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Audrey and Sarah- The Kanga Project

media type="custom" key="3711899" thus to break a deepening poverty society." The projects that are to be accomplished are: ** > ** The Kanga Project has helped so many in need. Over 600 women have come and have beened educated and trained in numerous activities that would be needed fo their hard daily lives in Tanzania. They all have many goals to be accomplished in the next few years. To accomplish these goals, which are above in the pink, they need volunteers, people to raise money, and people to donate. This is a very needy organzation because these girls have nothing. Their parents had left them when they were maybe our age and sometimes even younger. They had no where to live and everyday to go to school, they had to walk about twelve miles each day. They would have to leave very early so they could walk all the way there! The Kanga Project is in need for the money because they have to build hostels for the girls and if they are not in a school, the girls have to take school at the hostels and they need books and supplies. The Kanga Project is an amazing organization and they are caring for people that are in need. Name of country: Tanzania. Population:about 40,000,000 Per capita GDP: $1,400. Main exports: Gold, coffee, cashew nuts, manufactures, and cotton Main imports: Consumer goods, machinery and transportation equipment, industrial raw materials, and crude oil. Natural resources: Hydropower, tin, phosphates, iron ore, coal, diamonds, gemstones, gold, natural gas, and nickel. Main ethnic groups: African and Bantu. Main religious groups: Christian, Muslim, and indigenous beliefs Infant mortality rate: 70.46 deaths per 1,000 live births Life expectancy: 51.45 years Literacy rate: 69.4% HDI: 0.503 or ranked 152nd out of 179 countries.
 *  The Kanga Project "is all about giving the rural women of Tanzania a voice in their own affairs and
 * **the education of girls and women **
 * **self-awareness and empowerment **
 * **capacity building **
 * **entrepreneurship **
 * **health, hygiene and HIV/AIDS **
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 * <span style="color: rgb(102, 165, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(255, 88, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-size: 142.56%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(255, 88, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The Kanga Project funds rural development projects for women in Tanzania. They provide training and education. They also try to promote entrepreneurship and being sustainable. They also fund hostels for girls and so they can be able to get a secondary education. The ways you can act to help this project are by volunteering to build schools, raising money, be a sponsor, make a donation, and many more!!!

Tanzania is a country in the central eastern part of Africa. In the past few years, Tanzania has suffered from many economic downfalls. These downfalls include oil shocks, decrease in commodity prices, droughts, the Uganda war, and the separation of the East African Community. In Tanzania, people think that education is very important because it will make them stronger and confident. People who are educated obtain the skilled man power needed to successfully run the country. Since the 20th century, Tanzania has had a steady growth of the manufacturing businesses. Most manufacturing activities focus on consumer goods such as food, beverages, tobacco, furniture, and wood products. **<span style="color: rgb(236, 112, 14); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> **<span style="font-size: 190%; color: rgb(228, 62, 12); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tanzania's Flag!! ** <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(129, 164, 223); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> check your URLs || Script ||
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 * 1 || [[image:images-5.jpeg width="111" height="145"]] || www.clicknow.org.uk || Our project is called The Kanga Project, which is a project that is based in the city of Singida in the Northern part of Tanzania. Everyone that is apart of the organization is in need. The Kanga project is always there to help ||
 * 2 || [[image:africa_tanzania_maasai_girls.jpg width="224" height="168"]] || www.travelphotosforyou.com || This project helps girls get a secondary education. The Kanga Project also funds hostels for girls in the Tanzanian region. The girls come from all over Tanzania. This project gives them a place o live closer to their schools. ||
 * 3 || [[image:landscape.JPG width="256" height="192"]] || www.tanzaniatrekking.com || Tanzania is a country that has many different regions of land. Tazania has plains, mountain ranges, grasslands, and more. Some of the regions in Tanzania are very poor and have a low life expectancy. ||
 * 4 || [[image:women_on_the_road.jpg width="239" height="159"]] || pernille.typepad.com/.../women_on_the_road.jpg || Some of the families are very poor and cannot afford a house to live in even when they work. There is very little money to go around in Tanzania. The people who have to be pushed around and do labor just to get money work very very hard. ||
 * 5 || [[image:threewomen500.jpg width="240" height="180"]] || fiberfocus.blogspot.com || Some children are left alone because their parents are not able to take good care of their children so they just leave them. that is where the Kanga Project comes in. They get girls who are on the streets to cgo and live int the hostels that were bulit. ||
 * 6 || [[image:volunteers_need_muscles.jpg width="240" height="179"]] || www.thekangaproject.org || There are many good people out there that take time out of their daily lives to help build the hostels. It takes a lot of time and effort for these people to come out and volunteer. ||
 * 7 || [[image:StudAccom2.jpg width="250" height="187"]] || www.thekangaproject.org || The hostels are built based on the money made from the project. The space is very tight sometimes because there are so many girls in Tanzania that need a place to stay. Each hostel has about sixteen rooms. ||
 * 8 || [[image:IMAG0209_gloria.jpg width="126" height="167"]] || www.thekangaproject.org || This is the lady that started the Kanga Project and is the program coordinator. her name is Gloria Nkunngu. She is a very inspirational woman. She is a role model and a leader towards the community. ||
 * 9 || [[image:hostel.jpg width="240" height="179"]] || www.thekangaproject.org || People come from near and far to help build the hostels for the girls. Many people come because they know how this organization helps saves lives. ||
 * 10 || [[image:walking_endlessly_to_school.jpg width="270" height="200"]] || www.thekangaproject.org || Everyday most girls in Tanzania have to walk to school. To get to the school from their house would be about twelve miles. If the girls are living in a hostel, the school would be less than a mile away. In Tanzania, most people have to walk everywhere because they can not afford to buy a car. They usually refer to people who have cars as being rich. ||
 * 11 || [[image:view_of_the_school_from_the_hostel.jpg width="300" height="224"]] || www.thekangaproject.org || Everyone in the community of Tanzania are like a family. They share love, compassion, and sympathy with each other. They all work together as one. They know how tough life is for them and the people. ||

Picture Bibliography: www.steveconover.info http://connectionkenya.wordpress.com/?s=tanzania http://www.thekangaproject.org/ pernille.typepad.com/.../women_on_the_road.jpg || Website Bibliography: National Land Use Planning Commission Website. 16 Mar. 2009 <http://www.nlupc.co.tz>.
 * fiberfocus.blogspot.com || www.clicknow.org.uk || www.travelphotosforyou.com ||  || www.tanzaniatrekking.com ||

"Tanzania economy up 7.5 pct last year - BoT." IPPMEDIA Main Page. 16 Mar. 2009 <http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2009/02/10/131350.html>.

"Tanzania People - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements,." Photius Coutsoukis; Photius; Photios; Fotis Koutsoukis. 16 Mar. 2009 <http://www.photius.com/wfb1999/tanzania/tanzania_people.html>.

The Kanga Project. 16 Mar. 2009 <http://www.thekangaproject.org>.

"The Tanzania National Website." National Website of the United Republic of Tanzania. 16 Mar. 2009 <http://www.tanzania.go.tz/issuesf.html>.