Monday, February 13, 2012In a great meeting attended by hundreds of people from 3 villages we officially opened Taita Secondary School, our 22nd school in Tanzania!
Sunday, February 12, 2012Pastor Jean-Marie from Rwanda has arrived in Tanzania, having been sent by a group of people to discuss starting Village Schools Rwanda.
Saturday, February 11, 2012Dr Outi Karhunen from Finland is here to give Msafiri & Dicta 7 days of intensive training to help them better serve at our HIV/AIDS Clinic.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012Redford successfully delivered the special 30 ft sheets of roofing for the grand entrance of the administration building of the college!
Monday, January 16, 2012The new school year began today in all 21 of our secondary schools in Tanzania. More than 7000 students are expected to enroll this year!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012Redford hauled 50 drums of diesel for us to stockpile at Madisi so even if there's a supply disruption we can still keep our trucks working!
Monday, January 09, 2012Day 1 of our leadership conference was interrupted by great news: 2 schools, Bukimau & Mtinyaki, got official registration & accreditation!
Friday, January 06, 2012Our leadership conference Jan 9~12 will bring together 58 of our key leaders! Those furthest away started heading for Madisi already today!
Thursday, January 05, 2012Abu is off to Lughano with our truck Baraka & 2 drums of fuel. Our students want to haul bricks bricks before school reopens on January 16!
Wednesday, January 04, 2012Good news! A nearby lumber company which let us use their bulldozer last year might let us use it again so we can finish the college fast!
Saturday, December 31, 2011What a truly great year it's been here in Tanzania! Ephesians 3:20-21 expresses what we all feel as we survey all that has happened in 2011.
Thursday, December 29, 2011Redford used our truck Jumamosi to haul rafter boards to Sawala & work has already begun roofing their new huge multi-purpose building.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011More excellent news from the Ministry of Education to end the year -- we got the registration & accreditation of our Mpepo Secondary School!
Tuesday, December 27, 2011Today we took the very first official steps to get government authorization to open our leadership college. We aim to open September 2013.
Monday, December 26, 2011The village of Igoda has given us land so work can begin on what will on day be VST's first English-medium primary school in Tanzania!
Thursday, December 22, 2011Christmas celebrations are already underway for those of us in Village Schools Tanzania at Madisi - the next 3 days are going to be great!
Wednesday, December 21, 2011The last big day of 2011 at our HIV/AIDS Community Treatment Center with hundreds of people served -- the very last one just before sunset!
Tuesday, December 20, 2011The final inspections of Bukimau & Mtinyaki went well; Godfrey is optimistic both schools will be approved for registration & accreditation!
Monday, December 19, 2011The village of Mpwapwa has given VST land to construct a 2nd college - really remarkable since we haven't finished building the 1st one yet!
Sunday, December 18, 2011Said our goodbyes to Kata, Hillary and Carl&Pam who have served in the villages of Kising'a, Maguu and Bumilayinga for these past 4 months!