After landing at the Julius Nyerere International Airport on Tuesday night, I was glad to be greeted by Jack and Tuma, who drove me through the busy streets of Dar es Salaam to our home base in Bagamoyo. I look forward to spending the next few months working alongside members of the ASFE staff in our quest to offer additional education opportunities to members of the SES (Students Empowering Students) program. Jack, Tuma, and I spent Wednesday afternoon tutoring members of t

This weekend we were fortunate enough to meet and work with 26 British students and teachers from Ullswater Community College. Teachers from this school first visited Bagamoyo six years ago and have developed a partnership with Asante Sana For Education recently. They play a vital role in continuing the operations of AMAP Preschool, a pre-primary school in Bagamoyo with over 90 students. Volunteers from Ullswater Community College hold a math lesson Each student volunteer p

It was a beautiful afternoon in June when Emma, her sister Kikka and I left Bagamoyo to pick up Seratiani, her mother and young daughter in their village in Mnindi. For years ASFE has been trying to find help for Seratiani who is suffering from a severe case of Elephantitis in her left leg. We have been turned down by three hospitals in Dar es Salaam and side tracked by her pregnancy and the birth of Ruth the day after Christmas 2013. This was to be our last chance. We were g

We are extremely excited to say that Asante Sana For Education was able to send Bernard Sylvery, 21, to college on Saturday morning. He will be attending a college in the city of Dodoma named the Local Government Training Institute. Bernard has been an active member of Students Empowering Students since the program was founded in 2012. He is originally from a town called Mara in the northeastern part of Tanzania but relocated to Bagamoyo after his father passed away in 2012

It’s been another productive week here with Asante Sana for Education in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. The JacksGap camera crew left on Sunday night and we quickly got back to business as usual. ASFE wants to sincerely thank JacksGap for all the work they have done, and we cannot wait to see their final product. The JacksGap camera crew working at Mnindi Primary School We spent the first part of the week working with teachers and students at the AMAP Preschool. Nathan Washburn and G