Badilisha kwa Kiswahili
1 April 2024
The trainees enjoyed their outing to the Snake Park.
30 Machi 2024
Making beautiful furniture.
5 March 2024
Bringing in feed for the cows.
1 March 2024
Elius, Karolina and the AgriVet students went to the ACAF seminar on March 1. It was a great learning experience for everyone. Thanks to ECHO for organising these days.
20 November 2023
Elizabeth with fresh vegetables from the garden.
4 September 2023
New student Julius is learning carpentry to get a new start in life.
Here is the new tailoring group.
27 June 2023
Sandy and her family – Sandy has just graduated and arrived back in her village with her sewing machine ready to start her new life as a tailor.
8 Jun 2023
The trainees have been making beautiful things. Well done!
14 May 2023
Elius, AgriVet trainer, enjoyed the ECHO seminar last month. Professional development is so important!
5 April 2023
Jenny’s last day at work. She has been an Australian Volunteer at OCPH since 2019.
“It has been a joy and a privilege working with these wonderful people”.
17 March 2023
Today we have had a visit from Connects Autism Tanzania who have given our students training in Life Skills and Entrepreneurship. Thank you so much!
16 March 2023
Today we visited Twende to learn about technology and innovation.
8 March 2023
Marilyn Hokororo from Afrikan Wear Design was guest speaker at our International Women’s Day event. She gave an inspiring talk to our trainees and visitors.
1 March 2023
Acting head Zablon, masonry teacher Abdalah and carpentry teacher Mark visited Arusha Technical College today. We do just what they do, just on a different scale.
28 February 2023
The masonry students are putting in new paving – they’re learning and we all benefit!
16 February 2023
Today Inherit Your Rights came to talk to us about human rights, inheritance and the importance of making a will. Thank you all so much Winnie, Victoria, Gift and Gasiano.
9 February 2023
We had a great visit today when two of the Australian Volunteers Program partner organisations worked together to bring a seminar about women’s wellbeing to the Olkokola Centre for the Physically Handicapped. The female trainees at Olkokola were really engaged in a lively, interactive discussion sharing their experiences and issues with Maggy and Eveline, the trainers from Comfy Care 12. They girls were also delighted with the gift of undies and washable menstrual pads.
6 February 2023
Students and local friends cut and dry grass for the cows and sheep to eat over the next few months.
20 January 2023
A new year brings new projects. Erick is working on a set of stools.
16 December 2022
Krismasi Njema na Heri ya Mwaka Mpya!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
15 December 2022
The students are excited to be going home for the holidays. Happy Christmas, we’ll see you in January.
2 December 2022
Pastor Aminiel came today with Freda, Viktoria and Esther to show us how to make liquid soap. This is a good entrepreneur activity. Asante sana Pastor Aminiel!
23 Nov 2022
Business Studies classes are underway with Teacher Elius.
17 November 2022
Today we visited ECHO East Africa. Going to new places is fun and we learned a lot!
11 November 2022
The sewing group are excited to get their new sewing machines.
8 November 2022
The teachers’ houses have new roofs. We are now renovating the students’ washrooms.
4 November 2022
Forty stools made and ready to be delivered to Plaster House.
1 November 2022
This is Occupational Therapist Lengay Munga Mollel who works with our trainees on their strength and flexibility in an exercise room funded by a grant from Australian Volunteers. Welcome Lengay!
28 October 2022
We all enjoyed the visit to Sanaa, a social enterprise in Arusha giving people with a disability the dignity of meaningful work. It was lovely to meet up with past trainee, Samweli.
29 November 2021
The masonry students prepare to return home after finishing their training.
3 May 2021
The students had fun making these colourful rugs from scraps of fabric.
22 April 2021
All the staff and students enjoyed their visit to the ECHO East Africa Impact Centre.
16 April 2021
The students are learning how to fix a sewing machine. The new machines that they will take home to their villages at the end of the course have arrived.
February 2021
Pastor Aminiel from the local ELCT church shows our trainees how to make rugs from fabric scraps.
3 February 2021
Joyce is our new library monitor.
28 January 2021
Production is ‘full steam ahead’!
21 January 2021
Production of Pedi ya Kike has begun. Each female student will be given five, the remainder are available to sell.
17 January 2021
Agriculture and veterinary teacher Elias and students attended a seminar organized by ECHO at Nelson Mandela University. They all had a great time!
18 November 2020
New teachers have also started. Here is Abdala, our new Masonry teacher.
7 November 2020
A new group of students has started – more soon on their progress.
23 July 2020
Today the students graduated – here they are lined up excited to receive their certificates. Well done all of you!
Now the students will return to their villages and equipped for the possibility of starting their own small businesses. We wish them all the very best.
21 March 2020
The centre has closed early for the Easter break because of risks associated with Covid 19 virus. Our diligent library monitor made sure all library books were returned.
21 February 2020
Our new education room is nearly ready for a Grand Opening; we are using it already for small classes and the library is open for borrowing books.
23 January 2020
We are currently working on a cooperative project with the 4AllFoundation and mojawear.com, producing washable/reusable menstrual pads to be given to girls to keep them at school. Our trainees will also make some to keep to use themselves and we hope to be able to sell some to local women and school girls. This will provide a sustainable answer to managing menstrual health.
We are using local materials and have a pattern that ‘tessellates’ to reduce waste.
Olkokola Centre for the Physically Handicapped 