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Did you know ? The School year in Tanzania runs from January to
December with the months
of April, August and December off. Thus, children graduate from
their gradein November and move to the next higher grade in
January.
The grading scale is very different from ours with test scores
of 30 generallyconsidered passing. Our goal is not to have just
passers but rather high
achievers, equipped to serve their Community.
The children rarely take books home, so if you're considering
giving your childa backpack, make it a small sports bag-type
bag.
Having things monogrammed with your child's name sounds like
such a greatidea, but remember that the children are very likely to
share whatever they get,or even give it to a younger sibling at
some point, so a name might not be thebest thing to have on the
item.
While they are learning English at school, for most of the
children this is their3rd language. Imagine reading in your 3rd
language, which most Americansdon't even have! If you send your
child a book or Bible, go down at least agrade level or more in
level of difficulty from the child's age and grade level.
Public schools may have more than 75 children per teacher we try
to main-tain our PUNCHMI school at 30 students per class. Concerned
teachers withtime for students are our greatest asset.
At PUNCHMI Christian School we provide a Headmaster and thirteen
teach-ers. We also have cooks, grounds keepers, and guards. (Can
you imaginecooking over a wood/charcoal fire for 300 students and
staff two meals aday) In serving the widows and community
ministries we also have a socialworker and two pre-school teachers.
For a total paid Staff of 37 committedindividuals all enabled by
Project Child donations. Asante Sana Bwana
Just some Facts and Suggestions by Tim Neet
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Sept 2013
New Project Child Video by Tim Neet
Have you seen the newProject Child video star-ring the children
ofPUNCHMI School andco-staring Bobby Scottand Miriam Johnson??This
video was developedby Paul Ryden of RydenOriginal Productions
andthe June Family Team to
Karansi.
IT IS A SUPER VIDEOand does a great job oftelling the story of
ProjectChild in only a fewminutes. You can find the
video on youtube at:
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=JdBudsHKB4Q
Consider how you canhelp us find more spon-sors or donors by
sharingthis video with yourfriends and neighbors andsmall groups.
Share withthem how they too canbring hope into the life ofa young
Tanzanian andthen help connect them to
me to pick out their child.
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Goins On & Prayer Needs Library & Admin Construction
Our last mail package was successfullydelivered to Tanzania
along with some150 work gloves that the widows of
Perimeter provided for the widows ofKaransi. Nice gift ladies!
We pack-aged them all together and mailedthem over via good ole
USPS.
Well-, not the brightest of moves.
You see, when the package arrived inTanzania, it needed to go
through Cus-toms. Now a bunch of letters and afew little gifts
would not be a problem,but 150 work glovesnot so easy, asany good
Customs Agent is going toassume they will be sold and thus want
to add duty or tariff. Like $150.
After a few days, and good negotia-tions by Nicholas we at least
got theprice cut in half and the gloves and
letters were on their way to Karansi.
So, when is the next mail opportuni-
ty? Get letters and small packages to
Wendy Williams at Perimeter
Church NLT October 18
Each year we take an additional 30students into our Kindergarten
Pro-gram at Punchmi Christian School.
They are screened and selected by Pas-tor Wariaeli, Headmaster
Godfrey andthe school staff, insuring not only thatthe child comes
from an impoverishedsituation, but also that the parents
aresupportive of the educational oppor-tunity and will invest in
ownership ofthe childs education. This includespayment of minimal
fees, or work in
kind, as the parents are able.
This means that we continually need tofind additional sponsors
who are will-
ing to give a child a chance to becomewhat God has intended. Can
you help
us find more sponsors??
Two children needing sponsored canbe seen below Please pray that
God
will lead us to sponsors for both
For more information about Project Childcontact Tim Neet at
[email protected] or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdBudsHKB4Q
Mail Call !! 49 New Sponsors StillNeeded
Jesus Loves...
You are his hands & feet
KAC522 Elizabeth Mbando
KAC523 Innocent Elidaima
Sept 2 Third term begins at PUNCHMI School
Sept 11-12 Standard 7 National Exams
Late October Standard 4 National Exams
Oct 4 World Teachers Day
Oct 18 Mail Call letters and small pkgs due to PC
Oct 31 Medical Short Term Journey Team departs for
Tanzania
Nov 6 Standard 7 Graduation and Celebration
Nov-8-22 Karansi Benefit Art Show (Details Next
month)
Nov 20-22 End of Year exams for remaining grades
Nov 29Jan 6 School Holidays
Approval was finally received for PUNCHMI to offi-cially acquire
land as a non-governmental entity mak-ing it possible for them to
receive the land donated bythe village of Karansi. (There is a lot
of red tape inTanzania) This means that construction of the
School
Library and Admin building, which occupies some ofthat land,
will soon be underway. More details in next
months issue of the Tanzania Journal.
Religion that God our Father accepts as pureand faultless is
this; to look after orphans andwidows in their distress. James
1:27
