More milestones, more achievements
We weren't able to visit Tanzania this summer but have plans to visit at the end of the year.
In the meantime, we'll be sending out email updates to our donors as we have a lot of great milestones to report!
Three more Waka students finished High School last year, and are heading off to college and advanced High School later this fall. Living was selected for government A-levels (advanced HS) which only the top students get selected for, and will be specializing in geography and history. Brenda is off to college in October; she'll be at one of the best technical colleges in Tanzania and will be studying for a diploma in engineering and renewable energy. Glory is also following the college path, heading off to do her medical sciences diploma. Glory wants to be a surgeon or pediatrician and getting her medical diploma is the first step towards achieving that goal. She will apply for medical school once she competes her college studies and we are so happy that she can pursue her dreams. A few of the Waka students have wanted to become doctors, but the path to do so in Tanzania is extremely difficult and if you don't secure the top spots in High School science classes, you don't qualify for medical studies.
The rest of the Waka students continue to progress in their paths and after 12 years of sponsorships, only three of our students remain in lower education. All the others are now in advanced HS, college, or university. Which is such a huge accomplishment! The Waka kids are the first in their families to complete secondary school and they are joining the mere 6% of the Tanzanian population that makes it to higher education. Students like Wema and Frank, who are attending university, are part of an even smaller 1% of the population- and we cannot overstate how HUGE this statistic is!
Tanzania has one of the lowest rates of higher education enrollment in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the regional average is 9%. And seeing the Waka Waka kids succeed enough to reach these life-changing milestones makes us incredibly proud. Education is such a challenging problem to solve around in the world, but we've managed to make a difference in this community; for our students, their families, and their future.
We weren't able to visit Tanzania this summer but have plans to visit at the end of the year.
In the meantime, we'll be sending out email updates to our donors as we have a lot of great milestones to report!
Three more Waka students finished High School last year, and are heading off to college and advanced High School later this fall. Living was selected for government A-levels (advanced HS) which only the top students get selected for, and will be specializing in geography and history. Brenda is off to college in October; she'll be at one of the best technical colleges in Tanzania and will be studying for a diploma in engineering and renewable energy. Glory is also following the college path, heading off to do her medical sciences diploma. Glory wants to be a surgeon or pediatrician and getting her medical diploma is the first step towards achieving that goal. She will apply for medical school once she competes her college studies and we are so happy that she can pursue her dreams. A few of the Waka students have wanted to become doctors, but the path to do so in Tanzania is extremely difficult and if you don't secure the top spots in High School science classes, you don't qualify for medical studies.
The rest of the Waka students continue to progress in their paths and after 12 years of sponsorships, only three of our students remain in lower education. All the others are now in advanced HS, college, or university. Which is such a huge accomplishment! The Waka kids are the first in their families to complete secondary school and they are joining the mere 6% of the Tanzanian population that makes it to higher education. Students like Wema and Frank, who are attending university, are part of an even smaller 1% of the population- and we cannot overstate how HUGE this statistic is!
Tanzania has one of the lowest rates of higher education enrollment in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the regional average is 9%. And seeing the Waka Waka kids succeed enough to reach these life-changing milestones makes us incredibly proud. Education is such a challenging problem to solve around in the world, but we've managed to make a difference in this community; for our students, their families, and their future.
