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== Tumaini University, Iringa University College == |
== Tumaini University, Iringa University College == |
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Tumaini University is a private university in Tanzania, and it consists of 6 colleges. Tumaini University's [http://www.tumaini.ac.tz Iringa University College] is the largest of those colleges, and has around 3000 students in five faculties: Theology, Law, Science & Education, Business & Economics, and Arts & Social Sciences. The college is located in rural and mountainous part of Tanzania, 502 kilometers inland from Dar es Salaam. |
Tumaini University is a private university in Tanzania, and it consists of 6 colleges. Tumaini University's [http://www.tumaini.ac.tz Iringa University College] is the largest of those colleges, and has around 3000 students in five faculties: Theology, Law, Science & Education, Business & Economics, and Arts & Social Sciences. The college is located in Iringa town, in a rural and mountainous part of Tanzania, 502 kilometers inland from Dar es Salaam (see map below). |
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| ⚫ | The college is highly regarded in Tanzania, and it has a pioneering contextualized IT program that works in collaboration with local schools through an NGO [http://www.globaloutreachtanzania.org/ Global Outreach]. Through our university and through Global Outreach we are able to link with all district authorities, educational authorities, and school headmasters in the district. |
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| ⚫ | The college is highly regarded in Tanzania, and it has a pioneering contextualized IT program that works in collaboration with local schools through an NGO [http://www.globaloutreachtanzania.org/ Global Outreach]. Through our university and through Global Outreach we are able to link with all district authorities, educational authorities, and school headmasters in the district. |
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== Our Projects == |
== Our Projects == |
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Revision as of 10:58, 22 March 2009
Tumaini University, Iringa University College
Tumaini University is a private university in Tanzania, and it consists of 6 colleges. Tumaini University's Iringa University College is the largest of those colleges, and has around 3000 students in five faculties: Theology, Law, Science & Education, Business & Economics, and Arts & Social Sciences. The college is located in Iringa town, in a rural and mountainous part of Tanzania, 502 kilometers inland from Dar es Salaam (see map below).
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The college is highly regarded in Tanzania, and it has a pioneering contextualized IT program that works in collaboration with local schools through an NGO Global Outreach. Through our university and through Global Outreach we are able to link with all district authorities, educational authorities, and school headmasters in the district.
Our Projects
We have planned, between Tumaini University's IT students, community development students, and counseling students, a number of projects in which we want to address some of the issues of the most disadvantaged children: especially of orphans and of children from poor families.