Livingstone Tanzania Trust - Working with rural communities to alleviate poverty

To generate sufficient critical mass that a sustainable chain of excellence from kindergarten to the end of secondary school can be created in order to provide the students with the necessary knowledge and skills for them to excel, gain meaningful employment and through this allow them and their families to escape from poverty.

The Waangwaray community was selected due to their under developed primary school, lack of effective kindergarten and an incomplete secondary school.

The community are mostly poor subsistence farmers who cannot afford the development fees being asked of them.

Waangwaray Kindergarten

To develop kindergarten facilities that encourages young children to learn key skills from a young age.

Strategy/Plan	Progress	Measurement of success	Lessons learned / problems encountered	Notes
To improve the standard of the building	An out-building has been renovated, enlarged, painted and decorated.	Lessons can continue		Only 30-45 kids attend when it could be 90 and only half actually pay. The real causes need to be researched and then addressed
To improve the educational material			There are no educational toys and the kids are fed porridge which lacks nutrition but provides energy	Can the farm pay for this in the long-term?
To improve the teaching standards			The teacher does not get suitably rewarded and so there is little incentive	Is there a syllabus or it the class just "play time"
To improve the nutritional value of the lunch.			Kids currently get maize porridge.	There is a direct link between improved diet and improved learning.

Waangwary Primary School

To develop schools of excellence that helps students gain the knowledge and skills required to progress

Strategy/Plan	Progress	Measurement of success	Lessons learned / problems encountered	Notes
To improve the academic, sporting and residential facilities	All the classrooms and teachers' offices have been renovated to a satisfactory. A new toilet block for the students and staff has been built. LTT have added running water (in 8 of the 14 cubicles) and hand washing facilities to improve personal hygiene. Water tanks have been purchased for rainwater harvesting New desks, tables and chairs provided where needed for the students and for the teachers (made locally). A new stove has been built in the kitchen to reduce the carbon footprint and running costs The teachers' houses have had outside toilets, showers, kitchens and stores added, as well as a courtyard. A temporary solution has been found for the supply of water. 4 teachers have moved in already. Electricity has been brought across the valley to the school but not connected. Approx £7000 has been donated to build 2 classrooms, which will be used when the next set of Quest volunteer come out (2009) A number of sport kits have been delivered and more promised	Exam pass rate has improved from 56% to 77% Absenteeism due to ill health Water used for farm or toilets Exam pass rate Reduced expense on wood. Not monitored Teachers are now living in the accommodation for the first time Use of the electricity for educational purposes Completion of additional classrooms Development of teams and unity approach to participation.	Improve environment aids education. Greater external interest boosts learning. Toilet ventilation had to be put in. Taps replaced after over enthusiasm. The guttering has proved to be extremely expensive and complicated. A local solution is being developed. Old ones can be mended and do not need to be thrown out No one to move in prior to completion next time. Courtyards not needed The electrical wires will have to be insulated and go underground along the drive way to reach the teachers house To transport the sports kit and distribute fairly	There needs to be a maintenance and clearing programme as the classrooms are looking a little tired Sink run off water goes to farm lands The lack of architectural drawings makes things difficult to foresee and explain to fundis A new design for teachers' houses is with an architect and being drafted. This will need to be reviewed by the teachers and the Town Education officer. It is intended that the design makes it cheaper to build because existing design is brick and cement intensive In 2008/9 the teachers' houses and some classrooms will need to be connected. The teachers will have to pay their own bills. The income from the school farm will cover the costs of the school electricity usage.
To improve the student diet	None	Increased energy, improved health and learning ability	How to it is in a sustainable manner without creating dependency
To encourage students to speak and write English with confidence	The Jan/Feb 08 volunteers held conversational classes with year 7 On going	Shyness and lack of conversational vocabulary	Lack of exposure to English conversations	Learn 2 words a day while volunteer are there.
To develop audio visual learning opportunities	A UK based firm has agreed in principle to supply a large number of computers, keyboards and some screens for the installation of the language lab	Exam results	Transportation, installation, dust and heat concerns
To include farming teaching into the lesson plan	Not yet		Add to time table	Discuss with Education Officer

Ufani Primary School - Bacho village

This school is not part of our over all strategy but we were approached to assist in it's development and have acted as agents for a US charity.

Strategy/Plan

Progress

Measurement of success

Lessons learned / problems encountered

Notes

To assist Don and Marianne Stolls complete the project work they started whilst in the care of Kahembe trekking

The Stolls set up a charity

The Stolls got commitment from the school they worked at subject to suitable supervision

Through LTT Quest are to provide this supervision

M&L are providing the airport collection, transportation and safaris

Accommodation booked

Building schedule agreed

The completion of the building works within the agreed timescale

The improved understanding of what culture is and it's importance

Agree to return next year

During the discussions and developments there was a degree of poor communication and unclear expectations

Kwaraa Secondary School -Babati

To develop a school of excellence that encourages it's students to excel in all areas and prepares them for further education.

Strategy/Plan	Progress	Measurement of success	Lessons learned / problems encountered	Notes
To improve the academic, sporting and residential facilities	This school opened in March 2007 with 4 incomplete classrooms and 2 more classrooms and a teachers' office block has been added since. LTT have yet to undertake any work here. Read International is going to provide some books for the school, which need to be collected (Aug 08)	Completion of buildings Increase in the quantity of relevant books	There is limited Government and private funding available but insufficient to meet the needs	There are not enough toilets, classrooms, science or language laboratories, sporting facilities or dining hall /kitchen facilities There is no obvious space for income generation
To encourage students to speak and write English with confidence.	The Harris Academy, of South Norwood (London), is brand new education facility and is seeking to establish a relationship with KSS. This will be a slow process, but already there is interest in establishing a link with creative writing and with blazers.	Improved results	Storage, maintenance and allocation of the blazers is still to be addressed Direct Communication with the school
To develop audio visual learning opportunities	None	Improved English language results		Once Waangwaray model in place

Teacher Training

To develop the skills and knowledge of the teaching staff at all selected schools.

Strategy/Plan	Progress	Measurement of success	Lessons learned / problems encountered	Notes
To provide English language lessons for primary school teachers	Mr Moses and his assistant are providing English language lessons to the Waangwaray and the Sinai Primary School teachers. After consultation with the Town Education Officer this has been timetabled into their week. There are two streams for the different skill levels.	Improved English results at all levels	Weekend training proved unpopular due to domestic commitments. In consultation with the town education officer it was agreed to include the training into the official timetable. Teachers can be transferred at any time	Other schools would benefit from this training opportunity. Other type of training will be necessary as computers arrive. Have requested that no teachers be moved for the length of the training
To provide knowledge based training sessions	LTT, in association with GIYEDO ran a 4-day teacher training seminar so that the teachers can learn the necessary knowledge to teach the students.			Computer training
To provide teacher training lessons to study different methods of learning	None		Funding and teachers to conduct the training. Clarity of direction

Sponsorship

To develop sponsorship programmes for students who have lost one or more parents or who suffer from a disability.

Strategy/Plan

Progress

Measurement of success

Lessons learned / problems encountered

Notes

To find donors who are willing to sponsor children through their education

LTT have sponsored Phillip Kwendu, a deaf boy from Waangwaray. He was unable to gain the attention he needed and under the guidance of Teacher Kwaha was taken to a special needs school outside Moshi.

LTT have linked with the Chalcot Africa Trust to sponsor 5 students from Waangwaray for the full 4 years of secondary school.

Whilst Philip is being paid for no sponsor has been found

Chalcot Africa Trust have agreed to pay

Must try and find donors first

We must be a far bigger personnel profile on all eligible children.

Must give full report to the Trust as to the children's progress

Community Education

To provide education programmes that tackles the causes of poverty.

Strategy/Plan	Progress	Measurement of success	Lessons learned / problems encountered	Notes
Make the community aware of HIV/AIDS, how to prevent getting it and removing the stigma associated with it.	LTT, in association with GIYEDO, ran a community awareness ½ day programme to the community and 4 members had the opportunity to attend a 4-day in-depth course.	20 attendees Reduction in the contraction of diseases	There needs to be greater incentive to turn up. There needs to be more material to take away	The message needs to be continually highlighted
Disease prevention and early diagnosis	None	Reduction in contraction of diseases	Need to have a plan to market, so need to work out what diseases, who is training, what their qualifications are, how they are going to do the training and monitor the impact of it.	Need to work closely with Christian, the district health office, and the hospital.
To provide such assistance as may be needed in dealing with waste management.	LTT have agreed with the Town Authorities to sponsor a few bins in the bus station and run a pubic awareness campaign in July 08 for waste management. The concept is to train the students in local school so that they will in turn teach the bus station users.	The improved state of cleanliness of the bus station and the rate of filling of the bins	Funding Lack of information on health concerns, although information is coming from contacts in India Lack of ability to attend	Funding Information High visibility T-shirts will be bought to assist in this plan saying "Safisha Babati - Livingstone Tanzania Trust working in partnership with Babati Town Council"
To design and put in place an apprentice scheme for disadvantaged children in the community	The early concept nearly started but the apprentice dropped out.	Whether at the end of the programme the apprentices got a job	For street children we need to provide accommodation We need to have sufficient work for the apprentice to work on. This needs to be discussed further with Head Fundi Freddie who could offer such work.	Funding More structure to the programme
Agri-training at the school farm	No formal training to date	Up take of new ideas on local farms Formation of collectives to sell their produce as a single entity.	Data collection Impact on local supply and demand	LTT acknowledges that the community consists mostly of subsistence farmers whose farming knowledge has been passed down through the generations. By expanding the farmers' knowledge base on crop ration, multi-planting, soil regeneration, irrigation systems and market demands, these farmers can increase their yields and create additional surplus