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Organization	Montessori Global Growth Fund
Region	Tanzania, United Republic of
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ProjectLeader	Eleanor Latimer

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Ndirima Litembo Montessori School will provide a rural farming community far outside Songea, Tanzania with their own primary or early childhood school once it has acquired Montessori classroom material and a trained Montessori teacher.

Challenge

This rural farming community lacks any early childhood schooling and is too far away from a preschool for the young children to walk to. Parents have asked for a primary school for their children to prepare them for the local elementary school. Father Lungo, a Tanzanian Catholic priest, brought together parishioners, community members, and others to launch and build a Montessori early childhood building. Now they need Montessori primary classroom materials and a trained Montessori teacher.

Long-Term Impact

Potentially, this project will enable the graduating children to enter their local elementary school prepared and motivated to achieve in the academic environment. Longer term, having this early childhood education program in place in this rural part of Tanzania will raise the overall quality of education in this village and perhaps encourage other neighboring villages to launch their own Montessori early childhood school, benefiting their children.