence of the...