We’ve been unable to post for a couple of days due to power cuts at the hospital. The hospital has it’s own back up generator but our residence doesn’t. Also had no water for a long time so we were almost ready to head for Moshi early but finally water came back on line. We’re now [...]
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The vision of ABCD: Art Building Children’s Dreams is a world where vulnerable children can achieve their dreams.
We are a Canadian charity that raises funds to help children in rural Tanzania to stay in school and complete their education (Canadian Charitable Registration no. 84438 5021 RR0001)
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Sunday today but no rest for the ABCD: Art Building Children’s Dreams team! We were exhausted after yesterday’s trek and off we went for another today. Today we had Peter Hurson, a member of the group, along with us because the rest of the group are off on safari and he had the time to spare [...] We set of early this morning with Joseph to visit more of our children. It was another hot sunny day so we had to be well prepared. The dust on the road here is so fine that when you take a step a cloud of it puffs up from your shoes. So we hiked until we [...] While Lynn was attending Rotary meetings in Moshi, I went with Joseph to two more of the schools our children attend: Kyalla P.S. and Makomo P.S. On the way there we dropped in on a Catholic priest who had written a letter to us asking for help in the form of soccer balls for a youth [...] We headed into Moshi this morning with the goal to do some shopping for school supplies and other essential needs for the children. On the way in we stopped in to visit with Joseph’s fiance, Lydia, who lives just on the outskirts of town. We had some hot millet cereal and baked ‘muffins’. Photos were taken [...] With the anticipation of a very long day ahead we started our day with a taxi ride further up Mt.Kilimanjaro to the Marangu West area. It’s about a kilometre from the edge of the rainforest. From here we hiked to Kitowo Village to meet with Amedeusi, Audifasi, Emanuel, Gaspari, Geraldi, Honest Peter, Jakson, Oscar, [...] A very hot day today in Kilema! After a lengthy but productive organizational meeting with Joseph in which we planned out the next few days of visits to homes, schools and extensive shopping in Moshi and Marangu for uniforms and school supplies, we headed out to visit 4 of our children’s schools to make arrangements for [...] We had a day of rest yesterday and got the opportunity to visit a nearby waterfall operated as a tourist conservation attraction by Joseph. It’s called Kilasiya Falls and is quite spectacular to see during and after the steep climb down the gorge. On the walk back from the falls we met by chance 3 [...] We set out this morning with Joseph and with our backpacks full of art materials, cameras, records binder and packed lunches for a full day of hiking through the hills of Kilema on our way to the homes of 8 children. We saw beautiful panoramas of forests and hills on our way along the red clay [...] Joseph introduced us to John de Ronde, a VSO (Volunteer Services Overseas) volunteer teaching at the Teacher Training college at Marangu. He generously shared his experiences with Tanzanian culture over his past 3 year assignment that will be of tremendous help in our decision making regarding the best process to ensure that our children receive [...] |
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