2024 Newsletter April – Education and Loans
Dear Loyal Supporters
Fundraising
Thank you so much to all of you who supported our Barn Dance this March in so many ways. We had new regular donors join us and raised a fantastic £1637. We put this to immediate use to fund the 2 young women, below, from very poor families who had requested funding to secondary school and college. The rest of the money we sent for desks for Ngoile primary school, where 3 or 4 children are squeezed up to desks intended for just 2 children.
Mirikwa Namayani sponsored to college
Neema Mollel sponsored to secondary school
Recent visit
My recent visit to Tanzania was very heart-warming because I saw so many women and families benefitting from the projects we have been funding. We give huge thanks to Robyn Nietert at Womens’ Microfinance Initiative (WMI) http://wmionline.org and Judy Lane at Maasai partners https://www.maasaipartners.org/ for all their support with our loan project, including health and adult education. Robyn and Judy visited our projects this year to a very warm reception at Olchaniomelok village:
Robyn with Olchaniomelok women’s loan groups
Mary Mirumu, centre, leader of the women’s loan groups
Girls’ Education
On my visit the parents of girls we have funded to secondary school came up to thank us for our sponsorship. One mother put a necklace over my head in thanks because her daughter had passed her secondary education and is now going to train to be a teacher. I met her daughter Teresia in the market and I read the words on my necklace: ‘I love you’. I pass these words of thanks on to you all for your support.
Teresia with her Mum in the market
We also give huge thanks to our trustee Suchita Raja and her family who have raised funds in memory of Suchita’s dear Mum. This amazing funding has enabled the repair of the water system at Irkeepusi dispensary, repair of broken windows at Irkeepusi primary, sponsorship of more girls to secondary school and regular funding of meals for the children at Irkeepusi primary school. The family visited the area and were able to see the projects they had funded:
Meals at Irkeepusi Preschool funded by Suchita and family
We are hugely grateful for all your financial support and encouragement. Without you we could not do any of this.
As always, our expenses and administration are paid by ourselves, so all of your donations go directly to the community projects.
With much love and thanks
Rachel and WTWT trustees here in the UK and our teams and communities in Tanzania
Rachel, David and Daniel Blackmore, Bingwa Silongoi, Tim and Caroline Shewbridge, Ruth Mason, Suchita Raja, Viv Pangalos and Helen Williams in the UK
Embapa Oloishiro, Peesoi Runguna, Sunguyo Sindiyo, Sinyati Ngamuriaki, Mary Mirumu, Kisiaya Saruni, Sandey Kinyanjui, Kileto and Supeet Olepurko in Tanzania
If any of you would like to make a donation to our projects or set up a standing order, we would be extremely grateful, as would the people in Ngorongoro:
Our bank account is: ‘Weston Turville Wells for Tanzania’, account number: 00087400, sort code 30-90-38.
Cheques can be made payable to ‘WTWT’ and posted to our address:
Old Crown, West End, Weston Turville, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP22 5TT
Weston Turville Wells for Tanzania (WTWT)
Registered UK charity No: 1125141
Registered office: Old Crown, West End, Weston Turville, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP22 5TT
Email: racheljblackmore@gmail.com
Phone: +447792 475094
Weston Turville Wells for Tanzania (WTWT)
