Tag Archive for: construction

girl writing

Welcome to CORE Tanzania

If you're a new visitor to CORE Tanzania, you may want to begin here to get an overview of our organization that includes an update on recent progress with our Twegashe Primary School project.
Long school building in grassy field

Twegashe Turns Two – A Picture Story

This presentation for an April 15 online gathering of CORE Tanzania friends and supporters showcases the latest developments at Twegashe School.
smiling students and teachers in front of school corridor

We’ve Moved In!

There's been lots of progress lately at Twegashe School. The classrooms have been painted, two teacher houses are nearly finished, and the microflush biofil composting toilets are working well. The kindergartners are very happy to be in their new home!
Man looking out window of partially constructed school building

The Fruit is Almost Ripe

A Tanzanian proverb says, "The one who is patient eats ripe fruit." We're learning that establishing a new school in rural Tanzania presents many challenges and requires a lot of patience. But we are making good progress and soon we will be eating ripe fruit together with the people of Bushasha Village.
partly constructed cement block building with stick scaffolding

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.
village school children carrying large palm branches

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.
men working in red dirt with shovels, hoes and wheelbarrows

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!
partly made dirt road down grassy hillside

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.
kilns and stacks of drying clay bricks

Building Blocks

Many homes in Bushasha are built with clay bricks, either sun-dried or kiln-fired. But to build Twegashe School we plan to use environmentally-friendly stabilized soil blocks. We had our soil tested during our recent trip and were happy to learn that it will work well for this type of block.
cover page of permit drawings with sketch of school design

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.