Archive for January 2021
Letter Writing Tips for Student Sponsors
Our students LOVE receiving letters from their sponsors. Their faces light up as they read and learn about the amazing person who has generously decided to support them and their community to change their future through the power of education. We’ve put together some top tips for letter writing that we hope will guide you…
Read MoreOur Founding Project Transitions to “Sustained” Phase
12 years ago Cass Treadwell was visiting a Kenyan Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp when she was asked by the community to build a school. Within a year, Cass Treadwell, Keri Chittenden and their friends had banded together and raised the funds to do just that. The school, Aberdare Ranges Primary School, became the founding…
Read MoreSparking joy in education through our Let’s Learn project
Meet Lightness, a 24 year old teacher at Endakiso Primary School, one of our Core schools in Tanzania. Lightness teaches Pre-Primary, Standard 1 and Standard 2 students. Lightness has been a teacher at the school since 2018 and takes great pride in her work. She has been partnering with So They Can to implement our…
Read MoreCollaboration and Trust: The Building Blocks for Successful Community Partnerships
One of our core values at So They Can is collaboration; we believe in the importance of nurturing respectful relationships and working in partnership with communities to maximise our impact. Our School Community is an essential project in securing the partnership with a school and the community at the Foundation phase. Here, Delfina Reuben, Head…
Read MoreStudents find their voice and take a stand for their right to education
Omary, 8, is a Standard 1 student at Manyara Primary School in Galapo. Like many of his friends, he loves to read, play sports and games. He’s the second born of his father’s family but lives with his step-mother as his father is busy with work. When So They Can’s team met Omary in 2018,…
Read MoreCreating food and economic security for schools through our Shamba Letu project
In Tanzania, approximately 67% of the population work in the agriculture sector. Despite the Manyara region being a food crop producing region, 36% of the population still suffers from malnutrition. The government is trying to combat this problem by providing schools with up to 10 acres of farmland, yet less than a third of this…
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