RUN with Us!! Help bring water to Karagwe. http://victorylcms.org/victory5k/... read more

Join the ETI family at its next event in Minnesota! Victory Lutheran Church has chosen Educate Tanzania to be the recipient of all proceeds from the "Running for Victory" 5K (run, walk or virtual). All monies will be used to support the water harvesting program in Karagwe, Tanzania. Once the harvesting system is in place, the university will be able to collect and store rain water and be set to open in October 2016. Once open, the water storage system will provide for daily uses such as cooking and cleaning, and will allow students to focus on their studies in agribusiness instead of fetching water for daily needs. Please register today as we're "Running for Victory". All registrations accepted - RUN / WALK / VIRTUAL!... read more

For many of us, it's not that far. 1900 Hazeltine Drive / Chaska, MN / USA. For most, the location is not an 8 and 1/2 hour airplane ride to a layover spot and then another 8 and 1/2 hour airplane ride to the nearest airport, and then another 8 hour Land Rover ride to the real destination. (I'm thinking Minneapolis to Karagwe in this case.) In fact, 1900 Hazeltine Drive is right here in the "Metro" - third ring suburb just outside of the Twin Cities - just on the margins of the beautiful Minneapolis/St. Paul urban lake region and smack dab in the middle of the Chaska, Chan, Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, Victoria suburban lake region. Those of you in Minnesota - You can easily join us. Those of you in Tanzania - please join ... read more

Thanks for following along on the blog. If this is your first time - Educate Tanzania is a Minnesota-based NGO that partnered with the Karagwe Diocese in Tanzania to build an agricultural university on 1000 acres. No small task. This blog documents five trips to Tanzania and a few 'in-betweens' to other places. Our latest adventure brought us to Washington DC to participate in the USAID/ASHA conference. Jan (ETI) and Sarah (Cohn Consulting) traveled to our Nation's capitol to glean all they could to write a winning application for $276,000. to construct the 'next' four buildings and enable KARUCO (Karagwe University College) to open in October 2016. It was energizing. Other projects around the world are inspiring. But competition is fierce and we have our job cut out for us. Among other things, ETI needs to ... read more

Christopher Jones, Principle at Inventoris collaborated with John Wade (MSAADA Architects), the KARUCO Task Force and the KAD Management Team to design a comprehensive water harvesting system for KARUCO. This is no small task. KARUCO – Karagwe University College – must have water in order to open in October 2016. To achieve the team’s goal, Christopher traveled to Karagwe (2-8 hr flights, a harrowing ride through Kampala at midnight, and an 8 hr Land Rover ride with a visit ‘to’ the equator), climbed water tanks, took elevations at the KARUCO site, asked questions, helped define parameters, extrapolated water use for the first 100 students, envisioned campus use (dorms) with agricultural use (crops and livestock) and gave creative problem solving a whole new meaning. At first, drilling seemed the most viable option. But when the team realized ... read more