HSS School Store, Here to Stay
After an 8-week trial period, we’ve decided that the HSS “School Store” is here to stay! Well-stocked and student-run, the HSS School Store offers students the opportunity to purchase or rent a variety of items: soap, school supplies, sanitary pads, toothbrushes, uniforms, jewelry, juice, candy, radios, sports equipment, art supplies, music books, seeds for gardening, solar lamps, and so much more. “I bought seeds with... Read More
HSS Community Solar Kiosk
The photo above might not look like a Solar Kiosk…in fact, at the moment, it’s a nicely constructed pile of mud and sticks with a metal roof. But after we add wooden beams, concrete, doors, windows & locks, and then top it all off with 350 Watts of pure solar energy, you’ll see what we see: HOCET Secondary School’s first Community Solar Kiosk in Shungubweni Village, just a few kilometers from our school. Several months... 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
Tonight’s Charity Poker Tournament
On behalf of the Kujali Team, congratulations to tonight’s tournament winners and thanks to all of our participants for joining us at Commerce Casino for Kujali’s 2010 Summary Charity Poker Tourny, Ante Up With Annie Duke! We’ve loved working with Annie in preparation for the event, and want to send our special thanks to her for all her support in organizing the tournament. We also loved meeting special guests Hank Azaria, Kevin... 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
