PZ News and Events
Welcome to Innocent Mshana
Project Zawadi is pleased to welcome Innocent Mshana as the new Zinduka Vocational Training Centre director. Over the past three years, Project Zawadi has cooperated with our community partner, Zinduka, to promote and support the development of a local, high-quality vocational training center in Nyamuswa. The Zinduka VTC provides additional opportunities for training in the…
Read MoreMazera’s Road Trip to Tanga
Though Nyamuswa is right on the doorstep of the Serengeti, most PZ students will never have the means to visit this World Heritage Site or any of the other national park treasures of Tanzania. But PZ-sponsored student Mazera did have the opportunity to visit both the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater National Parks in January. In…
Read MoreZinduka Visits the Tanzanian National Assembly
Zinduka Chairwoman, Muse Mwisawa, spent last week participating in the Civil Societies’ Organizations National Exhibition at the National Assembly in Tanzania’s capitol city of Dodoma. Muse, pictured here with former prime minister Edward N. Lowassa, was representing the good works of Zinduka on a national stage. Hongera, sana (big congratulations) to Muse and the entire Zinduka…
Read MoreThrowback Thursday – Dotto and Kurwa
From the vaults of PZ for Throwback Thursday #TBT. Meet Dotto and Kurwa, twin brothers that began as sponsored students with Project Zawadi way back in 2002. Today, Dotto and Kurwa are both pursuing a high-level architectural drafting vocational program at the same school in Dar es Salaam and well on the road to successful…
Read MoreDistribution Day – Not Just for Students!
Sponsored students aren’t the only ones to receive needed school materials in anticipation of the new Tanzanian school year. Guardian Teachers also receive some teaching and learning materials like classroom editions of required textbooks, teacher’s guides, and chalk to enhance the learning environment in their classrooms. Guardian Teachers and Counselors (along with student families) are…
Read MoreBrian Singer’s Speech at Peace Corps and Africa – Honoring 50 Years
On March 26, 2011, Brian Singer was invited to speak at the plenary session of the conference Peace Corps and Africa: Honoring 50 Years, held in Madison, Wisconsin. The event brought together returned Peace Corps Volunteers, scholars, and leaders reflecting on five decades of Peace Corps partnerships across the African continent. Singer was invited to address…
Read MoreGoodmakers Films Produce a Film for Project Zawadi
Tilo Ponder and Cris Blyth visited Tanzania last summer and sought out an opportuity to give back to Tanzania by creating a film for a non-profit organization. Project Zawadi was fortunate to be the recipient of gratis film making services. The result is a compelling 6-minute film about the origins of Project Zawadi as recounted…
Read MoreProject Zawadi Welcomes New Board Members
At the June 12, 2010 Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors, two new board members were welcomed to the PROJECTZAWADI family and a past member has rejoined the board after a one-year hiatus: Weclome new members: Emma Kasiga (Saint Paul, MN) Matthew Thomas (Minneapolis, MN) Welcome back to: Jennifer Haefeli (Sommerville, MA) The Board of Directors would also…
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