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  • Monday, October 01, 2012All 4 of our schools we scheduled to open today did in fact open with great fanfare & lots of celebration! Truly a great & wonderful day!
  • Friday, September 28, 2012Wonderful meeting in the village of Kidugala today with hundreds of parents from 4 villages in preparation for classes to start on Monday!
  • Wednesday, September 26, 2012It consumed the whole day but Godi & Imma got every last signature needed at the district level for VST to open our 1st primary school!
  • Tuesday, September 25, 2012Godfrey & Ntula succeeded in trading land so we would have 8 comtiguous acres on which to keep building our new primary school near Madisi!
  • Monday, September 24, 2012Students began enrollment at 4 new VST schools (Lipaya, Fingwa, Selejele & Kidugala) - we now have 26 schools total! Classes start Oct 1.
  • Saturday, September 22, 2012Redford hauled a 2nd load of boards & other construction supplies for our Taita school aiming to meet the train heading east from Makambako!
  • Saturday, September 22, 2012Special celebrations all day long yesterday at Madisi to celebrate the 56 students who will take the national exams & graduate next month!
  • Thursday, September 20, 2012Redford hauled to the train depot the first of 3 truckloads of metal roofing, boards, & other construction supplies for our Taita school.
  • Wednesday, September 19, 2012Godi & Imma are back at Madisi after 2 weeks in Rukwa visiting schools, arranging land for our 2nd college, & meeting with gov't officials.
  • Tuesday, September 18, 2012We got the documents needed so we can open Lipaya Secondary School on Septenber 24th! Still a lot of work to do but there's hope of success!