Lolera Primary School
Sixth school. Block A, teacher's house and toilets are financed by Bücherbörse Köln 2026. The well comes via Bücherbörse Stuttgart e.V.
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Lalahe and Lazaro coordinate, the communities build with us. Five schools are completed, two more under construction. Here's where everything is happening.
Every school came to be in its own way. Some we built from the start, some we took over, one runs today without us. Different journeys - same goal: hand over to the government, community keeps on building.
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Subvillage of Makuyuni. Before, the children had to walk over four kilometres along an unlit main road to reach school. Since 2024 - six classrooms, a teacher's house and a toilet block right behind their homes.
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The community has been building here since 2006. We took over in 2022 and kept building. The school was handed to the government in 2025. Today: 399 children, seven classrooms, two toilet blocks.
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Before: one classroom made of sticks and clay. Today: 467 pupils, nine classrooms, and a community that keeps on building.
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The home of Lalahe and Lazaro's father. 403 children, seven classrooms, a well for 3,200 people. Handed over to the government in 2022 - operations stable, our role complete.
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Our first school. Expanded in 2018 with the Lomiyon community, later handed to the government. Today in different hands - and that's the point: hand over and move on.
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Block A is up. Teacher's house, toilets and well are under construction. €76,000 for the starter block, financed by Bücherbörse Köln e.V.
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In Meleleki the community has already started. They built Block A themselves - before we joined. With Bücherbörse Stuttgart e.V. as lead sponsor we are now scaling the next blocks.
Lolera (sixth school) and Meleleki (seventh) are currently under construction. Block A first, then we let the schools grow.
Sixth school. Block A, teacher's house and toilets are financed by Bücherbörse Köln 2026. The well comes via Bücherbörse Stuttgart e.V.
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Seventh school. Block A already stands, built by the community themselves. We join in - lead sponsor Bücherbörse Stuttgart e.V.
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Jan answers questions about projects, donations and construction progress. Personally, by mail.
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Jan Grandisch. Co-founder, since 2018. First contact for donations and projects - the one who met Lalahe in Tanzania in 2017.
Want to know how far Lolera has come? Where exactly a donation lands? Or whether you can fund a specific build phase? Write to Andy.
You don't have to build a whole school. With a one-time donation, a crew contribution, or a partner deal, you become part of the next chapter.