Projects

SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS

Peace by Piece is currently sponsoring 113 O-Level secondary school students. O-Level in Tanzania consists of a four-year program, Forms 1-4.  

Options for secondary school include:

A) Private/boarding school in Arusha

Some students requiring boarding for secondary school given suboptimal living conditions or lack of family. These students will interview and take entrance exams at local private boarding schools.  They offer a wide variety of classes and extracurricular activities. While the quality education is excellent, this option is more costly.  Schools fees, living and school supplies, uniforms, and room & board typically cost around $1,000 per student annually.

B) Local government middle school:

While school fees for the first 4 years of secondary school were eliminated by the Tanzanian government in 2016, costs of uniforms, school supplies, lunches and additional expenses continue to make school unaffordable for many.   Form 1 (equivalent to the 8th grade in the USA) fees and supplies costs $250 and Forms 2-4 (9th-11th grades) cost $50 annually. The majority of the scholarship recipients  attending local government secondary schools live with their family in the local village.

PAD-A-GIRL CAMPAIGN

Peace by Piece has partnered with a local NGO, Her Journey to School.  In addition to assisting with school scholarships, Peace by Piece has committed to assist HJTS on their mission to help keep girls in school who otherwise may have opted to stay home during their menstrual cycle due to lack of supplies. HJTS provides education and sanitary pads to girls so that their schooling isn't interrupted.