Tanzania

Jane Scott with project
Tanzania

Volunteer Placement – Jane Scott

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Volunteer Placement – Jane Scott VLM currently have a volunteer on a placement in Tanzania. Jane is volunteering with the Daughters of Charity in Masanga. She is working with three of their projects – St Catherine Laboure School, the Women’s Empowerment Project and the Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Programme. The women’s project is focused on income generation and raising the confidence and self-esteem of local women. The FGM is a unique program that aims to develop awareness of the harmful consequences of FGM among community leaders and offers refuge and an alternative right-of-passage camp to young girls who do not wish to participate in the cutting ceremony. Up to 600 girls will participate in the camp over the next two months. Only one village leader supported the idea the first year and now more than 30 are moving toward elimination of this dangerous and life-impacting practice; an awareness campaign is spreading through 180 villages. Jane is helping spread this message through outreach work to local villages with the FGM team. They have organised a soccer league and music across the area as a means of raising awareness among young adults; the community leaders of the future. If you are interested in finding out more about volunteering with VLM please contact Madeleine at info@vlm.ie. We currently have opportunities for volunteering in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania. Share this article

2024, Tanzania

St Catherine Laboure School Places Sponsored

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August 2024 Two school places are currently being sponsored by VLM donors at the St Catherine Laboure School in Masanga. This is a precious gift of an education, giving young girls the chance to go to school. Many of the girls who have fled their homes due to thewidely practiced female genital mutilation (FGM) in the community cannot afford to pay their school fees. If you would like to sponsor the school place of a girl in Masanga please click on the link below. It costs just €21 a month to give this life-changing opportunity to a girl in Masanga. Sponsor a School Place

2024, Tanzania

Centre for Women’s Development

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February 2024 A women’s empowerment project has been running in Masanga, northern Tanzania for several years but the women were meeting and carrying out their work in a small wooden shed. Thanks to very generous donations from donors, VLM have been able to fund the building of a centre for the women’s development project in Masanga, Tanzania. The building will be important for the women’s project as a meeting space but it has also given them an increased sense of purpose and confidence. Currently, the women have been planting crops and baking goods to sell and they can now build on these sustainable livelihoods micro-businesses as well as develop educational initiatives. We look forward to following future developments. Sincere thanks to everyone who gave so generously to this project.  Original building New building

2023, Tanzania

St Catherine Laboure School Bus

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November 2023 VLM donors very generously raised over €27,000 to buy a school bus for the St Catherine Laboure School in Masanga,Tanzania. Previously, local children had been walking up to 12km to get to school everyday. This journey was treacherous with the constant danger of wild animals and varying weather conditions. Children arrived at school tired, impacting on their ability to concentrate on their work and therefore their future opportunities. The bus has improved attendance rates and school performance and gives children living further away the chance of an education. We were thrilled to be able to complete this fundraising project successfully in November 2023.

2023, Fundraising, Tanzania

Scoil naomh Brid agus Padriag Bake Sale

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Scoil naomh Brid agus Padriag Bake Sale This wonderful group of students from Scoil naomh Brid agus Padriag in Mayo ran a bake sale and raffle and raised a phenomenal €1500 for our ‘Buy the Bus’ fundraiser. Children in Masanga, Tanzania currently walk 10km and more to get to school every day and our aim is to raise money to buy them a school bus. Share this article

2022, Tanzania

Tanzania Volunteers

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Tanzania Volunteers 2022 Our first volunteers of 2022 are currently in Songea in the south of Tanzania tomorrow. Luke and Grainne will be teaching English, facilitating capacity development sessions with teachers, and running summer camp activities. Both the children and teachers are looking forward to their arrival and they are especially excited about learning how to play basketball! For updates on Luke and Grainne’s volunteering experience please follow VLM on Instagram at vlm_volunteering and Facebook. We wish them well on their journey and look forward to hearing more.

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