Education is the key to helping people lift themselves out of poverty. Your sponsorship of a student is the most direct, the most-needed, and the most life-changing assistance you can provide. Most families in Tanzania don’t have the financial resources to send their children to school past 7th grade. The cost for tuition, uniforms, and supplies is more than most families can afford.
Students in grade 7 take their exams in September to determine which secondary schools they are eligible to attend. The highest performers have the option of attending a boarding school focused on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). These schools offer the best education for students and are correspondingly more expensive.
The next option for secondary school is a non-STEM boarding school. These schools offer an advantage in that students can focus on their studies without being required to spend multiple hours walking back and forth to school each day. This also means that they have proper nutrition each day, have electric lights to study by in the evenings, and are less likely to miss classes due to the need to help out at home.
The final option is for students to attend a “local” secondary school. These are often several miles away and obviously require the students to spend many hours each week walking from home to school and back each day.
Sponsoring a student’s secondary education will change their life and enable them to reach their full potential to help build the future of Tanzania. Will you consider one of the following levels of support for a graduating Tloma Primary School student to continue their education at the secondary level?
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Typical Annual Sponsorship Costs (in US Dollars)
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| Annual Needs | Secondary Day School with 2-3 mile walk each way | Secondary Boarding School | STEM Boarding School for High Achievers | ||
| Includes tuition, school supplies, meal costs, etc. |
$160
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$450
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$1,500 – $1,700
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| Four-Year Pledge |
$640
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$1,800
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$6,000 – $6,800 |
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We encourage a multi-year commitment to ensure your student completes his or her education, typically 4 years for secondary school. (Paid annually or in one lump sum.)
When you sponsor a student, you will receive periodic updates on them and correspondence from them.
The school year runs from January through December with breaks in between. For students in the last year of primary school, secondary school selection, entry testing, and student registration begins in October. Students need to know if they have sponsorships before they can apply. The available spots are limited and therefore applying early is important to getting a spot. Please let us know as soon as you can if you’d like to sponsor a student!
If you’d like to sponsor one of our featured students, we will try to accommodate that. If you’d like to sponsor the “next candidate in line” we’ll let you know who that is. If you met a student you wish to sponsor, we will try to accommodate that also.
Some safari companies contribute to Tloma Primary School and may have options for sponsorships. We will be happy to provide any assistance we can if you choose that avenue of support.
If you have any questions, please email TlomaGivingInfo@gmail.com or call Winona Perry at +1 435.754.6878 Mountain Time in the US.