A new start

The first True Grasses school has opened its doors! With Pwani Hope School in the Kisarawe district being our main project, it is obvious that the implementation of such a big project takes a lot of time. While we are working step by step on the progress of Pwani Hope School - almost all our efforts go into that project - we are happy to announce good news from another area in Tanzania.

 

The local church that we work with in Kilimanjaro area and Tanzania in general requested True Grasses to help start a project that would help the surrounding community where the church serves. Together with the church elders and after consulting with the community, True Grasses concluded that starting a kindergarten would not only help the young children who roam around the streets waiting to reach the age of 7 to go to school, but also their mothers who can now go and do/find jobs.

On the 4^_th of May 2015, we opened Pearl Kindergarten. After renovating and clearing the land around thebuildings and making it safe, 12 children came on the first day. The number is slowly increasing and with time we expect more children. Currently the kindergarten employs 2 teachers and 1 volunteer who teach and care for the children in both English and Swahili. This increases the children's chance of learning how to read and write but also learn a second language so they have a head start on others.

 

It is hard to find good story kindergarten books here in Tanzania. We are grateful that we were able to purchase books and toys for a very fair price from another local NGO and we are thankful to other individuals who have been donating toys to the school. The kindergarten will be self sustainable as all the operational costs are met by the contributions of the parents.