Support us
There is work being done here every day. The biggest constraint is still money. You can sponsor a child through a school year, fund what we are currently building, or send a direct donation.
Fund what we're building
€13,100
The new kitchen building. The shell is up and the roof is on. What remains is the fit-out, in five stages: chimney, floor, ceiling boarding, doors and windows, painting.
Give directly
Any
Bank transfer, Wise, Remitly or M-Pesa. Details below.
Sponsor a child
Sponsors provide financial support and emotional backing for children to pursue their own plans. We opened sponsorship because the school can only carry so many children itself — last year we were able to fund five out of our own budget.
USD 580 provides, for one full school year:
- Two pairs of school uniform and a pair of shoes
- School supplies — pens, exercise books, materials
- Basic medical and health care
- Three meals a day
- Accommodation in the dormitory
What you get back: regular updates by WhatsApp or email, exam results and news through the year, and if you’d like it, a phone or video call so you can get to know the child.
Give directly
Tanzanian bank accounts are difficult to connect to international donation portals — most services simply don’t support them. We are working on it. In the meantime these all work, and all of them reach us.
Account
41110004125SWIFT
NMIBTZTZXXXName: Juliana Jonathan Nzuna
Phone: +255 767 816 082
remitly.com →
What we're building: the new kitchen
The shell is up and the roof is on. What remains is the fit-out. We have broken it into five stages so a donor can fund one piece rather than facing the whole thing — the doors and windows, or the painting, are each a complete, finishable job.
| Stage | TZS | EUR | USD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimney | 12,000,000 | €4,030 | $4,560 |
| Floor concrete | 16,300,000 | €5,470 | $6,190 |
| Ceiling boarding | 9,165,000 | €3,075 | $3,485 |
| Doors and windows | 7,100,000 | €2,385 | $2,700 |
| Painting | 6,500,000 | €2,180 | $2,470 |
| Total remaining | 51,065,000 | €17,100 | $19,400 |
How we are funded
Three sources. School fees, paid in full or in part by most families. Donations from individuals, volunteers and their networks. And a share of the revenue of Astro Safaris and Tours Ltd, the tour company run by our founders, which contributes to the school and offers volunteers below-market rates.
We receive no government funding.
Give something other than money
Volunteers arriving with luggage space have brought most of what the school owns. What is genuinely needed: English books, coloured pencils and pens, plates and cups, sanitary pads, toothbrushes, footballs and board games, and above all laptops and projectors.
