Tanzania Partnership

Meet Asia Kilelii, a Maasai girl from Mahove. Asia’s life changed when water came to Mahove seven years ago. Instead of spending many hours a day carrying water for her family, finally water was available just outside her family’s home, and Asia was able to attend school regularly. She excelled, and graduated at the top of her class. Now she attends college – the first girl in her extended family to do so. Her life was changed first by a water project, and then by a scholarship. Each year Shepherd of the Valley provides about $45,000 to support secondary and university scholarships for 150 students.   Scholarships range from $400 for most secondary students to $3000 for college students. Most of our students have parents who have died, or who are subsistence farmers earning less than a dollar a day. Your generous support makes a world of difference. Give online at http://www.sotv.org/giving/ or write checks payable to SOTV with TZ scholarship in the memo line.

When we visited Mtera Secondary School in July, on our way back to Iringa after the visit to Usolanga, we met a remarkable man. He is the second headmaster at the school, Mr. Tibery Mbossa. He started by thanking us for our visit, saying we can see the love of God in you today; your scholarship support is a very big gift. But you don't just pay the fees, you even come to visit the students. It means a lot. Then he began to tell us his own scholarship story.  I anticipated having a life in the village. Without going to school, it is tough. Villagers have nothing to do but work hard, trying to dig by hand hoes, and work to feed their families. One day I went to the school. I met a certain man who asked me a simple question. Why don't you go to school? I told him, there is no one to pay for me. He asked, do you like the school? I said yes. I want to be a student. I think it is possible. He is a pastor. He joined me, I think it is possible. He asked me, what do