Art in Tanzania volunteers’ Eco-Compound
Art in Tanzania internship program The new Art in Tanzania Eco Compound is situated in Madale, northwest of the city…
The first Montessori kindergarten in a Tanzanian government school
The kindergarten in Korongoni primary school in Moshi has improved a lot during the last year. I interviewed the main kindergarten teacher Clara, in the beginning of August 2014.
Clara is a qualified primary school teacher for children in standard three to seven and for children with special needs. However, due to the shortage of teachers in Korongoni primary school…
Experiences and thoughts about volunteering in Moshi
Millie, Melissa and Selin have been volunteering in Moshi in June and July 2014. We wanted to know which projects girls have been participating and what kind volunteer work they have been doing in their projects. We also asked girls about their expectations about volunteer work as well as the experiences they’ve had here in Tanzania.
“This is our nursery and our society” – Neema’s Montessori Daycare
Neema’s Nursery and Montessory Daycare at Kiwodea – Saba Saba Moshi – Tanzania started with seven children on 6th of January 2014. Now there are 35 of 3-6 year old children coming to the nursery and daycare. Neema’s Nursery and Montessory Daycare is located in Moshi. Neema’s Nursery and Montessory Daycare is a private school and the teaching is mainly in English.
English, numbers and games in the Winning Star’s Nursery School
This week we visited the Winning Stars Nursery School in Kunduchi. 17 children, from three to seven years old, attend the school. The teacher Glory has worked in the school for two years and says that the volunteers help her a lot! The volunteers come mainly…
A day of teaching and medical checks at Sifa orphanage
One of the orphanages Art in Tanzania supports in Dar es Salaam is an orphanage in Bunju. The Sifa Group Foundation’s orphanage has 32 children of various ages, from one to 16 years old. Some of the older children have a chance to go to school but the rest of the kids rely on the teaching of the volunteers and a local man Erick…
volunteers support the important Real Kids football
The co-operation between Real Kids FC and Art in Tanzania started already in 2001, and now it was time for them to get new clothes. Real Kids FC is a football club on Zanzibar. The club consists of two teams Junior league and Central…
tourism sector Interns are working at Art in Tanzania
By Emilia Sten and Anna Kevin We are studying tourism at the University of Applied Sciences in Finland and it was time for us to have our internship. We knew that we wanted to do something out of the regular and we love travelling, so when we found the organization on our school’s list of possible internship places, we couldn’t get it out of our minds…
Sober House and Art Gallery in Zanzibar
When wandering through the alleys and byways of Stone Town, every once in a while you’ll come up to a little square, a little breathing space. It’s at one of these that I am to meet Kasim Nyuni and Saleh, the driving forces behind an upcoming art gallery…
A fashion designer volunteers gains an experience of a life-time
Emilie Bendix Hansen is a 22 years old girl from Copenhagen, Denmark. She has been dreaming of coming to Africa for many years. She finally made her dream come true last January when she came to volunteer at Art in Tanzania (AIT).
As a volunteer Emilie has been teaching English in a nursery school in the mornings and Adult English in the afternoons – this is a typical type of volunteer project in AIT…