Fundraising/Donations

Some people have inquired about possible ways to help out the people here in Hanga. There are a number of different ways you can help donate depending on what you would like to help with.

Currently the Abbey is building a new guesthouse to celebrate their 50th anniversary jubilee. The monk that was in charge of fundraising in the US just recently passed away in a car accident and many of his contacts were lost. The Abbey is hoping to have this finished by August. After the celebration they will use this to host seminars and guests as a way to raise money for themselves.

The schools are in need of lots of repair. They have plenty of old textbooks that are just sitting in boxes because they don't have enough shelves in the library to arrange the books. Also, the blackboards in the schools are very poor quality and this makes it difficult to write, and read off of. There are certain books that the government puts out that follow the syllabus. These can be bought here in Tanzania and kept in the library so students would be able to use books that go along with what they need to be studying.

For secondary school it costs, I think, $150 for the year. Many students can't afford this and the Abbey helps them out financially. Supporting students is another way.

There are also many other projects that the abbey runs and could use any sort of donations for if there is nothing specific that you would like to contribute too. This includes a health center, a new washing center for clothes, they are trying to come up with a new way to get electricity to the campus grounds during the days during the dry season. (right now they use a hydropowered system that only works when the water level is high during the rainy season so it is very expensive to get electricity during the dry season), plus many more that I'm probably forgetting.