1. TUJATANE SCHOOL
www.tujatane.com
THE
TONGABEZI TRUST SCHOOL
The
Tongabezi Trust School was set up by Vanessa Parker, who was previously teaching
as a volunteer in
Livingstone.
Vanessa is the wife of Ben, who established Tongabezi in 1990 together with the
late William Ruck-Keene.
The
school opened on 1 May 1996 and due to its huge success it has been growing ever
since. Vanessa donates
her
time to the school on a purely voluntary basis. The school provides education to
the Tongabezi staff children, as well as children from
the local
community, in an area where educational funding and materials are scarce.
We
have grown from a pre-school class with 15 children into a primary school with
116 children. There are currently five classrooms an adjoining office/library, a
computer
room , a library and a storeroom .
Tongabezi built the first classroom, the second
classroom
was funded purely by donations, the
third
classroom was funded by a team who completed the Three Peaks Challenge in the UK
, and the fourth and fifth were funded by The Anthony Robbins foundation.
Mural completed by one of our Volunteers
OTHER TEACHING PROJECTS
