Sponsorship for students at DCT Mvumi Secondary School

$1,870 donated

Given by 12 generous donors in 4 years

Sponsoring students at Mvumi Secondary School. All monies raised will be transferred to Mvumi School Trust Bank Account in Dodoma.

Waikato

We are raising money to sponsor students at DCT Mvumi Secondary School, located in central Tanzania. We function under the auspices of a British Charity, the Mvumi School Trust. As Trust Representatives we are volunteers who oversee the sponsorship programme. The Mvumi School Trust has a bank account in the nearest town of Dodoma, which is one and a half hours drive away on a dusty, bumpy road.

Thank you for the very donations in 2019

We are now fundraising for 2020 fees.

Educational Service International's involvement (page creator)

David and Jane Whyte are the Trust Representatives in Tanzania. They are volunteers for the Mvumi School Trust, and live in Mvumi on the school's campus. They oversee the sponsorship programme, and are from Hamilton, New Zealand.

Use of funds

Funds raised will be used to:

- pay school fees and lunches for day students

- pay school fees, lunch, dinner and lodging for boys

- pay full boarding for girls if required.

Further assistance for extreme hardship cases may also be given if funds permit.

Latest update

COVID changes 30 April 2021

With the COVID pandemic has come a number of changes. David and I are now in New Zealand where we continue our roles as Trust Representatives remotely.

The Mvumi Trust has employed a new Tanzanian Trust Assistant in Mvumi, a recent Chemistry graduate from Dodoma University, who had been a Trust sponsored student at the school. The Headmaster has graciously allowed his secretary to also be the Trust Supervisor, she knows the school well and David and I have worked with her during out time in Mvumi. We are thankful for internet communication, which enables us to have phone contact with them on most days via email and internet phone calls, although the time difference means that we are "on-call" from 4:00 p.m. onwards!

We appreciate your continuing support for the students at Mvumi School, especially in these uncertain times.

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