Help a Tanzanian Orphan Complete Primary School

January is the month of transition for Tanzanian primary and secondary school students.  It is also a busy work season to get all of our scholarship students either back to school or moving up to a new school.  Since we have just finished this year's heavy lifting in helping all of our 82 children to school, we will share just a few photos and notes from the last six weeks.

The first photo is of our students at St. Kizito Primary School - Alphonce, Jordan, and Lightness - together with our associate Arnold who does so much of the groundwork in caring for our scholarship recipients. The second photo is of our students at Bethania Primary School in Kemondo. We have reported on Winston (far right) previously.  He is now in class seven and preparing for those all-important national exams which often determine a child's future. For more on Winston, see our report from August 2018 when he joined us.

The last two photos are of Ines:  the first from primary school (2016), and the second taken last month at Iluhya Secondary School. She joined us in 2014 and has been seen in many of our GlobalGiving reports since then. Ines is now in her third year of secondary school and is doing wonderfully. She sends her greetings and thanks to all of the GlobalGiving donors who have given her this chance to succeed in gaining an education at good schools.

The volunteers of the GLK Student Fund also thank you for your continued support of our deserving students as they return to school.

Links:

• GLK Student Fund website

Joan has never known her biological parents. Her mother died during Joan's birth in October of 2014. Her father is unknown. Joan’s first twenty months were spent in an orphanage in Ntoma, Tanzania.

Grace, a local lady, along with the moral support of her brother, adopted Joan in 2016. The brother had promised to help with Joan’s schooling expenses, but he unfortunately passed away in 2019. Grace works in church education and also helps to care for her disabled mother. Her earnings are not large.

When Joan was old enough, she tried out several local schools, but they did not really work out for her. When they did find a good school, there were severe problems in raising the necessary tuition fees. Joan’s adoptive mother did not quite understand the high cost of primary school education in Tanzania. She is contributing as much as she can to Joan’s education, but it is not nearly enough.

Joan is just now completing second grade, and is starting to settle into her school after a somewhat chaotic beginning to her education.

The GLK Scholarship Fund is contributing between $400 and $500 for her annual tuition and transportation. Her mother is doing what she can to pay for the remaining costs. Joan does not have a sponsor except for us. GlobalGiving donors who contribute to our project are Joan’s supporters and we appreciate all you give to help her succeed and flourish at school.

Thank you and be generous!

Links:

• GLK Scholarship Fund Website