Since 2009 Apex Housing Association has partnered with Children in Crossfire to engage in community development programmes in the village of Miwaleni in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. This partnership has already delivered results that have directly benefited the people of the village and its surrounds.

Construction of the health clinic was completed in September 2010. Its official opening in October 2010 was attended by Apex and Children in Crossfire.

Weekly mobile clinics were started in September 2010 using the clinic building as a base. A staff accommodation block was needed to enable the clinic to operate full time due to the remote location and lack of available housing in the village. Again Apex raised the finance needed and construction was completed in May 2011.

This clinic has had an immediate impact and it has been busy each week - over 60 people attend each week, with approximately 35 of them being young children (who receive free medical supplies). The existence of the clinic is now well established serving Miwaleni and neighbouring villages.


Provision of Solar energy at the dispensary

In July 2011 Apex provided additional funds for the provision of solar power at the clinic and staff house.

The next Project for Miwaleni

The village development committee has identified the importance of education for the children in the village and its long term prosperity and has requested funding from Apex to renovate the Miwaleni Primary School, including the provision of a dedicated pre-primary class.

At present the school has:

• approximately 40 -50 pupils per class
• one text book per class
• around 10% of pupils going on to secondary education
• de-motivated teachers due to poor conditions

The school renovation will cost in the region of £29,300 which is the next fundraising target for Apex.  When the village committee heard that we would try to raise the necessary funds, their response was ‘Our dreams have come true’.

The school currently has around 300 children and 7 teachers, with no pre-primary class at all. It was originally built by the community but has lacked funds for maintenance which has led to a poor environment characterized by broken classroom walls, doors and windows, some leaking roofs, dusty floors and extremely dirty walls. Also, the school lacks teachers’ office; there is a kitchen in a classroom (thus one less classroom); desks and chairs are in very poor conduction and availability of text books is scarce.

Apex suggested incorporating a vegetable garden to provide food for the children as well as educating them on the importance of nutrition. The school committee think that this is a great idea and have allocated a plot for the garden

Since 2009 Apex Housing Association has partnered with Children in Crossfire to engage in community development programmes in the village of Miwaleni in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. This partnership has already delivered results that have directly benefited the people of the village and its surrounds.

Construction of the health clinic was completed in September 2010. Its official opening in October 2010 was attended by Apex and Children in Crossfire.

Weekly mobile clinics were started in September 2010 using the clinic building as a base. A staff accommodation block was needed to enable the clinic to operate full time due to the remote location and lack of available housing in the village. Again Apex raised the finance needed and construction was completed in May 2011.

This clinic has had an immediate impact and it has been busy each week - over 60 people attend each week, with approximately 35 of them being young children (who receive free medical supplies). The existence of the clinic is now well established serving Miwaleni and neighbouring villages.


Provision of Solar energy at the dispensary

In July 2011 Apex provided additional funds for the provision of solar power at the clinic and staff house.

The next Project for Miwaleni

The village development committee has identified the importance of education for the children in the village and its long term prosperity and has requested funding from Apex to renovate the Miwaleni Primary School, including the provision of a dedicated pre-primary class.

At present the school has:

• approximately 40 -50 pupils per class
• one text book per class
• around 10% of pupils going on to secondary education
• de-motivated teachers due to poor conditions

The school renovation will cost in the region of £29,300 which is the next fundraising target for Apex.  When the village committee heard that we would try to raise the necessary funds, their response was ‘Our dreams have come true’.

The school currently has around 300 children and 7 teachers, with no pre-primary class at all. It was originally built by the community but has lacked funds for maintenance which has led to a poor environment characterized by broken classroom walls, doors and windows, some leaking roofs, dusty floors and extremely dirty walls. Also, the school lacks teachers’ office; there is a kitchen in a classroom (thus one less classroom); desks and chairs are in very poor conduction and availability of text books is scarce.

Apex suggested incorporating a vegetable garden to provide food for the children as well as educating them on the importance of nutrition. The school committee think that this is a great idea and have allocated a plot for the garden