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 complete their education.

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ABCD:
Art Building Children's Dreams
PO Box 1113
Mount Albert ON L0G 1M0
Canada

Visiting Schools in Kilema

January 22 — After our usual morning exercises we hiked for about 1.5 hours from our hotel in Marangu West to Kilema ward. The terrain is beautifully forested and we passed by lovely scenes of hills, waterfalls, gorges and towering eucalyptus trees (imported from Australia way back and now an environmental problem here).

Arriving at [...]

School Visits Today

January 19 — Today we set our on a long uphill hike to 3 different schools to pay school fees. First we arrived after about a half hour at Kyalla P.S. to pay for the school lunches for Robati who is in his last year of primary school. I think the school officials [...]

Visiting Kyalla and Makomo Schools

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 [...]

Visiting the children at 4 more schools

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 [...]

Visiting UMWI and Kilaremo PS in Marangu West

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 [...]