Karagwe Unplugged 7 - People at KARASECO (2)

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The focus of this photo journal entry is "People of KARASECO". Karagwe Secondary School is one of the best academic schools in Tanzania and is adjacent to the land for KARUCO. KARASECO will be a 'feeder' to the university. You can visit the ELCT, Karagwe Diocese website to get more information on KARASECO.

http://www.karagwe-diocese.org/EN/institutions/karagwe-secondary-school.html

This set of entries makes up "Karagwe Unplugged". We show in images and captions the grassroots effort of the ELCT (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania) and ETI (Educate Tanzania, Inc) to build KARUCO (Karagwe University College). Educate Tanzania invites you on this photo tour of Karagwe using the beautiful images of Ashley Miller of AshMill Photography in Nashville, Tennessee.

http://ashmillphotography.com

If you have been following the blog, you know that Ashley volunteered to accompany Educate Tanzania Inc. (ETI) in January, 2013 as ETI led a team of curriculum developers from the College of Agriculture at the University of Minnesota and the provost from EARTH (Agricultural) Universityin Costa Rica. Each year, Ashley and her camera tag along with nonprofits, donating time, talents and resources to help worthy nonprofits in Tanzania tell their story. Awesome Ashley.

Feel free to see previous trips (blogs) for particulars of how the project started (2008) and how Educate Tanzania was established (2010) for the purpose of introducing KARUCO students and subsistence farmers to new ways to go about crop production, crop conservation, and harvest-to-market techniques. Dr. Benson Bagonza founded KARUCO - Karagwe University College to address the need for improved agriculture. With his vision he hopes to stem the brain drain and provide an alternative to early marriage. The idea of a university has taken hold and building has begun. Under the coordination of Dr. Brighton Katabaro, Coordinator of KARUCO, the proograms, curricula, and recruitment have also begun.

Scroll down for more photos.

Go to Educate Tanzania website: http://educatetanzania.org

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Photos

Listen to the Locals
It's not the questions you ask; it's listening to the heart of the answers

KARASECO Secondary Students Share
Hopes and dreams for a university in the Karagwe District

"I Want KARUCO for Others"
"It is too late for me but I want KARUCO as an option for other students in Karagwe"

Listening - Focus Group
ETI listens to students and staff ideas for a vibrant, relevant university

"I have ideas for my own business"
"If I had some new skills and support I would start my own business"

Listening
The "Outside Focus Group" gave Daniel and Pedro insights into what they wanted in a university in Karagwe

Mr. Titus Thobias Itegereize
Listening carefully as one who manages small coffee cooperatives

Pedro Bidegaray - College of Agriculture
University of Minnesota gets a kick out of insights from the focus group at KARASECO - a future feeder to KARUCO

Listen Some More
Karagwe Unplugged - Educate Tanzania

Inside Focus Group
tells us that because they would have to pay for it, they want a university that already has WATER.