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Arise School Contributing to the Community

16th December 2016


Whilst the children at Arise School are taught in English, those attending government (state) primary schools in Tanzania are taught in Swahili, the national language. However, when they move to secondary school at the end of Class 7 every lesson is taught in English, the official language.   For many of these young people, having […]

Arise School Contributing to the Community

16th December 2016


Whilst the children at Arise School are taught in English, those attending government (state) primary schools in Tanzania are taught in Swahili, the national language. However, when they move to secondary school at the end of Class 7 every lesson is taught in English, the official language.   For many of these young people, having […]

A Christmas Gift for Imamu and his Family?

9th December 2016


On every visit we make to Arise School we are brought face to face with the poverty in the local community. It never fails to remind us why the school and the ACE Sponsorship Scheme are needed and what they mean to the children and their families to have the opportunity of an education. But […]

Class 3 Sing a Lullaby – with Gusto!

2nd December 2016


Two weeks ago, our blog featured the ABC Class, the youngest children at Arise School, singing their welcome song for our visit. This week, we feature Class 3, the eldest pupils at the school, now aged between nine and eleven years old, singing their welcome song – a lullaby.   Normally, lullabies are gentle and […]

Enjoying Bread Baked In The School’s Own Bread Oven

25th November 2016


Following the success of our “Buy a Breakfast” Appeal, since January 2015, the children at Arise School have been provided with a simple breakfast every morning – a cup of milky tea with some bread to dip into it. By 6.30 am, the children are already arriving at school and queuing patiently for their breakfast […]

ABC Class Sing……Number 1, Where are you?

18th November 2016


As we said in last week’s blog, we received such a very warm welcome when we arrived back at Arise School last week. Every class had learned a new song to greet us. The children sung them and did the actions with such gusto. The teachers had done a great job of teaching them. For […]

Arise School Twelve Months On.

13th November 2016


A lot can happen in 12 months. The progress at Arise School in that time has been amazing. Whilst Ron has been out to the school twice in 2016, it is almost exactly 12 months since I (Sue) was last there in November 2015.   This was not my own choosing! It was due to […]

An Update from Arise School

4th November 2016


  Modern technology, often frustrating and challenging for those of us who were not brought up on it, enables us to keep in regular contact with Arise School and developments there. We thought you would enjoy reading the extracts below which are taken from a longer update we received recently from Frank. “First of all, […]

Cronton Children and Church Continue to Champion ACE!

29th October 2016


  For over 18 months now, the children and staff of Cronton C of E Primary School have warmly welcomed us into their assemblies to tell them about our efforts to build Arise School. They have not only listened to us but have been amazing in their commitment and ongoing efforts to fundraise for ACE […]

Helping the Local Community to Help Themselves

21st October 2016


From the outset, one of the underpinning principles that we wanted to see reflected in the development of Arise Community School was real ownership by the local community – their school for their children and their community. We wanted the buildings to be used as a resource by the local community when not in use […]