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Jan Hansen
The focus of this photo journal entry is “SOILS”. The sure way to keep Dr. Jay Bell happy is to let him play in the dirt. Perhaps “play” is a stretch of the word for this Associate Dean of Faculty Affiairs at the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS) at the University of…
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The focus of this photo journal entry is the second entry on“Foods.” See previous blog for particulars of crops of Karagwe – beautiful banana, coffee, pineapple, sugar, avacado, tomato, potato, cassava, maize, papaya, mango, and trees to name some staples. As I said in my last entry, challenges, due to limited broad-based understanding of some…
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The focus of this photo journal chapter is “Foods.” On the side of resources, the people of Karagwe grow beautiful banana, coffee, pineapple, sugar, avacado, tomato, potato, cassava, maize, papaya, mango, and trees to name some staples. On the side of challenges, and due to limited broad-based understanding of some basics such as pest control,…
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Below is an abridged report from our CEO Jan Hansen, Ph.D. from Karagwe, Tanzania. For the full report from the groundbreaking you can click here.
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On September 18, 2012 Kjell Bergh, Consul (Hon.) stated: “Tanzania is entering a new and exciting era as Africa’s fastest-growing economy. With a corresponding growth in population, education is absolutelythe key to prosperity for Tanzania’s youth and therefore the country as awhole. The ground-breaking for Karagwe University College is a tremendously important milestone which will provide an…
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Barbara has 25+ years of business experience within non-profit, technology, financial services and social enterprise organizations, helping them assess markets, define and implement successful strategies and partnerships, and developing and launching new products and initiatives. She brings creativity and passion to new business development. Helping entrepreneurial and socially-minded organizations meet their objectives and deliver on their…
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What a Day It Will Be! Official Groundbreaking Ceremony for KARUCO (Karagwe University College) Educate Tanzania’s annual fundraiser on June 1st took in $93,000 to help establish Karagwe University College (KARUCO) in Tanzania. Groundbreaking is set for October 5, 2012 in Karagwe, Tanzania. Dr. Benson Bagonza, Bishop of the Karagwe Diocese of the Evangelical…
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On June 1st, 2012 175 generous donors joined Educate Tanzania for a night to celebrate both the past successes of Educate Tanzania and to raise money to build KARUCO. Bishop Dr. Benson Bagonza spoke in his keynote address about the inspiration behind KARUCO and his vision for the university’s future. We would like to give…
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Live Auction Items for June 1st Fundraiser Click Here to download the complete list of items up for auction! Check out pictures of some of our items here (requires adobe acrobat reader).
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Educate Tanzania has been generating a large amount of media attention in the 12 short months since its inception. Below is a list of all of the media attention ETI has garnered. Television KARE 11’s Eric Perkins, The Nerdery, and GiveMN 03.11.2011 Tech.MN TV Short: Nerd Impact (Nerdery Overnight Web Challenge – Successes from 2011…
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