EDPOWERMENT LOSES A GOOD FRIEND… WHAT BOB DEISS MEANT TO US AND TANZANIA

A group of people standing around each other.

This week we lost a tireless supporter of EdPowerment’s work in the Kilimahewa and surrounding villages, Bob Deiss. Without Bob, the Kilimahewa Educational Centre would not be the vibrant, multi-purpose haven for learning that it is becoming today. Kerri Elliott, EdPowerment’s Director, wrote the following tribute to this exceptional human being. Around the same time of…

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Now That’s a Good Teacher!

A man is walking in the dirt with his hands up.

Frank Lema is the Computer Program Manager at the community-based Kilimahewa Educational Centre. Frank came to us by way of a Rotary Global Grant that turned the computer training started by EdPowerment into a comprehensive computer/internet and media center.   Frank was not a teacher. He was an Internet Technology professional. But the best teachers are…

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