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FURSA Progress

April 12, 2025

Project FURSA: The Food Processing Plant (aka The ROC) is in full motion. It’s “All Systems Go” as the roof trusses are built, inspected and installed. Take a look for yourself.

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Farmers for FURSA

April 12, 2025

Join ETI in New Ulm, MN for a gathering to raise funds for farmers in Tanzania. YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A FARMER TO JOIN USGood folks from Southwestern Minnesota, North Dakota and the Minnesota metro have signed up so far. Eagle Lake, Fairfax, Lake Crystal, Madelia, Mankato, St. James, Sleepy Eye, Burnsville, Eagan and Rugby, ND…

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Opportunities Rise Through Project FURSA

March 16, 2025

Construction on Karagwe’s food processing plant – Project FURSA – continues to bring hope to the 1.5 million people of Karagwe and surrounding area.

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ETI WELCOMES DAVE ROTHSCHILLER

November 26, 2024

The ETI Board was pleased to welcome Dave Rothschiller at its October Board of Directors meeting. Dave brings passion, skill and humor to the group and is eager to help carry out the ETI mission. Dave Rothschiller joined the ETI Board of Directors following a “chance meeting” with Steve Hansen, Co-founder of Educate Tanzania.  The…

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ETI Welcomes Noela Ishebabi

November 26, 2024

The ETI Board of Directors welcomed Noela Ishebabi to the team at the ETI Annual meeting in September, 2024. We are especially excited to have Noela join us as she is steeped in experience from the area we are serving and came to us highly recommended by many. *** Noela Ishebabi grew up in the…

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The Food Processing Plant Construction

November 4, 2024

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Project FURSA: “Opportunity” in Swahili

October 6, 2024

The communities of Karagwe were surveyed by the University of Minnesota and KAD’s team and requested that ETI assist them in building a food processing plant. Their hope is to turn their tasty crops into value-added products that, when sold, increase incomes for KARUCO and area farmers. Increased incomes bring more resources for medicine and…

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The MEL House is Here

September 30, 2024

While in Karagwe in January, 2024 I met with KARUCO staff and students who shared with me that they want to build a “MEL House“. Principal Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Ngambeki explained that the MEL House would be a business incubator hub that would 1) house MEL Program beneficiaries who need lodging in Karagwe and would…

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“To Improve Life in Karagwe & Beyond”

September 21, 2024

by Damian Luteli, FURSA Project Coordinator, ELCT/KAD, Karagwe I am very much honored to coordinate the FURSA Project executed at Kihanga Village in Karagwe. At first, I thought its outcomes would be realized after the Juice Processing Factory would be entirely built; but surprisingly, young people and community members (farmers) have already started showing their interests in this multi-service…

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