Going Up!
Our construction team is making good progress. The walls are more than half-way up, they’ve constructed a water storage tank, and have also begun work on the biofil toilets for the school.
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A Wonderful Gift
A donor has offered a very generous matching challenge to CORE Tanzania supporters. Compassion and commitment to education have led three generations of this donor’s family to support the Twegashe School project, each in their own unique way.
Construction Update
We’ve completed all the preparations for construction and recently broke ground digging foundation trenches. We’ve also received our official permission from the government to build a school, so we can now proceed with construction full-speed-ahead!
The Road to Twegashe School
The first activity to take place on the Twegashe School site was the construction of a road. View a video of that road taking shape.
CORE Tanzania in the News
Learn the back story of CORE Tanzania’s founders and their motivation for supporting access to education in rural Tanzania as told by Seattle freelance author Peggy Sturdivant.
September Progress Report
We’re continuing to move forward in preparing to build and operate Twegashe School. Our design team has a set of drawings ready for final review, we’re planning a trip to the village in mid-September to get ready for construction, testing has confirmed that there is water available on our site for drilling a well, and we’ve got an experienced and enthusiastic curriculum committee designing our kindergarten curriculum.
March Progress Report
We’re making steady progress in our preparations to build Twegashe Primary School. Highlights from our March newsletter include getting our 501(c)(3) approval, finding a machine that makes blocks suitable for earthquake-resistant construction, receiving an offer to drill a well for the school, and having a few new volunteers join our team.
December Progress Report
We’re continuing to move forward in preparing to build Twegashe School. Some of our successes so far include finding a construction supervisor, discovering the “perfect” toilet technology, reaching 20% of our fundraising goal, and getting local US high school students involved with our project!
In search of the perfect toilet
We’ve been researching many different types of toilets looking for a safe, economical, culturally appropriate, and environmentally friendly design. We’re pleased to report that we think we’ve found an answer: the microflush biofil toilet.
Partners in Design
NAC Architecture is working with CORE Tanzania on a pro bono basis to design the school buildings and staff housing for Twegashe Primary School in Bushasha village.
