READ International, supported by the Ministry of Education and partnering with the British Council, are celebrating the arrival of nine 20ft...
READ International, supported by the Ministry of Education and partnering with the British Council, are celebrating the arrival of nine 20ft containers, filled with books, sports equipment and stationery. These educational resources are bound for 190 remote and needy secondary schools across Tanzania free of charge.
The containers are destined for Kagera Lindi, Mara, Mtwara, Ruvuma, Rukwa, Singida, Shinyanga and Tabora. On the 10th August, 60 UK student volunteers arrived in Tanzania to distribute the books directly to these secondary schools. These volunteers will spend time with the Tanzanian teachers and students to support the donations.
The books are for academic level ‘Form 1-6’ - Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, English and Geography as well as library reading books. READ International is also distributing several tons of sports equipment and footballs across Tanzania.
READ International has no political or religious agenda; they send only the best quality, most relevant and up to date resources from the UK to Tanzania. READ International have been operating in Tanzania since 2005, when 5 UK volunteers visited the Singida Region with 25,000 books followed by another 25,000 books to the Lindi region in 2006. In 2007 they brought 98,000 books to 90 Tanzanian schools. This year is the most successful yet for READ International.
Quotes:
Robert Wilson, Founder and Director of READ International said:
“We are proud to be supporting Tanzanian Schools on a national scale. Our innovative project can supply good quality, up-to-date, relevant but disused UK textbooks to hundreds of thousands of Tanzanian school children at a zero cost to Tanzanian schools. We hope that our actions will support a bi-lateral relationship between young Tanzanians and young British students, both empowered through education.”
Tony Brennan, Acting British High Commissioner of Tanzania said:
"READ International have shown great energy and resourcefulness in the three years that they have been working in Tanzania. Their idea - of taking second-hand but still useable and relevant textbooks from British schools and delivering them to Tanzanian ones - is a simple but effective way of improving the lives of thousands of Tanzanian children."
Mama Sitta, Former Tanzanian Minister of Education said:
“These resources are extremely valuable to our schools; providing this kind of educational support is one of the best ways to alleviate poverty in Africa”
The containers are destined for Kagera Lindi, Mara, Mtwara, Ruvuma, Rukwa, Singida, Shinyanga and Tabora. On the 10th August, 60 UK student volunteers arrived in Tanzania to distribute the books directly to these secondary schools. These volunteers will spend time with the Tanzanian teachers and students to support the donations.
The books are for academic level ‘Form 1-6’ - Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, English and Geography as well as library reading books. READ International is also distributing several tons of sports equipment and footballs across Tanzania.
READ International has no political or religious agenda; they send only the best quality, most relevant and up to date resources from the UK to Tanzania. READ International have been operating in Tanzania since 2005, when 5 UK volunteers visited the Singida Region with 25,000 books followed by another 25,000 books to the Lindi region in 2006. In 2007 they brought 98,000 books to 90 Tanzanian schools. This year is the most successful yet for READ International.
Quotes:
Robert Wilson, Founder and Director of READ International said:
“We are proud to be supporting Tanzanian Schools on a national scale. Our innovative project can supply good quality, up-to-date, relevant but disused UK textbooks to hundreds of thousands of Tanzanian school children at a zero cost to Tanzanian schools. We hope that our actions will support a bi-lateral relationship between young Tanzanians and young British students, both empowered through education.”
Tony Brennan, Acting British High Commissioner of Tanzania said:
"READ International have shown great energy and resourcefulness in the three years that they have been working in Tanzania. Their idea - of taking second-hand but still useable and relevant textbooks from British schools and delivering them to Tanzanian ones - is a simple but effective way of improving the lives of thousands of Tanzanian children."
Mama Sitta, Former Tanzanian Minister of Education said:
“These resources are extremely valuable to our schools; providing this kind of educational support is one of the best ways to alleviate poverty in Africa”
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