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KARUCO Water and Energy

January 18, 2015

TRAVEL BLOG 2015 :  1 On January 23, the ETI Travel Team ’15 will be in the air headed to Amsterdam, then Kampala, Uganda, then Kayanga, Tanzania.  Our team of four is excited to carry out the program goals of: 1. Assessing needs and resources for water, and ‘fit’ for scalable system technologies; 2. Assessing…

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Intern, Rachel Vipond, Rocks Project for Awesome!

December 19, 2014

http://youtu.be/ttUArU-HbLs Project for Awesome – Educate Tanzania From her passion, zeal and impelling words to her ”weird hair flip” (@1:33 – don’t miss it!) Rachel Vipond really hit the mark with her creative piece to promote Educate Tanzania.  Rachel introduced the ETI Board to Project for Awesome or “P4A”, which is a community-driven charitable movement…

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Check Out Project for Awesome!

December 13, 2014

Mucho thanks to Media Intern, Rachel Vipond at Iowa State who put her heart out there for ETI.  Check out her video and then BE SURE to vote for Rachel’s vid.  Voting is the whole point.  Unless of course you are into Rachel’s “hair flip”.  So please help us create some froth for ETI –…

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Thankful for ETI Volunteers

November 28, 2014

MEET LORI DUZAN.  Having known ETI co-founders, Jan & Steve Hansen for over a decade, she jumped on board in 2010 during the formation of Educate Tanzania. Little did she know the ride she was about to embark. Lori signed on for a one-year stint as ETI’s secretary, and after four years, somehow still finds…

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Site of the Landmark Tower

End of Year Giving

November 27, 2014

Our supporters are the best! And for End of Year Giving – you can take advantage of our Matching Grant from the Oswald Family Foundation. It’s really simple. Every donation through Dec 31st – up to $10,000 – will be doubled. So click donate and help ETI bring Internet to KARUCO.  You can make a…

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ETI Website 2.0!

April 28, 2014

Check out Educate Tanzania’s new “Window to the World” – ETI Website 2.0.  This new look was brought to you by Eric Johnson, owner of HardlyNeutral Consulting and his associates. Eric spent loads of time this past year interviewing ETI board and officers on what was wanted in a new website, then volunteering and donating his professional…

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Why Build a University in Karagwe?

May 13, 2013

Why Establish a University in Karagwe? KARUCO – Karagwe University College The aim of establishing KARUCO is to prepare young people from Tanzania to build entrepreneurial Agri-business committed to sustainability and social justice – – That will bring social and economic transformation to Karagwe and surrounding areas. Why Entrepreneurial Agri-business? Agriculture is the backbone of the Tanzanian economy. More…

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Karagwe Unplugged 10 – Building KARUCO

March 13, 2013

The focus of this final photo journal entry for the “Karagwe Unplugged Trip” is “Building KARUCO”. Building KARUCO means many things – building the campus; developing the program; establishing the infrastructure needed; building financial capacity through ETI – to name a few. This entry however focuses on the actual bricks and mortar. Speaking of which,…

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Karagwe Unplugged 9 – KARUCO Site

March 12, 2013

These images show where the Karagwe University College – KARUCO – will be. Visit our Tanzanian partners’ website to learn more about the beautiful location, see a site map, and read “Why a University in Karagwe?” If you haven’t done so already, feel free to take a few minutes to check out previous blogs for…

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Karagwe Unplugged 8 – People Posing (3)

March 11, 2013

The focus of this photo journal entry is “People Posing (3)“. There are few things as beautiful as Tanzanians going about life as they do, and therefore few things as lovely as capturing their candid moments. Having said that there are some wonderful opportunities to line up, gather people together, and memorialize events, meetings, and…

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