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2016: What a year it’s been!
It’s been a wonderful year. Thank you for all of your support.
Tamani Tunda Tamu – Our very own business!
Read about the launch of Tamani’s new business, teaching students to use their classroom skills in the real world!
My Tamani Experience – Susanna Perttula
Swedish volunteer, Susanna Perttula, shares some of her experiences at Tamani Foundation.
New Year, New Campus!!
We’ve had an exciting start to the year! Read more about what happened in the first few weeks of 2016…
One more year in the books!
We have just reached the end of another successful year at Tamani, which has seen the starting of our very own Primary School, the tremendous input from a wide variety of volunteers from all around the world, new teachers, guests and teacher trainers and 67 incredibly...
Jambo from Zanzibar – Teacher Zahra
Teacher Zahra, a teacher from the UK, shares her experiences at Tamani Foundation.
We love Bibi Uji (Porridge Lady)
Doesn’t matter where you went to school, everyone remembers the break time bell and the half hour before it rings, when your stomach is rumbling and minutes seem like hours. Some of our students come to school not having had breakfast, so I can only imagine what...
Making ABCs fun with Jolly Phonics
What's so jolly about phonics? A lot. Where was jolly phonics when I was in Nursery. One of our past teachers introduced Jolly phonics to the students approximately two years ago. For those of you who have not heard of Jolly phonics, it is a multi-sensory way of...
What are the real alternatives to caning?
[Human Rights Watch believes there are alternatives to caning and corporal punishment such as guidance and counselling or extra homework and light chores. "The problem in Kenya is that the teachers only have 4-5 hours on classroom discipline or classroom...
10 Excuses for being late to school, Rural edition
10 Excuses for being late to school. Village version When you live in a village and your school is not more than ten to fifteen minutes walk away, excuses for lateness are pretty limited. The usual, “teacher the bus was late” or “there was a lot of traffic” and...
The village
We are back after a long hiatus. The sun is shining, the sea is a beautiful turquoise blue and the sand is brilliantly white, just another day in Matemwe. A new volunteer, fresh faced students, eager teachers, hardworking staff and we are good to go, but I’d like to...
First graders on the computers (Tamani, Zanzibar)
The first graders are getting really good on the computers! None of them had hardly seen or used a computer before, and just since the beginning of February they have picked it up really quickly. They play games where they should pick the right colour, chose the right...
Medical education at Tamani (Zanzibar)
We were very inspired by the medical team who were guests at Tamani some days ago. They left us a couple of very useful posters, which we can incorporate in our education. Basic medical knowledge and medical education is very important in a rural...
Garden in bloom at Tamani (Zanzibar)
Our garden looks amazing right now! Even though it's dry season and most of the things start to look a bit as if they really need a heavy rain fall, some of our flowers prove to be tough ones! Bourgainvilleas, hibiscus, ylangylang... They are truly amazing to...
Walking down the stairs… (Tamani, Zanzibar)
Well, this is a quite particular problem... It's pretty hard to predict. It's difficult to understand. And just in general very very hard to see as a problem! But imagine you are 4 years old. You can walk, you can run, no problem. But you have never ever in...
US medical team staying in the villas (Tamani, Zanzibar)
This week we have the great honor of having a US based medical team staying with us at Tamani Villas. The organisation is called International Medical Relief. They are doing a tour around Tanzania and have been to the mainland doing clinics, and now they have arrived...
Creativity at Tamani (Zanzibar)
At Tamani we always try to be creative. One project we have done is to make the students plant different seeds and then see them grow. They found it very interesting to see the process and felt very proud when they managed to actually make the seed sprout!...
Newsletter January (Tamani, Zanzibar)
Below you can read the newsletter from Tamani Foundation for January - happy reading! :)...