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Tanzanian schools project reaches almost 6,000 children
FARM-Africa’s Tanzanian schools project continues to go from strength to strength. Since the start of the project, 105 teachers have been trained in the Discovery Learning model – this is where children are taught practical agricultural skills by caring for livestock and growing crops at school. Traditional teaching methods do not give children the opportunity to learn practical agriculture at school. These teachers have passed on their knowledge and skills to 230 other teachers in their schools.
FARM-Africa’s simple solutions are designed to be shared with the community so more people can adopt our methods. As part of this project, pupils form home working groups where they grow crops in their community and share their new skills and knowledge with their families and others. Since the start of the project, a total of 72 pupils home working groups have been formed and 5,821 pupils have transferred their knowledge and skills in improved agriculture, poultry keeping and environmental practices into their homes.
With these newfound skills, pupils and their families are able to produce more on their land, ensuring they have enough to eat and maybe even some surplus to sell - providing a much needed source of income.
As part of the project, pupils are also taught the benefits of using energy saving stoves. To date, 275 pupils have learnt how to construct energy saving stoves and so far, 121 households are benefitting from the stoves constructed by these pupils. These stoves use much less firewood than a normal stove, meaning families can spend less time collecting wood and more time earning an income. Cutting down fewer trees is benefitting the environment too.
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thank you for working at farm all of you people are doing good
This is a fantastic project - capable of being spread across many schools and villages - much needed in these times of food scarcity. Congratulations! I work, as a volunteer, with the Diocese of Hereford (UK) as their Adviser on World Partnership and Development, mainly with the 4 seaboard Dioceses of Tanzania. Last year we had a workshop on Food Farming and Environment to put across practical aspects of sustainable agriculture. We hope that schools, communities and colleges will put these ideas into practice too. Thanks for your inspiration!
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