Indigenous Education Foundation of Tanzania Preserving the Past and Ensuring the Future Through Education

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IEFT is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in the United States, Tax ID #20-4408954.

IEFT is a registered non-governmental organization in the United Republic of Tanzania, NGO #01NGO/0638.

The Indigenous Education Foundation of Tanzania (IEFT) is a non-profit grassroots organization that provides quality, affordable secondary education to underserved indigenous children in rural Tanzania. IEFT empowers children to positively transform their own lives, improve their communities and break the cycle of extreme poverty, while working to preserve their culture and traditions. IEFT uses a community-based approach with buy-in from families and the village as a whole.

Through the development of Orkeeswa Secondary School in the Monduli District of northern Tanzania, IEFT provides secondary education to children who have no hope of continuing their education past primary school. The opportunity to receive further education is the key to escaping extreme poverty for students and their families.

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**IEFT's Impact to Date**
1,000+ - Volunteers, donors and sponsors joined together to make a difference! 80,000 - Liters of safe drinking water provided to students 70 - Goats donated to women's micro-finance initiatives in the local community 80 - Number of students attending Orkeeswa Secondary School since Open Day on April 14th, 2008. These students now understand and can hold conversations in English after several months of immersion on our 'English-only' campus. Because of IEFT and its partners, each of their families has received the gift of quality, affordable education! 40 - Number of students joining Orkeeswa Secondary School in September 2009. 2 - Number of solar panels installed in April 2009 to bring electricity and light to the Orkeeswa Secondary School campus

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Make a difference in the lives of underserved children in Tanzania by teaching at Orkeeswa Secondary School. Experience life in a traditional Maasai community and explore Tanzania.

IEFT currently has opportunities for an Agriculture & Environment Teacher to volunteer at Orkeeswa Secondary School starting in January 2010. Click here or email for more information.

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Orkeeswa begins its second school year with 80 students.

IEFT Raises $300,000 in 2009 for Orkeeswa Secondary School students and new construction projects.

Engineers Without Borders finishes construction of Orkeeswa Secondary School's 60,000-liter water tank. Three engineers travel to Tanzania to complete the tank in September, before the seasonal rains fall.

Laguna Beach fundraiser is a success, funding the construction of the new staff house and six new full student sponsorships.

Nova Scotia women’s theater group raises funds for IEFT.

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"IEFT differs from many other organizations because, along with strict accountability, its principles are based on partnering with the local community to achieve their emotional ownership of the project."

-Sharon Daishe, Volunteer Office Manager

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"Sponsoring a student through IEFT allows us the ability to have a personal relationship with a child in Tanzania. We get to see first-hand how our support of his education is not affecting just the life of one student, but his entire family and community."

-Scott & Kristin Thomas, Laguna Beach, California

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"It really is a great school because it provides education to children who do not have parents and do not have the money to pay for school fees at other secondary schools in the area."

- Noisho'oki Meleta, Parent