Are we alleviating poverty? This was the question I posed to the team who have been working on the pig project for the last 3 years. It was met with a resounding YES. Since that initial loan the programme has 35 pigs in 4 different locations; a bank account in credit and the members have a sustainable source of income
Read more →Hello, Jambo, Welcome to our new website. The feedback from the old website suggested that while people loved it, sometimes it was hard to find things if you didn’t know where it was, so we have designed the site to make it easier to find what you are interested in. Please enjoy and remember to sign up for the newsletters and
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The Livingstone Tanzania Trust are delighted to be able to offer this fantastic photos as a post card. The children around the Sinai Primary School benefit from our work at the school and enjoy the interaction with Wazungo. If you would like to order this post card please contact Julian on julian@livingstonetanzaniatrust.com Cards are 40p each or 3 for £1
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We are delighted to reveal our Christmas card for 2011. They cost £3 for 5 or £5 for 10 or £22.50 for 50. + p&p If you would like us to post you a batch, please contact Penny Shiret on penny@igotemail.co.uk If you live close by to Julian or Clive, I am sure we can deliver in exchange for a
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We are delighted to announce that as of 20th June 2011 Niduk Wijayasingha has become a Trustee of the Livingstone Tanzania Trust. Niduk has worked both academically and professionally in international development issues, ranging from universalising workers’ rights, to small holder agriculture and water harvesting. Born in South Korea, Niduk was raised in South East Asia and North America and
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We are delighted to have two groups of volunteers coming out this summer. Our volunteer partners Quest Overseas have got 10 volunteers organised to come our for 4 weeks to do some fantastic work. We also have a team of 5 from the Holy Trinity school in Merton coming out for a week as they go on to explore more of
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Babati is in the heart of the rift valley and from the Waangwaray School you can see across the valley to the escarpment climbing into the sky. On clear day after the rains it is a sight of such beauty one could sit for hours in wonderment. But being in the geological fault line does have some disadvantages as was
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We have lots of things to keep us busy for the year and we hope with your on going support we can realise them. On the 8th January 5 GAP years students and a team leader from Quest Overseas arrive in the hot, green lands of Babati, they will be starting our new project, that of building a residential agricultural
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The Livingstone Tanzania Trust has teamed up with the fantastic Barefoot Books Community. Their books for the young are fantastic. They have agreed to give 20% of the cost of your book to us so that we can buy books for the young people in Tanzania. Please click HERE for more information.
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Julie Baldwin, a teacher from the Nailsea School, has climbed Kilimanjaro for the Livingstone Tanzania Trust. She has been training for the past 15 months to make this climb and has made a serious commitment to it. Whilst many could have climbed this mountain just for their own pleasure, she decided to do it for someone else and raised money
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