The first Montessori kindergarten in a Tanzanian government school

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

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
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“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.

Mawenzi Regional Hospital, Tanzania – supporting many with few resources
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Mawenzi Regional Hospital, Tanzania – supporting many with few resources

Mawenzi Regional Hospital is a busy hospital which attends to over 300 outpatients daily and has around 300 beds in its wards but the number of patients can easily rise to almost 500. In the paediatric ward, sometimes up to four kids sleep in one bed.

Art in Tanzania is organizing donations for Mawenzi hospital in order to support its staff to continue their work supporting the people of the Kilimanjaro region in northern Tanzania.

tourism sector Interns are working at Art in Tanzania

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…

A fashion designer volunteers gains an experience of a life-time
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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…

Sponsored youth lands a great opportunity at AIT’s IT department
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Sponsored youth lands a great opportunity at AIT’s IT department

Art in Tanzania is primarily known for its volunteer work in which people from across the world assist in bettering the community in Tanzania. However, it also has another function: to give locals the opportunity to expand and develop their skills.

Simon Fredrick Simon, 19, is in charge of an internet café at the Dar es Salaam volunteer house. Every afternoon he also teaches IT classes to locals of various ages. His story might have been quite different had Art in Tanzania not given him a chance…

Young student benefits from sponsorship through Art In Tanzania
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Young student benefits from sponsorship through Art In Tanzania

In a place where education is hard to come by, sponsorship can help give a young person an education and eventually a chance to a better life.

This is the story of 22 year-old Joseph Wilson, whose life changed when he got a sponsor. Originally from Mwanza, near Lake Victoria, Joseph moved to Dar es Salaam because his family couldn’t afford his education fees as he has two other brothers who were also depending on them…