4th Annual International "Education That Pays for Itself" Conference
2010 Theme: Strategies for Sustainable Schools
The conference will be hosted by:
ARK Foundation of Africa Boko Educational Center
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania December 10 - December 12, 2010
Conference registration and sponsorship opportunities
are now available online.
African children and many of the grassroots organizations working with them are hard pressed by the global recession. AIDS orphans are affected more than most. For many children and their caretakers, this directly translates into less money to buy food and pay school fees. Grandmothers caring for orphans are particularly struggling to survive. Some go for days without food and other daily necessities. Grassroots organizations that depend on Western donors have witnessed a sharp drop in grant allocations this year and the road ahead seems even harder. [Read more]
Give a gift of life to an ARK grandmother caring for her orphaned grandchildren and great grandchildren. Please adopt a grandmother's family. With a tax deductible contribution of $500, you can construct a water catchment system1 for a grandmother to harvest rain water to use throughout the entire year and to water her vegetables during dry seasons. [Read more]
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The Tanzanian government has simplified the form-2 (9th grade-US) national examinations — a move that will benefit hundreds of vulnerable children attempting to complete secondary school, especially girls. In the past, form 2 students who failed the national examination were not permitted to move to the next grade. Many of these students were consequently forced out of school because they could not afford to pay the fees to repeat an additional year. Some schools do not allow students to stay back, as it reflects badly on the school's performance and adds to already crowded classrooms. [Read more]
Living with my widowed, paternal grandmother was the only life I had ever known. Both my parents died when I was just an infant. It was my grandmother who took me in and cared for me. It was not easy. We faced many financial struggles through the years. After primary school, my grandmother could not afford to pay the high cost of secondary education in Uganda for me and my young brother. At this point, the only option we thought was available was to drop out of school. [Read more]
