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Lalahe was born in the Ngorongoro Crater. He is Maasai. We help him build schools.
He himself has hardly received any education and knows exactly that without it, nothing works. He is committed. We help him with it. That is our mission.
Specifically, this means: We finance. Lalahe and Lazaro build with the communities. The Tanzanian government takes over finished schools. Thus, a community idea becomes a government school that is sustainable in the long term. Without us.
What sets us apart from others: We often say no. We only start when five conditions are met. Need alone is not enough.
How we check before we build.
Five criteria. Lalahe and Lazaro look on site. The board decides with them. Only when all five fit, do we start.
Need
Children have to do without school or take extreme routes. Even remote places count: Education reaches everyone, no matter how far away.
Community Commitment
Will the local people support the project? Physically, organizationally, permanently? Without the willingness to help build, there is no construction.
Motivation of the community
Do they even want it? Not 'we think they need it', but 'they want it'. Well-meant help without the wish for it fails.
Strong Chairmen and Trusted Persons
Are there local leaders whom Lalahe and Lazaro trust? Without local trust, coordination does not work.
Plot with Building Permit
A plot on which the Tanzanian government approves school construction. A prerequisite for later handover as an official government school.
What drives us.
These people and their places are why we build.
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A school grows with its children.
A finished government school has three blocks (A, B, C), teachers' houses, toilets. We never build it all at once.
We always start with block A: two classrooms and a teachers' room. Teachers gradually come, children come with the growth of the school. When the first classes get older, we build the next block.
In Selela and Makuyuni Juu, the community even continued building on their own after we had handed over Block A. These are the best results of our work. We refuse the finished monument. A school grows with its children.
Questions about the mission? Write directly.
If you want to know why we say no or why we never build a complete school: Jan will tell you first hand.
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Jan
Jan Grandisch. Co-founder, involved since 2018. First point of contact for donations and projects. He met Lalahe in Tanzania in 2017.
Write directly. Jan usually answers within a few days. No marketing department, no ticket system.