African Sisters Education Collaborative
As a result of her life-changing experience visiting the Bigwa Secondary School, one Service Learning student donated $1,000 to purchase a cow so that the students at the Bigwa School could benefit.
Funding was generously provided by the GHR Foundation out of Minneapolis, MN. A total of $458,222 in funding for the Bigwa Secondary School was was generously provided by the GHR Foundation to build labs for physics, chemistry, and biology and to upgrade science and math curriculum.
Reflections of the beginnings of ASEC
Photos from the 2010 Nigeria Web Design class.
In May-June 2010 eleven students and three mentors from Chestnut Hill College, Rosemont College and Marywood University traveled to Morogoro, Tanzania to participate in a service opportunity at the Bigwa Sisters Secondary School.
The goal of this project is to raise the classification of Bigwa Secondary School in Morogoro, Tanzania, from the “O” (ordinary) to the “A” (level). This will enable the sister graduates to apply for higher education.
Our grant for SLDI Phase II (2010-2013) and will provide technological and/or leadership skills to 400 African Sisters in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.
To assist the sisters in becoming independent life-long learners and local leaders, an alumni association was formed with the participants from Phase I of the SLDI program
Photos of the new Dining Room in the Bigwa Sisters Secondary School in Morogoro, Tanzania.
The SLDI program has now expanded to Zambia. Classes are taking place at the Kalunda Study Center in Lusaka, Zambia.
This year, our program ran for three target populations – finance, administration, and project directors in five countries. The curriculum was specified and developed for each target population to be taught in two different sessions.
Sr. Lisa Oliviera, SSJ and Sr. Rose Reda, SSJ, October, 2007 Our Curriculum Results Pre-Course and Post-Course Survey Results
