By Rai Farrelly | Co-Founder, Project Wezesha
Dear Project Wezesha Supporters,
Happy start to the holiday season! We hope you are enjoying time with family and planning for the upcoming December festivities to celebrate all of our respective traditions!
It is with great pleasure that I share with you some updates from Tanzania about Amahoro Secondary School. The biggest news of all is that the roofs are officially in place on all 16 classrooms and completed offices! This is so exciting and such a relief! The rainy season may be upon the village, but the work inside the classrooms can continue now that all the roofs are there to keep the workers dry!
The remaining work on the school entails completing the plastering of walls - inside and out, finishing all floors (that's a lot of concrete!), building and setting the remaining doors and windows, and finally - painting the exterior walls.
When I was there in July, I saw the chosen colors for the shool - a nice sky blue and cream combination. It's going to be lovely amid the many trees that were spared by this eco-conscious community during the construction of the school. (Just look at all those trees! They are all native to the area and will shade the students during breaks before and after classes.)
The anticipated timing to officially launch classes depends upon the completion of a sufficient number of classrooms by the end of December. Last year, we made an agreement with the village government that requires their participation on this school project. They have done well to acquire $16,000 from the Tanzania government last year - which funded the purchase of cement, lyme, wood, and paint. However, they have to rally again this year and continue to do so until all classrooms are finished.
In the meantime, Project Wezesha has committed to keep the skilled laborors paid and additionally support the village leaders by supplying as much as we can in funding toward the materials needed to finish these classrooms.
In short, we're not there yet! We would love your continued support in making this amazing dream a reality. Here are some ways you can help:
Thank you very much - Asante Sana!
With love and gratitude,
Rai Farrelly and Lucas Lameck
Co-founders, Project Wezesha
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