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Arusha, Tanzania (sister city since 1991) Arusha is a city (pop. est. 500,000 in 2010) in the east African nation of Tanzania. Arusha sits at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro in the country’s northern region. Tanzania is the land of both Ernest Hemingway’s adventures and Jane Goodall’s environmental advocacy! The culture includes a mosaic of Muslim, Hindu, Christian, and tribal beliefs; languages include KiSwahili, English, and tribal dialects. With invaluable assistance from Duke organizations and The Links and HALO (local civic groups), our projects include helping children: providing school uniforms for AIDS orphans every year, helping with town sanitation system projects, and food donations.
The Orphan Program Please sponsor an orphan this year! Since 2006, we have have outfitted 20 orphans for uniforms, sweaters, socks and shoes and school supplies with the sponsorship money of 20 families here in Durham. Each sponsor contributes $80 per year for a child. You may contribute at any time to this heartwarming project! The children must wear uniforms in order to attend public school in Tanzania. We collaborate with Christ Church Anglican Diocesan headquarters and Mrs. Martha Makundi (wife of Bishop Simon Makundi of the Kilimanjaro Dioceses). Duke students regularly visit Arusha! http://literacythroughphotography.wordpress.com/ and http://cds.aas.duke.edu/exhibits/nowonview.html In 2008, Duke Engage (undergrad study abroad program) funded LTP to return to Arusha for a 2 month program with 8 Duke students to work with the whole school system, teachers and students. In 2009, Duke Exchange further expanded the program with 8 more Duke students. Duke and LTP now maintain this program. See http://dukeengage.duke.edu/immersion-programs/international-programs/tanzania-arusha Arusha's young people come to Durham for higher education! At the same time, and also for 4 years, we partnered with The N.C. Outward Bound School to take students from each of our four Sister Cities for a 10 day expedition. Three out of five of our Arusha students were chosen to take advantage of the opportunity. (This was made possible by Ridgecrest who let them go from their program for 10 days to attend the Outward Bound School.) Of the five students who came to Durham and Ridgecrest, we arranged for 4 students to attend college at Durham Technical Community College by sponsoring them at Ridgecrest for a second year and by working with the school’s recommendations for college entrance. The Arusha Committee of SCD and the Tanzanian community paid for all four of these students at attend DTCC for a year. If they wanted to continue their education, they would have to get a job to support themselves after the first year. They did. Three of them have completed their degrees and two are pursuing post graduate degrees! They all have plans to return to Arusha. They are a wonderfully smart and determined group of young people! Official civic visits Food for Africa Tailoring Industry Start-up Currently the uniforms are made in India at higher prices, so this project will enable more students to attend school. This was an idea which came from a few people from The Friends of Arusha (our counterpart organization in Arusha ) and a few members of our Arusha Committee at a meeting in Arusha. If we raise the money here, the Friends of Arusha there will carry out the plan. This is quite a commitment on their part as well. Trees for Arusha The FOA chose school children as the primary recipients of the seedlings; thus, tomorrow's leaders are learning the benefits of restoring and maintaining beautiful, green environments. The Arusha Committee will continue to work with our Friends of Arusha to develop sustainable service projects that benefit the well-being of our Arusha neighbors. Additonal Links of Interest Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Pages/home.asp Food Drive by Local Organizations to Arusha http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2010/08/29/203272/they-call-it-obama-rice.html STOP Hunger Now http://www.stophungernow.org/site/PageServer?pagename=who_we_are The LINKS http://www.triangleparklinks.org/index.php |
