Our work – Umoja

Education

Children learn when they are fed.

School meals, supplies and fee bursaries for girls in twelve village schools.

A hungry child cannot learn. We fund a daily meal, exercise books and pencils, and bursaries that keep girls in school past primary. Sample programme: replace this text with your own.

TZS 65,000 pays for a term of school meals for one child.

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Children in red and blue sit at wooden desks in a bright green classroom with a chalkboard showing the alphabet and a teacher standing beside it — A classroom. Illustrative photograph — not the trust’s.

Health

Care close to home.

Training, supplies and supervision for community health volunteers.

Volunteers check blood pressure, weigh babies, give advice and refer people who need a clinic. Sample programme: replace this text with your own.

TZS 156,000 pays for a girl’s school fees for a term.

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A health worker in a maroon uniform and white headscarf checks the blood pressure of an older woman at an outdoor clinic while others look on — An outreach clinic. Illustrative photograph — not the trust’s.

A smiling health worker in a dark uniform and light headscarf holds a stethoscope against a red background — A health worker. Illustrative photograph.

Livelihoods

Farms that pay their way.

Seeds, tools and training for farming families, and support for market traders.

Families who can sell a surplus can pay school fees themselves. We fund seed, tools, training and a savings group, and we stay for three seasons. Sample programme: replace this text with your own.

TZS 390,000 pays for seeds, tools and training for one farming family.

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Women in coloured headscarves pick tea leaves in a wide green field — Tea pickers. Illustrative photograph — not the trust’s.

Two smiling women stand behind a market stall piled with tomatoes and leafy greens — A market stall. Illustrative photograph.

Water

A pump that keeps working.

Repair and maintenance of village hand pumps, with a local mechanic on retainer.

A pump that breaks and is not fixed is worse than no pump. We train a caretaker in every village and stock spare parts. Sample programme: replace this text with your own.

TZS 65,000 pays for a year of maintenance for one hand pump.

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A wooden hand pump with a long iron handle, a rope and a yellow jerrycan on a concrete cover in a green field — A village pump. Illustrative photograph — not the trust’s.

Energy

Light after dark.

Solar lighting for village paths, clinics and classrooms.

Light lets a clinic open at night and a child study after dark. We install and maintain solar lights and train a village technician. Sample programme: replace this text with your own.

TZS 390,000 pays for one solar light with a year of maintenance.

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Two people walk along a road at sunset beneath a pole with a solar panel and street light, silhouetted against a cloudy sky — Solar street light at dusk. Illustrative photograph.