The Purple Box project changing lives in Arusha

Bournemouth Echo
The school changing lives for children in Africa
Bournemouth Echo
A BOURNEMOUTH woman discovered the power of education for disadvantaged children during a visit to a 'life-changing' school in Tanzania. Louise Scott spent two nights at The School of St Jude with her partner George Spring and his daughter, Isabella.

Mobile communications, OSS changing lives in Tanzania
ITWeb Africa
Tanzania's rapid uptake of mobile phones and massive investment in rural network coverage is helping disaster and humanitarian organisations in the country speedily disseminate and collect information. The Tanzanian Communications Regulatory ...

>Andre Mayi, 58, is a farmer from Seloto village in Babati District. He is also the village chairman. He has 10 acres of land on which he grows maize, pigeon peas, beans, bananas, vegetables and fruits. He also keeps cows, goats, milk, local chicken and pigs. In all his farming years Mayi admits he has never used industrial fertilizer until now  believing it ruins the soils and so did nearly everyone else in his village. However, through a research programme known as Africa Rising, this...

In 2012, the over 5,000 of Kwamsisi and Kwakombo villages in the Korogwe Town Council hoped that poor water supply would be a thing of the past, but this has hardly been the case.  

About 95 per cent of all Tanzanians cook with fuelwood or charcoal - virtually everybody. In every city or town, it’s normal and daily life to see people cooking on charcoal stoves.

   Head of Retail for FINCA Tanzania, Gershom Mpangalah, stresses a point to the media during today’s press conference on the launch of SNV-FINCA Partnership on OYE Project. Looking on from far left are Awadh Milas, OYE Program Leader-Youth Skills Development, Project Manager for OYE-Tanzania, Mozambique and Rwanda, Mr Roy Van Der Drift and Ed Greenwood, FINCA Chief Executive Officer.   Awadh Milas, OYE Program Leader-Youth Skills Development speaking to the members of the press during the...

How 'Vifodi' Commuters Risk Their Lives in Arusha
AllAfrica.com
THOSE who have read Stephen King's novel 'Christine' should be informed that the scary tale of a car which happens to have a mind of its own, is becoming a reality in Arusha. And it is not just a single "haunted car," but thousands of them, these commercial ...

'Sir Alex', Country's Ancient Reptile That Still Lives in Arusha
AllAfrica.com
Arusha — Nobody knows for sure how old 'Sir Alex' could be at the moment, but experts estimate that it could be hitting the 200 years (two centuries) mark now, making him the oldest creature in Tanzania and the 'most ancient' around the East African ...

>Commencement of massive rehabilitation of the 110 kilometre Arusha-Holili road which was expected to have kicked off last month will be further delayed until April next year.