A man transporting water from a public well to his home in Kayanga. Access to clean drinking water is a constant struggle in Karagwe, as it is in so many parts of the world, requiring hours of back-breaking work every day, most often by women carrying it on their heads.
Bank Manager Ezekiel Juma of Karagwe Women Savings and Credit Co-Operative Society. KARUDECA partners with SACCOS like Karagwe Women to provide free business training to co-op members. The members are collective owners of the co-ops and form tight-knit micro-communities that contribute to economic development, women’s empowerment and self-sustainability in Karagwe, three of KARUDECA’s core goals.
Teacher Justinian conducts a class on financial education at Kituntu Secondary School in the rural village of Kituntu. The course is sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa.
Teacher Justinian conducts a class on financial education at Kituntu Secondary School in the rural village of Kituntu. The course is sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa.
Students at Ihanda Primary School in the rural village of Ihanda benefit from a rainwater harvesting tank constructed by KARUDECA in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden and the Tanzania Development Trust. The tanks provide safe and sustainable drinking water to students and teachers while saving hours each day that would otherwise be spent carrying water from far away wells.
Students at Ihanda Primary School in the rural village of Ihanda collect water from a rainwater harvesting tank constructed by @karudeca in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden (@ewb_sweden) and @tanzaniadevelopmenttrust. The tanks provide safe and sustainable drinking water to students and teachers while saving hours each day that would otherwise be spent carrying water from far away wells.
After we photograph Sophia for our documentary, her mother offers us a delicious snack of fresh goat and maize. Primary school students like Sophia from the remote farming village of Chanika take part in the pilot program of KARUDECA’s Poultry Project, which provides two hens and one rooster to each participating child, plus funding to construct a hen house and basic training in how to care for them. The eggs provide not only food and extra income for the families but also a practical lesson in saving and entrepreneurship. Eggs are relatively expensive in Karagwe, so selling just ten will buy textbooks for an entire year.
After we photograph Sophia for our documentary, her teachers Theodozia and Veronica help Sophia’s mother prepare us a delicious snack of fresh goat and maize. Primary school students like Sophia from the remote farming village of Chanika take part in the pilot program of KARUDECA’s Poultry Project, which provides two hens and one rooster to each participating child, plus funding to construct a hen house and basic training in how to care for them. The eggs provide not only food and extra income for the families but also a practical lesson in saving and entrepreneurship. Eggs are relatively expensive in Karagwe, so selling just ten will buy textbooks for an entire year.
Students at Ihanda Primary School in the rural village of Ihanda benefit from a rainwater harvesting tank constructed by KARUDECA in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden and the Tanzania Development Trust. The tanks provide safe and sustainable drinking water to students and teachers while saving hours each day that would otherwise be spent carrying water from far away wells.
Primary school students like Johnson (seen here with his mother Aneth and father Gideon) from the remote farming village of Chanika take part in the pilot program of @karudeca’s Poultry Project, which provides two hens and one rooster to each participating child, plus funding to construct a hen house and basic training in how to care for them. The eggs provide not only food and extra income for the families but also a practical lesson in saving and entrepreneurship. Eggs are relatively expensive in Karagwe, so selling just ten will buy textbooks for an entire year.
Primary school students like Johnson from the remote farming village of Chanika take part in the pilot program of KARUDECA’s Poultry Project, which provides two hens and one rooster to each participating child, plus funding to construct a hen house and basic training in how to care for them. The eggs provide not only food and extra income for the families but also a practical lesson in saving and entrepreneurship. Eggs are relatively expensive in Karagwe, so selling just ten will buy textbooks for an entire year.
Primary school students like Joyness from the remote farming village of Chanika take part in the pilot program of KARUDECA’s Poultry Project, which provides two hens and one rooster to each participating child, plus funding to construct a hen house and basic training in how to care for them. The eggs provide not only food and extra income for the families but also a practical lesson in saving and entrepreneurship. Eggs are relatively expensive in Karagwe, so selling just ten will buy textbooks for an entire year.
After we photograph Sophia for our documentary, her teachers Theodozia and Veronica help Sophia’s mother prepare us a delicious snack of fresh goat and maize. Primary school students like Sophia from the remote farming village of Chanika take part in the pilot program of KARUDECA’s Poultry Project, which provides two hens and one rooster to each participating child, plus funding to construct a hen house and basic training in how to care for them. The eggs provide not only food and extra income for the families but also a practical lesson in saving and entrepreneurship. Eggs are relatively expensive in Karagwe, so selling just ten will buy textbooks for an entire year.
After we photograph Sophia for our documentary, her mother offers us a delicious snack of fresh goat and maize. Primary school students like Sophia from the remote farming village of Chanika take part in the pilot program of KARUDECA’s Poultry Project, which provides two hens and one rooster to each participating child, plus funding to construct a hen house and basic training in how to care for them. The eggs provide not only food and extra income for the families but also a practical lesson in saving and entrepreneurship. Eggs are relatively expensive in Karagwe, so selling just ten will buy textbooks for an entire year.
Primary school students like Joyness from the remote farming village of Chanika take part in the pilot program of KARUDECA’s Poultry Project, which provides two hens and one rooster to each participating child, plus funding to construct a hen house and basic training in how to care for them. The eggs provide not only food and extra income for the families but also a practical lesson in saving and entrepreneurship. Eggs are relatively expensive in Karagwe, so selling just ten will buy textbooks for an entire year.
Primary school students like these two kids’ older sister Joyness from the remote farming village of Chanika take part in the pilot program of KARUDECA’s Poultry Project, which provides two hens and one rooster to each participating child, plus funding to construct a hen house and basic training in how to care for them. The eggs provide not only food and extra income for the families but also a practical lesson in saving and entrepreneurship. Eggs are relatively expensive in Karagwe, so selling just ten will buy textbooks for an entire year.
Primary school students like Joyness from the remote farming village of Chanika (seen here with her teachers Veronica and Theodozia) take part in the pilot program of KARUDECA’s Poultry Project, which provides two hens and one rooster to each participating child, plus funding to construct a hen house and basic training in how to care for them. The eggs provide not only food and extra income for the families but also a practical lesson in saving and entrepreneurship. Eggs are relatively expensive in Karagwe, so selling just ten will buy textbooks for an entire year.
Primary school students like this woman’s daughter Joyness from the remote farming village of Chanika take part in the pilot program of KARUDECA’s Poultry Project, which provides two hens and one rooster to each participating child, plus funding to construct a hen house and basic training in how to care for them. The eggs provide not only food and extra income for the families but also a practical lesson in saving and entrepreneurship. Eggs are relatively expensive in Karagwe, so selling just ten will buy textbooks for an entire year.
Primary school students like Joyness from the remote farming village of Chanika take part in the pilot program of KARUDECA’s Poultry Project, which provides two hens and one rooster to each participating child, plus funding to construct a hen house and basic training in how to care for them. The eggs provide not only food and extra income for the families but also a practical lesson in saving and entrepreneurship. Eggs are relatively expensive in Karagwe, so selling just ten will buy textbooks for an entire year.
Students at Chanika Primary School in the remote farming village of Chanika benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa, as well as the pilot program of KARUDECA’s Poultry Project.
Coffee drying on the front lawn of a farmhouse in the remote rural village of Chanika. Coffee farmers are by law organized into cooperatives and coffee is one of the most common and profitable exports from the Karagwe region.
Papayas are another common export from Karagwe.
Primary school students from the remote farming village of Chanika take part in the pilot program of KARUDECA’s Poultry Project, which provides two hens and one rooster to each participating child, plus funding to construct a hen house and basic training in how to care for them. The eggs provide not only food and extra income for the families but also a practical lesson in saving and entrepreneurship. Eggs are relatively expensive in Karagwe, so selling just ten will buy textbooks for an entire year.
Primary school students from the remote farming village of Chanika take part in the pilot program of KARUDECA’s Poultry Project, which provides two hens and one rooster to each participating child, plus funding to construct a hen house and basic training in how to care for them. The eggs provide not only food and extra income for the families but also a practical lesson in saving and entrepreneurship. Eggs are relatively expensive in Karagwe, so selling just ten will buy textbooks for an entire year.
Students at Chanika Primary School in the remote farming village of Chanika benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa, as well as the pilot program of KARUDECA’s Poultry Project.
Theodozia Lameck, teacher at Chanika Primary School in the remote rural village of Chanika. Students here benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa, as well as the pilot program of KARUDECA’s Poultry Project.
The main post office of Karagwe, located in the town of Kayanga.
Bugene Secondary School in the rural village of Bugene is KARUDECA founder Steven Revelian’s alma mater. Students here benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa.
Bugene Secondary School in the rural village of Bugene is KARUDECA founder Steven Revelian’s alma mater. Students here benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa.
Students at Bugene Secondary School in the rural village of Bugene benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa.
Students at Bugene Secondary School in the rural village of Bugene benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa.
Students at Bugene Secondary School in the rural village of Bugene benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa.
Students at Bugene Secondary School in the rural village of Bugene benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa.
Students at Bugene Secondary School in the rural village of Bugene benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa.
Bugene Secondary School in the rural village of Bugene is KARUDECA founder Steven Revelian’s alma mater. He is joined at the entrance by two friends who teach at Bugene.
Students at Nyakahanga Secondary School in the rural village of Nyakahanga benefit from two rainwater harvesting tanks constructed by KARUDECA in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden. The tanks provide safe and sustainable drinking water to students and teachers while saving hours each day that would otherwise be spent carrying water from far away wells.
Students at Nyakahanga Secondary School in the rural village of Nyakahanga benefit from two rainwater harvesting tanks constructed by KARUDECA in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden. The tanks provide safe and sustainable drinking water to students and teachers while saving hours each day that would otherwise be spent carrying water from far away wells.
Kids goofing around outside the Bugene Primary School in the rural village of Bugene. Students here benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa.
Road sign for the Bugene Primary School in the rural village of Bugene.
Students at Nyakahanga Secondary School in the rural village of Nyakahanga benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa.
Teacher Salmon Ganshonga at Nyakahanga Secondary School in the rural village of Nyakahanga. Students here benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa.
Students at Nyakahanga Secondary School in the rural village of Nyakahanga benefit from two rainwater harvesting tanks constructed by KARUDECA in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden. The tanks provide safe and sustainable drinking water to students and teachers while saving hours each day that would otherwise be spent carrying water from far away wells.
Kids goofing around outside the Bugene Primary School in the rural village of Bugene. Students here benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa.
Sister Martha Fabian jokes with students at Bugene Primary School in the rural village of Bugene. Students here benefit from financial education courses sponsored by @karudeca in parnership with SBFIC East Africa.
Sister Martha Fabian jokes with students at Bugene Primary School in the rural village of Bugene. Students here benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa.
Students at Ihanda Primary School in the rural village of Ihanda benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in partnership with SBFIC East Africa. The program teaches students the basics of responsible consumption, budgeting and saving–lessons they often share with their families.
Students at Ihanda Primary School in the rural village of Ihanda benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa, as well as from a rainwater harvesting tank constructed by KARUDECA in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden and the Tanzania Development Trust. The tanks provide safe and sustainable drinking water to students and teachers while saving hours each day that would otherwise be spent carrying water from far away wells.
Students at Ihanda Primary School in the rural village of Ihanda benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in partnership with SBFIC East Africa. The program teaches students the basics of responsible consumption, budgeting and saving–lessons they often share with their families.
Students at Ihanda Primary School in the rural village of Ihanda benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa, as well as from a rainwater harvesting tank constructed by KARUDECA in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden and the Tanzania Development Trust. The tanks provide safe and sustainable drinking water to students and teachers while saving hours each day that would otherwise be spent carrying water from far away wells.
Students at Ihanda Primary School in the rural village of Ihanda benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa, as well as from a rainwater harvesting tank constructed by KARUDECA in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden and the Tanzania Development Trust. The tanks provide safe and sustainable drinking water to students and teachers while saving hours each day that would otherwise be spent carrying water from far away wells.
Students at Ihanda Primary School in the rural village of Ihanda benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa, as well as from a rainwater harvesting tank constructed by KARUDECA in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden and the Tanzania Development Trust. The tanks provide safe and sustainable drinking water to students and teachers while saving hours each day that would otherwise be spent carrying water from far away wells.
Students at Ihanda Primary School in the rural village of Ihanda benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa, as well as from a rainwater harvesting tank constructed by KARUDECA in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden and the Tanzania Development Trust. The tanks provide safe and sustainable drinking water to students and teachers while saving hours each day that would otherwise be spent carrying water from far away wells.
Students at Ihanda Primary School in the rural village of Ihanda benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa, as well as from a rainwater harvesting tank constructed by KARUDECA in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden and the Tanzania Development Trust. The tanks provide safe and sustainable drinking water to students and teachers while saving hours each day that would otherwise be spent carrying water from far away wells.
Students at Ihanda Primary School in the rural village of Ihanda benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa, as well as from a rainwater harvesting tank constructed by KARUDECA in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden and the Tanzania Development Trust. The tanks provide safe and sustainable drinking water to students and teachers while saving hours each day that would otherwise be spent carrying water from far away wells.
Students at Ihanda Primary School in the rural village of Ihanda benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa, as well as from a rainwater harvesting tank constructed by KARUDECA in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden and the Tanzania Development Trust. The tanks provide safe and sustainable drinking water to students and teachers while saving hours each day that would otherwise be spent carrying water from far away wells.
Students at Ihanda Primary School in the rural village of Ihanda benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa, as well as from a rainwater harvesting tank constructed by KARUDECA in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden and the Tanzania Development Trust. The tanks provide safe and sustainable drinking water to students and teachers while saving hours each day that would otherwise be spent carrying water from far away wells.
Students at Ihanda Primary School in the rural village of Ihanda benefit from financial education courses sponsored by @karudeca in parnership with SBFIC East Africa, as well as from a rainwater harvesting tank constructed by KARUDECA in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden (@ewb_sweden) and @tanzaniadevelopmenttrust. The tanks provide safe and sustainable drinking water to students and teachers while saving hours each day that would otherwise be spent carrying water from far away wells.
A student at Ihanda Primary School poses next to a rainwater harvesting tank constructed by KARUDECA in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden.
A student at Ihanda Primary School poses next to a rainwater harvesting tank constructed by KARUDECA in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden.
Students at Ihanda Primary School crowd around a rainwater harvesting tank constructed by KARUDECA in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden and SBFIC East Africa. The tanks provide safe and sustainable drinking water to students and teachers while saving hours each day that would otherwise be spent carrying water from far away wells.
Steven and students at Ihanda Primary School pose next to a rainwater harvesting tank constructed by KARUDECA in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden and the Tanzania Development Trust. The tanks provide safe and sustainable drinking water to students and teachers while saving hours each day that would otherwise be spent carrying water from far away wells.
Students at Ihanda Primary School in the rural village of Ihanda benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa, as well as from a rainwater harvesting tank constructed by KARUDECA in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden and the Tanzania Development Trust. The tanks provide safe and sustainable drinking water to students and teachers while saving hours each day that would otherwise be spent carrying water from far away wells.
Steven demostrates how students and teachers at Ihanda Primary School utilize the rainwater harvesting tank constructed by KARUDECA in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden, which provides safe and sustainable drinking water to students and teachers.
Steven demostrates how students and teachers at Ihanda Primary School utilize the rainwater harvesting tank constructed by KARUDECA in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden, which provides safe and sustainable drinking water to students and teachers.
Students at Ihanda Primary School in the rural village of Ihanda benefit from a rainwater harvesting tank constructed by KARUDECA in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden and the Tanzania Development Trust. The tanks provide safe and sustainable drinking water to students and teachers while saving hours each day that would otherwise be spent carrying water from far away wells.
Students at Ihanda Primary School in the rural village of Ihanda benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa, as well as from a rainwater harvesting tank constructed by KARUDECA in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden and the Tanzania Development Trust. The tanks provide safe and sustainable drinking water to students and teachers while saving hours each day that would otherwise be spent carrying water from far away wells.
Students at Ihanda Primary School in the rural village of Ihanda benefit from financial education courses sponsored by KARUDECA in parnership with SBFIC East Africa, as well as from a rainwater harvesting tank constructed by KARUDECA in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Sweden and the Tanzania Development Trust. The tanks provide safe and sustainable drinking water to students and teachers while saving hours each day that would otherwise be spent carrying water from far away wells.
Steven keeps chickens at the KARUDECA office, just as his organization helps rural families pay for school supplies and learn entrepreneurship through its Poultry Project.
The owners of small local enterprises like this produce stand at the central market in Kayanga benefit from free business training courses offered by KARUDECA in partnership with local Savings and Credit Co-Operative Societies. SACCOS members, mostly women, are collective owners of the co-ops and form tight-knit micro-communities that contribute to economic development, women’s empowerment and self-sustainability in Karagwe, three of KARUDECA’s core goals.
