We are proud to present a new MEDLIFE project in Kilimanjaro! Thanks to the hard work of our MEDLIFE team we were able to make much-needed improvements to Kilema Primary School, a school that will benefit more than 200 students and teachers in the community of Kilema.

Kilema, located in Marangu (Moshi), is a community of just over 20,000 inhabitants. During a mobile clinic nearby, the director of the local school petitioned for MEDLIFE’s support in order to construct new school bathrooms, as well as renovate the exterior of the classrooms, which had been flooded during heavy seasonal rains. The flooding not only interrupted classes but also damaged the rooms and put the health of the children at risk. The toilets being used at the school presented another health risk, as they were dirty and lacked a proper drainage system. Many children had even had stomach complications and were still afraid to use the bathroom during school hours.

Originally, the bathrooms did not have toilets, running water, and some of the stalls lacked doors

For this project, MEDLIFE renovated the toilets, repaired the administrative offices, acquired a water tank for the bathrooms, painted the classrooms and constructed a water drainage system so that rainwater would not flood the school in the future. Students, teachers, and parents all participated in the renovations. After everything was completed, the community was very happy with all the improvements that were made!

The new bathrooms have proper doors, new toilets, and water tank to supply them with water. Also, new bathrooms for the teachers were built, so kids have their own bathrooms.

Classrooms were painted and a drainage system was built to avoid future flooding.

A thank-you letter was sent to our Tanzania team from the Kilema Primary School!