Provide Solar Lantern to Tanzanian School Children

We are so excited that at last we have TURNED OFF the Kerosene Lamps in Karatu District on 20th Nov. 2016. This was a ground-breaking event attended by thousands of people and covered by about 10 Journalists from National TVs like TBC, ITV, Star TV, Radios, Magazine, etc.

Before the public address, students from 6 different schools made demonstrations/parade throughout Karatu Town to proclaim the celebration of TURNING OFF the Kerosene Lamps in Karatu District. This was a symbolic event benchmarking the end of OLD TECHNOLOGY of using Kerosene and BEGINNING of new era of using solar lanterns in Karatu District.

In total we have reached 1,750 school children in Karatu. Our plan is to IMPACT 10,000 children within 2017. The future of this project is brighter with serious commitment from various GlobalGiving donors like the lady in London (we keep her anonymous) who contributed up to GBP 1,000 in single donation that was also matched by 50% bonus from GlobalGiving. In fact we raised more than GBP 13,000 in single fund-raising season of few weeks that ended in Oct 2016.

With time, we are witnessing serious engagement of our partners and supporters world-wide. We are convinced for sure that the TIME HAS COME to end kerosene poisoning in rural Africa. Solar lanterns are increasing the convenience to students and academic improvement.

THANKS for your IMPACT. Please let us know how you would like to be involved at higher level, as you wish.

We are open-minded to partner with you - the need is so big with more than 20 million kids living in rural Tanzania. They all need light for study.

THANKS FOR YOUR RELENTLESS SUPPORT

Hilonga (hilonga@gmail.com) - Director of TAHUDE Foundation

Links:

• Star TV covering Health and Environment day in Karatu Tanzania

This quarter was extremely exciting!

We made new records in our solar lantern initiative after the lattest generous fund-raising sponsored by GEV/GlobalGiving. We received 50% bonus which, beyond helping us discount solar lanterns, we have been able to send 10 students and 2 teachers from Edith Gvora High School in Gongali to attend the Science Exhibition at the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) in Arusha, Tanzania. The funds enabled students to purchase facilities for practical demonstration at the exhibition plus other costs.

The exhibition was graced by high profile government leaders who were so proud to learn our humble commitment to serve communities in rural areas, particularly our commitment to young people. Our students demontrated how to MAKE SOLAR LANTERNS IN TANZANIA using locally sourced materials. As demonstrated in the attached photo (adults posing in photo with students in uniform), the Karatu District government leaders came to NM-AIST to see how our students are proceeding. They appreciated our effort and pledged to scale-up the project to cover more schools in Karatu District, beyond the Gongali Village.

We are so grateful to all our sponsors who supported us so far - and our future is brighter. With the current on-going fundraising, which also will receive 50% bonus, we expect to scale-up our activities to other villages in Karatu District. School children are in desperate need for the solar lanterns. We cannot afford to sit back until we remove all kerosene lamps that are harmful to children's health and are expensive and dangerous (many houses are being burnt down by forgotten lamps, candles, etc.)

THANKS FOR YOUR RELENTLESS SUPPORT

Links:

• Our Websites describing all the activities and reports