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Nicolaus attends Kibiti A-level School. It was approximately 10 years ago when I was told by the teacher to go back home for failing to pay the tuition fee. I arrived home and found my mother crying due to my young brother’s serious sickness. I also observed how my parents were unable to take him to the hospital for lack of money. Honestly, it was too hard to tell my parents about the tuition fee that sent me back home from school. I thought if they were unable even to take my young brother to the hospital, how could they afford to give me the tuition fee? Then I secretly told my mother about that issue. She told me to put on my school uniform, take my exercise book, and review what my teacher taught in the last session. I had to wait until they got the money and then they would give it to me. So from this I learned that I have to study very hard in order to reach my dream to revive my house’s standard of living, helping my family and other people. The happiest moment in my life started soon when I was selected as a student to be funded by The School Fund. Honestly this was the very happiest moment because I knew it was the way to help me to reach my dream. This is because I was told that TSF will help me in education, the key of my life, when my parents were not able to afford to pay for my education and learning essentials. To be an engineer is a dream of my life. Every day when I wake up from sleep, I think thoroughly on how I can be an engineer. The only way to be an engineer, I think, is through studying and passing my exams, especially the courses in engineering. Therefore, I will increase effort in studying in order to pass the exams with the best grades so that I will be able to get there. Honestly, after fulfilling my dreams of becoming what I want to be, I plan to give back very greatly to the community of Tanzania and the entire world. This is to for school to be free of cost, maybe colleges as well. In other countries, people study and get education for no cost and education is provided for free as The School Fund does for us.

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Nicolaus's Funding history

Year Grade Receipt Status
2017 Form 6
2016 Form 5
2015 Form 4
2014 Form 3
2013 Form 2

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Judy
Tue, October 10, 2017 at 12:13 am GMT
Hello students,

I finally got back to the US last week.
It has been a very long trip to Tanzania this year total three weeks.

I was very happy to meet all of you and know everyone better.

My trip started from Karatu. I visited 5 schools in Karatu and I learn where do you go to school every day.

I am very happy to know all of you are doing well and every of you has a dream that you want to be successful one day. I encourage all of you to try your best to reach you own destination.

The get together was so well prepared and done by each of you. I am very happy to saw all your science presentations and poems you wrote to TSF and me. I will treasure them all my life.

I can say I am very proud to all of you. Keep up the good work I want to see each of you one day get to
good University/College to reach your own dream.

After Karatu, I went to ARUSHA attended the TED Global conference and visited couple schools in ARUSHA.
I enjoyed the TED conference this year. It was focused on the Africa, specially in agriculture, health and education.

Mr. Amos was a volunteer there, he had great experience being this Global conference and met people from around the world.
He had a life experience at the conference, where he was able to meet a group of bright inventive and talented group of people.

Later I went to Iringa. Iringa almost the second hometown for me. I have been there six times.
I visited all 8 schools in Iringa and meet all of you in person. I was very happy to meet you.

I had a great time at the get together party. All of you did a wonderful presentation. I am very happy to know all of you had fun that night.

My this year Tanzania trip was set MMM computer center for most of the 13 TSF schools.
At Iringa, We build total 5 new computer center in Iringa girls, Klerruu, Lugalo, Ebenezer, Miyomgoni and Update one MMM center at Ummusalama. We build one new computer center at Karatu Secondary School and update one MMM center at Ganako.

I am very proud of building the MMM computer center in most of the TSF schools. I really want all of you to go to the computer center to learn every subject you are interested from the RACHEL PLUS.
In the future everyone work will be on the computer. I hope that every single of you tell me what do you learn from the RACHEL PLUS.
I would like you could to start the debate team in your school so you all could practice how to speak in the public. Have the Math Club and challenge each other on the Math.

They will all benefit your long-term confidence.

I hope I will hear from all of you soon.
Nicolaus
Sat, June 24, 2017 at 3:56 pm GMT
Hello Madam Judy,
I am really very happy to hear from you again. Its sure RACHEL PI has been great help to us on the issue of private studies. Personally i have use it effectively for the whole holiday as when i was in need.
I'm really very exciting to tell you that i will also be very glad to see that i will be giving back my appreciations to you and the whole tsf family by helping other people who will be be in need. I will actually do that and that will be among of my smile in kfe as if i will give back to them.
have a nice weekend.
NICOLAUS.
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