Hello all,  (alla suomeksi) We have now long lists of work for this year. Much beyond our year’s capacity. There are: 3 schools in Rombo waiting for a stove 6 schools in Moshi for a stove as well 6 schools in Mwanga waiting for a tank 1 dispensary in Mwanga waiting for a tank 5 […]

Happy Christmas to all, The last stove of the year has been built to Mkongea where we earlier built a water tank. Mkongea is on the southern tip of the Pare mountains, on the plains. The stove was built by Ndanu and Mandela. Liana’s part of the cost came from J-P and M… my old

Year 2020 has almost come to an end and it’s time to look what we managed to do during this exceptional year. A lot! Despite the half a year halt due to the uncertainties of corona. With the help of individual donors and a Stats4SD grant, and together with the local builders of UMAUKI and

Good news again. Ngulu dispensary has just got their rainwater harvesting tank. The photo shows the dispensary management committee happy about the tank. The dispensary is in Mwanga district at the southern end of Pare mountains on the dry plains. Water shortage has been that bad that the dispensary has even needed to ask pregnant

We are grateful to announce that we have again received a grant from Stats4SD for our work in Tanzania. Stats4SD Managing director Carlos writes as follows: “It is great to be partner with Liana on these efforts, and I, as well as my colleagues at Stats4SD, are grateful to Liana for creating a channel for

Taas on rakennettu sadevedenkeruutankki. Se valmistui Kiverengen alakoululle Mwangaan. Kiverenge on Mgagaossa, jossa muutama vuosi sitten rakensimme vesitankkeja yli 80:een kotiin. Siellä oli valtava motivaatio toimia ryhmissä ja kerätä rahaa vesitankkeihin, koska alue on niin kuiva ja vesipula vaivaa jatkuvasti. Nyt Mgagaon koordinaattoriopettaja on niin innostunut ratkaisemaan koulujen vesiongelmaa, että pyytää vesitankkia kaikille Mgagaon koululle

One school has again got an improved stove and a chance to save 50-75% in their firewood consumption. This makes a big difference not only to the budget of the school but to the tree resources in the surrounding environment. And, not the least, the cook together with the children helping her enjoy, as they

The UMAUKI builder team completed a water tank yesterday at Ngulu primary school in Mwanga. Ngulu is the first village from the tarmac when you head behind the Pare mountains from Lembeni. The team was Ernest, Florens, Rama, Apendaeli and Saidi Daudi. The latter is Daudi’s son whom Daudi has taught to build gutters as

Last weekend a water tank was completed at Nyerere secondary school in Lembeni. Lembeni is a little place in Mwanga district where we in earlier years (2009-2013) helped farmer groups to obtain household size water tanks. This time the builder group was a bit different as Ernest from Kisangiro, Mwanga took the responsibility of overseeing

Builders decided to continue building for schools after a long corona break and completed a water tank for Mengeni secondary school yesterday. This is great news even if health threat lingers in the background of everyone’s minds. This tank was funded by Heidi. Thank you! Builders were Ndanu, Mandela, Antipasi, Iddy and Musa. Musa built