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Jan Hansen

Come Walk With ETI!

July 31, 2016

 WALK WITH US!! 5K  Staring Park in Eden Prairie – AUG 7 It’s fun!  Come WALK (or run) with ETI on August 7th.  We love when new folks join us.  And all funds from the 2016 event will be used to support the design and build of “Opportunity Centers” in rural Karagwe.  ETI introduced Opportunity Centers…

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Run With Us August 7th

July 20, 2016

“Running for Victory 5K”  Staring Park in Eden Prairie – AUG 7   It’s fun!  Come run/walk with ETI on August 7th.  We’re a good group and love when new folks join us.  And all funds from the 2016 event will be used to support the design and build of “Opportunity Centers” in rural Karagwe.…

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Opportunity Centers are Focus of Gala

June 7, 2016

June 3rd’s GALA was amazing as the ETI board and family celebrated the milestones of the past  and cast vision for Opportunity Centers in Karagwe.  ETI is building on its successes and broadening its partneships to bring opportunity to rural communities in Tanzania. Silent & Live Auctions Brought in Record-Setting Funds     WELCOME Jan Hansen (President,…

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Join Us – Won’t You?

April 21, 2016

Join Educate Tanzania Inc for the June 3rd Gala! ETI will host its 6th annual dinner and fundraiser at Hazeltine National Golf Club on June 3rd.  Great food, friends, a silent and live auction and of course, a wonderful program highlighting some key folks in ETI.     The Silent Auction includes choice cigars, lovely wines,…

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June 3rd – MARK the DATE

February 24, 2016
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Reflecting on Water

February 10, 2016

One of the highlights of the Karagwe 2016 trip was to see provisions that KAD made for water since our last visit: The borehole and the water harvesting system.  The only thing that would have made it better would have been if Team 2015 (Christopher Jones of Inventoris and John Wade of MSAADA) could have…

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ETI in Tanzania!

January 30, 2016

Some of you joined us on the ETI Travel Blog as we headed to Karagwe, Tanzania this past two weeks. Our team is now 5 hours from heading home and 30 hours from being home.  The trip, as usual, was eventful, rich, productive and downright fun. We were ‘gone’ January 21 – 31 and traveled…

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ETI Heads to Karagwe

January 21, 2016

We’re off! The ‘two from Minnesota’ are headed to Karagwe. Bags checked, playlists loaded, and farewells made. And don’t forget the chapstick. We begin the lengthy trip that always unfolds in predictable and unexpected ways. We tend to meet good-hearted folks on the plane: some who work in Europe or beyond; others visiting family or…

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Let’s Go to Karagwe!

January 17, 2016

Join us virtually – as Educate Tanzania and the University of Minnesota head to Karagwe, Tanzania January 21 – 31, 2016.  Click here to come along via our TravelBlog. Jan Hansen (ETI) and Chris Johnstone (of UMN) will do their best to blog and keep the ETI family informed of the latest adventures en route…

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Take a Look: By the Numbers

December 17, 2015

______________________________________________________________________________________ Educate Tanzania spends over 90% of funds on its programs in Tanzania.  We are a 100% volunteer-based organization with dedicated partners focused on doing the most good with what resources are available. You can be part of it. Please click donate on this website OR download the form, complete it and return to the…

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