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The Iringa Region of Tanzania has an estimated population of 1.7 million people, approximately 60% of whom are under the age of 20. Over the past few years the Government of Tanzania has built many schools in rural areas to help educate this young population and offer them a way out of desperate poverty.
Iringa region has 900 primary schools with a total of 
377,423 students and some 64,750 secondary students. Secondary school children in Tanzania mostly board at school, however, very few schools have access to electricity. Recently, when a student forgot to put out a candle after studying, it accidentally set fire to bedding and caused an entire girls’ dormitory to burn down killing 12 students and badly injuring many more.
Fires are not the only danger. Kerosene lamps also give off toxic fumes, cannot easily be used for studying due to the poor quality of light, and are extremely expensive to run.
Our united response
Over the past three years, the Anglican Church has been installing solar power systems in rural homes in the Iringa region of rural Tanzania. The project has been so successful that school principles are now asking for solar power to be installed in their schools.
Anglicord is supporting the African Diocese of Ruaha to provide schools with solar kits to supply lighting for student dormitories, classrooms for evening study and paths to outside toilet blocks. The diocese will be responsible for installation training and upkeep of the systems. The project is being coordinated by Australian architect Fiona Oates, a CMS-A Mission Partner who has been working as a building advisor with the Anglican Church is the Diocese of Ruaha over the past six years.
Access to reliable and safe lighting will enable students to study at night. With a better education they stand a greater chance of building a decent future for themselves and their families. Money that schools might otherwise have spent on kerosene can now be spent on improving school facilities and on quality teaching resources.
What success will look like
In partnership with the Diocese of Ruaha in Tanzania and Australian schools, AngliCORD hopes to provide solar lighting kits to as many schools as possible.
At a glance
| Project partners: |
Anglican Diocese of Ruaha |
| Location: |
Iringa Region, Tanzania |
| Target population: |
1.7 million people |
| Partnership began: |
1 July 2010 |
| Start date (current phase): |
1 July 2010 |
| Anglicord target (2010/11): | $ 30,000 |
Donate today
Make a donation to support Anglicord's Solar 4 Schools program in Tanzania.