Dining Hall and Missionary Vehicle
by Blessed2BlessU Ministries, Inc.
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Part 1-Dining Hall Building Fundraiser  $22,000

Tumaini (Hope in Swahili) Evangelistic Pre & Primary School currently offers 2 meals a day to our 160 students. (To learn more about the school go to Blessed2BlessU Ministries, Inc. website) Nutrition is vital to the learning process and typically in the culture of the Maasai the kids don't get enough food.  So, in the morning they get a cup of porridge and at lunch they get normal Tanzania meals of Ugali and Beans or Rice and Beans or Corn and Beans (yes beans all the time).

We have some seating for the students in the open air (not in shade) for them to eat their meals. But, with the growing student population, some are having to sit on the ground to eat.  While this may be normal at home for the students, we want to provide them with a safer and more hygienic solution.  

We have designed the dining hall to be open air for breezes but with a roof to help provide shade.  The students will have tables and benches to sit on with a concrete floor that will be easy to clean.  The hall will also have a stage area for Staff to address the students as well as a place for students to perform for their parents and others.

The price includes all furnishings for 200 students as well as a solar power system.

Part 2-Missionary Vehicle $8,000

Our full-time missionary currently uses local transportation to travel to and from the city of Moshi to buy supplies both for himself and the school.  This means getting on a motorcycle taxi for 30 minutes to get to the local dalla dalla van stop in Msitu wa Tembo.  

After he gets to the dalla dalla stop he must board a van that will carry him and 29 others to Moshi.  A trip of approximately an 1-1/2 hours in a metal box in Tanzania heat.  To learn more about our onsite missionary visit his blog at steveandbarnabas.com.

Both due to the COVID Pandemic and the health risks of traveling in the vans and the fact he has injured his knees, a vehicle for him to use to conduct our business is badly needed.  

If you are already a partner with B2BU Ministries, we thank you for your contributions. If not, we hope you’ll consider contributing to this campaign. We also ask that you consider joining the campaign to create your own fundraising page (don't worry we have one ready for you to use if you don't want to customize it).  Finally, you can simply share this page with your friends.

The Story of Haji

Haji's story at our school is a great example of the impact we can have on the children in and around Kiruani.  Haji used to walk 2 miles by himself with his plastic cup to visit a local church that occasionally had programs and would provide their participants with a cup of porridge.  He made this trip everyday even though they only had programs about twice a week and the weekends.  It was as he walked the 2 miles back home that he bonded with our missionary often wrapping his entire hand around a single finger while they walked silently.

Haji was quiet, sullen, shy on these trips even with the other children that would often walk with them.  He never said a word to our missionary no matter how much he tried to get Haji to open up.

When our school became registered, Haji was a child we intentionally sought out to become a student in our preschool program.  That first year he was in our middle pre-school to start.

Now after 4 years of 2 meals a day, transportation (so no more having to walk 2 miles each way) and so many opportunities to be around kids his own age and play on our playground, Haji is a different kid.  He smiles constantly, laughs without hesitation and sings so loudly during morning devotion that teachers have given him special recognition.

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