Our Africa projects
Other funding projects
We support the Maasai Women Education Development Organization in Tanzania. The core values for this worthy organisation are to support the women’s indigenous culture and knowledge for development. MWEDO was established with a guiding principle to improve the quality of life and status of disadvantaged Maasai women empowering them by providing advisory services in advocacy, income generating activities, HIV/ Aids awareness, and education.
To place a student in higher education costs £800 per year. infusionarts currently sponsor three girls from local villages to go to school, with the aim that they will go on to higher education.
Any donation you make will make a difference. infusionarts DOES NOT TAKE OUT ADMIN FEES OR SALARY FOR THIS. WE GIVE EVERY PENNY TO THE CAUSE.
It is very important to enhance and preserve the traditional values and culture of the people, whilst development takes place.
Supporting Opportunities for Women
Life is often a struggle for many African people with many not having the means to obtain the necessary provisions for themselves and their families. During our trip to Tanzania it became clear to us that women are frequently left to struggle with the responsibility of raising their children alone.
infusionarts offers full backing to those who proactively seek to create work opportunities for themselves and we endeavour to help make their goals a success. An example of one such group of women is an organisation that raises funds to buy items required to market themselves as a mobile catering team. Another is a young scheme currently being developed in northern Tanzania where women in the Maasai communitiy are working to establish education and working opportunities for their young girls. These are just a couple of projects that we help and we lend our support during such events as the Trade Fair held in Arusha each year which provides a perfect platform by which to promote awareness of their efforts.
We believe that every little positive effort can reap great rewards for those in greater need than ourselves; an ethos which we carry with great pride and determination.
TED Conference 2007
TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader.
“Africa: The Next Chapter”
In 2007 I attended the globol conference as an Infusionarts speaker in Arusha, Tanzania
June 4-7, 2007
Over the past few years, a growing number of people in the TED community have become passionate about Africa, a continent that appears to be at an important tipping point. Its problems and challenges are well known. Less well known is that across the continent, change is afoot. Instead of relying only on development aid, Africans across the continent are beginning to take matters into their own hands. Ingenious solutions are being applied to tackle some of the toughest health and infrastructure problems. Businesses are being launched that are capable of transforming the lives of millions. New communication technologies are allowing ideas and information to spread, enabling markets — and governments — to be more efficient. And the numbers suggest that incomes are starting to nudge up in some countries and real growth is on the way. A new Africa beckons.
To view the speakers including, Jane Goodall, Bono and many others go to
www.ted.com and go to conferences.
We are proud to have attended The Jane Goodall institute in Kigoma this year and support the Roots and Shoots programme, an educational programme for young people to develop awareness of the value of their country’s flora and fauna, and to gain an understanding of how they can preserve this gift.
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