Nachia village construction site cleanup.
Who will benefit from the school building project and how will they benefit? Everyone!
We’re delivering the promise and reaching out to everyone.
At Neema Foundation we’re aiming to promote local economic development, increase community engagement and provide employment to all.
People at Nachia village in Mkunwa Ward get paid after doing some clean up earning them income.
These people say that the land is huge and the school building committee is talking about agricultural activities such as gardening to start as soon as the construction of the school is complete inorder to provide food security.
We're making progress because of you, and we give thanks to all our supporters!
We’re delivering the promise and reaching out to everyone.
At Neema Foundation we’re aiming to promote local economic development, increase community engagement and provide employment to all.
People at Nachia village in Mkunwa Ward get paid after doing some clean up earning them income.
These people say that the land is huge and the school building committee is talking about agricultural activities such as gardening to start as soon as the construction of the school is complete inorder to provide food security.
We're making progress because of you, and we give thanks to all our supporters!
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Hygiene Kits Event.
Neema Edward Mkwelele Wellness Foundation to help Mkunwa Ward keep girls in school.
We are helping and educating less privileged parents on the importance of the girl child attending school. Neema Foundation is also helping girls stay in school and continue their studies uninterrupted. Our girls promised to study and work harder. See some of the images captured for this event below.
Neema Edward Mkwelele Wellness Foundation to help Mkunwa Ward keep girls in school.
We are helping and educating less privileged parents on the importance of the girl child attending school. Neema Foundation is also helping girls stay in school and continue their studies uninterrupted. Our girls promised to study and work harder. See some of the images captured for this event below.
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We were given a warm welcome by residents of rural Mtwara as we arrived in Mtwara to begin carrying out plans of building the Neema Edward Mkwelele - Memorial Boarding School for Girls. Watch the events play out in this short clip.
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Friends of the Neema Edward Mkwelele Wellness Foundation, Olivia Mills and her son Ryan, donating books to the Neema Edward Mkwelele Memorial School - a public primary boarding school for girls (an inclusive school).
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The relationship between Neema Foundation and people in Mkunwa ward is growing. Narcis Masuya Nyoni (on the right), Programs Coordinator participated in one of the committee meetings (CMT). She went to present her plan, and talk about water problems in Mkunwa telling the committee that Neema Foundation is going to help people in Mkunwa. "We're working together to solve Mkunwa's most pressing water problem. Clean and safe water is essential for good health and Neema Foundation is going to help people in Mkunwa ward", she said. One of the village leaders in Mkunwa, Bakari Likurwa (on the left) is actively listening during this meeting.
Belinda Mhina is the Mkunwa ward leader.
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CMT - Mtwara discussing and debating Neema Foundation involvement in Mkunwa ward including the neighboring school teacher, Fakihi Adamu.
Celebrating The Day of the African Child 2020!
Since 1991, the Day of the African Child has been celebrated on June 16 to commemorate those killed during the Soweto Uprising in South Africa, and to recognize the courage of the students who marched for their right to an education. All children have a Right to Education and a Right to go to School a message from Neema Edward Mkwelele Wellness Foundation on June 16, 2020, at Yombo College for the Disabled, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Director of Operations, Expedita Nyoni delivered this message during a short lunch event organized by the organization. Due to the COVID 19 crisis, the commemoration of the event at the country level was done differently to mark the International Day of the African Child .
Since 1991, the Day of the African Child has been celebrated on June 16 to commemorate those killed during the Soweto Uprising in South Africa, and to recognize the courage of the students who marched for their right to an education. All children have a Right to Education and a Right to go to School a message from Neema Edward Mkwelele Wellness Foundation on June 16, 2020, at Yombo College for the Disabled, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Director of Operations, Expedita Nyoni delivered this message during a short lunch event organized by the organization. Due to the COVID 19 crisis, the commemoration of the event at the country level was done differently to mark the International Day of the African Child .
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Neema Edward Mkwelele Wellness Foundation and COVID-19, we’re determined to continue working and support the government's effort in the battle against COVID-19, we saw the urgent need to protect people from COVID-19. We made a huge impact giving 200 free cloth masks (Barokoa ya nguo in Swahili) to people in need in the city of Dar-ES-Salaam, Tanzania.
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Evelyn Hillier, President of Rotary Club of Lionsgate North Vancouver is handing over a cheque to support the Neema Edward Mkwelele Wellness Foundation. This is one of the generosity gifts to make an immediate difference in the lives of girls in rural Tanzania. The funds donated will go toward printing more brochures about school the building project.
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Mtwara regional officer, Education department, Germana Mungalo and programs coordinator, Narcissa Nyoni shaking hands. They both agree that the land is suitable for building a boarding school.
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Mtwara regional commissioner, Gelasius Byakanwa (center), Mtwara regional officer, Education department, Germana Mungalo (right), and programs coordinator, Narcissa Nyoni (left) looking at the map of Mkunwa Village. They both walked to survey the land, and discussed how the school will include girls with disabilities in its classrooms.
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The Neema Edward Mkwelele Wellness Foundation has reached a 25% project milestone. We have finalized and completed the agreement process to select a village in the region of Mtwara. The land in Mkunwa village will be used to build the Neema Mkwelele Memorial School - a public primary boarding school for girls (an inclusive school). The education system in Tanzania is embracing inclusion. Neema Mkwelele Memorial School will welcome students with various forms of disabilities; both learning and physical.
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Please take time to visit the Mtwara District Council website and their Facebook page for further details on the above milestone.
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Sabina Nyoni Raymond, Legal Secretary for the Neema Edward Mkwelele Wellness Foundation stamping documents to complete the process of signing the MOU between Mtwara District and Neema Edward Mkwelele Wellness Foundation.
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Evelyn Hiller, President of the Rotary Club of Lions Gate North Vancouver and Bertha Mkwelele Executive Director and Co-founder of Neema Edward Mkwelele Wellness Foundation at a Lions Gate Rotary Club meeting in North Vancouver.
Bertha Mkwelele, Executive Director and Co-founder of Neema Edward Mkwelele Wellness Foundation talking with club members at Lions Gate Rotary Club in North Vancouver; on rural poverty - it's simple: In the world's poorest communities (villages), girls and women bear the brunt of poverty. Bertha told club members who attended the meeting few things about the
geographic area of focus, and she said ‘Mtwara and Lindi are characterized by poverty and backwardness in education especially for girls. Most people living in villages and rural areas of Mtwara and Lindi are experiencing extreme poverty. Generally, Tanzanian women have higher rates of poverty than Tanzanian men. Therefore, educating girls is one of the most powerful tools for alleviating poverty and Neema Foundation will support the government's efforts to reduce and cut down the cycle of poverty among girls and women’. 
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Bertha Mkwelele Executive Director and Co-founder of Neema Edward Mkwelele Wellness Foundation talking with club members at Lions Gate Rotary Club in North Vancouver; Bertha emphases that more efforts are required to help people in the rural and remote areas of Tanzania living in extreme poverty,
struggling to meet basic food needs. She was calling for help because it is fundamentally important to remember that the best way to empower poor people especially girls and women is to support their education. She said, ‘Rural and remote areas of Tanzania are still struggling. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, Tanzania, 67.9 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. Poverty is highest in the rural areas, with around 80 percent of the country’s poor living in those regions’. 
James Thompson is responsible for International projects at Lions
Gate Rotaract Club, North Vancouver. He is talking and sharing about income differences between Canada and Tanzania at one of the club meetings. Tanzania has low income among its people and therefore, low income earning countries including Tanzania are the most poor countries in the world; calling for Rotarians to do more to help poor people in Tanzania, in particular the rural and remote population. He said anyone with interest and passion about education and especially educating girls in poor Tanzania is welcome to help people with low incomes in rural and remote areas of the country. He also said, ‘Rotarians thrive to make the world a better place‘, and he insisted and said, ‘I am calling upon us to do more about change especially making a better life for poor children in a poor Tanzania’. He also pointed out that the Neema Edward Mkwelele Wellness Foundation is an excellent match for Rotarians to get involved. |
Canadian number: 76288 1712 BC0001.
Tanzanian number: NOOONGO/00004827.
Tanzanian tax id: 00NGO/R1/0093
Tanzanian number: NOOONGO/00004827.
Tanzanian tax id: 00NGO/R1/0093
