Volunteers welcome!

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This is Kidete primary school-built in 2008. It has 164 students; 79 boys and 85 girls. There are 4 classrooms and 4 teachers. Kidete is near Iringa, in Tanzania.There is no electricity, but SOAS has installed water cisterns.
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This is the Social Justice 12 class at the Alberni District Secondary School and their teacher Kama Money showing their enthusiasm for SOAS after hearing our presentation by Wayne and Maureen in November 2011.
Click here to see a video of this class prepared for International Development Week. The video features our volunteer logo designer Natasha Cook.

You can be one of our team

School Orchards Africa needs Canadian volunteers. We raise funds in Canada and then together with Tanzanian volunteers, we help rural elementary schoolchildren to plant orchards in Tanzania, teaching lifelong agricultural skills to keen young learners, allowing them to sell produce to fund their secondary education, and in our small way sequestering some carbon.

How can you help?


Help us raise public awareness of our Tanzanian projects and encourage membership by showing our PowerPoint presentation to like-minded groups?

Just click on the link to the right to get a copy of the presentation.

Then take a look at the ideas below to see how you can help us in your community.
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Download this presentation

The  link above displays our PowerPoint presentation, in PDF format, in your web browser. You can view it directly on-line from there. Or you can use the Adobe Reader menu to save a copy for yourself. It is a manageable 2018KB file that can easily be emailed to your friends and contacts.

In some browsers, or if you do not have Adobe reader, you may be asked if you wish to "save a copy" of the file. You may do this and then view it in Adobe Reader when you have obtained a copy.  Get Adobe Reader at this link - Download Adobe Reader.

To show the slides, one at a time, click the DOWN ARROW on your keyboard.

Host a PowerPoint presentation

Give a 15 minute presentation to your local gardening club, conservation group, human rights group, school, luncheon group at work, Rotary, Lions or business group.
  • Download our PowerPoint presentation onto your portable computer. (see above)
  • Read our website and take notes.
  • Give the presentation to 8-10 people directly from your computer (ie: no digital projectors or screens are necessary).
  • Encourage participants to give a donation and/or guide them to this website.
  • Submit any funds you collect by cheque, or through the PayPal icon located on the Donations Page.
Challenge a local school to raise funds for their counterparts in Tanzania
  • Take our PowerPoint presentation to a sympathetic teacher or principal and ask for their assistance.
  • Show the presentation to a class or several classes.
  • Dream up some fun ways that the children can raise funds.
  • Set a challenge target.
  • Seek local media publicity.
  • Submit any funds you collect by cheque, or through the PayPal icon located on the Donations Page.
  • Make sure the children and school get HUGE recognition for their efforts.
  • We will try to assist with a Tanzanian contact and some photos of African children.

Host a fun theme dinner party with friends

  • After dinner, in the comfort of your home, give a PowerPoint presentation from your home computer.
  • Encourage participants to give a donation and/or show them this website.
  • Submit any funds by cheque, or through the PayPal icon located on the Donations Page.

Host a community film and/or music festival

Through the arts, organize a community fund raiser for School Orchards Africa.
  • Find a local venue, or connect with the arts community.
  • Find a digital projector, screen and/or sound equipment.
  • Find musicians willing to donate their time.
  • Create a program and advertise in your local newspaper and community places (suggest a cover charge).
  • Test the equipment, prior to the show. 
  • Find some helpers to set up chairs, greet people, and man an information booth. 
  • Run the festival...be sure to also show our PowerPoint presentation (see above).
  • Encourage participants to give a donation and/or guide them to this website.
  • Submit any funds by cheque, or through the PayPal icon located on the Donations Page.

On behalf of many smiling Tanzanian children - Thank You!