Educate 500 Orphans and Needy Children in Tanzania
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Summary
This project will provide grants enabling schools in rural Tanzania to keep 500 orphans and vulnerable children in school by paying for uniforms, supplies or fees needed to continue their education.
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
In rural areas of Africa, a small amount of money to pay for school uniforms, school supplies, and exam fees often makes all the difference between a child staying in school or dropping out. In rural communities, Camfed's Safety Net Fund helps children who are orphaned, or from child-headed households.This project enables schools in the Kilosa district of rural Tanzania to meet the pressing needs of 500 children at risk of dropping out, providing security and hope.
Activities
Safety Net grants empower primary and secondary schools to address the neediest children's difficult circumstances as they arise - often for as little as $10-20 per child - thus helping more children stay in school and continue their education.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $1,457
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $9,813
Total Funding Goal: $11,270
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The project will meet school costs for 500 orphans and vulnerable children, enabling the neediest children in a community to obtain the education crucial to improving their long-term prospects and supporting their own future families.
Project Message
"Support to continue my education will help me achieve my goals, like being a doctor or a minister. At the end of the day, I have been helped, and I will help others."
- Innocent, from Iringa, Tanzania, Safety Net Fund beneficiary
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in  Tanzania
and can also be found under  Education.
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When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on August 07, 2008.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on March 28, 2008.
Latest Update from the Field
Camfed Tanzania Safety Net Fund Update
By Tanya Johnston - Development Assistant, August 07, 2008 06:34 PM
The Camfed Safety Net Fund is directly reducing the risk to vulnerable children in rural areas of Tanzania of dropping out of school. With the help of teacher mentors trained by Camfed, schools have identified the children in their communities most in need, and the items they require to continue with their studies. Across Camfed's partner schools in Tanzania, including in the Kilosa District targeted by this project, children have been provided with stationery, school uniforms, sanitary protection, payment of exam fees, food and other necessities to keep them attending and achieving at school.
In the first quarter of 2008, 407 schools in Tanzania have been given Safety Net Fund grants to support their most vulnerable students. Of these 407 schools, 276 are primary schools and 131 are secondary schools.
Reports to date show that 6,445 children are currently benefiting from the Camfed Safety Net Fund in Tanzania.
Trainings have also been conducted at the district level to support schools to manage the Camfed Safety Net Fund efficiently and transparently. These trainings were aimed at school heads, school committee members and district-level community development committee members, and focus on skills to effectively manage and monitor the Safety Net Funds, including the selection of beneficiaries and the maintenance of accountable systems through which funds are disbursed.
The Safety Net Fund in Tanzania is enabling otherwise marginalized and vulnerable youth to reach their full potential, and your donations to this project are directly benefiting the lives of these children.
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