Art Building Children’s Dreams (UK), ABCDreams (UK)

ABCDreams (UK)-enabling Tanzanian children to realize their dreams. Art Building Children’s Dreams (UK) is a small charity enabling children to realize their dreams by selling their art works.

We promote art in schools for local students then sell their work and return the small sums raised back to the village. These funds, plus your donations, support orphans and otherwise vulnerable children. Our focus rests on one small village in Northern Tanzania. Donated funds help to support students’ tuition, school uniforms and hygiene products for the girls. We also raise funds from different sources for school infrastructure projects where these become necessary.

We now assist children mainly but not exclusively in secondary schools. Primary costs, including school uniforms and school lunch programmes, at approximately £30 annually per pupil, are more manageable for challenged families than secondary school costs, which amount to £60 or just over per student per year.

Education in Tanzania

Disproportionately large school populations affect most government schools in Tanzania. The current median age in Tanzania is just under 18 years! The government, therefore, struggles to provide adequate schooling, both in terms of classrooms and teachers. In one of our local schools, the pupil-teacher ratio is 1 to 70! 2022-23 was a terrible year for test results nationwide due to the after-effects of the pandemic, of course.

Our Pledge

Our pledge then, like your local supermarket, is to drive down costs and maximise revenue for the children of one village in Tanzania. Karibuni sana (You are all welcome)!

A Past School Uniform Project, Primary Level

Sponsorship

In the past, we supplied school uniforms at the primary level to all pupils but would like now to concentrate on secondary students. This cost can be as much as £45 per student, including shoes. Our (virtual) doors are open for those of you who would like to sponsor a child through their secondary education. Normally, about 30% of students come from challenged families, many also as orphans living with grandparents. This cost becomes particularly acute when there is more than 1 attending!

ABCDreams (UK)-enabling Tanzanian children to realize their dreams. You can help. There is still time to donate if you so wish until 30th June, when the school year ends. Your donations will also help keep girls in school with our Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WaSH) project. See here for details.
Thank you. You may donate directly here or contact us for help here.