Orkeeswa Student Giving Her Presentation The End of Year One Presentations is an AfricAid Kisa Project event normally conducted after the completion of Kisa year one curriculum. This event is an output of the Community Assessments the Kisa Scholars do during the holiday in their…
Kisa Class Captain shared her experience of Kisa with new recruits Kisa Project Manager Esther Piniel interviews an applicant Kisa Mentor Eligrania Lema interviews an applicant Recruitment is an annual process done in two parts, one, the introduction of AfricAid and the Kisa Project…
In November last year, our Tanzania Board of Trustees was faced with one of its more difficult annual tasks. Along with AfricAid staff, days were spent poring over applications from 26 very worthy Kisa graduates who had applied for funds from the University Scholarship Program…
AfricAid has received grant funds from the Western Union Foundation and is using them to help furnish new workshops at the three-year-old Muungano Vocational Centre (MVC) in Usa River, Arusha Region, Tanzania! The grant is helping provide sewing machines and other equipment for the tailoring…
Ashley Shuyler has been selected as one of Denver’s “Forty Under 40” by the Denver Business Journal, an honor that recognizes business leaders whose efforts in the community are shaping the future of the Denver area. The award, now in its 15th year, honors business…
AfricAid would like to extend a heartfelt “thank you!” to all of its supporters for making the following educational opportunities possible for Tanzanian students in 2010: • Kisa Project launched! AfricAid’s Kisa Project is a girls’ scholarship and leadership training program that helps young…
That’s the title of a recent case study on AfricAid’s use of innovative technology in its new Kisa Project, published by NComputing, a leading global provider of low-cost, virtual desktop technology. Led by Louis Gutierrez, AfricAid’s IT Manager, the installation of the NComputing technology in…
Ashley Shuyler had the opportunity to talk about AfricAid’s new Kisa Project on CPR’s Colorado Matters on November 20, 2009. The program also featured short segments from several of the digital stories created by 12 Coloradans about their various connections to Africa that were…
We at AfricAid are over the moon excited that two star Kisa Scholars from Orkeeswa Secondary School, Margareth Melkiori and Victoria Samora, have been selected to join the next two groups of the U.S. Embassy’s Youth Leadership Exchange program! We couldn’t be happier for these…