Provide a Computer Center to Jambiani Center

Jambiani Center has been such a big hit over the past couple months! As mentioned in our last report, there have been several updates to the center which included Eco bricking and even a couple new signs to advertise the center. 

In the month of January alone, there were 93 students who attended Adult Literacy Classes at Jambiani Center. This is solid proof the center has brought in a large amount of learners of all different levels to improve their English and acheive their goal of employment. Additionally, there was a large graduation celebration in February for a large group completing their final exams!

However, after reviewing the program and where students are after they graduate Adult Literacy Classes, we realized some students could not find employment. Thus, we have created even bigger plans for Jambiani Center! 

We are still fundraising to now add electricity to the center which will then power a Computer Center!! Access to electricity in Zanzibar is limited for the majority of the population, particularly in coastal communities like Jambiani. Having access to electricity at our education center will enable us to start the computer literacy program. 

Further, a majortiy of adults in Zanzibar have never seen or even touched a computer. However, as the tourist industry is becoming Zanzibar's largest employment sector, computer skills, as well as speaking English, are vital in gaining a job. Access to computers will also empower the education program to grow by giving us the opportunity to widen our teaching resources and additional classes we can offer. Finally, the access to electricity will empower our program to build a new water soruces, leading into our second fundraising phase! 

African Impact, African Impact Foundation and the students of Jambiani Center are beyond excited to start this next phase to impact and empower even a larger reach of learners in Jambiani. We truly believe this is an increidble next step for the community of Jambiani and are eager to watch it grow. 

All of this would not be possible without your continous support. Please do share the great update with friends and family as your influence is the greatest impact. 

Also, please do not forget to follow our journey on Facebook or get in touch with us for any ideas, questions or just to say hi! 

First, we want to say a big thank you to everyone who has been a part of our ten year journey! This month we celebrated our tenth birthday and we are all so amazed where our journey has lead us. The Jambiani Center is constantly filled with passionate and dedicated learners due to the center creating a peaceful, conducive space for learning.

These past months have been filled with more improvements. We painted our African Impact name in huge letters on the back wall of the Community Center, just in time for the tenth birthday celebration! Additionally, we built and painted an African Impact sign to display on the road, so anyone who is interested in joining our classes, knows exactly where to come. We are hopeful for more learners to join soon!

Next, we have purchased and installed enough rain protections – 15 of them! – to be able to close our school after hours and protect our beautiful desks and easels from rain or weather damage. This is just in time for rainy season and was an absolute must! Adding on, we have been using eco-bricks, plastic bottles stuffed with non-biological waste, to create bricks for our stairs. Eco-bricking involved volunteer and staff to clean up the environment all while using the bricks to improve the Community Center.

It has been an incredible couple of months with all volunteers, staff, students and members of the community to help us keep our Educational Community Center in tip-top shape. We are all so eager to see what year 11 has in store and cannot be more thankful for all the support. There is still much improvement to be made in order to expand the classes to more learners, all which would not be possible without continued support. We look forward to 2018!