Ruaha Secondary School
Iringa, Tanzania

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Opportunities to Succeed

In Tanzania, the fourth poorest country in Africa, where most schools struggle due to a lack of educational infrastructure and government support, Ruaha Secondary School provides an outstanding academic program, moral and spiritual guidance, as well as housing and three meals a day for 750 students, two-thirds of whom are girls. Since 1983, this school has been working toward expanding their boarding program to increase enrollment, sharpening their academic offerings through teacher training and deepening moral and spiritual classes for students.

Ruaha Secondary School is becoming well known nationally for the following accomplishments:

• High quality boarding program for girls
• Excellent discipline of students without corporal punishment
• Strong academic results, 35th out of 611 schools nationally
• Computer classes for all students
• An attractive, clean, cheerful and functional physical layout
• Cleanliness of the environment
• An innovative moral education class
• Productive self-reliance projects to enhance learning

“Gift of Water, Gift of Life”

In 2005 Ruaha developed a Five Year Plan after consultation with hundreds of students, parents, staff and the community. Since that time, Mona Foundation's generous supporters have contributed to many phases of this plan: a new dormitory for boys, a new water system including a deep well and fresh delivery system, training programs for teachers, a new kitchen and food storage area, a generator for a reliable source of energy and increased scholarship support.

The drilling of the new borehole well has been finished. The “Gift of Water – Gift of Life” Project Team began drilling the borehole at Ruaha August 24th. The work went extraordinarily fast even though they had to drill through solid rock. The water has been tested and found to be “very clear water.”

For a school which, for years, has been boiling their drinking water for 750 students, it truly is a “Gift of Life” to now have access to clean water. The building projects are also moving along quickly, and will be completed in the next few months. The recently completed boys’ dorm is fully occupied and functional.

Ruaha continues its march towards transforming the lives of its students and setting the standard of academic excellence for other schools. No doubt that the graduates of this school will play a pivotal role in the transformation of their communities and in the social and economic development of their country.

Needs for 2008

• $55,545 Two Science Labs
• $13,636 Lab Equipment & Furniture
• $87,164 2nd Boys' Dormitory for 80 Students Including Beds, Cabinets, Desks, Chairs
• $15,000 Scholarships

How You Can Help

Please contact us or send your tax-deductible contributions to:

Mona Foundation
218 Main Street, Suite 404
Kirkland, WA 98033
(425) 743-4550
Email: monafoundation@monafoundation.org
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