Looking Back, Looking Forward!
30th December 2016
As 2016 draws to an end, we are delighted to look back at the progress at Arise School in the last 12 months. In fact, it has been amazing. It has certainly exceeded all our expectations. There are now 210 children registered (soon to become 236 in January) and demand is outstripping places. In Frank’s […]
Your Christmas Gift to Imamu and his family
23rd December 2016
Only two weeks ago, our blog featured little Imamu. Still only two years old, he has a medical condition that is likely to exclude him from having an education. Cindy, one of the medical students who visited Arise School this summer, deeply touched by Imamu’s plight and the poverty of his family circumstances, returned to […]
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, […]
