Operation Bootstrap-Africa

OPERATION BOOTSTRAP AFRICA (OBA) PARTNERS WITH AFRICANS TO STRENGTHEN THEIR FUTURE THROUGH EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, AGRICULTURE, AND OTHER LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

EDUCATIONAL OPERATING GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS: *OPERATION BOOTSTRAP AFRICA'S LARGEST PROGRAM IS THE MAASAE GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL (MGLSS) IN MONDULI, TANZANIA. STUDENT SPONSORSHIPS PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE EDUCATION OF 223 STUDENTS AT THIS RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL. IN ITS 27TH YEAR, THE SCHOOL CONTINUES TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PASTORALIST AND SEMI-NOMADIC GIRLS TO BE EDUCATED IN A SAFE AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENT. A MONTHLY GRANT TO THE SCHOOL SUPPORTS TEACHER AND STAFF SALARIES, FOOD, TEXTBOOKS, UTILITIES, AND OTHER NECESSARY EXPENSES. *ADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS WERE PROVIDED FOR 4 STUDENTS ATTENDING MORINGE SOKOINE SECONDARY SCHOOL IN MONDULI, TANZANIA, 1 STUDENT AT MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTA SECONDARY SCHOOL IN SAME TOWN, TANZANIA, 1 STUDENT AT NAZARENE UNIVERSITY, 2 STUDENTS AT KITAMBOLU SECONDARY SCHOOL IN ARUSHA, TANZANIA, 1 STUDENT ATTENDING THE BASSODAWISH SCHOOLS IN THE KARATU REGION OF TANZANIA, 1 STUDENT AT UMAMBWE SECONDARY SCHOOL, 1 STUDENT AT MICHAUD SECONDARY SCHOOL, AND 3 STUDENTS ATTENDING SCHOOLS IN THE KETUMBEINE REGION OF TANZANIA. WE ALSO AIDED A STUDENT AT KIYOORA SECONDARY SCHOOL IN UGANDA THAT HAD A SEVERELY BROKEN ARM. THIS SCHOOL ALSO RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS REGULARLY. *IN MADAGASCAR A GRANT WAS PROVIDED TO PAY TEACHER SALARIES AT FIVE PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THE RURAL SOUTH. THESE TEACHERS TAUGHT MORE THAN 800 STUDENTS IN ONE OF THE MOST IMPOVERISHED AREAS OF THE COUNTRY. *KETUMBEINE SECONDARY SCHOOL IN TANZANIA ALSO RECEIVED AN EDUCATION GRANT TO IMPROVE THEIR INSTITUTION.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: *THE OBA POST-SECONDARY PROGRAM PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS FOR GRADUATES OF THE MAASAE GIRLS SCHOOL THROUGH SPONSOR SUPPORT. THIS YEAR, 103 MGLSS GRADUATES PURSUED DEGREES AT COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS IN TANZANIA WITH SCHOLARSHIPS THROUGH OPERATION BOOTSTRAP AFRICA. FIVE GRADUATES OF OTHER SECONDARY SCHOOLS ALSO RECEIVED POST-SECONDARY SCHOLARSHIPS. *TEN STUDENTS AT THE ARUSHA LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER SCHOOL OF NURSING EACH RECEIVED A SCHOLARSHIP OF $1,000 - $1,500 TO HELP DEFRAY THE HIGH COST OF NURSING TRAINING.

HEALTHCARE AND HEALTH EDUCATION: *GRANTS WERE PROVIDED TO THE ARUSHA LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTRE SCHOOL OF NURSING TO SUBSIDIZE THE HIGH COST OF NURSING EDUCATION. MENSTRUAL CARE TRAINING WAS PROVIDED AT MULTIPLE SCHOOL PROJECTS IN TANZANIA INCLUDING: THE PLASTER HOUSE, MGLSS, MORINGE SOIKOINE, AND OLCHOKI PRIMARY SCHOOL

CONSTRUCTION AND SPECIAL PROJECTS AT SCHOOLS IN TANZANIA: *FUNDING WAS PROVIDED FOR NUMEROUS PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL PROJECTS, INCLUDING: VEGETABLE GARDENING AT THE ALMC SCHOOL OF NURSING, SUPPLIES FOR A MONTHLY LUNCH PROGRAM AT OLCHOKI PRIMARY SCHOOL AND 5 SEPARATE MALAGASY SCHOOLS, 2 BRAND NEW SCHOOLS IN MADAGASCAR, A DRINKING WELL IN MADAGASCAR, AND A COMPUTER FOR EMBURIS PRIMARY SCHOOL.