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Established in Australia as a private foundation in 1978, The Earth Assistance Foundation worked to support environment protection, village development, water harvesting and agricultural projects in South East Asia and India. In 2002 the foundation began to implement means to assist with African development and The Earth Assistance Foundation was incorporated in Tanzania as a Company Limited by G
27/05/2012
Interesting Articles about African Development. | The Earth Assistance Foundation For those who have the time and inclination to read about Africa here are some interesting recent articles. They are offered to inform as well as to promote and provoke debate. African Progress Panel Africa Progress Panel Warns That Growing Inequality Threatens Continent’s Growth This report discuss...
Unfortunately it's not always easy going... This post outlines some of the problems EAF has been facing in Tanzania.
Work Stops at Nuru Primary School | The Earth Assistance Foundation Consistent problems with work at Nuru Primary School have forced us to withdraw from the development of this school. EAF works with Tanzanian schools on basis of an open and transparent partnership where each of us has allotted tasks. At Nuru school the community has not complied with agreements and...
14/05/2012
Re organisation of the EAF in Australia | The Earth Assistance Foundation From Brad Warren, Tanzania Words like Joy or excitement are insufficient to describe the feelings we have about the reorganisation of the EAF in Australia. It seems that just out of nowhere a group of highly professional and dedicated people have appeared to reinvigorate the organisation and develop...
29/04/2012
A Meaningful Photo | The Earth Assistance Foundation Back in 2007 we were visiting and reviewing schools to find one that could be supported by Judge Martin Witteveen and his friends from the Netherlands. As I walked past one classroom at Mikuuni Primary School I glanced inside and saw this group of children. The photo is not posed. I just swung my ...
26/04/2012
A Zach Worth More Than Two Bob | The Earth Assistance Foundation For those who are sadly uniformed of the idiom of Australia and much of the British Commonwealth a zach is a a sixpence in the old currency and two bob is two shillings. If a bloke is useless they say ‘he’s not worth two bob’. If he’s alright ’he’s worth the full quid’. (A quid is a Pound=20 shillin...
23/04/2012
Kirenga Volunteer House | The Earth Assistance Foundation The Kirenga volunteer house is having more repairs after the damage caused by the earthquake last year. The rear walls have been buttressed and are now even more stable than they were originally. Many cracks appeared in the walls after the earthquake and they have now all been repaired. Most of the...
19/04/2012
A Little Glory | The Earth Assistance Foundation A three year old girl restores faith and renews hope.
19/04/2012
Six New Assistant Teachers For Nuru. | The Earth Assistance Foundation A large investment and a lot of difficult work has gone into the development of the facilities at Nuru Primary School. We have built two classrooms connected water to the school from three kilometers away, installed a substantial rainwater harvesting system with a huge water tank and developed the g...
03/03/2012
Here are some blogs containing general information on education in Tanzania. We do not necessarily agree with everything said and we offer these for those interested and to start a discussion.
http://in2eastafrica.net/tanzania-girls-prefer-boarding-to-day-schools/
http://www.redhawksonline.com/2012/03/02/unwelcome-changes-at-peace-house-africa/
http://www.ridpa.org/2012/02/educational-report-in-tanzania/
http://spyghana.com/world-news/inside-africa/fees-structures-for-tanzanian-private-schools-out-next-year/
http://ngonewsafrica.org/archives/3262
http://mediaender.blogspot.com/2010/09/growing-gender-disparity-in-tanzania.html
02/03/2012
Have you read our Annual report? http://earthassistance.org/earthassistance/the-eaf-annual-report-for-2010-2011-3/
The EAF Annual Report for 2010-2011 | The Earth Assistance Foundation We are pleased to present the Annual Report for our work in Tanzania during the year 2010-2011. There is quite a bit of it but we would be very pleased if you could read it and leave us a comment. There is nothing much else to say here as the report says all we can say in a short space ...
02/03/2012
You can read how Holland have saved the work at Mikuuni and Nuru here. http://earthassistance.org/earthassistance/holland-saves-the-work-at-mikuuni-and-nuru/
Holland saves the work at Mikuuni and Nuru | The Earth Assistance Foundation In previous posts we have described the problems we and our schools endured as the result of the recent drought. Most significant of these was our inability, through lack of funds to complete the water harvesting at Mikuuni and Nuru Primary Schools. These were our two schools most severely effected ...
More good news. A volunteer from ASAP in the US is arriving here to help out. He is sorely needed. His name is Zach. I'm told he is great bloke.