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Back to school…a sleepy chore for some; a community-changing opportunity for others.

Millions of children across Canada have been rolling out of their beds this past week and wishing for just one more week of summer holidays. Some will extend their time out of the classroom without their parents ever knowing (the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reports truancy rates in Canada as being among…

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CanEducate 2017: Same Mission With A Fresh New Look

CanEducate has big plans for 2017. We’ve relaunched our website and we’re kicking off our fundraising campaign with a renewed sense of vigour. We’re also celebrating a significant milestone, as we’ve now provided our 10,000th scholarship since our founding in 2010. Our foundations are well established and so our focus now is to spread CanEducate’s…

CanEducate’s mission: Improving literacy to create opportunity
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CanEducate’s mission: Improving literacy to create opportunity

A new look and new energy in our mission CanEducate has big plans for 2017. We’ve relaunched our website and we’re kicking off our fundraising campaign with a renewed sense of vigour. CanEducate is also celebrating a significant milestone in 2017, which is that we’ve now provided our 10,000th scholarship since our founding in 2010. We’re…

Modesta Temba
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Modesta Temba

”I appreciate the efforts by CanEducate,it has helped me to survive in school .I started form one in 2013 and I was not sure if will be able to complete the ordinary level because, my family is poor economically thank you CanEducate am now in my last form on ordinary education level I can’t believe,…

Salome Bayuma
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Salome Bayuma

“Thank you Acacia for the very supporting program,I live with my step mother whom did not support me in education so every time I was in stress thinking how I can manage school expenses without them ,I liked to studyso struggled in the whole year in form one ,when I entered form two I was…

The Lumwana CanEducate Scholarship Inspires Talent: The Story of Chrispin Mpongolwanyi
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The Lumwana CanEducate Scholarship Inspires Talent: The Story of Chrispin Mpongolwanyi

Members of the Lumwana community who attended the Hand Over of a Science Laboratory built by Lumwana Mine at Meheba Secondary School in October 2015 had a rare treat of enjoying choral music by the School Choir group. The Choir held the audience spell bound and put them in celebratory mood making them feel the…

Mussa Ibingo, Mwendakulima School, Executive Officer, Kahama, Tanzania
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Mussa Ibingo, Mwendakulima School, Executive Officer, Kahama, Tanzania

In his own words, Mussa Ibingo, the Executive Officer of Mwendakulima School in Kahama, Tanzania, shares his view on the impact of CanEducate. CanEducate is a program that benefits the poor families and has enabled those students who could otherwise fail to attend classes. In Mwendakulima ward, the number of students sponsored is 413. Students…

Hellen Mpangule
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Hellen Mpangule

I was born in 2000. I would like to take this opportunity to pay my great thank to you CanEducate donors. Without your support I will not accomplish my studies. I remember when I was in form one I used to be chased out of school to collect school fees and my parents would complain…

Ezra Pauline, a form two student from Mwendakulima school.
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Ezra Pauline, a form two student from Mwendakulima school.

Ezra Pauline, a form two student from Mwendakulima school. CanEducate Appreciation Ezra Pauline Thanks to all who are responsible in the CanEducate program since 2011 when it started at Buzwagi. Thanks for your humanity and honest to me and other students who benefits from the program. Heard that you are doing donations campaigns to raise…

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