DonateJoin usEducation Starts with a Classroom Page 1 Page 2
Page 3

The Team

Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 WelcomeMissionRuhuhu WardIlela SchoolNgelenge SchoolMake a DifferenceContact Us Welcome

Ruhuhu Ward Tanzania

The Ruhuhu Ward sits in a river valley between the Tanzanian shores of Lake Malawi (Lake Nyassa) and the mouth of the Ruhuhu River. It is roughly 73km, a 4 hours drive on a dirt road, from the Ludewa District headquarters and about 100km from Songea, the largest closest town.

Ilela Primary School

A total of 221 children are enrolled in the school at present. They take turns to use the only 2 remaining classrooms.

Ngelenge Primary School

At present, 421 children are enrolled in the Ngelenge school. They are taking turns on 5 classrooms.

Donate

Education Starts with a Classroom

Help us support the Ilela & Ngelenge Primary Schools efforts to rebuild their schools.

100% of every donation goes to purchase the roofing material needed to repair the damaged classrooms for over 600 students in the Ruhuhu Ward District.

Donate to One World's Children Fund: The Ilela & Ngelenge Primary School Project.

Join Us and Volunteer

We need volunteers to spread the word that these schools need support.

Contact us via email to tell us how you can MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Join Us & Volunteer

Education Starts With A Classroom
Ilela and Ngelenge are neighbouring villages in the Ruhuhu Ward. Both of their primary schools are in desperate need of repair or replacement. With only 3 buildings and 6 classroom remaining, the 770 pupils grade 1-7 cannot receive adeguate instruction. Since secondary education is available only to children with the best primary school exit exam scores, until these schools are rehabilitated there will be very few students able to pursue further education from these two villages.

The Ilela and Ngelenge School Project

is championed through One World Children's Fund.

100% of all donations are forwarded directly to the school's committee to buy the materials needed to repair their classrooms's building.

Mission

Our Mission
Our mission is to improve the learning and training environment for children of Ilela and Ngelenge villages. Our mission is to champion the Ilela and Ngelenge School committee through the unique model developed by One World Children's Fund (OWCF). Champions are people residing in the US who wish to support an existing grassroots group in the world that serves vulnerable children and their caregivers.

Our Vision

We envision a world where all children have access to education and healthcare. They live in a safe environment with adequate food, shelter, clothing and opportunity.

 We envision a world where people, as part of the global community, affect positive change, locally and around the world.

 We envision a world where children live in peace, prosperity and equality.

Ruhuhu Ward

Ruhuhu Ward, Ludewa District, Njombe Region, Tanzania
The Ruhuhu Ward sits at the confluence of the Ruhuhu River with Lake Nyassa, in southwestern Tanzania. Ilela, Ngelenge and Kipingu are typical rural Tanzanian villages. Villagers mostly lived in baked-brick houses with earthen floor and grass or corrugated metal roofs. The village does not have any source of electricity apart from few privately owned solar panels or generators. Ilela source of water are two wells equipped with hand pumps. Recently Engineers Without Borders installed a solar powered water distribution system with 18 communal water points in the village of Ngelenge. Kipingu residents do not have any clean water source; they fetch water from the Ruhuhu river. Most of the villagers are primary school (Standard Level VII) leavers. They can read and write Kiswahili, the national language of Tanzania. According to the 2010 National Survey, approximately 36.5% of males and 34.4% of females have completed primary school in this region. A few, 0.3% of males and 0.1% of females, have completed secondary school, and can read and write in English, the language of instruction while an immeasurably small amount of students have gone on to obtain post-secondary education. Almost all residents of the Ruhuhu Ward are peasants engaged in cultivation of cassava and rice in small fields or subsistence fishing in the nearby lake and rivers. This is consistent with the national data as 87.8% of rural Tanzania household own small plots of agricultural land. There are no cash crops currently grown in the area due to several factors, most notably the distance to regional markets. The wealth in the southern highlands tends to be distributed normally across the five quintiles as listed in the 2010 National Survey. However, the villagers of Ilela are generally poor and would be listed in the lowest quintile as the average income does not exceed 30 US dollars per household per year .

Schools

Ilela & Ngelenge Primary School Project

Ilela Primary SchoolA total of 221 children (121 boys and 100 girls) are enrolled in the school at present. There 3 buildings with 7 classrooms. One of the buildings (center), with 2 classrooms is in good condition as its construction was sponsored by Concern International (NGO from UK) in the mid-1990s. The other two buildings that house 5 of the 7 classrooms were rebuilt by the community back in 1967 using the same building materials from the old school that had to be shifted from the first location due to flooding. These 2 older buildings are in bad condition. One of them (with 3 classrooms) has no roof. It was unroofed by the wind in February of 2011 during long rainy season. Worn out materials was the cause. The other building (with 2 classrooms) is in a risky situation as most of its rafters and purloins (timber) are destroyed by ants thus leaving some of corrugated iron sheets which are also affected by rust, hanging without any support. At any time the roof may be blown away by the wind. Additionally, the two older buildings do not have shutters, doors, or glass for the windows. Some of the pupils use the unroofed classrooms for their studies.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Ngelenge Primary SchoolAt present, 421 children are enrolled in the Ngelenge school. There are 4 buildings with a total of 9 classrooms at the school. Three of the classrooms are in good condition as these were also sponsored by Concern International in the mid-1990s. One of the buildings with 3 classrooms was built by the Catholic mission in the area in the 1970s. Five years ago, the government allocated funds to build an additional classroom in Ngelenge. However, as 3 classrooms were needed, the community decided to build 3 classrooms with the same amount of funds. As a result, the classrooms were not successfully completed. These classrooms are virtually building shells and are missing floors, doors, windows, ceiling boards, blackboards, tables, desks, and shelves. Additionally, the building built by the Catholic mission in the 1970s is near to collapse and will likely lose its roof during the next large wind storm. This building will also need to be renovated to once again make it safe for the children.Currently, the only organization in the river valley in Engineers Without Borders. However, this organization has been concentrating on a water distribution system and health dispensary and does not have the resources or the will to tackle the problem with the primary schools. Thus, there is not any other organization addressing these problems. The government has been informed about these effects but lack of money is its major carrier to fulfill the needs of its people.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Make a Difference

Volunteer

Donate

The African Store
Select a jewelry piece from the selection available on the website of the Coalition of Women Infected and Affected by HIV.Fill the contact form, specifying the name of the pieces you want to get, the quantity, your name and the shipping address. If it is a present to somebody else, please indicate it as well They will receive your present in an envelope containing the flyer explaining how your donation supports both the jewerly makers (Ugandan Coalition of Girls and Women infected and affected by HIV) and the schools in Ilela and Ngelenge.After submitting the form, continue to the donate page and make a donation matching or exceeding the value of the jewelry, making sure you select Ilela and Ngelenge Schools, Tanzania in the Program Designation selection from the donation scrool down list. By choosing this option, you will support BOTH our school project and the effort of the Coalition of Women and Girls Infected and affected by HIV. We purchase their jewelry at a fair price, therefore providing a market for these women who have a talent for creating these beautiful pieces of jewelry.
Contact us and find out how you can help.Spread the word: let your Facebook friends know that we need support, Twitter our message to everyone you know.Tell us what great ideas you have in helping us with fundraising; events, corporate donations, available grants. It all helps!
“OWCF guarantees that 100% of donations made to the ILELA and NGELENGE SCHOOL PROJECT through One World Children’s Fund (One World) go to support project expenses and no portion will be used to cover One World administrative costs.One World is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Your contribution is tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.OWCF EIN (Tax ID) No. 77-0479205The DONATE link will take you to OWCF donation page operated by Network For Good, a non-profit, donor advised fund, which will distribute your donation to the non-profit organization that you indicate. MAKE SURE YOU SELECT Ilela and Ngelenge Schools, Tanzania in the Program Designation selection!

Contact

JOIN US AND VOLUNTEER info_ruhuhuschools.org

Click here to MAKE A DONATION

The Team

Page 1

Paola de Cecco and Nathan Stormzand traveled to the Ruhuhu ward several times as volunteers for Engineers Without Borders, San Francisco Professional Chapter, to implement a water distribution system in the village of Ngelenge.

Who We Are

Page 2

The Ilela and Ngelenge School Committees

Working together with their community to provide the best education to the younger generation

Page 3

The Ilela and Ngelenge Primary School Students

Ngelenge primary school student carrying the pipe needed to install a water point near by their school

Page 4

One World Children's Fund

Linking U.S. Residents With Global Grassroots Initiatives

From the U.S. Paola de Cecco and Nathan Stormzand traveled to the Ruhuhu ward several times as volunteers for Engineers Without Borders, San Francisco Professional Chapter, to implement a water distribution system in the village of Ngelenge. They are now supporting the grassroots initiative of the Ilela and Ngelenge School Committees through One World Children's Fund unique Champion Model

One World Children’s Fund is a community of people committed to supporting children around the world who lack the most basic necessities. We do this by empowering people living in the US to champion grassroots organizations that are building sustainable solutions to local problems affecting children and their caregivers.
From TanzaniaThe Ilela primary school committee was established immediately after the school was inaugurated in the early 1960s. The Ngelenge primary school committee has been in existence since the mid-1970s. Their mission is to improve the learning and training environment for children of Ilela and Ngelenge villages. In 2010, William Kunyanja, the Ruhuhu Ward education coordinator asked us for assistance supporting the local school committes effort to improve the primary schools of Ngelenge and Ilela.

Ilela Primary School

DSC00236.JPG

DSC00245.JPG

DSC00230.JPG

Ilela Primary School
Ilela Primary SchoolA total of 221 children (121 boys and 100 girls) are enrolled in the school at present. There 3 buildings with 7 classrooms. One of the buildings (center), with 2 classrooms is in good condition as its construction was sponsored by Concern International (NGO from UK) in the mid-1990s. The other two buildings that house 5 of the 7 classrooms were rebuilt by the community back in 1967 using the same building materials from the old school that had to be shifted from the first location due to flooding. These 2 older buildings are in bad condition. One of them (with 3 classrooms) has no roof. It was unroofed by the wind in February of 2011 during long rainy season. Worn out materials was the cause. The other building (with 2 classrooms) is in a risky situation as most of its rafters and purloins (timber) are destroyed by ants thus leaving some of corrugated iron sheets which are also affected by rust, hanging without any support. At any time the roof may be blown away by the wind. Additionally, the two older buildings do not have shutters, doors, or glass for the windows. Some of the pupils use the unroofed classrooms for their studies.
Listen to William Kunyanja, Ward education coordinator talking about the Ilela Primary school...

Nglenge Primary School

DSC00223.JPG

DSC00226.JPG

IlelaKids.JPG

Ngelenge Primary School
Ngelenge Primary SchoolAt present, 421 children are enrolled in the Ngelenge school. There are 4 buildings with a total of 9 classrooms at the school. Three of the classrooms are in good condition as these were also sponsored by Concern International in the mid-1990s. One of the buildings with 3 classrooms was built by the Catholic mission in the area in the 1970s. Five years ago, the government allocated funds to build an additional classroom in Ngelenge. However, as 3 classrooms were needed, the community decided to build 3 classrooms with the same amount of funds. As a result, the classrooms were not successfully completed. These classrooms are virtually building shells and are missing floors, doors, windows, ceiling boards, blackboards, tables, desks, and shelves. Additionally, the building built by the Catholic mission in the 1970s is near to collapse and has lost its roof during a wind storm. This building will also need to be renovated to once again make it safe for the children. Currently, the only organization in the river valley in Engineers Without Borders. However, this organization has been concentrating on a water distribution system and health dispensary and does not have the resources or the will to tackle the problem with the primary schools.
Thus, there is not any other organization addressing these problems. The government has been informed about these effects but lack of money is its major carrier to fulfill the needs of its people.

This Website was created usingWix.com Start