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Jan Hansen
THE SAVAT FAMILY STEPS FORWARD TO GIVE BACK Georgia Savat had a great idea. She told her children, Jan, Jon and Joel, their spouses, her grandchildren and her great grandchildren – all of them – that for Christmas, she would donate a set amount of money to charitable causes that she finds most meaningful and that are…
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You know your support is worth it. Take a look at UMN’s Dr. Johnstone and these beautiful, able, dedicated KARUCO students. Chris is on site interviewing students, staff and stakeholders for the KARUCO Impact Study. This is Dr. Chris Johnstone’s third evaluation on behalf of ETI. He has previously conducted the KARUCO Impact Baseline Study…
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ETI is pleased to have hosted the ETI Fall Give Day Breakfast, brought in $18,000+ and kicked off the End-of-Year giving campaign. Click below and donate today. Be part of the story!
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A quick reminder for all who want to help ETI and KAD build a food processing facility in Karagwe. Join us Nov 14th!
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There’s a verse: “If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. Isaiah 58: 9-10…
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Since inception in 2010, ETI brought in $635,000. (USD) in cash gifts and $1.5M in donated services. With those gifts totaling over $2.1M, ETI donors helped build KARUCO – Karagwe University College. Every dollar was maximized as ETI partnered with others to fund the 1000-acre site plan; campus classrooms, science lab, library, staff housing; entrepreneurial…
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Educate Tanzania has operated on a no-nonsense business model that is mindful, responsible, based upon authentic partnerships, calculates costs, thinks through outcomes and adjusts course based upon indices from evaluation and accountability. The oft-criticized and stereotypical model of “doing for the poor” was never the way ETI conducted its business. At inception and with no…
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ETI KICKS OFF the 2019-2020 YEAR ! SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS HERE: 1. ETI Launches New Year The ETI Annual Meeting on September 17 kicked off the new ETI year. We welcomed a new board member and a new secretary. We continue progress with Rural Opportunity Centers in Karagwe. …
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POVERTY AND INEQUALITY: HIGH GROWTH, BUT NOT FOR ALL Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark READ MORE Tanzania has been a macro-economic success story for nearly two decades. The rate of economic growth increased from 3.5 pct. in the 1990s to 7 pct. in the 2000s. Despite the global financial crisis, growth rates have been remarkably…
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