CURRENT PROJECTS

When you make your donation, choose which areas of focus you’d like to support by selecting education, health, women’s empowerment or the Christopher P. Halloran Memorial Fund. Your contributions will help build the following:

EDUCATION

Robanda Boy’s Dormitory - $80,000 (Funded; soon to be under construction)

In remote areas of Tanzania, education changes a child’s future. That’s why demand often far outstrips the capacities of the region’s schools. When students live in dormitories, their attendance is near-perfect, dropout rates plummet, and graduation rates jump from about 20% to 90%. Give dozens more boys a chance at a brighter future by investing in clean, sanitary dormitories.


Three Robanda Primary Classrooms - $10,000 per classroom Funded by Brian McDonald; now complete.

With education at a premium, classrooms are regularly filled well beyond their capacity, overwhelming teachers and making it extremely challenging  for students to pay attention and learn. Once three new classrooms at Robanda are built, the Tanzanian government will provide more teachers, which means significantly more students in the region will have a chance to learn and grow.


HEALTH AND CLEAN WATER

Sukenya Health Center - $410,000 multi-year goal

The adage holds true the world around: you have nothing without your health. The Sukenya dispensary, completed in 2015,  has radically transformed the lives of nearby residents, but a full Health Center can do more. The addition of a maternity ward, child care unit, operating theater, laboratory, and outpatient clinic for eye care, ear care, and physical therapy will transform the dispensary into a fully-functional care center. This project also includes three homes, each of which can house up to six medical staff members.


Boreholes - $92,000 goal

Clean water is the most basic foundation for good health. In regions of Tanzania where water is scarce, boreholes are the safest and most effective way to provide it. Wells, storage tanks, and distribution systems also give girls and women more opportunities and freedom, since water collection can otherwise take up hours daily. Boreholes at Haymu Primary, Mondorosi Village, Robanda Primary and Robanda Secondary will help students and communities at large stay healthy.


WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT

COCOBA: $50,000 goal

A Proven Success

COCOBA (Community Conservation Banking) has helped hundreds of women build and maintain their own small businesses, giving them independence and allowing them to improve their families' lives. Ongoing training in quality control and marketing, as well as accounting skills, helps more women benefit from this cost-effective small business program.

Most Recent Success: Beekeeping

Our new beekeeping program provides equipment and trains women to build and maintain ground-level hives (no more climbing  trees).  It has been particularly effective now that these women have learned how to store and brand the honey.


SPECIAL MEMORIAL PROJECT

Christopher P. Halloran School at Orkuyene

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Chris Halloran was an investment banker turned professional photographer, and a graduate of Dartmouth College and the Dodge School of Film at Chapman University. Chris believed in the idea of education for all and that belief, combined with his deep and abiding love for Africa, led to the concept of the Christopher P. Halloran School.  Focus on Tanzanian Communities is partnering with a circle of Chris’s friends and family to build the Christopher P. Halloran School in Orkuyene, Tanzania, just outside the Serengeti near the border of Kenya. The school will provide housing for teachers, classrooms, dormitories for students, a water supply, and a kitchen and dining hall.  (For online donations, please note in the Comments section that your gift is for the Christopher P. Halloran fund.)

Click here to see a list of friends and family who generously donated in Chris' memory.


Your gift will help these vital health, education, and women’s empowerment programs succeed. Choose the category you’d most like to invest in, or simply designate “where it’s most needed” to make sure your contribution has the greatest impact.