Bulati School Project

(Please ask us how you may be able to help us

with this exciting project)

The Livonia Junior High School will be adopting the Bulati School in Tanzania Africa.  The school population is approximately 520 students,from first grade to seventh grade.  There are 9 teachers and the school year is 10 months of the year.  The students have their holiday breaks in June and in December.  The school currently has 7 classrooms, and four teacher houses.  There is a need for more classrooms, a dining hall, kitchen, library, and a water tank (water is very scarce in this area.  Students often have to carry their own water to school).  That is the "big picture".  On a smaller scale, the students need paper, pencils, colored pencils, pencil sharpeners, composition notebooks, markers, glue sticks, rulers, stickers, etc.  In addition, soccer balls, footballs, volleyballs, nets, and jerseys would all be appreciated.

Our hope is that the students at Livonia Junior High will help to collect the needed school supplies and gently used sports equipment.  We would like to  write to the children of the Bulati school and send maps and pictures of where we live.  As we share cultures across the world, we hope to gain a greater understanding of how schools in far away places operate.  And become more appreciative of what "riches" we have here in the United States.

In March of 2008, one of the teachers from Livonia will be travelling with Pack Paddle and Ski to Tanzania to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and to visit the school that the students have been communicating with. She will deliver the supplies that have been collected and will meet the teachers and students. We hope that this "sisterhood" between the two schools will continue to build and grow.  Since the supplies are consumable, the need for school supplies will continue year after year.  It is hoped that Livonia and other schools in the area can help fill this need.

October, 2007 Bulati School Project Update 

Much progress is being made on the Bulati Project .  First, we are forming a 501c3 not for profit corporation to enable us to work with corporations and asset managers  for support for the construction projects. 

The picture and drawings now appearing on he web site provide a brief look at the school and some of the students.  These were taken in July 2007 and sent to Linda Artruc’s students at Livonia Jr. High.

Donations of school supplies have been coming in and logged by Linda’s students into an inventory control system.  Soon we will be purchasing missing supplies and packaging them for transport.  Some of the Kili climbers will make this delivery in person in early 2008.

Contributions continue to come in to the Bulati Fund as our supporters spread the word.  These include a memorial gift, the sharing of a job performance bonus and a birthday gift – a great idea for that person who has everything!