Give 420 Girls in Tanzania Their Own School

We are excited to share that the Africa Schoolhouse team will soon complete an enclosure connecting all of the buildings at the Milembe School Dormitory Compound. The enclosure unites the dormitory, dining hall and kitchen, the dorm mother’s house, bathing house, and composting latrines, while providing safety and privacy for the girls living in the compound.  

With the full Dormitory now complete, the Africa Schoolhouse team, including the architectural partners at Scattergood Design, who designed the buildings, are now working with architects and engineering specialists at Ardhi University in Dar es Salaam to fully assess the compound in order to expand its impact. Our goal is to learn what is working well and what we might improve upon in order to refine the prototype and make it even more welcoming, environmentally sustainable, affordable and easier to construct at any rural school. 

Together with the specialists from Ardhi University, we are researching and learning from the girls living at the Milembe Compound, the teachers, the school committee, and local District officials in order to fully assess the buildings. After evaluating the Milembe School Dormitory Compound we plan to provide the new building plans to the government for use at any rural school. Africa Schoolhouse will continue to partner and raise funds to build the Dormitory Kit to support girls in need, tracking their success, and cheering them on!

We are so grateful for your support! As global citizens we all can play a role in supporting girls’ education, fostering equality and empowerment for true and lasting change. We want to see all girls empowered through their education. Girls have the power to change the world!

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With the beginning of the second semester, students at Milembe Secondary are hard at work studying for their national exams. We are so pleased to report that the dormitory has had a positive impact on the girls’ success! In rural Tanzania, girls have less time for schoolwork when living at home where they are expected to do the household chores and care for younger siblings. At the dormitory the girls are able to focus on school. As one student said: “Living on campus has changed our lives. We are now getting Division 1 and 2 on our national exams [the highest grades], because we can focus on our studies.” At Milembe, the girls living in the dorm consistently receive the highest exam scores. The Form 4 students recently took a Regional Mock exam and the top ten students all lived on campus. We are so proud of them! Their dedication and hard work are paying off and the opportunity to study is life changing!

We wish this success for all girls! We are so thankful for all of your support in making the Milembe Dormitory Compound a reality. With your help, we are positively impacting the lives of so many girls! Our dream is for all Tanzania girls to receive these opportunities to succeed.

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