Three continents coming together – visiting LEA Ministry in Dongobesh / Tanzania with friends from Japan and Korea
It’s been a great privilege to have two former colleagues from Asia, Ted Kaneko from Japan and Byunghyun An (BH) from South Korea, joining my trip to Dongobesh in January 2020. Both had already supported the building work of the new girls dormitory. “Stiftung Perspektive Hoffnungsbrücke” includes sponsors from five countries in three different continents.…
New girls dormitory for LEA Ministry Primary School in Dongobesh
Martin Tango, the head of LEA Ministry, has a big trust: raising over 100,000 USD is an incredible amount of money in Tanzania. His trust is in God – so he starts the project despite uncertainty if and when the full amount will be available.
Living at the edge of extreme poverty – and being happy
During our last trip to Dongobesh / Tanzania I had the chance to visit the home and parents of one of our sponsored children – Michael Thomas. Although his origin is from a very poor rural area called Yaeda Chini, he developed to an A-grade (equals to “excellent”) student at LEA Ministry Secondary School.
LEA Ministry to adopt the Digital Library from Next Generation Africa
An e-learning pilot project has just been started at LEA Ministry in Dongobesh. This project leverages the digital library solution developed by Next Generation Africa e.V.. This solution acknowledges the limitation that schools in South East Africa generally face: lack of learning and teaching materials, lack of Internet connectivity, lack of teachers.
Roadshow in Germany
It was a special honor and pleasure to host our friends from Dongobesh / Tanzania during the second half of October. Martin Tango and his wife Maria together with Pastor Zak came for this roadshow to Germany after their sponsors in Czech invited them to a trip to Europe. We spent a great time together…
New desks for Karama Primary School in Tanzania
162 new desks arrived at Karama School. A big Thank You to all sponsors that made this possible! Now, the two seater desks can serve two instead of four children. This is great progress providing a better learning environment for the children at Karama School.
New classrooms for Karama Primary School in Tanzania
Building new classrooms in a primary school can take a lot of time – not only in Africa, but also in Germany. I have never seen a construction of a public building being finished in less than 9 months – until we came to Tanzania.
What can we learn from Africa?
During my flight back from Tanzania I watched the “Black Panther” movie, published by Marvel Studios in 2018. It is a story about a fictitious high tech state in Africa called Wakanda, that has been hidden from the rest of the world for many centuries.
A creative birthday present: 45 school desks for Tanzania
There are many good wishes you can think of for a jubilee birthday, especially if you are expecting 60 people joining your party. Alexandra Bloch did not focus on her own needs but rather looked for something that helps to build a sustainable future for others.
Singing, dancing, laughing and lot’s of joy
Meeting children in Karama School in Tanzania was a great experience. Most of the time they were singing and dancing. It was great fun to watch them. And they like to play with each other. It was fun for me to play with them. They liked to shake hands. It was so easy to connect…
New girls dormitory for LEA Ministry Primary School in Dongobesh
January 24, 2020
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March 30, 2022
Singing, dancing, laughing and lot’s of joy
January 9, 2019
Connecting young people from Germany and Tanzania
January 4, 2022
Welcome – Karibu
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My first impressions from Tanzania
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People in Tanzania
October 20, 2018
The faszination of Massai Land
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