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Awards in 2005
Awards in 2006 Awards in 2007 Awards in 2008 Awards in 2009 Awards in 2010 Projects by individuals |
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1-7. 2003-04: $10,000
1. Aug 03: $2,000 to provide 14 scholarships to MacKay* College in Nateete, Uganda, for capable students unable to pay their tuition. 2. Nov 03: $250 for copies of "English for Life" books for Uganda Schools. 3. Apr 04: $500 to ACCES (African Canadian Continuing Education Society) at Kakamega, Kenya, for blackboards and school supplies. These are to be used in their Literacy for All program. 4. July 04: $3,650 grant from the 1% for Development Fund of the United Nations, for solar panels at Kitengesa Community Library (KCL) in Uganda. KCL does business as TEAA in the USA. 5. Aug 04: $1,600 for 3 computers for MacKay College, a secondary school in Nateete, Uganda, near Kampala. This includes $100 for an instructor to travel to another school to learn up-to-date computer applications. 6. Oct 04: $1,000 to equip physics, biology, and chemistry labs at Mukuyu Secondary School, near Migori, in Kenya. 7. Oct 04: $1,000 to ship new and donated books to the African Institute of Social Development in Uganda, to pay for the purchase of new books and to pay 10 percent royalties to authors for portions of books to be photocopied more cheaply in Uganda. |
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8-21. 2005: $14,200
8. Jan 05: $1,000 for shared textbooks and library furniture at A. C. Butonge HS near Bungoma, Kenya. 9. Jan 05: $1,500 to Bishop Atundo, Kimaeti, Kenya, for science lab equipment. 10. Apr 05: $1,000 for books, principally dictionaries, atlases and "English for Life" personally distributed to 20 Tanzanian schools in July. 11. June 05: $1,000 for library books and shared textbooks at A. C. Butonge HS near Bungoma, Kenya. 12. June 05: $350 for science equipment to Wamalwa Kijana HS in Bungoma, Kenya. 13. Aug 05: $3,265 for MacKay scholarships, beyond item #1, in 2004 and 2005. 14. Sept 05: $600 for science equipment to Nyakato HS in Bukoba, Tanzania. 15. Sept 05: $500 for computer renovation and faculty training at Mpwapwa HS in Mpwapwa, Tanzania. 16. Sept 05: $1,500 for specified books in three subjects at MacKay College, Kampala, Uganda. 17. Sept 05: $1,000 for chemistry equipment at Mukuyu HS near Migori, Kenya. 18. Sept 05: $500 for science lab at St. Mary's HS near Migori, Kenya; see item #22. 19. Oct 05: $450 to ship some 250 recently published books - collected for us by the School of Education at George Mason University - to two new teacher training colleges in Tanzania. 20. Oct 05: $400 for classroom equipment at several high schools in Tanzania 21. Nov 05: $1,150 for biology textbooks at Nyakato HS, Bukoba, Tanzania. |
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22-37. 2006: $18,300
22. Jan 06: $250, augmenting item #18 to St. Mary's, Migori, Kenya for our half of the cost of science lab cabinets, to protect and organize equipment and supplies. 23. Jan 06: $1,000 for computer-room security to MacKay, Kampala, Uganda. 24. Mar 06: $1,225 for physics textbooks at Nyakato HS, Bukoba, Tanzania. 25. May 06: $500 for science equipment, including local materials for innovation at Wamalwa Kijana HS, Bungoma, Kenya. 26. May 06: $2,500 for computers, related equipment and software at A.C. Butonge HS, near Bungoma, Kenya. 27. Jun 06: $1,200 for upper-level physics and history textbooks at Nganza Girls HS in Mwanza, Tanzania. 28. Jul 06: $2,000 for additional chemistry lab equipment at Mukuyu HS in Suna, near Migori, Kenya. 29. Aug 06: $2,220 for biology laboratory equipment at Nyakato HS, Bukoba, Tanzania. 30. Oct 06 (arrival at school): $1,500 for a pallet of 20 computers (Pentium 2s) at A.C.Butonge HS, Bungoma, Kenya, in collaboration with World Computer Exchange and Kenya ICT Trust Fund. 31. Oct 06: $1,100 Kitengesa HS and Community Library for computer and digital library. 32-34. Nov 06 (departure from US): $3,480 for 40 Pentium 3s for three schools in Tanzania, to be shipped by World Computer Exchange. The schools are Nyakato, Bwiru Boys and Bwiru Girls. The schools will collaborate on transportation. 35. Nov 06: $1,000 for science equipment to St. Joseph's, Gunga near Migori, Kenya, where the new principal is our former liaison teacher at Mukuyu. 36. Nov 06: 270 pounds of science books to Nyakato, carefully selected from publisher's excess. ($1/lb) 37. Nov 06: 50 specifically requested copies of set books for 2007 national exams, to MacKay. ($1/lb) |
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38-54. 2007: $32,100
38-40. Jan 07 (departure from US): $5,820 for 60 Pentium 3s for three schools in Uganda, to be shipped by World Computer Exchange. The schools are MacKay, St. Bernard's, Kiswera and Tororo Girls. 41. Jan 07 (split with TEAA-er Frank Mitchell): $1,800 for a 6-month extension of Internet service at Bwiru Boys, to track its usefulness. 42. Feb 07: $4,500 for 10 five-million-item digital libraries at several schools in all three countries. Delivery and attempted installation will be ongoing during this month. Also see the "eGranary" item in "What's Hot" for December 2006, where the first of the ten is mentioned. 43. Apr 07: $2,000 for computer transport, technical support and training at Nyakato. 44. Apr 07: $1,500 for computer transport, components and technical support at Bwiru Boys and Bwiru Girls. 45. May 07: $2,000 for science lab equipment at MacKay. 46. Jun 07: $1,100 to Mukuyu HS so that no more than 4 students will need to share a book in any required subject. 47. Jun 07: $500 for additional science lab equipment at St Joseph's, Gunga, which had none prior to our first grant there. 48. Jun 07: $1,500 to Tororo Girls HS so that no more than 3 students will need to share a book in any A-level science subject. 49. Jun 07: $1,000 to St. Bernard's, Kiswera for science lab equipment. 50. Jun 07: $2,035 to Mpwapwa HS for science books, faculty computer training and - since they have a substantial blind population - two Braillers purchased from the UK's Royal National Institute for the Blind. 51. Jul 07: $2,500 to Butonge for laboratory equipment in all the sciences. 52. Oct 07: $1,235 to Nyakato for textbooks in geography, history and Swahili. 53. Oct 07: $2,636 for 20 computers to St Joseph's Centenary, Ndeeba, near Kampala and shipping surcharge for 60 accompanying computers to other Uganda schools. 54. Oct 07: $2,000 to MacKay for textbooks in English and Swahili and for chemistry lab equipment. |
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55-73. 2008: $27,300
55. Jan 08: $800 for science lab equipment at St Joseph's, Gunga, part of a continuing effort. 56. Feb 08 and July 08: Total of $2,100 for the MacKay scholarship program this year. 57-58. Mar 08: $1,940 for a pallet of 20 P3 and P4 computers divided between Ngarenaro Girls in Arusha and Moringe Sokoine in Monduli, both in Tanzania. 59. Mar 08: $1,150 to St. Bernard's, Kiswera for science lab equipment. 60. May 08: $300 for maps of Africa prepared on grain sacks by Mango Tree, to be used at many schools. 61. Jul 08: $2,250 to Moringe Sokoine, Monduli - near Arusha, Tanzania - for books and chairs in the school library. 62. Jul 08: $1,000 to MacKay College, Nateete, for computing environment. 63. Jul 08: $1,000 to St. Joseph's Centenary, Kampala, for science lab and books, as well as some computer supplies. 64. Aug 08: $2,300 St. Bernard's, Kiswera for enough A-level math books to provide one per three students; also, a dual purpose table for study and ping pong. 65. Aug 08: $ 2,440 to Ngarenaro for an experimental program involving an LCD projector, a digital camera and a video camera 66. Aug 08: $1,200 to Mukuyu, near Migori, Kenya, for science and math books as well as lab equipment. 67. Aug 08: $1,200 to St.Joseph's, Gunga, Kenya, to increase the number of textbooks in science and mathematics so there will be 3 students per textbook. 68. Aug 08: $1,225 to Tororo Girls High, Tororo, Uganda, for additional A-level textbooks, a follow-up to the grant of a year ago. 69. Sep 08: $2,000 to Chang'ombe in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for literature, science books and lab equipment. 70. Sep 08: $1,200 to Tororo Girls High for LCD projector project, for which they have strong technical support. 71. Sep 08: $3,000 to Tambaza in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for A-level textbooks. 72. Nov 08: Total of $2,260 for the MacKay scholarship program in 2009. 73. Nov 08: 3 used computers to Ngai SS, a government-aided O-level boarding school in Northern Uganda. |
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74-98. 2009: $22,350
74. Jan 09: $300 to MacKay College, for books for independent recreational reading. This grant was made possible by a special donation to TEAA by Students Against Lack of Education (SALE) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. They raise money by the sale of textbooks at good prices to their fellow students. 75. Mar 09: $1,220 for 20 used, co-sponsored Pentium 3 computers to Weruweru Girls, an all A-level Secondary School 6 miles outside Moshi, Tanzania. The co-sponsorship came via our partner, the World Computer Exchange. 76. Apr 09: $1,235 in memory of Arlone Child to MacKay, principally for two LCD projectors. Arlone had worked from the beginning of TEAA to raise funds for scholarships at MacKay from among her friends in Colorado, and these people along with a few TEAA-ers are the source of these funds. 77. Apr 09: $1,000 to Lunza Secondary in for microscopes and books in a few different subjects judged to be in critical need. This is our first grant to this school, and is based in part on a visit earlier this year. 78. Apr 09: $850 to Nyakato for books, mainly in geography but also in Swahili, a language with a special role in Tanzania, but one that is far from automatic, on the western shore of Lake Victoria, far from the coast. 79. Apr 09: $300 to Ngarenaro for books for independent recreational reading. This grant was made possible by the second special donation from our partner, S.A.L.E. at the U. of Massachusetts. 80. May 09: $1,500 to Iceme, where Sister Clare Migisha is building strong women. The grant is for O-level books and chemistry laboratory supplies. This northern Uganda school, 30 miles from Lira, had its campus shut down 2002-06 because it was a government-LRA war-zone. 81. May 09: $300 to New Kabale, near Kampala, to purchase books for a project in individual reading. 82. May 09: $500 to Wamalwa Kijana, a small community school near Bungoma, Kenya, for a continuing TEAA project to supply science lab equipment. 83. May 09: $1,200 to Butonge for a continuing TEAA project to stock the library, in this case with several copies each, across the curriculum and in all four forms; there is no A-level in Kenya. 84. May 09: $550 to the Moonlight School in Bungoma, Kenya, for academic equipment. 85. May 09: $250 to Bishop Tarantino near Lira, Uganda, for second, third and fourth form math books and a teacher's guide at each level. 86. Jun 09: $250 to Unity College, Ngetta, near Lira, Uganda, for O-level science books 87. Jun 09: $250 to Ave Maria Vocational Training and Youth Development Centre for a knitting machine. 88. Jun 09: $250 to Namenya Girls in Port Victoria for a one-year scholarship to a first-year student. 89. Jun 09: $450 to John Osogo Boys for O-level math books. 90. Jul 09: $600 to Ngarenaro Girls for items to complement last year's TEAA provision, namely, software, computer memory and a projector screen. 91. Aug 09: $1,500 to Moringe Sokoine for chemistry laboratory equipment. Despite the excellent teaching that we witnessed, exam results have been disappointing, says the headmaster, "due to insufficient experience with practicals [which] have been given only to classes with national examinations." 92. Sep 09: $250 for books across the curriculum at a small start-up school, Njiro, located near Arusha and run by the excellent former principal of Ngarenaro. 93. Sep 09: $5,500 for a new water system at St. Bernard's, Kiswera, Uganda. The school needs a well closer to the buildings for health reasons and to eliminate the time and burden of carrying water uphill. The well will be within the school land, adjacent to the compound. With enrollment of about 500 students, many of them orphans, the school receives no government support. 94. Sep 09: $250 for books at the Kitengesa Community Library, in Uganda. The library used by neighboring schools as well as the community. TEAA member Kate Parry has provided leadership for this initiative which has become a model for community libraries across sub-Saharan Africa. 95. Sep 09: $1,500 for science equipment and science books at Tororo Girls High. This school plays a critical part in secondary education in Uganda with over 1400 students. TEAA has helped to fund science textbooks, an LCD projector and an eGranary, which is functional. 96. Sep 09: $1,000 for books and lab equipment at New Kabale, near Kampala. This is a school that receives no government support for its 130 students. The majority of students at the school are orphans. The school leadership encourages students to earn their fees. They are committed to teaching practical job-related subjects in addition to the required curriculum. 97. Sep 09: $350 to Gunga for books for the independent reading project. 98. Dec 09: $1,000 to Mukuyu mainly for science lab equipment, along with some science models and math visual aids. |
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99-102. 2010: $2,550
99. Jan '10: $300 to Iceme for books for independent recreational reading. This grant was made possible by the third special donation from our partner, S.A.L.E. at the U. of Massachusetts. 100. Jan '10: $500 to Budadiri Girls Secondary School for dictionaries and textbooks in various courses, notably geography. 101. Jan '10: $1,250 to MacKay for a duplicating machine. 102. Apr '10: $500 to MacKay for a pilot project with the reusable feminine hygiene pad called Afri-pads. The goal is to improve young women's school attendance. Participants will pay for a fraction of the cost. 103. May '10: $1,400 to Lunza Secondary near Butere, Kenya for recreational reading books, textbooks and microscopes. 104. May '10: $500 to Njiro Secondary near Arusha, Tanzania for books across the curriculum. 105. May '10: $2,000 to Ngarenaro in Arusha. $1,140 of this is for 10 P4 computers via World Computer Exchange and $860 for textbooks principally in biology and chemistry and to some extent math and physics. 106. May '10: $2,000 to Moringe Sokoine, a school with 650 students in Monduli, about 30 miles from Arusha, for chemistry equipment at both ordinary and advanced level, since "the number of students who are choosing to study science voluntarily after the Form Two National Examination has doubled" in the last two years. 107. May '10: $500 to Moringe Sokoine (see preceding entry) for a project in recreational reading. |
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1. 2003-: Bob Ashcraft has for several years been donating
approximately $1,600 per year to support 4 students at a time at
Machakos HS in Kenya. Criteria are need, academics and community
activity. This project is still underway 2010.
2. 2004-09: Arlone Child organized a fund-raising drive in her community to support a program of 50% support of school fees throughout a four-year secondary school program, for 30 students at MacKay College in Kampala, Uganda. Whenever donations fell short she made up the difference. Some students received support for A-level. Students were chosen on the basis of basis of need and had to maintain an excellent academic record. A building at the school has been named in her memory. 3. 2004-06: Ron and Keith Schuchard raised through Emory College a gift of 20 computers and a set of encyclopedias for Meru Boys' School in Kenya. In a series of subsequent visits they have brought a wide variety of other donations. 4. 2005-07: Frank Mitchell donates $7,000 for computer equipment and internet access to Bwiru Boys HS in Mwanza, Tanzania. He has paid for the service into 2007. In 2006 he obtained a garage-ful of books, then selected and sent 1,400 pounds of them. 5. 2005: Sam Bell shipped 30 3-year-old, top-of-the-line computers, adapted to local specifications, to Nkumba University, Uganda, at an expense of $7,000. 6. 2005-09: Betsey Anderson and Ed Schmidt supported a four-year scholarship for a woman student in education at Nkumba University, at a total expense of $4,000. 7. Ginny Timmons, the wife of TEA-er Joe Timmons, wrote in an obituary in Newsletter #4, February, 2001, that Joe "had always talked about his experiences at Kamusinga (Kenya), and we had planned to go back in 1998. It was an important experience for him, and a good one. He did not make it, but I decided I still wanted to go and see the school. I visited the school last March and have set up a scholarship in Joe's name." |