Kiretono Accomplishments

Aid Tanzania and Kiretono, thanks to the generosity of its supporters and volunteers, has been able to provide the following assistance:

Sponsored 300+ years of primary, secondary, or vocational education school
Renovated 2 classrooms and headmistress' office at Sumawe Primary School with assistance from Tauck
Installed 2 phases of playground equipment and swings at Sumawe Primary School with funds raised by Ricardo A Cabeza de Vaca and Simon's Promise
Provided textbooks and school supplies, uniforms, shoes, mattresses and other items for dorm life to secondary school students
Donated more than 300 primary school textbooks
Organized field trips to attend KISA scholars leadership programs in Northern Tanzania
Hosted "Town Tours" orienting pastoralist girls to life outside of their isolated rural homes

Provided training and assistance to hundreds of women through the Women's Enterprise Program (WEP) in an effort to alleviate poverty
In 2019, more than 425 women have participated at various levels in the Women's Enterprise Program
Provided thousands of dollars worth of beading supplies to WEP to produce merchandise which is then sold to in an effort for Kiretono to become self-sustaining.

Conducted training sessions in Ngorongoro on the importance of hygiene and treating your drinking water, introducing the Safe Water Now ceramic water filter, impacting hundreds of families
Placed 200 filters with Maasai families, thus providing filtered drinking water for more than 1000 people over a five year period.
Placed 5 high-flow filters donated by Babson College Students and FAME to meet the needs of more than 400 primary school students at Oloirobi Primary School in Ngorongoro
Organized vision screenings coordinated with district health officials in Ngorongoro, serving more than 450 patients over 6 days, distributing hundreds of pairs of reading, prescription and sun glasses and facilitated referrals for patients requiring surgery or further treatment for pathology.