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.
Tanzania
Service Trip to Morogoro, Tanzania for service opportunity at Bigwa Sisters Secondary School
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.
Project Bigwa 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.
New Dining Room Bigwa
Photos of the new Dining Room in the Bigwa Sisters Secondary School in Morogoro, Tanzania.
Opening ASEC’s first computer labs and training centers: our 2005 Site Visit
ASEC was initiated in 1998 and had now matured to the point where it was time to get computer labs and training centers opened, facilitating access to the Internet and distance education. This article reflects on our 2005 site visits to Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Ghana.