Tag Archive for Tanzania

“The Pamoja Project”: Nonprofit Documentary Film Launches Indiegogo Campaign

Kallan Benjamin ’14 is the associate producer of  The Pamoja Project, a documentary film that will be shot this summer in Tanzania. The filmmaking team has launched an Indiegogo campaign to fund their flights, baggage fees, and equipment purchase and rental. Donations to the campaign go directly to production via the fiscal sponsor From the Heart Productions, a non-profit organization. Every…

Victoria Mamas: a film screening with Abby Horton ’11 (4/30)

Join filmmaker Abby Horton ’11 for a screening of her new documentary Victoria Mamas, which follows three women and their families living on the shores of Lake Victoria in Tanzania, capturing the women’s quiet and momentous strength against their unforgiving environment. The film emerged from Abby’s work with Maji Safi Group, a social enterprise founded by fellow Wes alum…

Summer Opportunity in Tanzania with Artists for World Peace

Wendy Black-Nasta, President of Middletown-based Artists for World Peace (AFWP), wrote to tell us about a two-week internship opportunity for students with econ/business and international travel interests during early-August 2014. The intern(s) will work with Wendy and local contacts on location in Tanzania to develop a strategic plan for ongoing community programs in the Kibosha-Umbwe,…

PCSE Seed Grants in Action: the third report from Faye Phillips ’13 with Maji Safi in Tanzania

In April 2013, the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awarded five seed grants to Wesleyan students embarking on high-impact projects around the globe. Each grant recipient is reporting back about his/her work with blog posts and photos. Here’s the third and final report from Faye Phillips ’13, who designed and implemented the Women and Girls Hygiene program for Maji Safi Group, which was…

PCSE Seed Grants in Action: the second report from Faye Phillips ’13 with Maji Safi in Tanzania

In April 2013, the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awarded five seed grants to Wesleyan students embarking on high-impact projects around the globe. Each grant recipient is reporting back about his/her work with blog posts and photos. Here’s the second one from Faye Phillips ’13, who designed and implemented the Women and Girls Hygiene program for Maji Safi Group, which…

Updates from Wes alums working with Maji Safi Group in Tanzania

We talk a lot on this blog about the work being done by Maji Safi Group, a disease prevention and health promotion project founded by Max Perel-Slater ’11 that empowers communities in rural Tanzania to fight waterborne and water-related diseases.  Maji Safi involves many students and alumni in its work (side note: we recently learned that…

PCSE Seed Grants in Action: A Note from Faye Phillips ’13

In April, the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awarded five seed grants to Wesleyan students embarking on high-impact projects around the globe. Each grant recipient will be reporting on his/her work with blog posts and photos. Here’s the first, a note from Faye Phillips ’13…   Preparing for my project in Shirati, Tanzania has been…