Provide Solar Lantern to Tanzanian School Children

This quarter of the year we were not very lucky with receiving donations from our GlobalGiving friends BUT we continue to extend our gratitude to all who supported us in the past and those who will support us in the future. May GOD continue to bless you all!

Meanwhile, we did not stop supporting the schools (children / pupils) we have been working with. This time we arranged innovation competition at Gongali Primary School in Karatu, Arusha - Tanzania. There were ten groups (they formed companies) who competed. The winning company was promised to get a free tour to Arusha City, to visit Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) and many other attractions in the Arusha City.

As you can witness in this video (https://youtu.be/U8dJKnlYmaQ) the pupils were competitively selected – the winners really work hard!

The picture below shows the winning company of pupils (when they visited NM-AIST University). They were jubilantly received and learnt a lot. Surely, they were inspired and empowered. I am sure they will never forget this experience in their life.

THANKS again and again for supporting our Solar Lantern project since 2013. Through your generous support we have already reached about 3,000 beneficiaries (by 2023) and anticipate to scale-up our IMPACT TO MORE PEOPLE’s LIVES - because we have gained a solid experience, with time.

THANKS ONCE MORE

Askwar Hilonga – Director of TAHUDE Foundation

Links:

• Innovation competition @ Gongali Primary School

Honesty and transparency!

We implement the project according to the will of the sponsor and provide comprehensive report and updates, as much as it is necessary. Our primary activity is to sponsor solar lantern for kids but some sponsor prefer to support other things like books, food, sports facilities, etc. We gladly accept any support and report accordingly.

This quarter we got a support of Euros 500 (TZS 1,135,000) that we faithfully handed-over to Rescue Children Organization, as per the “will” of our sponsor, our German friends (From ZECURA Project) - how GRATEFUL we are! MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS THEM ABUNDANTLY, FOREVER.

Rescue Children Organization has 45 children - all of them from underserved communities. We will continue to support the children with any help that we can receive from a sponsor who wants to help kids. We listen to the sponsor, not what we want to do! Of course we also discuss with the sponsor and advise them – case by case!

THANKS for all the sponsors on GlobalGiving who have supported us since 2013 – it is a long long happy and successful journey. Please kindly contact us if you have a specific advice on our activities.

For more information please kindly contact the Director of TAHUDE Foundation, Prof. HILONGA: hilonga@gmail.com; WhatsApp +255787303091

Links:

• Rescue Children Organization - 2022

This quarter we did not receive significant support on solar lanterns but we continued to support pupils at Gongali Primary School in other ways. This time we conducted innovation competition in which there were 10 companies made my pupils from Kindergarten to standard two. Other pupils also brought their products (self-made toys) to be sold in those companies. Parents were invited to purchase those items and the NYATI (Buffalo) company became the winner by selling more. The program was so exciting and was aired on a big Television in the country, called StarTV as shown here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvh7Z_KAywY

These could be an innovative approach to encourage pupils to think big and become innovators who solve real challenges in the community. THANKS for your interest and relentless support for this young generation from my underserved community.

At personal level, I am sacrificing a lot for these lovely young people. This time I taught them Mathematics for FREE! I had to wake up every morning – to not interfere with their normal school time table.

Some of them still need solar lanterns, so I will continue to fundraise for them and also for scale-up of this project to other parts of Tanzania.

Please kindly let me know how you would like to be involved, with time – just write to my email hilonga@gmail.com

THANKS!

Hilonga

Links:

• Innovation day at Gongali Primary School

This quarter we have an exciting news to share: we got a promise from the United Africa Coin to generously support our project with $5,000 to start with. The organization is impressed by our willingness to make impact in children’s lives as demonstrated in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybonXHMccaY

I am sure you will be interested to see how this new approach will bring significant difference to our project – because it may be easier for people to donate crypto currency than cash.

Meanwhile, your relentless support via the GlobalGiving platform is very valuable and we highly appreciate your continuous support. It is through your support that we are able to attract even those big sponsors like the United Africa Coin and many others.

We welcome your ideas and comments on how we can make this project a great success. Our main intention is to provide solar lantern to every child in all remote villages in Tanzania; though at present we are mainly in Arusha region. A donation of $5 is enough to provide a child with solar lantern that he/she can use for reading for more than 3 years.

For further information you may directly contact me at hilonga@gmail.com or WhatsApp +255787303091.

STAY BLESSED!

Hilonga

Links:

• TAHUDE / Hilonga on United Africa Coin

THANKS for standing with us all the time – and for starting to visit us FACE TO FACE – After COVID-19.

This quarter we were so privileged to be visited by Traveling Sista from the U.S. and moved to Tanzania. I uploaded the video on my YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJeIeN7sFCc

This is what she had to say, “It gives me much pleasure and pride to introduce someone who I've been admiring from afar for a couple of years now. Mr. Askwar Hilonga is the genius college professor, scientist, innovator, and inventor of the Nanofilter filtration system. He's making off grid sustainability a tangible thing, and has already improved the lives of thousands. He is changing lives not only on the continent, but around the world. Please be sure to visit the links below to support Professor Hilonga. Hope you enjoy! Important Links: WhatsApp and local number: +255787303091 https://www.youtube.com/user/Hilonga www.gongalimodel.com www.nanofilterhouse.com hilonga@gmail.com”

ABOUT TravelingSista.com (https://www.travelingsista.com/); This is a space created for the children of the African Diaspora (man, woman, blossoming and mature) where you can come and get a glimpse of the topics that are important to the Black community who are looking to broaden their travels or even relocate to another country.

Please kindly feel free to request any further information that you are interested to receive in our quarterly reports. We are PRESSING FORWARD and UPWARD – with you!

THANKS for your relentless support!

STAY BLESSED and KEEP CONNECTED!

Hilonga

Links:

• Hilonga and Traveling Sista - Diaspora returning to Africa