Cheka School

Cheka School Cheka School is a free English and Swahili medium nursery and pre-primary school for the children of the Kiranyi area of Sakina. http://chekaschool.com/

Cheka School started life in the living room of Cheka House. Arjen and Gethy from Holland shared their vision to assist the children of Kiranyi in getting an education their families could not otherwise afford. Cheka Foundation was born and its first project, Cheka School soon followed. The school then teamed up with IVHQ and Futuresense Foundation - volunteer organisations -receiving its first th

ree volunteers in mid December 2010. At Cheka house the classes were split in two - with the much younger children taught in the morning and the older children from the local Government school coming there in the afternoon for extra lessons to supplement their Government school primary education. In mid January 2011, the school relocated to the grounds of a local house as the local demand for enrollment grew rapidly. As more children and volunteers arrived, two new classes were created - Simba class which was placed initially in a cleared out garage and Tembo class which remains in its same classroom. At this point, apart from volunteers, the school had one local teacher,Catherine, who volunteered her time to assist. Margaret was also on hand to help with preparing porridge for the children at the end of the school day. Soon after Jeff from the UK arrived (through Futuresense Foundation) to offer his building skills and experience voluntarily to the school, and oversaw the building of the new classroom which was the new home of Simba class. Through various generous donations worldwide, Simba class was painted, stationery and supplies were bought and teachers were employed on a full time basis at the school. In March 2012, the school was relocated down the road to new premises. Cheka School's lessons now take place within a rented Western style house. Next door to the school, and within the same compound, is another house that has been furnished on order to accommodate volunteers on a self catering basis. If you're interested in becoming a volunteer - let us know!! Currently the school employs (through donations) two full time local Swahili and English speaking teachers -Happy and Thabea, one cook Mama Rizzi that prepares 2 nutritious meals each day for the children and two security guards providing 24 hour security for the premises. Co-managers Sonia & Deo handle the in-country management of the school. Cheka school continues to work with various organisations to welcome volunteers from all over the world to come and offer their assistance and/or experience of teaching or any other skills they might have that can help our lovely school. It is hoped that all volunteers that come to Cheka will have an excellent and thoroughly rewarding time and will leave with some incredible memories of their time with the children, the school and Tanzania.

22/12/2019

As a result of new government policies, Cheka School has had to close for the past 3 months as we wait for the process to re-register our organisation as an official NGO. The process is difficult and time consuming and we are really sad that we have to be closed while we wait. However, running the school without students still costs money. Teachers and other staff salaries are paid and the house rent as well.
As a result, we will have to move out of our current location end of the year as we can not afford to pay rent for an empty house.
We choose to see this as a new and fresh start for Cheka and and hopeful we will soon find a new location (hopefully lower rent) and re-open our wonderful school.

Cheka School needs your support more than ever - the process of registering an official NGO is expensive and having not been able to have a special Christmas campaign this year (as school has been closed) our funds are running low. The current situation is that we actually don't know how to pay rent and salaries this month (approx $1200).

These beautiful cards are still available as well as our gorgeous book of Swahili recipes to give away this season. If you are looking for a meaningful gift to give away this year, we have the perfect solution.

Email, whatsapp or send me message on Messenger if you are interested and I will get you sorted.
[email protected]
+255682381772

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays - thank you for your endless support! ♥️🎄

Arika White using the Cookbook for Tanzanian brunch this morning. Next stop, chips mayai!
17/02/2019

Arika White using the Cookbook for Tanzanian brunch this morning. Next stop, chips mayai!

With all the craziness of the holidays we have totally forgotten to introduce our wonderful volunteers these past months...
29/12/2018

With all the craziness of the holidays we have totally forgotten to introduce our wonderful volunteers these past months: Neve (AUS), Melanie (CA) & Egil (SWE). Asanteni sana for your love, support and hard work ❤️ @ Arusha, Tanzania

It's not too late to donate $35 or more to the children of Cheka School and receive a Cheka Cookbook! The cookbook feat...
20/12/2018

It's not too late to donate $35 or more to the children of Cheka School and receive a Cheka Cookbook! The cookbook features some of Cheka's strong and empowered Mamas. You can take a sneak peek into the lives of Cheka students through photos and bios. The book also features some of Tanzania's most popular dishes like chips mayai, sambusa, rice and beans and ugali!

Donate: www.Gofundme.com/chekaschoolus OR
Paypal: [email protected]

Looking for a gift that gives back this holiday? Donations of $35 or more to Cheka School will receive a downloadable co...
15/12/2018

Looking for a gift that gives back this holiday? Donations of $35 or more to Cheka School will receive a downloadable cookbook featuring local Tanzanian recipes, along with photos and bios of some of our Cheka families!

www.gofundme.com/chekaschoolus

Cheka School is excited to launch our 2018 Holiday Fundraising Campaign! Looking for a meaningful holiday gift for a fri...
12/12/2018

Cheka School is excited to launch our 2018 Holiday Fundraising Campaign!

Looking for a meaningful holiday gift for a friend, coworker or family member? Donate $35 in a loved one’s name to Cheka School and receive a downloadable Cheka cookbook with tasty local recipes to try and pictures of the students and their families cooking.

Donation amounts of any value will receive a printable holiday card. All proceeds will provide uniforms, classroom supplies, daily meals, and so much more to our 40 deserving students.

Visit www.Gofundme.com/Chekaschoolus

-$15 provides a school uniform to 1 child for the year

-$25 provides breakfast, lunch and snack for 1 child all year

-$50 will supply the students with pencils, paper, markers, and paint

-$100 provides breakfast, lunch and a snack to 40 children for one month

-$400 will supply all 40 students with their uniform for the year

Cheka Students of the Month October - enjoy
15/10/2018

Cheka Students of the Month October - enjoy

Finally it's time to introduce Cheka Students of The Month for September
08/09/2018

Finally it's time to introduce
Cheka Students of The Month for September

03/09/2018

Keep an eye out for our
Cheka Students of The Month feature - get to know the kiddos and their families !

Coming soon!

21/08/2018

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Arusha

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