OLPCorps IndianaUniversity Tanzania

Our Mission

Our goal in working with Kili Centre is to use the XO's to facilitate the re-entrance of orphans and street children back into the local public education system. With the help of the XO's and our working knowledge of Kiswahili language, we are hoping to develop the English language capabilities of these children to a level required to progress through the Tazanian school system.

Team Members

Our team will consist of Brittany Woedl and Amy Andreas, May 2009 graduates of Indiana University. We both are majoring in international studies with a regional concentration in Africa and have a minor in Kiswahili language. We studied abroad at the University of Dar es Salaam in 2007, so we are very familiar with life in Tanzania and should have little trouble communicating to the children in Kiswahili.

Proposal

Target Recipients

The majority of children housed at the Kili Centre are between OLPC’s target age range, and additional students aged 6-12 who are served by centre will also be chosen to participate. While school will not be in session during the summer months, the Kili Centre serves these children year round, so access will not be limited by the time frame.

Sustainability

Since Kili Centre had been planning to implement a computer access program of a much smaller and less advanced capacity before we contacted them, sustaining our mission after we leave is well within reach. With the help of OLPC, the Kili Centre would now be able spend the money budgeted for 14 dilapidated desktop computers on a year round IT instructor at a very low cost. In addition, the Kilimanjaro region hosts by far the most foreign volunteers in the country, so we would also like to enlist these and other tourists to help support our program financially and through time volunteered.

Budget

Airfare (Indianapolis-Kigali)- $2000 x 2 = $4000

Travel from Kigali to Moshi, TZ- 300 x 2 = $600

Travel Insurance- $200 x 2 = $400

Malaria Prophylaxis- $20 x 2 = $40

Tanzania Visa Costs- $100 x 2 = $200

Accommodations- $300 x 2 = $600

Food- $400 x 2 = $800

Local Transportation and Unexpected Expenses- $1000

Preliminary Costs: $7,640

(The $2,360 left, the unused money budgeted for unexpected expenses, and money fundraised within our community will go towards the salary of a local IT instructor, program maintenance, and costs associated with possibly providing internet access)

Total Costs: $10,000+

Kili Centre

Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania Kili Centre is a rural non-profit organization outside of Moshi, Tanzania that houses 38 orphans between the ages of 3-14, as well as offers programs and support for hundreds of local street children in the Kilimanjaro region. Kili Centre strives to support the education of all of these children in local schools so that they can grow up to be productive citizens in the community.