Work on site, January - May 2011

During our extended stay in Zanzibar we managed to do the following on behalf of Maisha Zanzibar NGO:

Visiting our 15 new and 15 "old" pupils and their parents. We found out that five of those families live in extrem poverty and therefore we supported them with rice, beans and clothes.

Clearing of the container and distributing charity goods from Switzerland to the orphanage in Stonetown, the school and nursery school in Nungwi, Dr. Haroun and the hospital in Kivunge (find the details under project DAWA, "Health").

With the donated clothes and shoes we arranged another, by the locals very appreciated bazaar. The raised money we used to support the building of a watertank and washing facilities for the school. This enlargement of our project CHOO was possible because due to the good exchange rate of the US dollar we didn't use our budget for the 12 toilets to its full extend.

Meeting with the village commitee of Upenja and visiting their primary school. Evaluation for a new project to support the school with more facilities, such as a laboratory, library and meeting room.

Realisation of project CHOO (find the details under project CHOO, "Health"). To get the necessary construction permit and to inform all the respective governmental persons was a very tedious process. Due to a very rocky ground the excavation was also delayed, so we decided to prolong our stay for three weeks to be there for the finishing of the project.