IMPROVED SCHOOL FACILITIES
FOR THE CHILDREN OF
MOSOHONO PRIMARY SCHOOL
TANZANIA

PROJECT PENDA

Project Penda is an initiative to improve the school facilities for the children of the Moshono Primary School in Tanzania. Education is an essential prerequisite for any society to advance. Project Penda works to help the students of the Moshono Primary School get a better start in life so they can make a greater contribution to their society.

One hundred percent of the money raised by Project Penda goes directly into building and improving the facilities at the Moshono Primary School. None of the money is used for middlemen or administration.

Isabel Litwin-Davies
Director, Project Penda
Isabel@ProjectPenda.org

2007: In July 2007, I joined a volunteer program to build new school facilities for the Moshono Primary School in Tanzania. This program built the shells for 2 classrooms but did not have the resources to make them ready for use by the children. Upon returning home, I contacted the Moshono school board and worked with them to develop a plan to finish the classrooms. This was the start of Project Penda.

2008: From January to June 2008, I raised $7,092.00 in donations and I also worked as a lifeguard to earn the money for my flight to Tanzania in July 2008. That year, we were able to put a roof on one classroom so that its structure would not deteriorate and we were able to finish the other classroom so that the children are now using it.

2009: In 2009, I was able to return to Moshono where I stayed for a month to assist with teaching English to the younger children.

2012-2013: After talking with the Moshono teachers, it was decided that computer literacy should be a priority for Project Penda. We therefore developed a project to deliver late-model computers to the school and install an internet connection with a pre-paid long-term contract. In addition, we will twin the Moshono Primary School with the Runnymede School in Toronto, Canada with the teachers in the two schools developing educational projects that will facilitate communication between the children so they can learn more about each other’s lives and cultures.

Right now, the teachers in Moshono are doing ICT training (which they have paid for themselves) so they are ready to teach the children when the laptops arrive. In addition, we are collecting late-model laptops to deliver to the school for Christmas and donations to pay for the first 2 years of the internet contract. If you wish to contribute to Project Penda, please contact Isabel at isabel@projectpenda.org.

Entry to Moshono School

Mixing the old and new