THE CONGREGATION OF THE HOLY GHOST FATHERS (SPIRITANS)

PROVINCE OF TANZANIA

ENDULEN CATHOLIC MISSION

Proposed Project: ENDULEN SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR DEAF CHILDREN

Total amount requested: 578.224.000 TZSH equivalent to 290,000.00 Us dollars

or 275,400 Euros.

All the figures are in Tanzanian shillings. The exchange rate today is:

1 Us Dollar =2000 Tanzanian Shillings and 1 Euro =2100 Tanzanian shillings.

Targeted Group: 100 deaf children (boys and girls)

Project Goal: To contribute towards improvement of Education for deprived deaf Children.

Prepared under the direction of:

Fr Albano Mwombeki CSSp

P.O. Box 42 NGORONGORO

TANZANIA

E-mail: [email protected]

Phone: +255764864032

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 Endulen Special School for Deaf Children

School Project Proposal

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Summary

II. Introduction

 Who are the Holy Ghosts Fathers (Spiritans)?

 Location of the project

 Project ideas

 Spiritan capacity

III. Problem Statement

 Deafness in Tanzania

IV. Objectives of the project

V. Methods

VI. Strategies of implementation

VII. Expected results

VIII. Budget

a) Buildings/Construction

b) Instruction Materials

c) Furniture

d) Other items

e) Human resources

f) Food and catering

g) Requirement overall expenditure

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 IX. Income

X. Future funding and sustainability

XI. Deliverable

XII. Project organization structure

XIII. Monitoring and Evaluation

XIV. Viability of the project

XV. Conclusion and recommendations

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 I). Section A: Summary about the applying Organization:

Organization details
A1 Organization Name SPIRITANS TANZANIA PROVINCE(CATHOLIC CHURCH)
A2 Organization Short name SPIRITANS
A3 Postal Adress/P.O.Box 7590 ARUSHA
A4 Physical address P. O. Box 42 NGORONGORO ENDULEN
A5 Town/Area ENDULEN NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA
A6 City/Country ARUSHA- TANZANIA
A7 Postal Code
A8 Country TANZANIA
A9 Organization telephone no +255272553064
A10 Organization Fax No. +255272553088
A11 Organization Email [email protected]/[email protected]
A12 Organization Website www.cssptanzania.org

Contact details
A13 Salutation Priest incharge
A14 Name Albano Mwombeki C.S.Sp.
A15 Job title Priest incharge
A16 Email Address [email protected]/[email protected]
A17 Office Number +255764864032
A18 Mobile Number +255764864032

Operational details
A19 Organizational activities (What does the organization do? Who owns it?Who Manages
it?)
Among our activities are: Evangelization, education, health care, refugee ministry and
development projects. The Congregation is managed by the General Superior who is in
Rome Italy and at the same time every country has a provincial who acts on behalf of our
General Superior. The provincial superior is responsible for all activities in Tanzania.
A20 Year established 1703 in France
A21 Annual gross receips
A22 No. of members 120 Tanzanians only
A23

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A24 Type of registration Missionary Congregation
A25 Country of regitration TANZANIA/ France
A26 Registration Number

Section B :Proposed Project Idea.

Project Details
B1 Innovation idea title Endulen Special School for Deaf Children
B2 Sector Primary Education
B3 Region Arusha
B4 Project Start date June 2015
B5 Project Duration 3years

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 II INTRODUCTION

Who are the Holy Ghost Missionaries (Spiritans?)

The Spiritans are a Roman Catholic congregation founded in France in 1703 for
evangelization of the poor. We count the following as constitutive parts of our mission of
evangelization: the “integral liberation” of people, action for justice and peace and
participation in development. We therefore make ourselves the advocates, the supporters
and the defenders of the weak and the little ones against all who oppress them (Spiritan
Rule of life No. 14). Our Congregation is present on all continents, especially in Africa.
Spiritans in Tanzania are involved in many diverse ministries including Evangelization,
education, health care, parish work, development projects and refugee ministry. In Tanzania
the Spiritans Provincialate (head office) is located at Tengeru P. O Box 7590 ARUSHA. The
Spiritan Provincialate has already built and is running several schools including, Marian Girls,
Marian Boys and Marian Primary in Bagamoyo, Tengeru boys Secondary school and Tengeru
Vocational Training Center in Arusha, and Libermann Primary and Secondary school in Dar-
es-Salaam.

The Congregation is known for venture in new missions and difficult areas, this is the
reason for us to be in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Since almost fifty years we are
working with the Maasai community. In recent years we have been involved in development
issues, especially water projects in Endulen and Esere villages. These projects also supplied
water in primary schools in Endulen and Esere. During our last year chapter we realized, that
many of the marginalized in our society today are people with disabilities. We made it as our
commitment for the future to improve the life of the disabled people in Tanzania.
Spiritans fight for the complete and integral liberation of mankind. To achieve that
goal, education is our priority. Quality and relevant education is the only help and a solution
towards poverty eradication among the deaf people. We are convinced that everybody
should have a chance to improve his/her living conditions. This cannot happen without a
good education, which will give him/her a voice to express him/herself, to be independent,
and play a role in improving the economy of the community and the country at large.

Location of the project

Endulen Special School for Deaf Children will be established at Endulen village, Ngorongoro
District in Arusha Region occupying an area of 12 Ha. Actually, there is one deaf unit
attached at the government primary school. This Unit has a number of challenges and
children are not taken care of properly. It also accommodates few children and many of
them are left in their homes just to take care of animals, which ruin their future. The
Endulen Special School for the Deaf will be a boarding school for Deaf children only. It will
accommodate 50 children (25 girls and 25 boys).The division of Ngorongoro District has
many Maasai people who are often pastoralist. The area has many Maasai deaf adults and
deaf children. Moreover, due to poverty of their parents, deaf children in the area are left

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behind compared to other normal hearing children in their families, they are not sent to
school even if they reach such age.

Project idea

The proposed name of the project is ENDULEN SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR DEAF CHILDREN. The
project will help to contribute towards the improvement of Education for the deprived deaf
children. The idea originated from different people who visited the Deaf unit in Endulen and
also the teachers of the deaf Unit in Endulen, public leaders and parishioners. Experience
and research demonstrate that the deaf people in Tanzania are facing several challenges in
our society, especially those who are in rural areas. Among these challenges are: deaf
children are stigmatized by their communities even families, as a result they tend to be
isolated, they are the poorest among the poor, they remain uneducated and illiteracy is high
among them. Some families hide the deaf children for fear of losing their social status or
prestige. The most responsibility a deaf child can have in many families is grazing animals,
domestic work like washing dishes and cooking, ploughing the fields and even doing small
business for their parents. We Spiritans, with our commitment to the marginalized, with our
vision and mission, we do not want this situation to continue, therefor we want to decrease
the number of deaf children who are uneducated by establishing the school for deaf children
in Endulen.

Our aim is to reduce illiteracy and poverty among the deaf Children through Education.
Hence a Tanzanian deaf child will receive equal access to quality Education like any other
child. This will enhance them to meet their future dreams and have good living conditions.

Spiritan Capacity

During our chapter last year we realized that most of the marginalized in our society today
are people with disabilities. We made our commitment for the future to improve the life of
the disabled people in Tanzania. The Spiritan team in our Endulen Mission has the required
capacity to design interventions and at the same time give impetus to the program’s
management. We have in addition established networks with other organizations working in
the region and therefore have hands on experience in networking. The organization
constantly plans before engaging in project activities and other interventions. It’s recognition
by the local communities and Country government administration has further placed us in a
strategic footing to replicate ourselves inside Ngorongoro. We have established strategic
partnerships with key members of the local government. Endulen Mission has a rare unity of
purpose amongst its members. This has in turn ensured solidarity and hence it’s stability.
There is high potentiality that this achievement educating deaf children will be replicated
inside Ngorongoro District and beyond.

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III PROBLEM STATEMENT

The current main source of the problem is Exclusion. This is derived from: Negative social
attitude towards these children in schools and surrounding communities, prevalence
environmental and communication barriers, poverty and concomitant challenges, lack of
knowledge and skills to manage the teaching and learning of children with special needs,
lack of awareness of parents who have deaf children, and community as well as some
traditional believes.

Since we have few special schools for the deaf children in Tanzania, more inclusive education
for children with disabilities and other marginalized groups are needed.
The effort is being made to sensibilize and mobilizes the community members about the
importance of deaf children as human beings, their right to access to quality education as
other normal hearing children. The alarming increase of uneducated deaf children in our
country remains a focal problem to be dealt with.

Deafness in Tanzania

There is widespread beliefs in Tanzania especially in rural areas like Ngorongoro that Deaf
children could not be educated, beliefs which are sustaining to acquire normal speech, and
hence the ability to communicate effectively with other members of the community.

Few people are recognizing that Education provide the KEY to normal development through
Language Training, understanding of words and concepts, reading skills and through Sign
Communication with others suffering from the same handicap as well as with hearing people
through lip-reading acquistion of speech. As consequence, many Deaf children and other
Hearing-Impaired children in Ngorongoro District have been condemned to life of social and
cultural isolation due to communication barriers. Special schools for the deaf in Tanzania are
only dedicated in far towns, whereby the poor parents in rural areas are unable to send their
deaf children to school.

The Government of Tanzania has progressively and systematically worked toward poverty
reduction and other related development programmes through policy initiatives including
2025 National Poverty Eradication Strategy and Poverty Reduction Sreategy (PRSP).The main
goal of such Strategy is to ensure the provision of social service (i.e EDUCATION, HEALTH,
WATER, ENERGY and COMMUNICATION ) to the poor and to enhance access to high quality
rural infrastructure service.

However, a crucial issue is that the Government has failed to address its participation and
involvement of vulnerable groups such as disabled/deaf, orphans, widows, person affected
by HIV/AIDS in these poverty reduction programs. Spiritans have taken the initiative to
change this situation and is now approaching organizations in order to improve the
conditions for Deaf children who are joining primary schools in the nearby villages and
beyond.

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In order to realize its goals, Spiritans have designed this Primary school education project
that will see construction of 7 class rooms, kitchen and store, 2 Dormitories , four teachers’
houses, and 1 administration block, dining hall, but also equip the school gradually with
teaching materials, such as text books, desks, chairs, tables and beds. Solar energy, acoustic
class room

IV OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT:

Our objective is to contribute towards improvement and sustainability of education for the
deprived deaf children in Tanzania.

The project will be of vital for the deaf children especially in enabling them to access quality
Education, particularly Primary education. The accessed education will make them
independent, by caring and supporting them mentally and psychologically, spiritually and
socially.

The targeted beneficiaries of the project are the Deaf children from 5 years of age above,
particularly those who are ready to enter in standard one (1) at primary school level and
whose parents fail to send them to attend school due to poverty, and those who fail access
education facilities due to the above constraints. ???

The deaf children need assistance from the donors with good wills, otherwise the
vulnerability of being affected by the disability will remain high. And if not taken care for,
these deaf children in rural area(s) will be exposed and susceptible to, as well to the
unbecoming uneducated, behavior like alcohol addiction and prostitution, which will
accelerate social problems and endanger their lives. Something needs to be done to reduce
illiteracy among the deaf children.

V. METHODS
The identification and selection of targeted group will be done by Village/sub-village leaders,
in collaboration with the school management. The project will focus more on deaf children
in community participation especially on education; the identified deaf children will actively
be involved in education and in other basic needs. However the proposed project will not
operate in isolation but rather it will network /collaborate with other partners like
community members, community Based Organization, Faith Based Organizations, and
Community Care Coalition and government officials.

The project will integrate the cross cutting themes including gender balance, environmental
conservation, child rights and protection, Disability, human values ,peace , conflict resolution
and human rights. This project will not only motivate the parents to take care of their deaf
children, but also the deaf children will experience the same love within the same family.

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VI. Strategies of Implementation

At the initial stage of the Deaf children school project, the Spiritan team in Endulen will
construct 7 class rooms, 6 toilets and 6 bathrooms, 1-kitchen and a store, 2 Dormitories and
1 administration office, 4 teachers houses, and also equip the school gradually with: teaching
materials such as text books, chairs, tables, desks ,beds and mattresses, food, water supply
etc.

Spiritan team will engage the expertise of constructors and other laborers to carry out the
actual work. Then there will be procurement of the construction materials which will be
done in Karatu and their transportation to the construction site as has been agreed with the
project management committee. The project Manager will prepare all the necessary reports
including the financial reports and submit them to the funding organization as will be agreed
upon

Phase 1

This will include: Construction of 4 classrooms, Kitchen and store, two Dormitories, Toilets,
Teachers house, and administration office. This will start as soon as funds are availed.

Phase 2

This will concern the construction of storage tanks for rainwater collection, solar power
installation, buying of the text books; manufacturing desks, chairs, tables, and other teaching
and learning materials. We expect to start with twenty children by January 2016. Then we
will be admitting 10 children per year. We need to have 4 teachers at the beginning and we
will add the number gradually. (Ref personnel chart below). The school will admit 50
students over five years.

Phase 3:

It is about completing the construction of three classes and two teacher’s houses. Plus a
dining hall.

Spiritans’ team will invite the donor representatives and members of the government to
carry out their own independent evaluation after the completion of the project. Continuous
monitoring of the project will be conducted by the Spiritans team and representatives from
the church Diocese to ensure that the project achieves its goals and objectives as set out in
this proposal.

VII. EXPECTED RESULTS

We expect to:
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  Increase the number of Deaf children attending schools. Quality education for 50
deaf students delivered through creation of adequate learning spaces.
 Increase and accelerate learning programs for 50 disadvantaged deaf children who
had hither to not access basic education.
 50 Deaf children enrolled and retained in school through school feeding programs.
 Special Primary school for the Deaf constructed in Endulen village
 Community members accept and support deaf children. The maasai community in
Ngorongoro will begin to appreciate the Deaf child education.(the understanding of
diversity)

The expected result is that 50 deaf children receive quality education and are well taken care
of. We expect to be registering 10 deaf children per year. Hence in the long run the status of
deaf people in the country will change positively. The lives of deaf people will be improved
and their living conditions, even the country’s economy at large.

VIII. BUDGET

The major component of the project is the construction of the basic infrastructure
covering administrative, instructional facilities (educational and boarding) and staff houses.
The total cost for the buildings, instructions materials and furniture’s is Tz.shs
578.224.000,00/ equivalent to 290,000.00/US dollars or 275,400.00/Euros. We would like to
request participation from you. Any amount given to us is of great help and will certainly
advance the construction of the school.

VII COSTS

Different costs will be involved in this project. We have divided them in two parts. Part one
concerns the construction and equipments. Part two concern the running cost:

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Part One

a). Buildings (Construction)

PHASE YEAR ITEM QTY AMOUNT

I November 2015– Classroom 7 140,000,000

March 2016
Toilets/B room 10 10,000,000

Offices 3 15,000,000

Dormitory 2 111,229,000

Kitchen & Store & 1 60,000,000

Dining

Teachers house
6 150,000,000
Outside toilets (6
6 6,000,000
rooms)

Administration
block 1 20,000,000

GRAND TOTAL
512,229,000

b). Instruction Materials:

The school is expected to enroll a total of 100 students. The head teacher will need financial
support before opening the school to purchase relevant textbooks and other required
materials. Also we plan to request help from associations specializing in providing books for
our library.

The initial requirement for this component for the first year may amount to Tzshs 5,000,000
equivalent to US dollars 2500 or 2380 Euros.

c).Furniture

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Section Item Quantity Unit price@ Total price

1.Classrooms Desks 50 140000 7,000,000

Chairs 50 65000 3,250,000

Tables 7 250000 1,750,000

Shelf for materials 1 580000 580,000

2. Dining Hall:

Table 7 290000 2,030,000

Chairs 50 65000 3,250,000

3. Staff Room :

Chairs 7 89000 623,000

Tables 7 280000 1,960,000

Book Shelves 2 580000 1,160,000

Cupboards 1 435000 435,000

4. Computer room
and Library:

Desk 1O 250000 2,500,000

Chairs 50 65000 3,250,000

Computers 10 600000 6,000,000

Book Shelves 2 580000 1,160,000

5. Dormitory:

Beds 50 210000 10,500,000

Wardrobes 50 130000 6,500,000

6. Head teacher
office

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 Table 1 280000 280000

Chairs 3 89000 267000

GRAND TOTAL 52,495,000

Total estimated for furniture is Tz.sh 52,495,000/ equivalent to 26.247 US dollars or

25..000Euros.

d). other items:

In order for the school to operate smoothly a number of items are need to be purchased and
maintained. Total cost is estimated at Tzsh 8,500,000 Equivalent 4.250 US dollars or 4.050
Euros

- Photocopy machine- 1 PCS 2,000,000/

- Computer and Printer 2 PCS 1,500,000/
- Accessories (Assortment) 5,000,000/
- Total 8,500,000/

Summary of the costs for part one:

NO Concerned activity Price

A Buildings 512,229,000

B Instruction materials 5,000,000

C Furniture 52,495,000

D Other Items 8,500,000

Grand Total 578,224,000

Part two: The running cost of the school.

a). Human resources:

Human resources are the key to succeed and achieve goal in every project. To run the school
we need workers like teachers and also sub-ordinate workers such as cooks, watchmen, and
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cleaners.

The table below shows the operation budget for the entire project staff for 1 year.

ITEM QTY SALARY PER MONTH AMOUNT PER YEAR

Head Teacher 1 700,000*1=700000 8,400,000
Ass head teacher 1 600,000*1=600000 7,200,000
Teachers 3 550,000*3=1650000 19,800,000
Matron 1 300,000*1=300,000 3,600,000
Patron 1 300000*1=300000 3,600,000
Cooks 2 200000*2=400000 4,800,000
Watchman 1 200000*1=200,000 2,400,000
Office Secretary 1 350000*1=350000 4200000

Grand Total 5,250,000 63,000,000

N.B Salaries level is high in order to encourage teachers and workers to work in difficult
environment. Two teachers will be employed in the fourth or fifth year.

b) Running costs after the construction phase: (A summary of one year budget)

The running costs of the school at full capacity will be estimated at Tz. shs 124,000,000
equivalent to 62,000/ US dollars or 59,000/ Euros per year, for the following items.

NO Concerned Item Price

1. Staff Salaries 63,000,000/

2. Medical insurance and travel costs for staffs 7,000,000/

3. Catering expenses 27,500,000/

4. Water, Electricity and telephone bills 3,000,000/

5. Transport Costs 6,000,000/

6. Contingency costs (Including stationeries and 15,000,000/

office Equipment

7. First aid drugs 2,500,000/

Grand Total of all Expenditures per year 124,000,000/

IX. INCOME

Implementation of the project will entail a number of strategies. There will be individual
initiatives so as private financing. We expect to receive funds from donors to construct the
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school. The project will be realized mainly by funds from NGO’s, different associations,
friends and local fundraising campaigns.

X. FUTURE FUNDING AND SUSTAINABILITY

Spiritans will continue to work with the Ministry of education department to build on this
capacity while also working closely with local NGO working on education programs in the
area. Spiritans will develop a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Education
and Vocational Training which will clarify each partners’ roles and responsibilities both short
and long term. In this way sustainable structures for primary school education for deaf
children delivery will be developed in Endulen Village, Ngorongoro in Arusha Tanzania.

Spiritans will also work in partnership with local Churches, and involve them in technical
trainings and work closely with them in developing methodologies for engaging with Deaf
children`s communities. Spiritans are focusing on technical and logistical support as well as
on institutional capacity building.

Spiritans will work with local communities to develop the capacity of individuals to play an
active role in governance and delivery of education in primary school for deaf children.
Parents of deaf children and Teachers Association (PDTA) will be formed to ensure the
school’s future sustainability. Spiritans annual sustainability assessment will be used to
review the capacity of Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, local communities and
local Churches to take on further aspects of supporting the school after the donor’s phase is
over.

The Endulen Deaf School will be a private school owned by the Spiritans. Therefore as is the
case of all privately owned and administered schools, the source of income will largely be:

- Donations from well-wishers

- Fund raising both locally and abroad
- Sponsorship from Individuals.

The school will be obliged to seek external development support from different agencies as
the children will not be able to pay any school fees. However the teachers’ salaries, which
represent approximately half of the annual running costs, will be covered by the Ministry of
Education. The remaining 50 % will be covered by the above mentioned sources. Such
external sources include:

- Foreign fund programs,

- The N.G.Os which support education for the deaf,
- Voluntary contributions,
- There will be a sponsorship from organizations like the Ngorongoro Pastoral Council
for the deaf children.

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 - The formation of a Parent Teachers Association (PTA) will help by having systematic
contributions’ campaigns related to fund-raising activities.

The project committees will continue with the project activities and benefit beyond financial
support from the donors. Such activities like honey harvesting, will help towards the
sustainability of the project. For the enhancement of this aim the project committee will
develop internal mechanism for the project sustainability.

Project indicator will be used to assess the progress of the project towards achievement of
project sustainability. Project indicator however, has been addressed in the project design
and proposal development.

XI. Deliverable

Project Manager will deliver both technical and financial reports three times a year to the
funding agency. This will include details of the class construction, dormitories, class
attendance by learners and teachers, lessons taught, materials purchased, challenges faced,
achievements realized, money spent and the community support.

XII. Project organization structure:

The organization structure is very important in running any institution. This helps to avoid
conflict of authority in work in an organization. The school organization expected to be as
follows:

SCHOOL BOARD

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TEACHERS SUBORNATE STAFF

PUPILS
PARENTS

XII. Monitoring and Evaluation

A variety of formal and informal Monitoring and Evaluation mechanisms will be central to
bring the appropriate delivery of effective and sustainable services. These will include: Multi
Indicator Cluster Surveys, class performance surveys, class attendance data, girl-boy
retention data and exit surveys.

XIV Viability of the project

The registered Trustee of the Congregation of the Holy Ghost (Spiritans) has appointed Fr
Albano Mwombeki to be the Manager of the School. The school will have a board of
directors drawn from founders, professionals, parents, community leaders, with proven
interest and experience in education development. The school board will define and oversee
the overall policy of the school, including selection of children joining the school and
requirement of qualified staff.

XV Conclusion and recommendations

Finally we wish to appeal to all well ‘wishers to stretch their helping hand so as the project
may be realized and sustained.

NB: there is no cost for 1. Solar power installation, 2. water supply system and drainage nor
3. acoustic room in this project. These will appear in a different project proposal.
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