Success Stories
Alumni Profile: Elibariki Walter
As an orphan, Elibariki was raised in the city of Arusha at a center for street children called Children For Children’s Future (CCF). Elibariki first learned to read and write at CCF where he also developed a strong passion for music. He sang in a group of six young boys. They called themselves the Bongo…
Read MoreStudent Profile: Wanzita Ally
Wanzita was first sponsored by Project Zawadi in 2009 when she was in Standard 5. She made steady progress in her studies and completed Form 4 at Makongoro Secondary school in 2015. Nearly two months have passed since Project Zawadi’s student, Wanzita Ally, arrived in Minnesota as a North Star Rotary Youth Exchange student. It is…
Read MoreStudent Profile: A Story of Resilience
Meaning of Resilience: the ability to become strong, healthy, or successful again after something bad happens. This word describes most of the PZ students, but one in particular comes to mind when we think of a resilient student. Jane Doe* was the first born in 1996 to a happily married couple in a nearby village to Naymuswa. …
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 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 MoreBENARD MAZIBA
Benard first became a PZ sponsored student in 2006. Upon completing primary school, Benard elected to join a carpentry program at a nearby vocational training center. After successfully earning his Grade 1 Carpentry certificate in 2011, Benard began volunteering at the new Zinduka Vocational Training Centre in Nyamuswa. Described as a hardworking boy by PZ’s community…
Read MoreMREMBO NYASEBWA
Mrembo is one of many children in her extended family. Students with albinism face unique challenges in East Africa due to the effects of the harsh sun on their unpigmented skin and local superstitions surrounding the condition. Upon hearing about Mrembo’s difficulty with the sun on her long walks to and from school each day,…
Read MoreLUCIA WARIOBA
Lucia has been a PZ-sponsored student since 2005 where she excelled academically throughout her primary schooling. In 2009, she was selected to the prestigious Tabora Girls boarding school where she continued to do very well in her studies. Lucia’s goal is to one day become an engineer. This year, she scored very highly on the…
Read MoreMSAFIRI SAMSON
Msafiri, a PZ-sponsored student since 2004, lives with his elderly grandmother. As a young child, he suffered a severe burn to his face and eye socket in an accident. As he grew, the burn became increasingly problematic and painful and it interfered greatly with his normal daily activities including his secondary school studies. Last fall, through…
Read MoreWAKANYI MGISI
Eleven-year-old Wakanyi Mgisi is the youngest of nine girls. Education is very important in the Mgisi family and Wakanyi is dedicated to her studies. She walks five miles to and from school every day. However, it’s a major struggle for her widowed mother to cover the costs of Wakanyi’s schooling. Recognizing this, in 2009 Wakanyi’s…
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