Reach New Heights: Applications Now Open, 5th Annual “Climb for Kujali” event, August 2014
Looking for a little adventure in 2014? Applications are now open for Kujali Adventure Travel’s flagship “Climb for Kujali” event!! Climb for Kujali is an opportunity to summit one of the most beautiful and prestigious mountains in the world, while making a direct impact on the lives of orphaned and vulnerable youth in Tanzania. Learn more about the event and/or submit your application today to engage@kujali.org! Read More
Announcing Climb For Kujali 2011: Now Calling
In the past six days you’ve been to work, school, or home. You’ve eaten. And slept. You’ve hung out with friends, studied for a test, or met a deadline at work. Maybe you’ve even gone for a jog, or to the gym. Or maybe you wish you’d had the time. In the past six days you’ve done what you’ve always done. But in 2011, we challenge you to do something different. In six days, climb 19,340 feet. In... Read More
Now Calling: Join Us For Climb For Kujali 2011
They took on a mountain for our kids. This past summer, a team of eleven international climbers, led by Kujali’s Director of Development, Sarah Lowe, met in Moshi, Tanzania to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in support of HOCET Secondary School (HSS). Together, they raised over $75,000 for school construction, paving the way for HSS to become a registered boarding school in Tanzania. It was an inspiring journey for the team — exploring a new... Read More
Strategic Planning at HSS
It has been an important month for the HSS community. We’ve strengthened the dialogue among school stakeholders, asked the hard questions, reflected on challenges, and identified our greatest needs moving forward. Deanna Cherry, a non-profit consultant out of Los Angeles, CA, joined us in Tanzania for one month with her daughter, Haley, and facilitated strategic planning meetings with our students, our teachers, and HOCET’s Board of Directors... Read More
New ENVO Stoves at HSS! (and a very happy Head Cook)
Last year, we built a kitchen at HOCET Secondary School to replace the traditional hut that was in use before. How about a before and after photo? Until this month, the school’s Cook, Hussein, has been preparing food with firewood, as many people do in rural Tanzania. The open flames produce a tremendous amount of smoke and heat; it isn’t efficient, it certainly isn’t eco-friendly, and it has been really tough on Hussein and... Read More
Kilimanjaro Team Arrives
We’re excited to welcome our first Climb For Kujali Team to Tanzania! After months of fundraising and awareness-raising, our team of ten participants and our Director of Development Climb Coordinator, Sarah Lowe, have finally arrived! They are here to visit the school their fundraising support has helped to build (HOCET Secondary School), meet our students, and of course, climb Mt. Kilimanjaro. We enjoyed a fun and full day together around... Read More
Ante Up With Annie Duke: Kujali Summer Charity Poker Tournament! Tickets Now Available
Join world-famous professional poker player Annie Duke, and special guests Andy Bloch and Rafe Furst, for Kujali’s Summer 2010 Charity Poker Tournament at Commerce Casino on Thursday, July 29th from 6pm-12am. Play to win a World Series of Poker Academy Seat, cash prizes, celebrity memorabilia, and more! A silent auction will be held during the tournament featuring signed celebrity memorabilia, all expense paid trips, and more! Food and drinks... Read More
Hasheem Thabeet Visits HOCET
I landed in Dar-es-Salaam on May 5th for the first time in nearly four years, warmly welcomed by Kujali’s field team and the children & staff of HOCET. I felt like I had only just left. I’m here to host Kujali’s new official spokesperson, Hasheem Thabeet, the first Tanzanian-born NBA player. After being drafted 2nd overall in last year’s NBA draft, Hasheem just finished his first season with the Memphis Grizzlies and is spending... Read More
PRESS RELEASE: NBA’s Hasheem Thabeet Joins Kujali as Spokesperson
The Tanzanian Center plans to make an assist—educating youth of East Africa. Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania—May 3, 2010—The NBA’s Hasheem Thabeet is starting his off- season as the official spokesperson of Kujali International (Kujali), a US non-profit organization that partners with local communities to help establish free secondary boarding schools for orphaned and vulnerable children in East Africa. For Thabeet, the first and only NBA athlete... Read More
