Tanzania Literacy Project supported with a generous Literacy Grant by
2011 Phi Kappa Phi Literacy Grant Selection Committee and the Society Board of Directors
Peter Larlham
Arriving in Dar es Salaam I exchanged the $1,827 grant money for the Swahili textbooks I had ordered through Scholastic. All transactions are cash only. Wandering around with 2 million Tanzanian shillings in large wads of notes made me feel rich as a Tanzanian millionaire but a real target for any would-be pickpocket. I was relieved to part with the cash. The books had been ordered and were ready, packed for our pick up. We loaded them into a van generously supplied by our tour company Savannah Tours, and set of for Kongwa.
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We are greeted on our arrival at the school! … and, gosh! They had named the library!
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The books were unpacked – including history, home economics, Swahili (learning to read and write), and science books.
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SDSU student Aaron Almuina helps with the unpacking. Headteacher Angelina Munduli shows the excitement we all felt.
Especially me!
500 books in all!
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The Headteacher, myself, and a senior School Board Member stand before a plaque which reads:
“This library was born of a collaboration between Mnyakongo Primary School and members of Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 96.
San Diego State University, USA
2010-2011”
