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Jan Hansen

MAELEKEZO – Stop COVID-19

April 16, 2020

Below are the pattern and directions in Swahili for making a face mask to help protect from COVID-19. Please distribute or email educatetanzaniaATgmail.com for a pdf packet in Swahili or English. Be safe. The AT in the above email is @. MAELEKEZO Upande uliogeuzwa, tengeneza ¼ ambayo ni sehemu ya kufunga mpaka mwisho, halafu funga…

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How Beliefs Affect the Spread of COVID-19

April 14, 2020

COVID-19 and Social Distancing HOW YOUR BELIEFS AFFECT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 Jan B. Hansen, Ph.D. NOTE: We have great compassion on everyone as we all adjust our work and families and do our best to cope with this global pandemic. We embrace the triumphs both small and great that pull us together during this…

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ETI Response to COVID-19

April 5, 2020

A Letter From ETI Regarding COVID-19  COVID-19 in Karagwe Tanzania A Letter from the Board of Directors, Educate Tanzania, Inc                April 4, 2020 UPDATES TO THIS LETTER ARE IN PURPLE – APRIL 17, 2020   Dear Friends, These are unusual times, calling for unusual responses. We do not know the specifics of your…

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The ETI Office is Closed: Work Continues During COVID-19

March 16, 2020

The ETI Office is Closed But Work Continues  The ETI Board of Directors, officers, volunteers and partners have been working hard to move all things ETI forward. Things have been all systems go since Team ETI arrived back in the U.S. in early February after the team of four completed its Karagwe 2020 site visit and…

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No Parachuting In

March 9, 2020

Community development empowers groups and individuals with skills and resources needed to improve their own lives. Good people and moral leaders within communities understand the context of institutions, businesses, groups & individuals. ETI Partners know what they are doing. That is why we chose to work with them in the first place. No parachuting in…

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EVS SOLAR TEAM SIZES KARUCO ARRAY

March 1, 2020

SOLAR TEAM SIZES ARRAY FOR KARUCO By Steve Hansen & Sohan Das, EVS Engineering From January 27th through February 1st, the ETI team visited KARUCO and the Rural Opportunity Center (ROC) sites in Karagwe District, Tanzania as part of the ETI/KAD Annual Summit. The solar contingent of this team was Sohan Das, VP of EVS…

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BE DESIGN Presents ROC Site Plan

February 23, 2020

BE DESIGN ROLLS OUT PLANS FOR ROCS RURAL OPPORTUNITY CENTERS MOVE FORWARD January 28: Just 3 weeks and 5 days ago: Bruce Engel of BE Design presented the site plan for the Rural Opportunity Center. The ROC Task Force approved the site plan and gave the green light to move forward with design and construction of…

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Just 19 Days Ago..KARUCO Students

February 16, 2020

Not quite three weeks ago, ETI got to spend time with KARUCO Faculty, staff and students. What a great day. ETI MEETS WITH KARUCO STAFF & STUDENTS ETI relishes each and every meeting with KARUCO students. The very reason ETI was formed in 2010 was to help KAD establish Karagwe University College (KARUCO), and to…

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Karagwe Summary – 2020

February 10, 2020

Three members of Team ETI have been back for three days and are catching up on all that went on while we were away. One team member – Bruce Engel – arrives home (NY) today. The highlights from the visit to Karagwe are so numerous that it is probable that I have left something out…

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KARAGWE 2020 – DAY 8

February 7, 2020

It is time to say ‘goodbye’ to our partners in Tanzania. This is never easy but the draw of home keeps us moving forward. We gather our friends at the Karagwe Hotel, exchange small gifts and say ‘so long’. Our trusty driver, Dastan, gets us to Mutukula (border) where we once again navigate visas, papers,…

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