Fratern Tarimo

Fratern Tarimo was born and raised in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. He attended college at Gettysburg College, PA where he graduated with a bachelor of science in Chemistry and a minor in religion. He is a graduating Masters of Public Administration Student in the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Delaware. His concentration is Nonprofit Leadership. He has worked as a volunteer and is currently one of the members of board of advisors for Trans Regional Environment Technology (TRETA), a local partner organization for Student Teach. Fratern has considerable experience working with children; he recently worked as a coordinator/ director of the summer recreation program in the City of New Castle, Delaware. His resume is located here: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Image:Fratern_Tarimo_Resume.doc Fratern is interested in the OLPC project because he believes that the project has unprecedented capabilities to empower children and their communities in the developing countries. As a Tanzanian coordinator, Fratern will contribute the following tasks to his team:

• Searching and providing the necessary information about Tarakea and Tanzania in general

• Coordinating activities on the ground while in Tanzania

• Managing local volunteers

• Translation of English-Swahili or vice versa whenever necessary

• Helping with local paperwork including application for local cyber café license

• Other duties as necessary