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 May 2014 caring for a total of 128 children
Contact: Graham Pountain
email: graham@pountain.net, Tel 01254 879694
Teachers in Training: Above are our 8 students all at Blackburn College and
looking for an opportunity to visit your church, school or organisation. They are
renown for their acappella singing from African tribal songs to English Christmas
Carols. They have sung at many different events including Spring Harvest,
Church services, Schools, Exhibitions, Weddings, from short 10 min slots to full 1
hour presentations. If you have an opportunity for them to sing and perhaps hear their
stories then please email: graham@pountain.net.
(there is no charge for their visit)
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
The large photo above shows the layout of the classrooms and staffroom. The inset
photo shows a close-up of classrooms 3 & 4. Below that we have a photo of the
inside of one of the classrooms, the staffroom and head teachers office and finally a
picture of the new toilet block nearing completion. All these photos were taken In
October and November (2014). See more photograps of progress here.
Building Progress: I am happy to tell you phase one is almost complete with just
the toilet block, septic tank and soak-away to finish. Each classroom has its own
large white board at one end and will have a black-board at the other end. We also
have a number of electric sockets and 6 low watt bulbs for each classroom together
with a wash-basin.
School Registration: We hope to eventually have registration in January 2015
Jesca and Emma: The video below says it all. You may notice that Emma
smiles when we mention the time the video was shot as Emma rarely wakes
before 7pm so 6.30pm was just that bit early. Our new teachers are in the
process of registering their UK qualifications with the Tanzanian Education
Ministry to avoid any hold up with the school registration. They will no doubt
have to fly to Dar to present themselves in person. On the day I left (7th Nov)
Jesca was moving her class into the new classroom three whilst Emma was
moving reception children into the classroom vacated by Jesca.
Why a School at Bethany: Many people ask why we need to have a school at
Bethany when there are the local government schools which our children now
attend. Anyone who visits the local school will notice the lack of resources, the
poor quality of the buildings often without water or electricity and the lack of
teaching staff. Two things visitors often miss is the fact that all to often the
children will often received less than half the number of lessons on the timetable
and they will be beaten frequently.
Above: Plaque erected in staff room in
memory of Margaret Harbour
surrounded by some of our primary
school children who will benefit most
from the new school
Above: Some of the Bethany girls
collecting water for the crops
Below: Latest photo of most of the
children
Update Page 1 Dec. 2014 PDF download
Update Page 2 Dec. 2014 PDF download
The Bethany girls help fund raise for
Marie Curie Cancer Care by bag packing at
Asda Accrington on Sunday afternoon the
23rd Nov 2014