I left Tanzania exactly one month ago! In that time, so much has happened on the school front. When I returned to Salt Lake City, I sent Lucas another large sum of money from the Project Wezesha account. I couldn’t leave the money in our shared Tanzanian account because I was pulling it out daily from the ATM – limits enforced. Now, I am happy to be able to wire large sums as they come into Project Wezesha, for the building progress to continue.
Lucas reported through email and with photographs on progress since I left. The foundation for the four classrooms and the headmaster’s office is complete! Two truckloads containing 13,000 bricks have been delivered to the building site and the walls are going up as I type! I am so excited to see those images and hope that we will see a few completed rooms by the year’s end. Here are some pictures of the work that took place after I left one month ago.
Here is an update from Lucas via email – in his own words. It is sweet and also a demonstration of the sometimes cryptic reporting of purchases – a reporting that I fully understand nonetheless! Sometimes it just requires a little background knowledge to navigate cross-cultural, cross-linguistic exchanges.
Hi Dada Rai, how are you? I hope you doing well with every things. Dada Rai this project it is for you and I and I’m here as a directer. So that, I say that No problem about you to sand more money for our Jobs I protect well and I am walking well I miss you so much Dada. say hello to your Dad and your mom
This is report per month:
Isaya bought 13,000 bricks each one it is 100 sh, bricks transport each one it is 80 sh, to put bricks in the car each one it is 20 sh, Isaya bought two tripe for small stone, each one tripe it is 50000 sh,transport for tripe one the car it was carry small stone and wood it was 75000sh, tripe two the car it was carry small stone and Iron it was 80000 sh, Isaya bought 50 wood each one is 3800 sh, he bought 40 Iron with 12mm each one is 12000 sh, he bought 10 iron with 6mm each one it is 4000 sh, he bought 5 kg of nails each one kg it is 3000 sh, he bought 10 iron were each one it is 2000 sh.
Also, here is an email I received today from a new young friend I met this summer. He is a teacher in a neighboring village and recently visited the site of Amahoro Secondary School. This is his letter – in his own words:
Hi , madam! How is the US? Are you fine? Yesterday I paid a visit to Mgaraganza village, I were amazed by information concerning Amahoro Sec School. Assurely, you did a wonderful work under your project-Asante sana and conglaturation! People are very happy of it. Madam,I’ve missed you! Let you’ve a nice Sunday.
Yours,
Beatus
The Project Wezesha funds are depleting rapidly. The local community is committed to doing all they can to contribute to the project, but the reality is that they do rely primarily on funding from Project Wezesha to see things forward. Please consider making a donation today so that I can continue to send funds to Mgaraganza and we can all see this school up and running sooner than later! You can also help by spreading the word – Share this blog with friends, pass on the website for Project Wezesha and make sure you and your friends join our facebook group.
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Asante Sana! Thank you very much!
Rai