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 February 2015 caring for a total of 127 children
Contact: Graham Pountain
email: graham@pountain.net, Tel 01254 879694
Sadly on Friday the 12th June we learnt that two of our girls (Debora and
Mpelwa) failed to reach the required mark from their IELTS test to qualify
them for a visa for the degree course offered by Blackburn College.
Rehema passed the exam but has decided to return to Tanzania with
Debora and Mpelwa as she didn’t feel comfortable doing the course on
her own. Therefore our Farewell Celebration will now be for four of our
girls; Sophia, Rehema, Mpelwa and Debora. Whilst this news is
disappointing it is good news for Bethany as it means that Emma and
Jesca will have 4 new teachers instead of just Sophia to help out with
the school which we hope will very soon be registered.
Topics of Interest
Jan-Feb 2015
Nov-Dec news 2014
Sept-Oct news 2014
July-August news 2014
April - June 2014 news
Jan-Feb 2014 news
Monthly meetings
Gifts Policy
Past news
Meet the children
Past News-History (11 ys)
Financial reports UK (10yrs)
Spending in Tanzania (11yrs)
Constitution
Supporting Bethany
Sponsoring children
Buy from our shop
Past Visitors
Powerpoint Presentation
Childcare Seminar verification
Photos from the Jan - Feb Trip 2015:
New Children (7pics), Sports (17pics), Library (9pics), Girls dorm (19pics),
Agriculture (23pics), Playground (3pics), New Toilet Block (14pics),
Boys dormitory (6pics), Groups (12pics), Individuals (18pics),
Classroom work (19pics), Application Form photos (16pics)
20,000+ Photos in 567 Albums from May 2007 to Present
128 Youtube videos from August 2007 to present
Greetings from Bethany, This is our temporary web page due to the fact the old
computer failed and at the moment I am unable to update the old pages.
However, the old Bethany main index page is here
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: 2 Aspen Fold, Oswaldtwistle, Accrington, Lancashire. BB5 4PH. Tel 01254 879694. email: graham@pountain.net
Trustees: Graham Pountain, David Borland, Heather Jeffrey, Isabel Jones, Paul Pountain
MONTHLY MEETINGS
Next meeting on Sunday 2nd August 2015 at 2pm
You are invited to our monthly meetings which are held on the first Sunday of
every month from 2pm to 4pm. Click for more details
Our two UK trained teachers Jesca and Emmakulatha report on
progress with the new School Licence. They have a new volunteer
teacher to help with some of the subjects especially subjects
specific to Tanzania. Both Jesca and Emma have help from the
form 4 leavers especially Emmanuel and Bhati. They have also
arranged for some of the std 4 children to take their national exam
at a local highly regarded private school. In July they will have
help from Sophia who will have completed her education in the UK
and be joining them as a fully qualified volunteer teacher.
To download an A4 poster in PDF click here
To donate your ‘smartie challenge’ collection click here
Our Farewell Celebration attracted over 70 people who came
and heard an update regarding the work of Bethany and
watched various short video clips, one of which is available
above. Also a short talk by Mpewla is available here.
and heard an update regarding the work of Bethany and
watched various short video clips, one of which is available
above. Also a short talk by Mpewla is available here.
At 6.30 am on Tuesday morning our 8 girls set off for Manchester
airport. Everthing went well and they checked in with their 38 kilos of
luggage each plus laptop and handbag! They flew to Instabul (4
hours) and then onto Dar-es-Salaam (7 hours). They arrived at Dar-
es-Salaam at 2.35 am in the morning (1st July) and caught the
internal flight to Mwanza at 6 am. They were met at Mwanza airport
by Daniel at 7.30 am and arrived at Bethany at 10 am with all their
bags intact. By now they will be working out their programme of
lessons for the next 6 weeks, hopefully working in the Bethany school
and also in the local government primary and secondary schools.
Graham and Sheila fly out on Sunday the 5th July and will join in
helping with the work. Later in August Marjorie, Joan and Gillian fly
out for two weeks teaching. This summer will be busy and we will
bring back all the news at the end of July. Four of our girls (Fatuma,
Stella, Elizabeth and Nkamba) will be returning to the UK mid August
to complete their studies at Blackburn College.
