1-21-2012 excerpts from Hamus Seif

Dear family of Joseph Chow

How are you?  How is health goin on?  ... I was sick in December, but now I am okay and I am going on in my studies.  I will not tell you my results of annual exam cause all of us, we didn't do examinations due to some problems which occurred in our school (demonstrations) and cause school to close for more than two weeks, but now everything is ok.

....let me take this last golden chance to give you and say with smile thanks alot for your back up in my studies that I going to finish in February...without your great back up in this process of getting an education I may be now in the village without education cause my parents could not afford all the costs.
Apart from that, my sponsor, I would like to tell you that my dream is to go to university.  I will take the BA in education.  I would like to be a teacher cause there are jobs in the field, even though the life of a teacher is facing may problems.  If not that I would like to go into Jounalism and comedian sector, as I play part now in my school.

Good bye, I wish you a good life.

Welcome again to Tanzania, is the cool country.

1/24/2012 excerpt from Evarist Moris letter

Dear Donna Robertson-Chow

How are you?

.... I have been busy in studies at school. ... I am doing well in the studies except when there is a serious problem such as electricity failure which makes studying at night difficult... it is a problem in Tanzania.

My ambition tand dreams are to study hard and pass my formal examination and go to university for further studies.  I like to take a degree at the University of Dear es Salaam i an BED (education) so as to solve the problem of teachers in Tanzania school....

After finishing my studies and get a job I would like to have a family and three children.  ... I like to thank you and your family helping me....and God bless you.

1/23/2012 excerpts form Nelson Valente letter

Dear Parents of Joseph Chow,

I hope you are all fine ....
On December 1 I went home to my family where we were engaging in small scale agriculture planting maize and cassava, the staple food of our district and selling cashew nuts , which is the cash crop of our district.  But during this short holiday I did not participate in studying because I had to help my parents..  I tried to study with other friends of different secondary schools, and to teach my younger brothers and sisters that were also preparing to join form one in the next year at the Maratani Day Secondary School which is at our village.
I would like to tell you a bit about my ambitions in my life..  Either I would like to be a teacher of secondary school or to be an accountant ant a bank in our country, or maybe outside our country.  In order to do this, I am studying very hard so I will be selected to join in university...  I also would like to have a wife and four children because I will be employed, and be able to manage my family without forgetting my parents, the pillars of my life..  I also would like to travel and visit you in the US.  I would like to have friends from different pars to the world...

1/23/2012 - excerpts from Ramadhani I. Chakoria letter

Dear All

What about your health and condition? How are you going now with your daily routine?  I hope your are all fine and you are still going on with your daily challenges.  On my side I am also fine to the extent that I have succeed to write this letter, likewise I feel better since my family also is fine.

This is a continuation of writings response to your instance.  It is another time   when I am writing this letter to thank you for your support without which getting an education would have been very difficult.  So thanks and God is on the way to bless you.

Today I am very happy to say a little bit on the following.  My family is all fine and still preaching your kindness.  they are now engaging on agriculture, they are interested in farming because it is the only way to meet our needs.  They are also happy to see their son ending their studies next month.  One day I heard them saying they will never forget you and the assistance you gave, and they wish you a long life.

The end of my studies I am happy once again to thank you for your sponsorship, because I have succeeded in my dream of completing the advanced education.  I will to bless you....

When I finish my studies and future ambitions are to hope to continue with my studies to university level, and I hope to have a better job that will help me survive and also that will save y family from the troubles based on life....

on the quirky side

How, the google search of "the physical features  of a dolphin will help them survive" will lead to a blog of a peace corp volunteer website who died in service - will never be known.

Africa

It is too big for a little scholarship to solve.  But we will keep posting, and keep giving - in Joseph's memory. 

The Chow Cousins