Edpowerment Inc. Information

Since 2010 EdPowerment has steadily developed a formal academic course instruction at the Kilimahewa Centre for Education by hiring exemplary Tanzanian teachers and providing critical classroom materials. Reading and access to books and other materials are virtually unheard of in Kilimahewa. So in 2011, EdPowerment also embarked on a plan to take the older students to the Moshi library once a week by piled them into the dala-dala each week accompanied by staff. In 2013 we went a step further. Thanks to a New York City fundraiser at SoulCycle, we embarked on a community library for not only Kilimahewa students, but also for their families and neighbors. At the same time, EdPowerment began to bring laptop computers to the Centre. Villagers literally had never touched this staple of modern life. EdPowerment's educational efforts got a tremendous boost in the fall of 2014 when Rotary International awarded a $53,000 Global Grant to the Centre to develop a skills program at the Centre. Under the guidance of EdPowerment Director, Kerri Elliott, a pairing of Internet courses and farming best practice instruction now supplements a core of academic subjects. Powered by a newly installed solar powered electrical grid, Kilimahewa reaches out to village adults, as well as their children, bringing the world beyond Kilimahewa within their reach.