Check out Shade’s 2024 Annual Report to see a year’s worth of progress and growth in Tanzania.
We are so excited to share photos, stories, statistics, and highlights from 2024 in our annual report. It is because of your partnership that this progress is possible. Thank you for standing beside us as we added our third grade class, celebrated our 10th anniversary, provided scholarship opportunities for students, and so much more. All glory be to God!
Written by Shade’s Tanzanian Communications Coordinator Ester Wilson At 23, Amina is a wife, a mother of one daughter, and a graduate of Shade’s Community Club program. Her journey has not been easy – poverty forced her to drop out of school at just 14, cutting short her dream of an education. Her passion for […]
Written by Shade’s Tanzanian Spiritual Development Coordinator Jucktan Eronje Jefason is a Grade Four student at Shade school. His mother, Madam Debora, is one of our teachers serving in the Baby Class. One day while in class, Jefason suddenly experienced a strange attack and lost his ability to see. Because of this, he was unable […]
Written by Shade Supporter and Love in Action 2025 Participant Kelly Clavell In preparation for our trip to Shade in May 2025, our group used the book Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions. The book not only contains pre-trip training, but also on and post-field engagement sections. In one of our post-trip meetings, I was […]
Written by Church of the Resurrection Team Member Laura McLaughlin Our days at Shade begin as the children’s do, pulling in beside the three yellow buses. Uniformed children spill out, chattering, clutching the hand of a friend, some lightning fast to their destinations, some impossibly slow, all giving us, the six white guests, a shy […]