CHILDREN’S HOME and SCHOOL
Magu District, Mwanza Region, Tanzania, E. Africa
We are a small team of Christians working together to help the most
vulnerable children and people in a rural area of Tanzania. East Africa. We
are involved in providing financial support and volunteers to visit both long
and short term to share in the work both here and in Tanzania.
As of Dec 2022 caring for more than 150 children at our Children’s home,
and over 350 children in our school.
Contact: Graham Pountain
email: graham@pountain.net Tel 01254 879694
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The Bethany Project (often referred to as the Bethany Family) is registered in Tanzania as an NGO no. 8059. It is administered by the The Bethany Project (Tanzania) UK
(Reg. Charity no 517995), Reg. Address: 11 Ash Street, Oswaldtwistle, Accrington, Lancashire. BB5 3LN. Tel 01254 879694. email: graham@pountain.net
Trustees: Graham Pountain, David Borland OBE, Heather Jeffrey, Isabel Jones, Paul Pountain
BIMONTHLY MEETINGS
Next meeting - Sunday October 8th (2023) 2pm
Trinity Church
Christ Church Square, Accrington, BB5 2NA
Click here for more info
TESTIMONY
We have asked all our Bethany girls and
boys to write a testimony about their life,
before Bethany, at Bethany and after so
that you can hear from the children
themselves.
Here is a sample written by our
Headmistress
As an Atheist
by Mathew Parris Full article click here
JUNE 2019 Update
To view our last update
Jan - March - 2023 Click here
NEW - Bethany as viewed from above
The Children’s home
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The School
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November 2022 Video - Update - Aspects of Bethany
Click here for our audited accounts March 2021 - March 2022
Latest Videos taken February 2023
New Fund Raising Platform Donorsee
Short videos asking for help with various projects
For a full list and more information Click here
For a full list and more information Click here
This video is about the
people who run Bethany.
They tell their stories
about how they came to
Bethany, their education
and their responsibilities
at Bethany.
Short report from Jesca (coordinator) May 2023
We thank you all for your continuous love, financial support and prayers
for our family at Bethany. This year, despite all the economical
challenges faced by the world, you've remained faithful to us, hence, the
project is thriving because of your commitment. We are particularly
grateful for the new Donorsee programme which has helped raise so
much for both the Bethany home and school for items such as, text
books, pens and reams of paper, mattresses, schools shoes and
uniforms, food and much more.
Due to the economic situation this year Bethany has decided to focus on
maintenance and improvement of what we already have until the
economic situation improves then we might embark on capital projects.
Therefore, the staff and all the older children have been involved in this
endeavour. The children have participated in growing vegetables, fruits
and maize at the homesite which has been very positive in supporting
the monthly food budget. Click here for more of the report
Click here for 123 Smiling faces
A report From Emmakulatha May 2023
(head teacher at the Bethany School)
Esther Juma
School Assembly
Greetings from the Bethany school!
Hello everyone, I hope all is well. We thank God that all is going well at
the Bethany school. I am pleased to share with you what has happened
at our school this term.
I am delighted to inform you that both teachers and pupils are working
very hard to keep up with our school targets. All our pupils have shown
outstanding progress in their learning this is evident in their examination
results.
This week, our STD 1 pupils took part in a national assessment for
reading, writing and numeracy. The results were excellent; all our pupils
passed the assessment with very good grades. Also our STD 4 & 7
children took part in mock examinations, which involved eight schools in
our ward, and they all did an amazing job, in both exams top pupils who
scored higher grades came from our school.
Our school also took part in a choir and essay competition. Our school
choir won and Esther Juma (pic below) one of our girls from STD 6 won
the essay competition, she was the top in our region!
Adding on that, we are grateful that some of our donorsee projects have
been a success, most of the projects we did, for example, asking for
solar lights, science equipments, texts books etc have been funded. Our
village children are so excited about the solar lights because they will
now be able to study at night. I am so pleased with this and I cannot
thank enough all the people who have donated to our various projects.
As the head of our school I am always encouraged to see how everyone
is making a positive contribution towards achieving our Bethany school
vision. Our teachers have been working extra hard to support all our
pupils.
We are very grateful to all our supporters for their continuous support to
Bethany, none of this would have been possible if it was not for your
generous support. It remains an honour to serve as the Bethany school
headteacher.
Every blessing, Emmakulatha
Photos taken May 2023 Click on Title
Children’s Home Buildings, School Buildings,
Kitchen and Dining room, Chores Crops Smiling faces
Short report by Graham Pountain - visited May 2023
I visited for 2 weeks from 6th to 21st May. The rains had arrived a few days before my
arrival and the site workers, care staff and children were very busy with tending to the
crops which appeared to be doing well. This will be helpful reducing our food bill.
Since covid we have had few volunteers so I have done a short video below showing
the on site accommodation for prospective supporters/volunteers. As usual I took
numerous photos and videos showing many aspects of the work. We are working hard
on promoting various needs through our new Donorsee platform. Please support us if
you can and at least become a ‘follower’ https://donorsee.com/bethanyfamily?follow
Many of our maintenace issues were in the final stages of completion and once
complete we hope to start building a small unit which will house a shower and toilet
for our site workers. Also we are considering a trip to the UK of our headteacher
Emmakulatha and 3 pupils from our home to visit churches, schools etc. to thank them
for past support and to talk about life in Tanzania and the work at Bethany. This we
hope will be for about 6 weeks starting the middle of September this year 2023. If you
would be interested in a visit please email me : graham@pountain.net.
What a special time the 3 of us have had in Bethany, and what a
brilliant and new experiences we have all had. We’ve spent the
majority of our 11 days, fully immersed with both the children and
staff, with activities ranging from sports on the playing field, prayer
meetings both inside the hall and outside, a huge variety of crafting
activities, both planned and unplanned when spontaneity kicked in
outside our living area. The enthusiasm of the children to want to
spend time with us, has been lovely and has made our stay so
special.
We also had the privilege to spend time in the Primary School
teaching, with both Bethany children and some village children, and
were amazed with their understanding of English reading and
writing. We had a fun time introducing the children to new maths
and English games.
We appreciated the lovely welcome from all the staff and can see
the effort and hard work they continually put into the children.
We hope and look forward to a further visit.
Sue, Rachel and Teigan
A short report from Sue, Rachel and Teigan
who visited Bethany June 2023
Click here to see the photos
Forthcoming visit
by Emmakulatha (head teacher) and 3 pupils
Emmakulatha
We are please to announce the proposed visit by
Emmakulatha (head teacher) and three of her pupils:
Neema, Abigail and Luckyvella,
The dates proposed are from:
September 21st to November the 7th (2023)
This will be an opportunity for them to visit our faithfull
supporters and to spread the word about Bethany. As
usual they enjoy singing and talking about life in Africa.
They are happy to visit organisations showing an
interest in their work. They are flexible with their
presentations from 10 mins to 1 hour. There is no
charge however donations towards the work would be
gratefully received.
If you are interested in booking a slot please contact:
Graham via email: graham@pountain.net
To make a donation
Bank name HSBC
Account name:
The Bethany Project (Tanzania) UK
Sort Code: 40-12-04
Account number: 01330624
Once you have made a transfer
could you please email our Treasurer
David to let him know if we can gift
aid your donation.
Contact:
David.a.borland@outlook.com