The building work on the new Meserani Secondary School has finally started!

This project began way back in 2017, and there have been so many obstacles and ‘false starts’ since then, but finally we have the best news possible. The 25 acre site has been established, work has begun on the perimeter fence, planting of drought-resistant trees has started, and building work on the first eight classrooms and the three science laboratories has started.

The current plan is for eight classrooms, three science laboratories, one ICT room, an administration block, a library and twenty individual toilets. However, The Meserani Project is committed to ensuring that the school can become a boarding school, thus providing a safe environment for the pupils, allowing study time on evenings and weekends, and providing daily food for the pupils. This will involve providing dormitories, a dining hall and kitchen facilities.

Full details are on our website page here.

The first of a series of videos tracking the building work is on our YouTube channel – see it here.

 In the meantime, how can you help? Some suggestions of what you could buy are shown below – we would make sure that your name was shown on your gift – a meaningful legacy for you 4,000 miles away in Tanzania! Please contact us if you would like to help (meserani@hotmail.co.uk)

• Trees for £1 each – we will plant them for you
• Text books – £4 a book
• A desk and chair for £30
• An overhead classroom projector for £65
• A double bunk bed for £80
• A pull-down projector screen for £100
• A laptop for the ICT room for £320
• A desktop computer for the school office for £520
• A printer for the school office for £520
• Pay for solar power for one of the school buildings – approximately £600 for a double classroom or a dormitory
• A photocopier for the school office – £920
• Pay for a water harvesting system – approximately £1,200 for a double classroom or a dormitory
• For anyone who knows a company or commercial organisation who may wish to get involved in a big way, the cost of a dormitory is £20,000 – what a legacy this would be for your company!