Tanzania Community Development Project
This project has been enabling disadvantaged children to attend school through the construction and improvement of educational facilities.
History
Quest began working in Tanzania in 2002, helping rural Tanzanian communities improve their existing education, health facilities and where possible, to provide additional infrastructure to further this aim. Quest works with local NGOs Tanzania EcoVolunteerism and The Village Education Project, Kilimanjaro’. Objectives
To directly help rural villages in Marangu, Tanzania to improve the livelihoods and future of their community. Also to improve limited facilities by building classrooms, libraries, medical dispensaries and carry out other essential infrastructure projects. Achievements
Constructed:- 2-storey accommodation block for vocational training centre apprentices
- 3 nursery schools
- A large community library
- A large health centre
- Recreational facilities for local children including 2 playgrounds and a basketball court
- A school kitchen
- 5 pit latrines and 4 other water sanitation buildings
- Painted countless educational murals
- Renovated 3 schools, a community hall and volunteer house
- Spent several hundred volunteer hours supporting local street children by leading activities
Future Plans
Quest has been working in Marangu for 5 years and 2008 is likely to be the last team project. The aim is to complete the final storey on the two-floor accommodation block that the Quest Charitable Trust has funded and built over the last year and a half. This accommodation block will provide housing and shelter for over 50 students from the nearby Vocational Training Centre where young students are taught vocational skills such as carpentry, masonry, arts and crafts. 
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