Located near Karatu, Ayalabe Primary School serves the rapidly growing community of the Ngorongoro Highlands and educates roughly 1,000 students per year, from kindergarten through standard seven. When FoTZC began working with the school in 2007, we experienced firsthand Ayalabe’s outstanding potential and its pressing needs. The children, teachers, and administrators were highly motivated, but were lacking adequate classrooms, books, teaching materials, and latrines. Despite these challenges, a growing proportion of students at Ayalabe were continuing on to secondary school. Mostly recently, FoTZC finished constructing two new modern classrooms at Ayalabe and laid the foundations for three additional classrooms to be built in the future. The community and school leaders in Ayalabe held a grand dedication ceremony, which was attended by hundreds of villagers as well as a FoTZC board member, a FoTZC coordinator, and Thomson Safaris travelers. The guest of honor, Dr. Wilbroad Slaa, a prominent member of Tanzania’s parliament, spoke at the event. We look forward to our continuing partnership with this remarkable school.
Completed Projects at Ayalabe Primary School
2 Classrooms: Completed 2009
Foundation for 5 Classrooms: Completed 2009
Purchase Textbooks: Completed 2008
Construct Latrine: Completed 2007
