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"Tunarudi Shuleni" Day Program Classes Begin at the Sega Girls’ School: Tunarudi Shuleni Day Program is Launched On July 21, 2008 thirty girls aged 12-16 from two wards of Morogoro municipality began classes at the Sega Girls’ School, funded by Nurturing Minds. The 18-month “Tunarudi Shuleni” (“We’re Going Back to School”) day program is helping these 30 girls, who formerly dropped out of school due to poverty, orphanhood, or related crises, get back into the formal school system. After 18 months of intensive English, math, Kiswahili and general knowledge subjects, the girls will sit for the Standard VII exam, marking the end of primary school, and making them eligible for entry into secondary school. Classes are being held from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm each day in a refurbished classroom. Students get a hot meal, transportation to and from school, and all necessary books and supplies. The Need Due to poverty, many girls drop out of school before they even finish primary (elementary) school. In some cases they lose their parents to Malaria, HIV/AIDS or other diseases. Others are just too poor to afford uniforms, books or transport to school. Others have such a high burden of household chores at home, or in someone elses home, working to support themselves, that there is no time for school. Selection Even though the program only recruited girls from two wards of one district, and had narrow parameters of eligibility (those who dropped out between 5th and 7th grades, below age 16), over 60 girls applied to the program. With funds enough for only 30 girls to attend, the selection process was very tough. All of the girls who applied had dropped out of school before the end of 7th grade, and were in genuine need of getting a quality education. We had to choose the final 30 based on a series of interviews, home visits and exams. Only girls who had no other options available to return to school (e.g. their families were simply too poor to afford decent food, transport or uniforms at a public school); and who were passionate about wanting to go back to school were chosen. Thank You Nurturing Minds and SEGA would like to thank the Mkundi Primary School and community for lending us a classroom for our program, and for providing much support during the recruitment and selection process. Thank you also to the Safina Women’s Association, who has rented us their buses on a cost-basis to transport our students until we can by our own buses. A very big THANK YOU to all of you who have donated funds to Nurturing Minds and SEGA to make this program possible. Back to top
Classes Begin at the Sega Girls’ School: Tunarudi Shuleni Day Program is Launched
On July 21, 2008 thirty girls aged 12-16 from two wards of Morogoro municipality began classes at the Sega Girls’ School, funded by Nurturing Minds. The 18-month “Tunarudi Shuleni” (“We’re Going Back to School”) day program is helping these 30 girls, who formerly dropped out of school due to poverty, orphanhood, or related crises, get back into the formal school system. After 18 months of intensive English, math, Kiswahili and general knowledge subjects, the girls will sit for the Standard VII exam, marking the end of primary school, and making them eligible for entry into secondary school.
Classes are being held from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm each day in a refurbished classroom. Students get a hot meal, transportation to and from school, and all necessary books and supplies.
The Need Due to poverty, many girls drop out of school before they even finish primary (elementary) school. In some cases they lose their parents to Malaria, HIV/AIDS or other diseases. Others are just too poor to afford uniforms, books or transport to school. Others have such a high burden of household chores at home, or in someone elses home, working to support themselves, that there is no time for school.
Selection Even though the program only recruited girls from two wards of one district, and had narrow parameters of eligibility (those who dropped out between 5th and 7th grades, below age 16), over 60 girls applied to the program. With funds enough for only 30 girls to attend, the selection process was very tough. All of the girls who applied had dropped out of school before the end of 7th grade, and were in genuine need of getting a quality education. We had to choose the final 30 based on a series of interviews, home visits and exams. Only girls who had no other options available to return to school (e.g. their families were simply too poor to afford decent food, transport or uniforms at a public school); and who were passionate about wanting to go back to school were chosen.
Thank You Nurturing Minds and SEGA would like to thank the Mkundi Primary School and community for lending us a classroom for our program, and for providing much support during the recruitment and selection process. Thank you also to the Safina Women’s Association, who has rented us their buses on a cost-basis to transport our students until we can by our own buses. A very big THANK YOU to all of you who have donated funds to Nurturing Minds and SEGA to make this program possible.
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