Let's build a school in Tanzania

Tortona ALYOUAID Solidarity Network

$10,187

Raised of $9,261 USD

Successfully funded on Feb 21, 2013
32 supporters
109%%

About This Project

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Lumuli is a village located 10 km away from Ulete (Tanzania) and it has a population of 7000 inhabitants.

It has been a long time since the inhabitants of Lumuli desired to build a kindergarten for their own children, but despite their good will, they still do not have the means needed to buy the building
materials. Currently the villagers use a room in a small shack as a school to temporarily host their children, but the size of the hut is not adequate and they don't have any studying materials.

In November 2011 we got acquainted with Simba, the village's chief. Once he became aware of the school we built in Ulete, he has never stopped dreaming of repeating that "miracle". From that moment
onwards, a collaboration began. The villagers have already prepared 10.000 bricks and they will work for free in the process of building the new school for their kids. YouAid will commit itself to buying the most expansive building materials like cement, beams,
sheet as well as all the technical support needed.

In December 2011, after the conceptual design of the structure, the construction work started by digging the foundations. In a few days the digging ended and now they already started to move down
the stones for the construction. Since the digging of the foundations we got stuck with the building works and we're planning to move forward with the funding raised from this campaign.

Once the school is ready, it will be able to host 150 children. The cost for the entire project is very low, due to the cooperation with the inhabitants. We are planning to raise the amount needed
for February 2013 and start the works as soon as possible.

Will you please donate?

In addition to making a donation, you could also take this opportunity to make a gift to someone special. As we all know, this will be just a symbolic gift, but it will still have a great value,
especially if that special person will understand that he has helped us to create something great. We will thank him with proper acknowledgments depending on the amount given. You can send us his/her name and we will arrange a proper reward when we reach our
tipping point.

Use Of Funds

$9,261 Tipping Point Goal

We
chose our tipping point considering the amount needed to complete the main part of the school.


This area of the school will be
mainly used by the children of Lumuli to play, study, and have lunch.


$9261 is the minimun target we
set ourselves for this campaign.  And once we will
reach our tipping point, the building works will start immediately. Here is our
budget.


Initially, we will have traditional
kitchen and bathrooms, which will meet the standards set by the World Health Organization. By keeping traditional kitchens and bathrooms initially, our children will be able to start as soon as the main part of the school will be built, enjoying a clean and
comfortable environment.


As soon as we pass our tipping
point, we will start building a brand new kitchen as well as bathrooms. As it is shown in the economic budget it won’t be necessary to buy the bricks because the inhabitants from Lumuli will cook all of them. Furniture, school desks and chairs will be funded
later, when all the building works will be finished and our solidarity network will organize fundraising events to raise the amount needed. Furthermore, we will handle the teacher training for a group of youngsters living in the village, allowing them to become
our future skilled teachers.





Our Budget


We prepared a detailed budget
of our campaign and we made it available on this link :


http://issuu.com/youaid/docs/youaidlumulibudget?mode=window&viewMode=doublePage

$15,000 Stretch Goal


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Rewards

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$10.00

Your name will be placed in our donor list and you will start receiving a special YouAid newsletter with all the updates on our projects.

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$20.00

Your name will be placed in our donor list and you will start receiving a special YouAid newsletter. We will send you a traditional Tanzanian tale as a sign of our gratitude. This will be one of many authentic tales coming directly from Tanzanian tradition. It will be a completely original tale, we will write it and we will send it to whomever you want.

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$35.00

We will will mail you one beautiful HD photo of one of our projects, taken by a member of our network.

Your name will be placed in our donor list and you will start receiving a special YouAid newsletter. We will send you a traditional Tanzanian tale as a sign of our gratitude.

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$50.00

We will send you 3 HD photos of our projects by mail and you will receive a customized thanksgiving certificate by mail that will prove you were an active part of the project. We will send it to you or to whoever you want, to show our gratitude.

Your name will be placed in our donor list and you will start receiving a special YouAid newsletter as well as a Tanzanian Tale.

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$75.00

We will send you a customized and thanksgiving picture from one of our kids in Lumuli with your name or the name of the person you’d want to make a gift written on a special signboard as well as 3 HD photos

Your name will be placed in our donor list and you will start receiving a special YouAid newsletter as well as a Tanzanian Tale.

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Select Reward
$100.00

Your name will be placed in our Thanksgiving Wall! We arranged to dedicate a wall to our supporters. We’ll take a picture of it and we’ll send it to you or to whomever you want.

Your name will be placed in our donor list and you will start receiving a special YouAid newsletter as well as a Tanzanian Tale. We will send you a customized and thanksgiving picture from one of our kids in Lumuli as well as 3 HD photos.

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$200.00

You will receive an authentic photobook with all the best pictures from our projects and we’ll send it to you by airmail.

Your name will be placed in our donor list and you will start receiving a special YouAid newsletter as well as a Tanzanian Tale. We will send you a customized and thanksgiving picture from one of our kids in Lumuli as well as 3 hd photos. Your name will be placed in our Thanksgiving Wall.

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Select Reward
$300.00

We will shoot a customized and thanksgiving video in which we’ll greet and thank you or whoever you want to make a gift.
This video will be shot directly in Lumuli (Tanzania) together with our kids and it will be a true contact with our project.

Your name will be placed in our donor list and you will start receiving a special YouAid newsletter as well as a Tanzanian Tale. We will send you a customized and thanksgiving picture from one of our kids in Lumuli as well as 3 hd photos. Your name will be placed in our Thanksgiving Wall.

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Select Reward
$500.00

You are one of the cornerstones of our project! Your name will be placed on the foundation of our school!
As we’ve already done in Ulete, where we’ve completed a fully-functional school, we will write down the names of our main supporters directly on the stones that will be the foundations of the school. For us this is an act of great significance. All those names will represent the people who are holding up our school and the future of our kids.

Your name will be placed in our donor list and you will start receiving a special YouAid newsletter as well as a Tanzanian Tale. We will send you a customized and thanksgiving picture from one of our kids in Lumuli as well as 3 HD photos. Your name will be placed in our Thanksgiving Wall.

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$1,000.00

Come and build the school with us! We will provide you with everything we can, from board and lodging to logistic organization. We will not be able to cover travel expenses. You’ll be able to make a special gift to yourself or to someone else and this will be a great experience.
Just come and work with us and with the inhabitants from Lumuli, truly, concretely. YouAid staff is waiting for you!

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