SEED (Secondary Education to Encourage Development) is a small charity which sponsors Tanzanian Primary School leavers to attend secondary and tertiary education.
We work with 14-25 year old villagers in Iringa, Tanzania
In Tanzania, most children leave school at an early age. Many children, who have the ability to go to secondary school, are denied a chance to achieve their potential due to their guardians’ poverty.
- SEED aims to connect these children with world-wide sponsors.
- SEED gives you the opportunity to provide a life-line to children so that they and their families can climb out of the poverty trap.
- SEED fundraising also helps a small number of schools in the Iringa region to improve their educational and boarding facilities so that our students and others thrive.
Why give money to SEED?
Education in Africa has been particularly hard hit by a legacy of debt, conflict, poor governance and environmental catastrophe. It is widely accepted that previous actions of the more developed nations have exacerbated these difficulties. SEED has shown that small changes that directly support disadvantaged students can deliver great benefits.
Why Tanzania?
Tanzania is one of the least developed nations in the world. The Iringa Rural Region, in the south, is one of the poorest areas of the country. In 2002, three SEED founders lived in rural villages in Iringa for six months, establishing good working relationships with communities, schools and education officials. SEED is now linked to three secondary and six primary schools. We employ a Programme Manager who lives and works in the community that you support.
Why Education?
The majority of villagers in Tanzania are subsistence farmers who grow just enough food for themselves, having little or no extra to sell to provide an income. Children in these families have therefore been unable to attend secondary school in the past.
Without an educated population, the development of village life is hindered. A good education can help reduce the huge problems of child labour, teenage pregnancy, poverty and HIV/AIDS. You could help create a sustainable future.
Why Boarding?
Many students who could benefit from secondary education do not meet their potential. The reasons for this include long, dangerous journeys to and from school (up to 17km a day), inadequate nutrition at home and an expectation that domestic chores are completed before any time is set aside for study. Secure boarding facilities at our linked schools have been demonstrated to provide the pastoral and nutritional care needed for successful academic achievements.
