tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7739142218739442872024-03-13T03:03:22.739-07:00Messages Across ContinentsA weblog on Global Understanding for Haukipudas, Haapajärvi, Medina, and Jangwani Secondary School Students.
Through this weblog, we encourage our students in Finland, the USA, and Tanzania to exchange ideas on global issues. We believe direct connections and communication with one another is the best way to learn about the realities of life in Finland, USA, and Tanzania, and in that way deepen our global understanding.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773914221873944287.post-18745795649801239952015-08-27T08:47:00.001-07:002015-08-27T08:47:11.728-07:00Breaking the silenceEven though nothing has been published here for a while, it doesn't mean that nothing has happened. Quite the contrary. Our school is still a very active UNESCO-school. The cooperation with our partner schools on other continents has not been active, however. Personal contacts still exist and we keep each other posted on a regular basis. Friends in Tanzania and the USA are highly valued! Hopefully the cooperation between schools will blossom in the future too.<br />
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Recently the emphasis in our school has been more on national and European cooperation. We are partners in a POLARIS - network that consists of several UNESCO schools in Northern Finland. This year we are starting yet another joint project under the heading "Rauha kasvaa" (i.e. peace grows / peace to grow). Our previous POLARIS project published pictures and posts e.g. in Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/HaukiputaanLukio) and in a Wikispaces site (http://yhdessa14.wikispaces.com/Etusivu).<br />
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Another matter that made me very happy was a message from our former student that travelled to Tanzania with our internationality group in 2012. She is going to travel to Gambia, Africa, later this year to do a training period as part of her studies at the university. They will mostly work with pre-schoolers in Gambia. She asked me if she could come to our school to talk about the work Apu-Paku - organisation is doing there and how we could help. Donations, such as school supplies and material for arts and crafts, are already being gathered. We are happy to help! Ida will come to visit our school later this autumn.<br />
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-AMOUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773914221873944287.post-51649011398088878422013-05-06T02:58:00.002-07:002013-05-06T02:58:57.940-07:00UNESCO-info in HaukipudasOn April 25th 2013 two second-year students from our Internationality Course, Laura-Elina Matela and Antti Hyytinen, introduced UNESCO to all our first-year students. We believe all our students need to know the basic principles of UNESCO, what it means to be an UNESCO-school (an ASP-school) and what sort of activities we have related to these principles.<br />
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After this information our lovely Italian exchange student Giorgia Infantino told us about her memorable year in Finland. By the way, Gio used perfect Finnish throughout her presentation! Hooray for learning languages!<br />
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- by AMO, pictures taken by Aleksi Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773914221873944287.post-40814507615124120542013-04-18T09:39:00.000-07:002013-04-18T09:39:00.366-07:00Polaris network getting active again!I'm happy to announce that the ASP-schools (UNESCO schools) in northern Finland have joined forces again after a few years' break. In the winter we had the first meeting in Oulu. We decided that it's time we had a follow-up for our previous Polaris-project and started to toss ideas. In April we had a wonderful and productive meeting in Haapajärvi. Now we have big plans for the next school year!<br />
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Our school will host the next meeting in October but before that some basic UNESCO themes (global understanding, environmental education, equality) will be dealt with on a special theme day. All northern ASP-schools will celebrate on the same day.<br />
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-AMOUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773914221873944287.post-16537364379881691422012-11-22T07:01:00.000-08:002012-11-24T07:36:55.669-08:00Compositions from TanzaniaIt wasn't possible for our friends in Tanzania to post their compositions themselves. Good Mr Bosco, their teacher, scanned their texts. <a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=7FA86857B0225B69!112&authkey=!AFTlE7RnC306RU0" target="_blank">Here they are</a> (click the text and the link opens).Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773914221873944287.post-69977986119174239632012-10-11T03:16:00.002-07:002012-10-11T03:16:51.708-07:00What is good life?The concept of good life cannot be defined, or can it? Is my idea of good life different from yours? Are there differences not only between individuals but also cultures?<br />
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To study the matter we launched an international writing project. Students in Finland, Tanzania and the US are writing essays on <b>What is good life.</b> Within the following weeks their ideas will be published here. You're welcome to comment on them!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com59tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773914221873944287.post-27772565328162505462012-10-07T03:18:00.000-07:002012-10-07T03:18:52.589-07:00FACE TO FACE WITH AN ELEPHANT, Haukipudas students in Tanzania<br />
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parents left for Tanzania on June 3. 2012. It was so exciting! We would finally
meet our friends in Dar es Salaam, get to see Zanzibar and do a safari in the
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by some pupils from our partner school, their teacher Mr John Bosco,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FI;"> Ms Modester Mwinula from the UNESCO and our guides Peter and Jonathan
Mbise. We spent the first day at Jangwani Secondary School. What a great day it
was! All students mingled and were very eager to talk and share information. I
wonder if they had ever studied languages with such an interest. Jangwani
students and teachers had arranged great shows and presentations for us. Later
that day students played basketball together.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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school. A digital video camera, a laptop computer and some school supplies were
received with great interest. But giving and receiving gifts was not as
important as bonding. All people at Jangwani made us feel very welcome and I am
sure we built friendships that will last.</span></div>
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again and met a local school authority. Later we were taken to Bogomayo to see
the Kaole Ruins. At the same time a couple of students and teachers visited
another school, Mtakuja Secondary School, and a day care. Both visits were
certainly memorable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FI;">Next on our agenda was to take
a morning ferry to Zanzibar, a paradise island. At our destination we swam in
the hotel pool, which was true luxury compared to our previous hostel. In the
afternoon we were taken to the Stone Town, a famous World Heritage Site. We saw
beautiful doors, mosques, market places and a slave market place. “Zanzibar was
a bit scruffy but interesting. The noices, scents and colours literally took us
to a different world.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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on a bus and headed for the Dolphin Bay Resort. The scenery was breathtaking:
white sand, palm trees and clear water! We took small boats out to the ocean.
After some cruising back and forth our friends appeared, first one, then small
groups and finally swarms of 20 dolphins.” With snorkels and flippers we jumped
repeatedly to the ocean to swim with the magnificent creatures. “After the
lunch there was still some time to swim and lie on the beach. In the evening we
had plenty of free time and so we went shopping. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FI;">Truly a memorable day.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FI;">”The alarm went off at 4.45 am. Tired faces.
After getting back to Dar es Salaam we drove to an orphanage. There were over
100 children aged from two to 20 years living there. We played and talked with
the children. Our students with blond hair were “reserved” instantly.”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> Some of the younger children were a bit of afraid of
us first but most of them glued themselves to our sides. We heard touching
stories of their life and future plans. Kurasini Orphanage takes good care of
the children but needs help desperately in order to manage with their
obligations. School fees need to be paid and there is no medication. The
children’s clothing is washed by hand and many of them have no shoes. Of all
the items we brought with us, football shoes were the biggest hit. Haukipudas
Upper Secondary school will continue assisting the orphanage with our partners
in Finland. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was little time for anything but for packing our backpacks. In the morning we
got up early again and started our way towards Mount Kilimanjaro! It was a long
but beautiful drive. When we woke up in the north, the weather was beautiful
and birds were singing. Still sleepy we crawled out from our rooms at the Ndoro
Hunters Lodge to have breakfast. There
was a cheerful shout in the lobby: Good morning, Mr. Lauri! That really cheered
up the sleepy boy. We got onto several jeeps and started our safari to
Serengeti and Ngorongoro, which everybody had already been looking forward to.
Already on the way to the park we saw baboons running over the road, zebras and
giraffes standing and eating a few metres from our vehicles. We saw ostriches,
gazelles and jackals. The highlight of our first safari day was to see three
lions in a tree and elephants next to our car. Awesome! After reaching the camp
we put up our tents on the savannah, sat at a camp fire and listened to a hyena
howling right next to us. At night there was a lion roaring close to our camp
and baboons took a trip between our tents.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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more animals than we had dared to hope for: hyenas, wart hogs, buffaloes,
wildebeests. In the evening one of us was going to the toiled at the camp and
came face to face with an elephant. At night it was very cold and damp in the
mountains. After the morning safari we started our journey back but on the way to
the Lodge we stopped to buy souvenirs and gifts. When this fabulous day was ending we had to
say good bye to our wonderful safari staff. We missed them right away.” We were
very lucky with the animals and came across also some species that are more
difficult to spot. With our binoculars we managed to see a leopard in a tree
and a rhino with her baby in the grass. We saw a crocodile and hippos, not to
mention a huge number of different birds. On the safari we had the best meals
of the whole trip, which is an accomplishment in primitive conditions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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village on Mount Meru. We took some backpacks and baby clothes with us. We
could easily have spent another week or two in Tanzania! “<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we had hoped for. We saw varying nature and old cultures. We watched a lion
right into the eyes, we took part in celebrations, dance and singing. The
warmth of Tanzanian people and the way they care for each other and visitors
was touching. The country is one of the poorest in the world and other people
create their social security. Our own abundant life style started to make us
sick while so many Tanzanians get by with so little. We also learned a lot of
ourselves. We were on an emotional roller coaster. We learned patience and
respect for other cultures and people. Now we truly appreciate our comfortable
life but learned to adapt to prevailing conditions as well. Everybody got more
courage to use foreign languages, too. The group felt really good under the
warmth of the African sun and amongst themselves. Our hearts were left on the
savannah.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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next adventure in Tanzania!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Greus <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Haapala <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Heinonen <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Latvakoski <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Laukka <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FI;">Marko
Moilanen <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mortti <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nisula <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nurro <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ojala <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Pohjonen <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Posio <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Satomaa <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Savilaakso <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Savilaakso <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Väinämö <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FI;">Eetu
Väänänen <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FI;">Laura Ylipahkala <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FI;">Juho-Pekka
Ylisirniö <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Moilanen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FI;">Tiina
Fredriksson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FI;">Anna
Metsävainio<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FI;">Marja
Iskanius<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Moilanen <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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On June 3rd 2012 our group of 21 students, four teachers and two parents will head for Tanzania. HOORAY!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773914221873944287.post-67393335083221371202012-04-17T08:44:00.000-07:002012-04-17T08:46:01.769-07:00<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b><span lang="EN-US">ICT PROJECT BETWEEN </span></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">JANGWANI SECONDARY SCHOOL IN TANZANIA AND HAUKIPUDAS SECONDARY SCHOOL IN FINLAND</span></b></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US">Jangwani Secondary School 1</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US">925-2011</span></i></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">1.0 INTRODUCTION<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The project started as a product of good relationship
built between UNESCO National Commission of the United Republic of Tanzania;
ASP-net Coordination unit on one hand and the English Teachers’ Association of
Finland on the other. Madam Modester
Mwinula, the ASP-net National Coordinator’s visit to Madam Anne Ontero the
President of English Teachers’ Association in Oulu Finland in 2007, laid the
foundation of the friendship between the two schools. The schools are currently
working together closely. The Twinning
project between Jangwani Secondary school from Dar es Salaam Tanzania and
Haukipudas Secondary School from Oulu Finland therefore, is a result of this
relationship. Both schools coordinate the project under the umbrella of UNESCO
ASP net.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The UNESCO National Commission of Tanzania has been
working together with other government organizations in order to improve
education sector in the country at all levels; from primary to secondary
education levels. Under this same spirit, UNESCO National Commission of
Tanzania office, paired Jangwani Secondary school with Haukipudas Secondary
School of Oulu Finland to implement the Twinning project centered on ICT as a
key project of the friendship. Haukipudas Secondary school intends to provide
internet connection to Jangwani Secondary school so as to make education
communication easier between them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Mr. Kullervo Leinonen the then Principal of
Haukipudas Secondary School, agreed to run a friendship project with a school
from Tanzania. Madam Anja Moilanen, the
English teacher and ASPnet school coordinator at Haukipudas became the
coordinator of the twinning project in Finland and Mr. John Bosco from Jangwani
Dar es salaam, Tanzania work together in
guiding students to implement the between the two schools. These two teachers
have always been looking for the easiest way of communicating in order to make
the friendship grow fast, thus they found it very difficult as Jangwani
secondary school was not connected to the internet hence they came up with an
idea of having the ICT project based on Internet connection for Jangwani
secondary school.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">2.0 A
LINK BETWEEN THE TWO SCHOOLS</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The two schools had been facing a very hard time as
Haukipudas was working very hard in collecting funds for facilitating the
project at Jangwani and Jangwani was facing two problems; first, the students
were not introduced to ICT Studies so they were very poor in communicating with
Haukipudas through emails. Mr. John Bosco therefore has been taking the burden
of communicating with Anja Moilanen all the time on his own to make sure that
their uppermost effort brings the intended fruits in the near future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">3.0 A
GROWING SPIRIT FOR THE NEW HOPE<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It was real a growing spirit for the new hope that
cropped up between Jangwani Secondary school and Haukipudas Secondary school
when Jangwani managed to get some 20 pieces of computers from Tanzania Education
Authority (TEA). This was a very good start for ICT studies at school. Students
enjoyed the computer studies at and showed great interest in learning computers
though the computers were not connected to the internet services as the school
had no money for connection.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Haukipudas Secondary School was surprised getting
that news on the absence of computer, because to them every student has an
access to computer, so they promised to provide financial support to make sure
that Jangwani gets connected to the internet and have more computers.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Previously, Jangwani Secondary School received 20
pieces of computers from Agumba Company but the computers had no hard Disks
thus Haukipudas School donated Euro 800 to Jangwani for buying 20 pieces of
hard disks for those computers. Getting that aid from our friends was very much
appreciated by the whole school, a situstion that made those computers work as
soon as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Apart from financial support for computer hard discs,
Haukipudas School also gave Jangwani Secondary School Euro 450 for supporting a
disabled student “Fatuma Msechu” who is an orphan. This was even more appreciated and
encouraging for getting such an aid which made Fatuma Msechu get a new hope for
her studies and improve her efforts to make sure that she does very good in her
studies in order not to discourage her sponsors from Haukipudas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">4.0 THE
WAY TO SUCCESS<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Jangwani Secondary School on her way to success,
managed to get some more 10 pieces of computers from British Council of
Tanzania. There after the school managed to raise funds and connected itself to
the Internet services through Tanzania Telephone Company Limited “TTCL”. Few
days later, the school failed to run the internet services due to lack of funds
as the internet was not commercial but lather a free service for the academic
purpose intended for the students and staff members only. Thus Haukipudas
School heard the loud cry for internet from Jangwani, and contributed Euro 1200
for running internet services for the whole of 2011. Jangwani received the
money in September 2011 and managed to revive the internet services so as to
enjoy the communication with their friends from Haukipudas which is a great
bridge built between Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Oulu, Finland.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: black; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-image: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 1pt; line-height: 115%; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Apart from the Internet connection Haukipudas
Secondary school managed to send Euro 500 for Fatuma Msechu who is now
completing her form four in the year 2011. Fatuma Msechu is doing very fine
among the disabled students who are studying at Jangwani Secondary school.</div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">5.0 FACE
TO FACE CONTACT<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Jangwani secondary school is thirstily waiting to
meet their friends from Haukipudas School early June, 2012 in Dar es Salaam.
The students will met at Jangwani Secondary School where the two schools will
cherish and enjoy the good time together making funny and doing so many
activities in common so as to know each other very well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It is well known that Haukipudas is coming to visit
Jangwani Secondary School this year, students and staff members from Jangwani
are preparing some activities to be done together with their friends making the
days of their stay here at our school memorable, enjoyable and unforgettable to
both of us we mean Jangwani and Haukipudas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Also the school is preparing the school web site
which can be inaugurated when our friends will be here at school so as to make
the school being found easily by their friends and all people who intend to
support the school by any means. We are sure that UNESCO National Commission of
Tanzania through the ASP net will give us a hand of support as their custom to
make sure that the school is running the web site all the time without failure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Apart from that the school is running the Environmental
project around the school by planting grasses to protect the environment and
make it attractive to the people who are staying at school and those who are
visiting the school. This project is being coordinate by British Council of
Tanzania. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Also the school is running a fishpond project; this
is being used for academic purposes especially for leaning Biology subject as a
meaningful teaching aid for teachers. In the pond there are different kinds of
fish as required by learners to be used for different scientific experiment
being conducted during their lessons depending on the topic and class as our
school is having both Ordinary and Advanced Level classes. We managed to get
the fund for making the fish pond by using our own resources without getting
donation from any body.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">J. Bosco,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Jangwani Secondary School</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773914221873944287.post-11359290086563282942011-11-03T04:37:00.000-07:002011-11-03T04:54:50.119-07:00Pictures of Jangwani Secondary School in Dar es Salaam<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPOP3rYc8NJhdgvbx-k-ZIwxEcgA0U-OF1Br4yYSiQUyAApjoZa0j6q8VD440TeiOKWh-EJukSD9cnLGqVAR2PSExTalv7u4KHHJ3gh3K9006EQCaLFktrrSJBVt096jzssjx23kqF2A/s1600/srroundings.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670735309692416850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPOP3rYc8NJhdgvbx-k-ZIwxEcgA0U-OF1Br4yYSiQUyAApjoZa0j6q8VD440TeiOKWh-EJukSD9cnLGqVAR2PSExTalv7u4KHHJ3gh3K9006EQCaLFktrrSJBVt096jzssjx23kqF2A/s320/srroundings.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPMq4pE4bmNry0wbFEGuhsm8zX9qWbV1abq2gZpozAYrNZbApRmp2EAG3aa8eonSZhNogBCp3L8qcivjbdAb4wcwr3nDu7l34Qld6s7n-IbJOIpzP2YjsEeTWmKXGZyQeZKq8D0tE4Clw/s1600/school+motto.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670735195515693874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPMq4pE4bmNry0wbFEGuhsm8zX9qWbV1abq2gZpozAYrNZbApRmp2EAG3aa8eonSZhNogBCp3L8qcivjbdAb4wcwr3nDu7l34Qld6s7n-IbJOIpzP2YjsEeTWmKXGZyQeZKq8D0tE4Clw/s320/school+motto.jpg" /></a> School motto<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg52Wu8LKM8MqHHUe55jMIJuT4NJUhVWQ0TCc80kbe89KBtfzp7ajuhF2btgrKYq8jsl-1j2dMpz3V6M_iGdjsYVvR2wSnq0GVRIFTAsGMCqzNyB1Ch7Ps2iVUlJ3GFJGU6cgbwhZukr8/s1600/Picture+050.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670735184869557874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg52Wu8LKM8MqHHUe55jMIJuT4NJUhVWQ0TCc80kbe89KBtfzp7ajuhF2btgrKYq8jsl-1j2dMpz3V6M_iGdjsYVvR2wSnq0GVRIFTAsGMCqzNyB1Ch7Ps2iVUlJ3GFJGU6cgbwhZukr8/s320/Picture+050.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKaRANTKMdO4xNv9R5uhXQCxL2GUkXFSA8p6x-ex-wljTLkZPMnlk2Tf_KDbVoafji39CZf_1GWkS74MIV4u87y3xUEsA8fc1U1dQjAFV7gsRKhDjahfGAob3d8l6CJDTWc2r5GdNN3Ms/s1600/Picture+044.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670734826179802930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCj4znD67-ioU6FIn1rhe-nU1w5qdERFCh_hKhoVaBP8PjzdtOZpjAyo8Y8kemHuJ0PbvcK8Zcxta1QJE4ZtNl34GXiqdplSOi_wqLR6cp6edy1imedmVWzfsBj7sIIR3zGRlg61nQR-w/s320/muslim+students.jpg" /></a> Muslim students</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDG_HVGSKRW1H_LxeHiYBDHyyDh5PhpKrm1lu2en8jZF-YnIbGSJOqYnFyqzsGoj8jFI886CPoyuxWVWj4u00l0Kotg1akSvDA3NfQFLRf8p7esW1cwSdlIW_zR5wAOTudhJBeVbQsCo/s1600/headmistress.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670734810444747698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDG_HVGSKRW1H_LxeHiYBDHyyDh5PhpKrm1lu2en8jZF-YnIbGSJOqYnFyqzsGoj8jFI886CPoyuxWVWj4u00l0Kotg1akSvDA3NfQFLRf8p7esW1cwSdlIW_zR5wAOTudhJBeVbQsCo/s320/headmistress.jpg" /></a> Headmistress</div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBaASeiX68VhEuiFnPovVVhP5dfd4fplSUYytxvsyyiYF1RbHlpQYHAt8dPuu5JmglMsRlsldPE-OzTaqiL4ISObZDZy6JwkkCkQQ5K-6IxATNHXc5oufD_6r5DWP4iVBLxwaYr4MvxOo/s1600/garden.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670734415027273394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-GePppPa0B9-R0-CN8VCA7PG8Usi6A1oCf6jQ9o-v33IGRMOuSfPjQd9KY6t9qzrw8wn-dAa4ubBOKThdA12rktvmBjWzmEOTJEitn6HzY7fJeYT4zs4REXom3G5V6YIHtyV79Aw8VT0/s320/ASSEMBLY+GROUND.jpg" /></a> Assembly ground </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773914221873944287.post-71114867758368354482011-05-30T10:48:00.000-07:002011-05-30T11:01:23.992-07:00ASSISTING JANGWANI GIRL SCHOOL CONTINUESIn two previous years our students worked to get finances to assist our partner school in Dar es Salaam. Through UNESCO we have already donated money for hard disks. This spring we made a deposit for them to get an Internet connection at their school. Hopefully they are able to use the money soon and the students at Jangwani will have easy access to the web when they start the next term.<div><br /></div><div>There is still some of the money left. Therefore we were able to help the school some more. We purchased the school a digital camera, as they requested. Our friend Elikana Ngogo will take it to them this June as he travels to Tanzania. Next on their list is a video camera. Perhaps we can take it to them by ourselves when we travel with our group of Haukipudas students to Tanzania in 2012!<br /><div><br /></div><div>The students and staff of Haukipudas also kept on assisting student Fatuma Msechu at Jangwani. We hope she is now able to pay her school fees and will prosper. We wish you well, Fatuma!</div><div><br /></div><div>by AMO<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773914221873944287.post-59806356752431504202011-05-30T10:21:00.000-07:002011-05-30T10:46:37.006-07:00LEARNING ABOUT TANZANIA<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "></span></p><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:50.95pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">This school year our group of students planning to travel to Tanzania in 2012 has kept up the theme of Africa and UNESCO. These 23 students have made informative morning announcements not only in our school but also in our neighbouring school, Haukiputaan yläkoulu (a junior high school). They prepared posters that still hang on the walls giving other students a glimpse of Africa and Tanzania. Some students gave oral presentations in their other courses and here are summaries of them in English:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span"> <p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Tanzania</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Tanzania’s capital is Dodoma and it’s located in East-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Africa. Tanzania’s area is 947 300 km2. Population is 40 213 162 and climate is tropic and there are plenty of animals.</span></p> <p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><br /></span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Tanzania’s two biggest national parks are Kilimanjaro and Serengeti. Kilimanjaro<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="xhps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-US">National Park</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></span><span class="xhps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-US">is located around</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></span><span class="xhps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Africa's</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></span><span class="xhps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-US">highest</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></span><span class="xhps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-US">mountain.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">There live many mammals which are endangered.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Serengeti national park, which is Tanzania’s largest park, is known for mammal packs wandering. It is the most notable nature conservation area.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><br /></span></p> <p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">There are a lot of forests in Tanzania. About 43 %, forest is felled yearly for fields and pasture area. Near lakes and coast climate is tropic and middle plain is dry and hot. Highlands and mountain is a little bit cool.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:39.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">by Eveliina Satomaa<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h1 style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1> <h1 style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Tanzania<a name="_GoBack"></a><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><a name="OLE_LINK9"></a><a name="OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK9"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Tanzania is located in southern Africa. Surface – area of Tanzania is 947 300 km ², and population about <span class="hps">40 million.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Tanzania also</span> <span class="hps">has</span> <span class="hps">a total of</span> <span class="hps">21</span> <span class="hps">protected</span> <span class="hps">areas</span> <span class="hps">including 14</span> <span class="hps">national parks</span>. <span class="hps">There</span> <span class="hps">are</span> <span class="hps">also seven</span> <span class="hps">UNESCO World</span> <span class="hps">Heritage sites</span>. Dodoma is the capital of <span class="hps">Republic of Tanzania, and official languages are English and </span>Swahili. <o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><a name="OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK9"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><br /></span></span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">National Parks<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">One of the most famous</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9"><span class="shorttext"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Tanzanian</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9"><span class="shorttext"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">National Parks</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9"><span class="shorttext"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">is Serengeti, which is a large highland area while</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9"><span class="shorttext"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> it</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> i</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9"><span class="shorttext"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">s </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">also the</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9"><span class="shorttext"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">oldest</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9"><span class="shorttext"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">national park in the area. Serengeti’s</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> <span class="hps">surface area is</span> <span class="hps">about</span> <span class="hps">30 000</span> <span class="hps">km ²</span>, <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">most of</span> <span class="hps">the area</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">savannah</span>, <span class="hps">but there is also a</span> <span class="hps">forest. Serengeti’s</span> <span class="hps">fauna</span> <span class="hps">is quite wide</span>: <span class="hps">there</span> <span class="hps">live</span> <span class="hps">more than 2 million</span> <span class="hps">herbivores</span>, like <span class="hps">gazelles</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">zebras</span>, but <span class="hps">as well as</span> <span class="hps">thousands of</span> <span class="hps">predators</span>.</span></span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> There is</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> <span class="hps">organized</span> <span class="hps">for example</span> <span class="hps">hot-air balloon</span> <span class="hps">safaris</span>, <span class="hps">and basic</span> <span class="hps">safaris</span> <span class="hps">on foot</span>. There are also <span class="hps">a lot</span><span class="shorttext"> </span><span class="hps">of other national parks in Tanzania, for example Arusha, </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Ngorongoro, Gombe, Katavi, Tarangire and Ruaha. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <h1 style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Agriculture<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The majority of</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> <span class="hps">Tanzania's</span> <span class="hps">population</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">employed by</span> <span class="hps">agriculture</span>. <span class="hps">Most</span> <span class="hps">of the</span> <span class="hps">Tanzanian</span> <span class="hps">agriculture</span> <span class="hps">is located</span> <span class="hps">in northern</span> <span class="hps">Tanzania</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">Tanzania's</span> <span class="hps">western</span> <span class="hps">coast</span>. <span class="hps">The most common</span> <span class="hps">agricultural products are</span> <span class="hps">bananas</span>, <span class="hps">cassava</span>, rice <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">corn</span>. <span class="hps">Coffee</span> <span class="hps">is also produced quite</span> <span class="hps">a lot</span>. <span class="hps">Especially</span> Mount Meru’s <span class="hps">fertile</span> <span class="hps">area is excellent</span> <span class="hps">for farming of coffee</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Zanzibar</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">Pemba</span> <span class="hps">Island’s climate</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">humid</span> <span class="hps">and warm</span>, <a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><a name="OLE_LINK4"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1">and <span class="hps">that kind of climate</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">excellent for farming</span> <span class="hps">coconuts</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">aromatic plants</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1">.</span> <a name="OLE_LINK3"><span class="hps">In Tanzania</span> <span class="hps">women</span> <span class="hps">form the</span> <span class="hps">majority of</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">workforce</span> in agriculture. </a><span class="hps">Tanzanians</span> <span class="hps">produce</span> <span class="hps">for export</span> mostly coffee, tea, <span class="hps">cashew</span> <span class="hps">nuts</span>, <span class="hps">cigarettes</span>, cotton, sisal and <span class="hps">a wide</span><span class="shorttext"> </span><span class="hps">range of different spices. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span class="hps"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Farms in Tanzania are</span></span><span class="shorttext"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">usually</span></span><span class="shorttext"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">relatively</span></span><span class="shorttext"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">small (about 1-3 hectares). People</span></span><span class="shorttext"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">there normally use hoes, but sometimes also tractors and oxen. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <h1 style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Erosion<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FI">Erosion is a result of landslides. Erosion is visible mostly in mountain areas, for example Mount Kilimanjaro’s one high is very worn and leveled. Rainfall and landslides are contributing of erosion. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FI"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <h1 style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Deforestation<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><a name="OLE_LINK28"></a><a name="OLE_LINK27"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK28"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">About 43 % <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">Tanzania's</span> <span class="hps">surface is a</span> <span class="hps">forest, and that’s about</span> <span class="hps">39 million</span> <span class="hps">hectares. Forests in Tanzania</span> <span class="hps">are destroyed</span> <span class="hps">annually, approximately</span> <span class="hps">90</span> <span class="hps">000</span> <span class="hps">hectares. Forests disappear because of deforestation and cutting firewood. However there are also protected</span><span class="shorttext"> </span><span class="hps">areas in Tanzania, like national parks, where harvesting is not allowed. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK27"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK28"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">-by Eeva Savilaakso </span></span></span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FI">Christianity in Africa</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FI"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FI">Africa is an important part of Christianity, because about 20 percent of Christians live in Africa. African Christianity is developing fastest compared to other Christian parts of the world. There is tens of thousands of churches in Africa, which have their own interpretation of the Bible. They also have their own attitude to Christian values. Christian teachings have widely mixed with local beliefs, and also the local customs and culture give a nuance to African Christianity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FI"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FI"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FI">Christianity arrived in Africa already in the first century. Nowadays almost half of Africans are Christians, so Christianity is widespread in Africa. In the early days Christianity focused on North Africa, but as a result of the rapid spread of Islam Christians became a minority. After that spreading, Christianity focused on southern Africa. Southern Africa became a spreading area of different Christian churches. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FI"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FI"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FI">African worship can be very lively and free-form and the local music and art can be strongly present. Some African churches have maintained local customs and have invented religious meanings for them. African biblical interpretation is much different from western biblical interpretation. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FI"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FI"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FI">Christianity is spreading strongly in Africa and the African role in the Christian world is growing all the time. However, missionaries have still much to do in this big continent.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:39.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">by Eetu Väänänen<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Education in Tanzania<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">In 1970 Tanzania had free education for all students.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Being a young state meant troubles in the economy, and school fees were enabled from 1984 until 2001. After the school fees were dropped in 2001, primary school enrolment has increased rapidly as well as pre-primary and secondary education has also expanded steadily in the last few years. The increasing number of students resulted to more needs in space, teachers and studying equipment.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Even though Tanzania has shown positive growth in education, there are still difficulties in achieving universal primary education.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Such things as education quality and the passing rate for primary school students who reach the final level bring challenges. Disability, orphanage and child labor are also additional worries. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">As the number of school-aged children grows, the quality of teaching fails to do so. The number of children enrolled does not match the supply of qualified teachers or educational materials.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Many of the schools in Tanzania are not healthy or safe environments especially for young girls.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The number of girls and boys in primary school is almost the same. Unfortunately girls make up only 35 per cent of the children who make it through secondary school. By the age of 14 approximately half of Tanzania´s children have left school. Only one third of the children go on to attending secondary school and less than 1 per cent go on to enrolling in institutions of higher education.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Dar es Salam University is the oldest and biggest university in the country. It was founded in 1970 and the number of students enrolled in the years 2007-2008 was about 5800. Women made up about one third of the students.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Sources:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tansania#Koulutus"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tansania#Koulutus</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.unicef.org/about/execboard/files/TANZANIA_CCPD_2011-2015_final.pdf"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">http://www.unicef.org/about/execboard/files/TANZANIA_CCPD_2011-2015_final.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:39.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">by Jenni Posio<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace: none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FI">Health in Tanzania</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: FI"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FI">The under-five mortality rate in Tanzania in 2006 was 118 out of 1,000. Life expectancy at birth in 2006 was 50 years. The 15–60 year old adult mortality rate in 2006 was 518 out of 1,000 males and 493 out of 1,000 females. The leading cause of death in children is malaria. For adults, it is HIV/AIDS. The treatment coverage for people with advanced HIV infection in 2006 was 14 percent. Other leading causes of death in under 5-year-olds is pneumococcal disease (pneumonia) and rotavirus diarrhea). Health care in Tanzania is poor. 118 in 1000 children die before the age of five.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FI"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FI"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FI">HIV/AIDS in Tanzania</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: FI"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:21.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%;tab-stops:504.65pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FI">Among the 1.4 million people living with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania, 70.5 percent are 25 to 49 years old, and 15 percent are 15-24 years. In ages 15-24, women have a higher prevalence rate than men in the same age group. The greatest challenge facing the health sector is to deliver quality health services to the Tanzanian population. Since the 1990s, structural adjustment policies and HIV/AIDS have greatly reduced the health-sector workforce. A second challenge is poverty, important because the cost of drugs and health services is a financial barrier.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:29.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:39.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align: justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:504.65pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FI"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:FI">by Marko Moilanen<o:p></o:p></span></p></span><p></p></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:72.25pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:-1.0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:-1.0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773914221873944287.post-83484235366860445572011-05-06T06:36:00.000-07:002011-05-08T23:05:23.067-07:00Piloting for the "Global Citizen in Finland" Project<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCWwV_CWZYQjA2GfnIM9gGyv_xx1giZ6g2W4Egf_qFu3z-ueZ6CSOzK5uqIWI_Nq1K77MMp_PRozqMlnqbBJFmWwwm1l6vwT_bLLG40vqhWxQOM-jTnQuvdj5JhAIzOEpy57p_8vTYUM/s1600/KristinaRaymondTiina.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604392931910627586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCWwV_CWZYQjA2GfnIM9gGyv_xx1giZ6g2W4Egf_qFu3z-ueZ6CSOzK5uqIWI_Nq1K77MMp_PRozqMlnqbBJFmWwwm1l6vwT_bLLG40vqhWxQOM-jTnQuvdj5JhAIzOEpy57p_8vTYUM/s320/KristinaRaymondTiina.jpg" /></a>Guest lecturers Ms Kristina Ragan, Mr. Raymond Boniface and English teacher Tiina Mustakangas<br /><br />Haukipudas High School is one of the 16 high schools in Finland which work for the ”Global Citizen in Finland” project funded by the Finnish Board of Education.The aim of Haukipudas High School is to bring international university students to foreign language, psychology, history and philosophy lessons to talk about global issues, such as identity, multiculturalism, cultural differences, racism, voluntary work, human rights, distribution of wealth, UN Millennium development goals, nature, sustainable development, and peace and conflict prevention.<br /><br />In February 2011, we had the pleasure of having Ms Kristina Ragan from the USA and Mr. Raymond Boniface from Tanzania in four of our English lessons. In those lessons we learned a lot about the African and American culture as well as the cultural differences between Tanzania, the USA and Finland. Our guest lecturers Kristina and Raymond didn’t have to go home empty handed either, as our students introduced them to our Finnish culture and made excellent presentations about Finnish peculiarities, attractions, nature, climate, food and sauna.<br /><br />In April and May 2011, Kristina came back for two other visits. This time she gave a lecture about the distribution of wealth and the UN Millennium Development Goals. These topics touched all of us, and made us think how lucky and privileged we are compared to many other nations in the world. Since the target year of 2015 for the UN Millennium Goals is getting closer, our students gave reports on seven of the goals. Enclosed the very thorough reports on where we stand with the goals right now, as well as pictures of our hardworking and beautiful students.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773914221873944287.post-15143859429467114362011-05-06T06:28:00.000-07:002011-05-10T10:34:48.283-07:00The UN Millennium Goals 1 and 2 Reports<strong>Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger - </strong><br /><strong>Where do we stand now?</strong><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9EHr4mdvQFMaA4-SxNIk64a_y1p-shyphenhyphenXaEaoODurgjLFPXl7iIOJbs7uXQhSwQjL2OAhJ454f7Ze9Jwf2s36JfkhsQZv00M6nC8y61FvGzre3RdXAUqml4_QpmDyxTTUkTdakJl12Gv4/s1600/Goal1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 261px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605137520419652370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9EHr4mdvQFMaA4-SxNIk64a_y1p-shyphenhyphenXaEaoODurgjLFPXl7iIOJbs7uXQhSwQjL2OAhJ454f7Ze9Jwf2s36JfkhsQZv00M6nC8y61FvGzre3RdXAUqml4_QpmDyxTTUkTdakJl12Gv4/s320/Goal1.jpg" /></a> The report was presented by Julius Pyrhönen, Eva Saranpää, Milla Kotisaari, Annukka Tallgren, Veera Karjalainen, Anu Ylisaukko-oja and Kaisa Ojala.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzYlYzCRxXlxzN9rUbJDpK3wQ2c5OMapwtobsb8LZooUGPRGWwsgNVCWmuMHfFhRwrM2U6Z0eXMAjtyVALj8tfa7ZeRQfKq_JaLW2_xKGkq2HdZJtQ5DrD_vYMcCeySoTnWHdduW0q2zk/s1600/Goal1.png"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 208px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605132012702055890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzYlYzCRxXlxzN9rUbJDpK3wQ2c5OMapwtobsb8LZooUGPRGWwsgNVCWmuMHfFhRwrM2U6Z0eXMAjtyVALj8tfa7ZeRQfKq_JaLW2_xKGkq2HdZJtQ5DrD_vYMcCeySoTnWHdduW0q2zk/s320/Goal1.png" /></a>-------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><strong>Goal 2: To ensure primary schooling for all children - </strong><strong></strong><strong>Where do we stand now?</strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAxJ3wNmlhEUqNlOOJPd9qEUvQxh0BtLWq89qqxs0YlleLFG_Z7uyp2yWXV7IERJu84dkViPo5R5PtsdLX0xV32gmICa-2w7LPHF-G0Pm_zCNZcuiYCg2y8MKA-ZFLvD2LpIx2RnlCkRU/s1600/Goal2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 224px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603594957418531458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAxJ3wNmlhEUqNlOOJPd9qEUvQxh0BtLWq89qqxs0YlleLFG_Z7uyp2yWXV7IERJu84dkViPo5R5PtsdLX0xV32gmICa-2w7LPHF-G0Pm_zCNZcuiYCg2y8MKA-ZFLvD2LpIx2RnlCkRU/s320/Goal2.jpg" /></a> The report was presented by Sami Aspelund, Toni Heikkinen, Miika Moilanen and Ola Länsman<br /><br />To achieve the second goal by the deadline set by UN, all children at official entry age for primary schooling would have had to be attending classes by 2009. Instead of this, the enrolment rate for primary school is only 89% for the developing countries. This means that there are still 69 million children not going to school in 2008. About half of these children are in sub-Saharan Africa.<br /><br />However, progress has been made since 2000, when the enrolment rate was still 83%. How did we get this far?<br /><br />School fees were abolished in many countries e.g. Ghana and Ethiopia. This increased the enrolment rate hugely. Also investing in teaching infrastructure and hiring and educating more teachers has helped to achieve the millennium goal.<br /><br />The biggest problems in achieving 100% enrolment rate are children dropping out from school before reaching the final grade and lack of teachers. In sub-Saharan Africa, more than 30 percent of primary school students drop out before reaching a final grade. The lack of teachers and infrastructure is also most notable in sub-Saharan Africa.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773914221873944287.post-83461881743226281382011-05-06T06:26:00.001-07:002011-05-06T06:27:49.752-07:00The UN Millennium Goal 4 Report<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-hGO09gj-ept-3DSZ-6M3Bq5-iNChWLxWUZeWhEwRmlOG24Rj6bzxxsqNjbzKMNSbdAXx2yAuQjEmgxd5FAX2JXYePtcjFcFkOronb8UJ0Bbd2Supe-0CnCrJ_eBdGXAU6zoDg9ChWk/s1600/Goal4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 254px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603594208598156594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-hGO09gj-ept-3DSZ-6M3Bq5-iNChWLxWUZeWhEwRmlOG24Rj6bzxxsqNjbzKMNSbdAXx2yAuQjEmgxd5FAX2JXYePtcjFcFkOronb8UJ0Bbd2Supe-0CnCrJ_eBdGXAU6zoDg9ChWk/s320/Goal4.jpg" /></a> The Report was presented by Elina Puranen,<br />Henna Ståhle and Teemu PeteriUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773914221873944287.post-82940069924553962622011-05-06T06:16:00.000-07:002011-05-08T09:54:25.339-07:00The UN Millennium Goal 5 Report<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkTVF6XsLkSJajfuCh9zQewg8ONVvlKJiRi7NXW6OcC5bN2oco2KHEnf3MqcOfuLYu2uuhVDMti79Mb3ZVYQhbWGhNX96nD2_OZoyhsmRJuAL2YNRCm8rZZaxlPozZEJwnFWL28ISquvY/s1600/Goal5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 273px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603593603004238034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkTVF6XsLkSJajfuCh9zQewg8ONVvlKJiRi7NXW6OcC5bN2oco2KHEnf3MqcOfuLYu2uuhVDMti79Mb3ZVYQhbWGhNX96nD2_OZoyhsmRJuAL2YNRCm8rZZaxlPozZEJwnFWL28ISquvY/s320/Goal5.jpg" /></a> The report was presented by Liinu Koivisto, Charlotta Lohilahti and Laura Lalli<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Goal 5: Improve Maternal Health - Where do we stand?<br /></strong>• Maternal mortality remains unacceptably high.<br />• New information shows signs of progress in improving the health of women during pregnancy and childbirth. -> In some countries, maternal mortality rations have significantly declined<br />• We are still far from achieving the MDG target of reducing the maternal mortality ration by three quarters by 2015.<br />-> We need 5.5 per cent annual decline to meet the goal.<br />• Funding is vital to meet the goal, yet both official and external funding have declined sharply. -> There is now less money available than there was in 2000.<br />• Progress has been made in…<br />- sub-Saharan Africa: some countries have maternal mortality levels between 1990 and 2008.<br />- Asia and Northern Africa have made even greater improvements.<br />• Antenatal care and skilled assistance during delivery are being offered to more women.<br />-> Progress is being made in all regions.<br />-> In North Africa, more and more women are seeing skilled health worker at least once during their pregnancy (% gone up by 70 per cent).<br />-> In Asia: increases of almost 50%.<br />-> In 2008, health workers attended 63 % of births in the developing world (in 1990, the percentage was 53%).<br />-> Most dramatic progress in Northern Africa and South-Eastern Asia (increases of 74 per cent and 63 per cent).<br />• Still, large disparities exist.<br />-> Poor women in remote areas are most likely to remain without adequate care.<br />-> Especially true for areas where there are only a small number of skilled health workers and maternal mortality is high (sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Asia, Oceania).<br />-> HIV is also slowing the progress. <br />• Contraceptive use has increased over the last decade.<br />-> by 2007, 62 per cent of women (married or in union) were using some form of contraceptive.<br />* Increases lower than in the 1990s.<br />• Providing contraception to all in need could cut maternal mortality by almost a third.<br />- Widening access to maternal health services in Egypt: construction of maternal homes in rural areas, trained healthcare workers attending births.<br />- Fighting fistula in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and the Arab States: launching the Campaign to End Fistula, a childbirth injury that leaves women incontinent, isolated and ashamed.<br />• Investing in mobile maternal health units in Pakistan: UNFPA-supported mobile clinics were set up in 2005.<br />-> Nearly 850,000 patients by 2008.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773914221873944287.post-33855146409281560752011-05-06T05:54:00.000-07:002011-05-14T14:34:50.864-07:00The UN Millennium Goal 6 Report<strong>Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other diseases - Where do we stand now?</strong><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603589079310286930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2VRjFLcNm6Bt-1wvRwFNCXEHQQnT267ehtbeaDAoaTEJOWPoZ4xMpNFIejDx9MIJIVlPBNGn79luRjIveEBNu3scngfQgNZ_6QpGZgFvW1XV-x_55wlf8G3Tpkty51-cfRR3vDfvguc/s320/Goal6.jpg" />The report was presented by Tuomo Holma, Paula Koivukangas, Aaro Littow and Joonas Mäenpää<br /><br />HIV and AIDS<br />— The number of HIV infections dropped from 3,5m (in 1996) to 2,7m (in 2008).<br />— Deaths from AIDS related illnesses dropped from 2,2m (in 2004) to 2,0m (in 2008).<br />— New epidemic stabilized in most regions. New HIV infections are still on the rise in Eastern EU and Central Asia.<br />— Antiretrovial treatment has expanded, but HIV infenction rates outpaces it.<br />— In 2003 only 400 000 people were receiving treatment, in 2009 over 5m people were on treatment.<br />— E.g. in 2008 alone over 60 000 babies were prevented, because their HIV positive mothers received treatment.<br />— The UN children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and UNAIDS have helped countries to scale up programs for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV.<br />— In Burkina Faso, the UN Development Program (UNDP) is supporting regularly nearly 36,000 people living with HIV.<br />— Food, home visits, etc.<br />— A handbook on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights has been developed.<br />— UNESCO leads the Global Initiative on Education and HIV/AIDS.<br />— Assists countries in education systems --> address the effects of the pandemic on their education systems.<br />Malaria<br />— In 2008 there were 243m cases of malaria causing 863 000 deaths, 89 per cent of them in Africa.<br />— Increased funding has helped the control of malaria.<br />— Production of mosquito nets rose from 30m to 150m between 2004 and 2009.<br />— Funding for malaria control was $1,5 billion in 2009 – far from estimated $6 billion needed in 2010 alone to meet the MDG target.<br />Tuberculosis<br />— Remains the second leading killer after HIV.<br />— Prevalence is falling in most regions, expect Asia.<br />— 11m people suffered from Tuberculosis in 2008.<br />— Number of new cases fell from 143 to 139 per 100,000 people between 2004 and 2008.<br />— If this continues, the MDG goal will have been achieved since 2004.<br />— National Tuberculosis Control Program provided treatment for 11m people and saved more than 2m lives.<br />— Between 1990 and 2008 the prevalence of tuberculosis diminished by 44 per cent.<br />Summary<br />— HIV/AIDS treatment access goal:<br />There is still a huge amount of people living with HIV/AIDS without access to treatment.<br />— HIV/AIDS halting and reversing goal:<br />In 2008 there were 2.7 million new HIV infections.<br />— Malaria and other diseases halting/reversing goal: In 2008 there were 243 cases of malaria, a lot of more funding needed to achieve the goal.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773914221873944287.post-61854561749957989012011-03-14T04:49:00.000-07:002011-03-14T04:53:41.332-07:00A LETTER FROM A TANZANIAN STUDENT<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhq8kOF9NcdPPrm4Ps7UG-CsW5GSGrGbNq6h_A9Hmy97G9ueIPpmYtGq4NyPUp1jaKntk0ODD8Dd55YuY0y7x_tgw-g2Mr2bbM8YsmqhPQ-pqz5Oaru8yc2RjNT54NtUzwl30DVe7UBDM/s1600/Fatuma+Msechu.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhq8kOF9NcdPPrm4Ps7UG-CsW5GSGrGbNq6h_A9Hmy97G9ueIPpmYtGq4NyPUp1jaKntk0ODD8Dd55YuY0y7x_tgw-g2Mr2bbM8YsmqhPQ-pqz5Oaru8yc2RjNT54NtUzwl30DVe7UBDM/s320/Fatuma+Msechu.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583902492547201586" /></a><br />My name is Fatuma Msechu, a disabled student from Jangwani Girls Secondary School.<br /><br />Aid from Haukipudas Secondary School has made my life very comfortable here at school.<br /><br />I had paid for my school fees, bought some stationery for academic purpose and obtained my personal needs. Also your money has made me getting the bus fare for going home during holidays and coming back to school.<br /><br />Financially I am very poor. I can’t even afford getting my basic needs; some times I have been asking help from the headmistress and Mr. BOSCO who have been very kind to me now and then.<br /><br />I had no idea when Mr. BOSCO advised me to look for the financial Aid from people whom I don’t know and I have never met before but Mr. BOSCO is a very good man. He made all his personal effort to find me sponsors and finally he gave me the good news that Madam Anja from Haukipudas Secondary School in Finland has agreed to work for my problem finding me sponsorship from her school. I was very happy though it was just like a day dream to me till I got the money Euro 273 from your school. That is the day when my dream became true.<br /><br />You have really made me to be sure that now I can finish my form IV studies this year as I cleared all the debts by paying the school fees and other necessary contributions for all previous three years. Thus I am kindly asking you to help me again for only this final year of my studies so that I can complete my studies in October this year.<br /><br />Mr. BOSCO told me that you are coming next year. I really welcome you all to our country and I am expecting to meet you here at school as I am sure I might come back for further studies at this school.<br /><br />Yours,<br /><br />FatumaUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773914221873944287.post-54902208614907353162011-03-14T04:45:00.000-07:002011-03-14T04:48:51.212-07:00OFFICIAL REPORT FROM TANZANIAA BRIEF REPORT ON FINANCIAL AID FROM HAUKIPUDAS SECONDARY SCHOOL FINLAND <br /> <br />Introduction: <br />This report presents a brief review and appraisal on the progress of the relationship between Jangwani Secondary school in Tanzania and Haukipudas Secondary school in Finland. Jangwani secondary school is among the members of the UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network in the country; coordinated by UNESCO National Commission of The United Republic of Tanzania. <br /> <br />Through Jangwani Secondary School’s membership, the UNESCO National Commission managed to link and establish strong friendship ties between Jangwani and Haukipudas secondary schools. Under this mutual relationship, Jangwani secondary school has managed to receive a total of Euro 1073 from its sister school (HAUKIPUDAS) which was sent through UNESCO National Commission Office. The amount is for financial and technical support to the school. The money was used as follows: <br /> <br />Expenditure: <br />The money under review was spent as follows: <br /> <br />Euro 800/= equals to Tshs.1, 388,990/96 for buying Hard Disks. The school managed to buy 20 pieces of IDE 40 GB Hard Disks from RAAM COMPUTERS LTD for Tshs.1,100,000/= and installed them in the school computers. The installation cost was Tshs.200, 000/=. Euro 273/= equals Tshs.455,277/68 was Financial support to the form three Disabled student Fatuma Msechu for payment of school fees, Transport (on holidays) and pocket money. <br /> <br />Outcome: <br />All the installed computers are currently working and are in access to both students and staff members as per school schedule. Furthermore, Fatuma Msechu, the disabled student is in form four this year and is expected to complete her ordinary level studies in November, 2011. She greatly enjoys the financial support and has expressed her appreciation. <br /> <br />In general the achievement attained through this relationship is highly appreciated by the school community, UNESCO National Commission, the government and the society at large. There have been collective efforts by all stake holders who work tirelessly at the school level i.e. Jangwani and Haukipudas; the governments of the two countries and UNESCO, for sustainable development of young generation. <br /> <br />We are greatly indebted by this kind deed and we pray that our friendship continues. Welcome to our beautiful country, Tanzania in 2012. <br /> <br />Find enclosed herewith, the receipts of the expenditure <br /> <br />Hope to see you soon. <br /> <br />Faithfully yours, <br /> <br />HeadmistressUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773914221873944287.post-90249967758206518782010-12-19T04:41:00.000-08:002010-12-19T04:42:14.412-08:00A letter from Ms Dorice Mazengo<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:hyphenationzone>21</w:HyphenationZone> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:donotpromoteqf/> <w:lidthemeother>FI</w:LidThemeOther> <w:lidthemeasian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:lidthemecomplexscript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> 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A former student of Jangwani Secondary School, Ms Dorice Mazengo is currently studying in Finland.<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;" lang="EN-US">Ms Mazengo wrote us a letter with some information of herself and also of her former school. Here are some main points of her letter:<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;" lang="EN-US">“In short I studied at Jangwani from January 2000 to February 2006. That was ordinary and advanced level of secondary education. After that I joined institute of social work from September 2006. I was taking Bachelor Degree in Human Resource Management, but I couldn’t finish because of the school fees. Then I was at home and later one of my uncles who was here (Finland), took me here for studying. I came to start school again. That was in 2008. Now I am a student at Savonia ammmattikorkeakoulu taking bachelor degree in Industrial management 3rd year. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> I am too an orphan and the first born with one younger sister and two brothers who are still in Tanzania.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;" lang="EN-US">I am happy to hear of such kind of program because I am interested too in helping people in either way, and I promise to do as much as I can to make these dreams come true.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;" lang="EN-US">The school is very old although some renovation has been done. It has also a big compound with a lot of activities going on like classrooms, library, laboratories (for physics, chemistry, biology and nutrition) and a computer room. There are dormitories, staff´s and teacher’s offices, kitchen for cookeries, needle work room, and a kiosk. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;" lang="EN-US">I am not sure exactly how big it is but it’s quite a big school and it has more than 1200 students including disabled students. It has two shift classes, ie morning and afternoon shift. That is because of insufficient number of class rooms. There are seven streams of studies, ie</span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> P,Q,R,S,X,Y & Z</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;" lang="EN-US">. </span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;" lang="EN-US">P</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> is for pure science, </span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;" lang="EN-US">Q</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> for science and needle work, </span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;" lang="EN-US">R</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> for science and cookery ,</span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;" lang="EN-US">S</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> for art and cookery, </span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;" lang="EN-US">X </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;" lang="EN-US">for economics and bookkeeping, </span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;" lang="EN-US">Y</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> for art and needle work and </span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;" lang="EN-US">Z</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> for pure art. This means divisions of the classes. Computer course was optional and it had to be paid out of the school fees. This means not all students are able to attend the class. Jangwani is a government school but all students have to pay school fees and some other school contributions. The age of the students ranges between 14-22 years, and it is a popular school because it is at the center and takes students who are doing well in studies (talented).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;" lang="EN-US"> In my opinion the school needs a hall for meeting, dormitories are too small, a nice and big library with necessary facilities like books, etc would be necessary. Computers and the Internet connection should be in the library and free for students. Also there are a lot of students who need help to continue their studies.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;" lang="EN-US">As far as I know, there are some art activities and sports too but we don’t take it much. Students are engaged in netball, dance, poems, singing and other. We used to arrange some concerts among students and participate in school celebrations.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;">Regards, </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;">Dorice”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;">-by AMO<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773914221873944287.post-47892712087181553912010-10-31T00:51:00.000-07:002010-10-31T01:00:57.577-07:00Hardware is being installedA couple of weeks ago I received this email from Mr Bosco from Jangwani Secondary School in Tanzania:<br /><br />"I am kindly sending this thankyou note to you and your students for the support you have given us. we have bought 20 Hard Disks for our computers and we have alreadys read installed the computer ready for use thankyou so much.<br /> <br />My regards to your students.<br /> <br />Yours,<br />John"<br /><br />Later I was informed by Mrs Mwinula that the school had installed the disks on 17 computers so far. In the process they had discovered that three PCs had some problems and were looking for the solution to be able to install the remaining three. <br /><br />This was good news - we're happy to know our students' donation is well spent!<br /><br />-by AMOUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773914221873944287.post-68342759332236570222010-08-11T23:56:00.001-07:002010-08-12T00:11:24.756-07:00ASSISTING JANGWANI GIRL SCHOOLThe students of Haukipudas wanted to share their wealth and donated 800€ for new hard drives to our partner school in Dar es Salaam in the last school year. They worked for a day and gave their salary for a campaign organized by the student council. They will continue assisting Jangwani Secondary School in the future too. The next task is to establish an Internet connection for the use of students there.<br /><br />Our students wanted to carry on with our long-lasting tradition of assisting students in need. This time they wanted to help their peer in Tanzania. Jangwani chose a student, a disabled orphan, who needed assistance and our students donated small sums of money from their own pockets to sponsor this girl. In May 2010 I was happy to transfer over 270€ to be used for her education. <br /><br />Thanks to the UNESCO office in Tanzania and Ms Modester Mwinula in particular, we can be assured the money will be put in good use.<br /><br />-by AMOUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773914221873944287.post-25999557331913902712010-01-06T23:21:00.000-08:002010-10-31T01:24:21.059-07:00UNESCO WEEKIn December 2009 we had a special theme week in our school. The goal was to make sure our students truly understand what it means to be a UNESCO - school and to promote the guiding principles of UNESCO.<br /><br />Thus we had something special laid out for each day of the week, naturally somehow related to UNESCO themes. We saw animated films that a group of students had made, opened an art exhibition presenting art works not only made by our students but also from our partner school Medina High School, USA. The UNESCO themes were also dealt with in ordinary lessons and in the end of the week there was a quiz for all students.<br /><br /><div>The highlight of the week was the Tanzanian day on Dec 9th. We had the privilege of having five most interesting guests informing and entertaining us. </div><div></div><br />Henry Shoma<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtvzluPneWMs7NBngckw3aU_u8ArrqhFD-bECc9EdlrnY3_ttek6Z3IsPTDU1B6gNbX8_rtUTCEOKFo2EfdDyC6njv9MJ6qxjX8NAwTSMPQvVRcyvFv1A4oj8yqlSeAvIj7oNZLKR30Y/s1600-h/HenryTeaching2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423906975593402242" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtvzluPneWMs7NBngckw3aU_u8ArrqhFD-bECc9EdlrnY3_ttek6Z3IsPTDU1B6gNbX8_rtUTCEOKFo2EfdDyC6njv9MJ6qxjX8NAwTSMPQvVRcyvFv1A4oj8yqlSeAvIj7oNZLKR30Y/s320/HenryTeaching2.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Miriam Attias<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKDdGGF5Im85qOlNNEEtYy8-AqpxoFeCvNH3L9j2XtW5sLvaGSHVdhM7tkTldBP4Y3w5YRxeDqqW-S60QoEqjNgbr9RLcXUzRFHmUPg8zK4Q0P5ZE9DGH_qOk9kENQIlBgAaoR6nn_-HY/s1600-h/Miriam.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423906506033424466" style="float: right; 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margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUb9IXqOTVSRCpA0IJnYRhv93MHPOVfKuFtjnw1pk_Ih0u4Y-z0zasKj4LzDNhpaNaAP3Ge_bnSRyHzUx4CDIjPJiYW_Gzb20lDa-6qMEMtm0lpkiY7U7JJRLnP8Yo4MSyAZ6LHbQxcm8/s320/Kai2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Kai Tirkkonen<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We had two dancers/musicians from Tampere, Menard and Deogratius Mponda, a young Tanzanian student Henry Happy Shoma from Oulu, a Red Cross worker Miriam Attias from Oulu and a photographer Kai Tirkkonen from Haukipudas.<br /><br />Our visitors attended classes in the morning sharing their knowledge about Tanzania and Africa in general. Later that day we had workshops in which we learnt even more about their previous homecountry and the work of Red Cross. An absolutely fabulous - and sweaty - experience was to learn an African dance and a song to it. After getting first hand taste of this kind of self expression, we saw a breathtaking show with singing, drums and dancing. The performers' skills literally filled us with awe and admiration. Finally we listened to a presentation and saw fantastic photographs taken in the deepest Tanzania, among the Makonde tribe. The tribe makes sculptures out of ebony and Mr Tirkkonen imports them to help these poor craftsmen. We got to admire these beautiful pieces of art too.<br /><br />The day was a great success and we want to thank all our guests from the bottom of our hearts!<br /><br />-by AMO</div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773914221873944287.post-1118180407609751322009-12-01T00:15:00.000-08:002009-12-01T00:16:47.943-08:00Writing on FinlandAnother group of students wrote papers on Finnish nature and our heritage. You can find them in the comments - section.<br />- Anja MoilanenUnknownnoreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773914221873944287.post-2575880119083152522009-10-22T08:28:00.001-07:002009-10-24T03:42:14.491-07:00Haukipudas High School & Medina High School Student Exchange<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2bFXa8tjkkX5pJ8sCUDL_jRHr5atfb6BbMEPkzd6wB0C0g3W02ASHWv8WrCsVRIIaIWsLXLohwxY_0wQPrGbzmXDUr3rgCyWsCezKE313NnQ731pNZKnGmjNkPnqpYG1E5-mhO1RlCLE/s1600-h/USA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2bFXa8tjkkX5pJ8sCUDL_jRHr5atfb6BbMEPkzd6wB0C0g3W02ASHWv8WrCsVRIIaIWsLXLohwxY_0wQPrGbzmXDUr3rgCyWsCezKE313NnQ731pNZKnGmjNkPnqpYG1E5-mhO1RlCLE/s320/USA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395448427892483858" /></a><br />Thirteen students and three teachers of Haukipudas High School were honored to have a thrilling opportunity to visit Medina High School for one and a half weeks in October 2009. The trip was a success. Not only did our students get a glimpse of the everyday school life in the USA and to live with an American host family, but also to feel the culture of an altogether new nation. And this time it was not the superficial and dazzling world of the American series shown on our TV, but the reality of life with its upsides and downsides on the streets and subways of Chelsea and Manhattan in New York City, in the farms of Berlin in the Amish Country, Ohio, and in the houses of a typical small-sized American city, Medina, in Midwest USA. The highlights of our trip also included the Musical Hair on Broadway and the NHL ice hockey match in Madison Square Garden, New York City, as well as the NBA basketball match at the Q-Arena and the musical history tour in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland. We are extremely grateful for all the wonderful and hospitable American host families who made the exchange possible, and hope to see them again in Finland or in the USA in the very near future. Please let’s keep in touch and cherish our friendship in the years to come!<br /><br />As a continuance for our Finnish-American collaboration, the teachers and the administration at both ends agreed to launch a student exchange program between our high schools. Our students are warmly welcome to participate in the program as an exchange student/a host family for an American/Finnish student in Ohio/Haukipudas for a couple of weeks to three months. Trustworthy and suitable families as well as interesting and beneficial course schedules will be provided by the schools. We are sure the experience will enrich and inspire our students, strengthen their global communication skills as well as offer them specialized knowledge on the American and Finnish culture and beliefs. (For more information, please contact Ms. Tiina Mustakangas at Haukipudas High School or Mr. Robert Thompson at Medina High School.)<br /><br />Another success on our trip to the USA was that the Student exchange was not the only project agreed on. Medina High School is now an active partner in our Messages Across Three Continents project and will participate in assisting our partner school in Dar es Salaam. Hooray! There is also a serious attempt to meet in Tanzania in 2012... <br /><br />Tiina Mustakangas & Anja MoilanenUnknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773914221873944287.post-24070389642674897032009-05-20T01:00:00.000-07:002009-05-20T01:05:20.342-07:00Days of our livesOne English writing class had an assignment to write about their life so that young people in other cultures could get a glimpse into their ordinary day. Below are a few of their essays but you'll find many more good ones in the comments section.<br /><br /><strong>An ordinary school day</strong><br />On weekdays I wake up typically at 7 am when my phone alarms. Usually I feel really tired, because I tend to go to bed quite late. That’s why I need a cup of coffee to get my mornings going. A newspaper is also an important part of my mornings, as I want to know what is happening around the world. After my morning routines I notice how late I am, so I grab my bike and rush to the school. <br /><br />At 8 o’clock lessons start. Normally I have about four 75-minute-lessons per day, and between them we get little pauses which I spend with my friends. In the middle of the day we have a lunch break. In Finland we get a free meal every day, which is really uncommon in other countries. <br /><br />When I finally get home, I relax with my friends. Sometimes we go shopping or to the movies, but usually we don’t do anything special, go to cafés or just chill. Sports is another big part of my everyday life. Running is my passion and I go jogging four times a week and in addition, I go to the gym. <br /><br />In the evening my mom and dad prepare the dinner. We eat in tranquility and share the day's events. Later I might watch TV or chat with my friends on the Internet before setting the alarm to wake me up at 7 am, like always, and going to bed. <br />- by Sallamari<br /><br /><strong>An ordinary day</strong><br />In Finland our days begin usually so that parents go to work and we youngsters go to school. Of course, it is different when it is weekend or some holiday. Our school days are around 5-6 hours long. When the school day is over, we go home and perhaps we do our homework or watch TV. <br /><br />We have plenty opportunity to choose if we want some hobby. The most favoured hobbies are ice hockey and football. If you take seriously that hobby and want to win contest, your all spare time goes with it. Here we take pretty seriously what we do. So, our evenings go with hobbies or if there is no hobby, we meet our friends, sit in front of a computer and do lots of other things. <br /><br />At the weekends we want just to relax and have fun. Here you can see that when the weekend comes, people come out from their hides and go out to party. It is usual too that underaged kids drink too. That is one problem in our society. <br /><br />Finland is a beautiful and colourful country. It is our paradise even if we have in winters over –25°C.<br />- by Heini<br /><br /><strong>Ordinary day after school</strong><br />Restlessness and sweating. Nothing comes to my mind. Neither the possibility to use the Internet nor a hot day make concentrating easier. <br /><br />Almost every family has a computer and Internet in Finland. Despite the fact that it is an easy way to take contact, it has increased the time we spend at computer which means less time outside with friends, of course. I am sitting at a computer too, writing this text and dreaming of being outside. In fact, school work takes a big slice of free time, although we Finns do not use computer always for working and it is not rare to find yourself surfing in the internet. School things are not problem on rainy day, but now the sun is shining and it is not hard to decide, which is funnier, playing floorball on the street or get mad inside.<br /><br />However, I have time for friends, at least when I have an easy period in school. In our school periods change about in every two months. That means the subjects as well as the length of days might change, depending on how you have designed your time table.<br /><br />To conclude, I do not mean I spend every single day doing the same things. This is just a little piece of my life. If I had told everything I do, you would not have read even this far. Now I get to the place I have praised all the time, maybe you should get your bottoms off a chair and get outside too.<br />- by Sami <br /><br /><strong>My unusual school morning</strong><br />Normally I wake up every school day around eight, usually at the sound of my alarm-clock. Then I take a shower, eat breakfast, feed my dog and go to school by bus. <br /><br />This morning was entirely unlike my usual morning. Firstly, I woke up because the sun was shining in my eyes and I heard the song of birds. I didn’t know what time it was because my clock had stopped during the night, so I got up. I went downstairs and wondered why my mum, dad or little brother weren’t there. My parents have to go to work around seven, because of the distance. Then I watched the wall clock, I couldn’t believe it, it was only half past five.<br /><br />I had already got up so I didn’t want to go back to sleep, I decided to enjoy a cup of coffee and read a newspaper. What a great start for the school day, I thought. <br />- by Julia<br /><br /><strong>A usual Finnish girl’s day</strong><br />On school days I usually wake up at 06:45 in order to read the newspaper and eat breakfast without a rush. After doing my morning routines, I decide what to wear, my outfit represents in which mood I am, and maybe put some make up.<br /><br />Fortunately I live near the school so it takes only five minutes by bike. I like school very much, thanks to my friends with whom the days won’t feel too long. A normal school day lasts from eight to two, but in this period, I have many free lessons during the week so, for example on Friday, I have school for only one 75-minute lesson. When the school day ends, I go home or meet some of my friends and we spend the afternoon together.<br /><br />Our family gathers together round five o’clock to have dinner and during that everyone tells about his or her day and after that I go to the gym or jogging, except if I am feeling particularly lazy. In that case I might invite some friends to visit. In the evening I relax and maybe watch TV and by eleven I’m feeling tired enough to go to sleep.<br />- by Venla<br /><br /><strong>An ordinary day</strong><br />Now at the age of seventeen it is pretty much up to me to wake to school at mornings, and almost invariably I do so. At the same time I know that if I would start to skip my duties like that, my mom would scold me and bring me back to my senses again. So I wake up an hour before school starts, usually tired as ever, take a shower, eat some bread or fruit for breakfast if I find time and bike to the bus stop and head to school by bus.<br /><br />The classes last for 75 minutes, which is pretty much enough to learn something and not too long to frustrate the students. The breaks last for 15 minutes and at them we just sit around or, if it is warm, go to the yard to stand in the sun, and discuss topics we have on mind. The lunch provided to us at midday is the highlight of the day. Then, the time depending on our personal timetables, we get out of school and head back home, some by bus, some by foot, bike, car or other motor vehicles. <br /><br />At home I am usually already tired and just switch on the computer and surf and chat with my friends there or just read a book, but at weekends I go out with friends. We keep ourselves out of trouble and get home by night. <br />- by Jonna<br /><br /><strong>An ordinary day at school</strong><br />I wake up in the morning and then I have to go to the school. In Finland, we go to school every weekday. I go to school by bus because my way to school is pretty long, 10 kilometers. <br /><br />Our school is small but it is also cosy. Usually my schooldays start at 8.00 or 9.30 am and they finish at 2.15 or 3.30 pm. Sometimes I have a free lesson and then I do my homework, but if I have nothing to do, I surf on the Internet.<br /><br />Our lessons are 75 minutes and between them we have got four breaks and they take 15 minutes. We have also a lunch break at 11.40am and it is a little bit longer than normal breaks. In my opinion, attending school is good for me and despite the exams and exam week, I really like it! I meet my friends in the school every day and that is great!<br />- by Marika<br /><br /><strong>One day of my life</strong><br />I wake up early at 7am. First I wear my jeans and shirt and then I go to eat breakfast, porridge, an apple and some bread. After eating, I brush my teeth and fill my schoolbag with books. As soon as I am ready, I jump in to my car and drive to school. When I arrive at school yard it is almost 8am. I spend about 6 hours at school studying history, mathematics, Finnish language, English and biology. Of course, we eat lunch at school. Since I have worked hard in classes I can happily drive back home. <br /><br />At home I eat some snack and rest a little watching my favourite recorded TV-programs or sleep a while. I have football training coming on so I got to prepare for them. I take my shoes, a ball and a water bottle with me. Again I take the car and drive to training. Even though football takes lots of time and it’s hard, I love it and will never give it up. After half an hour swetting I am hungry and happy. It is time to get shower. Because I am starving, my mother has made something good for me. I eat it with pleasure. <br /><br />Homework is waiting but I want to talk with my friends and play before that, so I switch on my computer. I spend an hour or couple in front of computer. However, I have to do my homework. When I am ready with it, I spend the rest of my evening with family, watching television and reading. At about 11pm I fall into bed. <br />- by JaakkoUnknownnoreply@blogger.com12