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About

Sereti’s parents are both subsistence farmers — cultivating crops and raising livestock. Sereti helps her family on their farm during the weekend. Her father has three wives and many children. Sereti is the youngest of five, having one brother and three sisters. None of Sereti’s other siblings were given the opportunity to go to secondary school. Instead, they were all married immediately after finishing primary school. Sereti hopes to be able to contribute to her family and make them proud by becoming the first in her family to complete secondary school.

Where your donation goes

Total $1200
  • Transportation
    $75
  • Student Services
    $125
  • Extra Curricular
    $75
  • Teachers & Staff
    $665
  • Supplies
    $160
  • Meals
    $100

Sereti's Funding history

Year Grade Receipt Status
2018 Form 4
2017 Form 4
2016 Form 3

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Sereti
Mon, July 30, 2018 at 3:07 pm GMT
Hi TSF Sponsors,

This is Samantha, the Scholarship Coordinator at Orkeeswa School, writing on Sereti's behalf. I wanted to let you know that Sereti has been having some really amazing experiences recently.

In November, she graduated from 10th Grade, and spent the next few months volunteering at a local primary school teaching young girls English and Math. She really enjoyed her time volunteering, and loved being a mentor to young girls in her community.

Thank you for your continued support of Sereti and Orkeeswa School!

With gratitude,

Samantha
Sereti
Sun, January 28, 2018 at 11:53 am GMT
Dear TSF Sponsors,

This is Samantha, Orkeeswa School's Scholarship Coordinator, writing on behalf of Sereti. Orkeeswa students just returned from their holiday break and are eager to be starting the new school year. Sereti and her classmates completed their 10th grade studies and National Exams last fall. While we wait for their exam results from the Ministry of Education, these students will be participating in a teacher training seminar, doing community service with local primary school students, and engaging in Orkeeswa's entrepreneurship training program.

These experiences will provide a unique opportunity for Sereti and her classmates to give back to their community, as well as explore entrepreneurship as a career path as they wait to see what their next steps are in their secondary school education.

We will certainly keep you updated on Sereti's progress with her community service and entrepreneurship projects, as well as her plans going forward. Thank you for your continued support of Sereti and Orkeeswa School! We sincerely appreciate your partnership in providing the highest quality education to our students.

With gratitude,

Samantha
Arapha
Sat, August 12, 2017 at 9:36 am GMT
Hello Sereti
How are you? my name is Arapha from Iringa(Tanzania) I would like to be my friend but I know we are family member of The school fund.
I would like to advise you my friend study hard, struggle whatever you want. don`t fear on study and respect each other
From your lovely friend
Arapha
Barke
Wed, August 9, 2017 at 2:38 pm GMT
Hello sereti,
My name is Barke mlole .Am studying at ruaha secondary school in form 2.I will be with pleasure if you accept our friendship.So that we can share in our studies and many other things like talents. I am anxious waiting for the request being accepted.
With gratitude,
BARKE.
Jacqueline
Sat, August 5, 2017 at 2:04 pm GMT
hello Sereti
my name is jacqueline msangi am am studying in ruaha secondary school in form 2 and i do love studying science subjects. can you please be my friend and please can we share together in our studies.
hopes you will accept my request.
thank you
Edina
Sat, May 6, 2017 at 12:47 pm GMT
Hi sereti,
How are you i think you continue well in your studies. To me i am good and i continue well in m,y studies, my name is edna from Iringa. I need to be your friend, i need to share with you in studies issues. I wish u nice studies.
Sereti
Thu, April 27, 2017 at 12:56 pm GMT
Hi TSF Sponsors,

This is Emma, the Scholarship Coordinator at Sereti's school, and I am writing on her behalf to update you all. In January, Sereti began Form Four at Orkeeswa School and she is doing very well! Form Four is a very important year in the Tanzanian education system, as it is the last year of Ordinary Level education (O-level) before students continue to Advanced-Level (A-level).

Sereti and her classmates have been working very hard to prepare for their National Examinations in November. I wanted to share some of her thoughts with you about being a Form Four student and how she is managing the stress of such an important year!

"I am very proud to be in 10th Grade because it is the last year for my O-level studies. But, I also have a lot of stress because I am thinking about the National Exams at the end of the year. Sometimes, the subjects can be easy, but there are a lot of things that we have to cover before the exam. Also, it can feel like there is not enough time, but I am trying to balance my time so that I will have enough to study. I am thinking about how I can try to release my stress when I feel tired. If I am feeling like I have a lot of stress, I think it would be good to go into different groups and share with my friends. Then we can be together and find the best way to solve the problem. If I am just at home and feel that I am thinking too much and cannot study, I will try to sleep and refresh my mind before starting again. Maybe my sister at home will let me listen to her music if I am feeling very stressed too. But, that will only be sometimes!"

Thank you very much for supporting Sereti's education and Orkeeswa School! She is working hard and very appreciative of your encouragement!

With gratitude,
Emma (on Sereti's behalf)
www.ieftz.org
Mwahija Zuberi
Fri, October 21, 2016 at 9:46 am GMT
Hi,
It is my pleasure that you are going on well with your studies,I am Mwahija from Iringa Ummusalama sec. School I would like to be your friend in helping each other in studying matters.Looking foward to here something from you too.
Mwahija,
Sereti
Mon, October 10, 2016 at 3:52 pm GMT
Hi TSF Sponsors,

This is Lisa, writing again on Sereti's behalf. Sereti is doing really well this year in Form Three, and is incredibly thankful for your support of her education. Sereti also wanted to share with you about her current club at Orkeeswa School, Public Speaking. This club has been an amazing growing opportunity for Sereti, and I'm sure you will enjoy her thoughts on the experience.

"Right now, I am in Public Speaking Club. Personally, before I did this club, I did not have any confidence to go in front of others and speak. But, now, I am gaining confidence to talk in front of others. I never knew that eye contact with my audience was so important, but now it is something that I practice and am getting better at. I am now so much more confident when speaking in front of others. I really want to learn more about how I can improve my public speaking skills – I want to stand in front of others and express myself with confidence, so every time I practice, I know I will get better."

Thank you again for your support of Sereti's education at Orkeeswa School! She is so appreciative of your encouragement.

With thanks,
Lisa (on Sereti's behalf)
www.ieftz.org
Sereti
Mon, March 28, 2016 at 7:46 pm GMT
Hi everyone! This is Lisa, the Scholarships Director at Sereti's school. Our internet and power have been out for the past several months, so Sereti has not had a chance to post to her journal yet. Hopefully we will have our computer lab up and running again soon so you can hear from Sereti directly. Until then, I wanted to share a quote from Sereti from her class discussion on the value of collaboration.

"Teamwork is important because you can develop many things within the group, you can gain some ideas between others and then you can make the strongest outcome. I remember one day we were working in the workshop building benches in groups. We wanted to build benches for the teachers and students to sit on during lunch and other times. We got some support from some teachers, and we were able to build them together. We could not have done this each by ourselves. Sometimes working in a group can be hard because everyone wants their idea to be the one that is chosen. When people can start to fight, it is important to remember you are sharing ideas to come up with the best one."

Thank you all for supporting Sereti's education at Orkeeswa School!

- Lisa Heinert, on Sereti's behalf

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