Heart for Kids - 2007 tot 2010 Meatu Tanzania

April 26 2010

� I will be running the Belfast marathon May 3 2010Would you sponsor me, please?

� Update Tanzania, Meatu� Extra

Marjolein ten Berge – GräperHeart for Kids team 2007

Sponsor request

� Because Meatu is close to my heart (personal project Heart for Kids 2007) and circumstances in Meatu Tanzania are not going to change for the better overnight:* support for water tanks* training of a.o. water committees

� Because ICS is a professional and competent organisation, given the fact, for example, that they have been selected for being subsidised by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFS 2).

� Because of your support of me running the marathon, I could convert some of my cold sweat into drinking water for the Kids in MeatuTanzania.(I don’t think I will look as happy as at the picture on the right after running 42.195 km .. )

Sponsoring

1. What?Sponsor for an amount per kilometre:e.g. € 1,- per kilometre = € 42 euroMore or less will be equally appreciated!

2. How?* Via iDeal or credit card http://www.geefsamen.nl/marjoleingraper(click on the iDeal or Credit Card logo; to switch to English, please click on the Union Jack at the bottom of the screen)

* Cash, bank draft or any other payment method at your convenience

3. Who?You can send this e-mail to your friends

Update Meatu Tanzania

What did we achieve as Heart for Kids team 07?

� Financed 6 water tanks at schoolsby raising almost € 100.000 by biking the Amstel Gold race

� Discussions with & training of water committees� Workshop with school children about water, food & hygiene

Back in time:� [link to the Heart for Kids final project presentation - symposium 16-12-2007] – in Dutch

http://www.slideshare.net/marjoleingraper/heart-for-kids-symposium-16122007

What struck me in 2007

� Meatu Tanzania is a very desolate area* From Meatu to the nearest big city is an eight hours’journey, which can only be covered by jeep via a bumpy and uneven track* During the rainy season Meatu cannot be reached by road at all

� Meatu is an extremely poor area* Daily necessities, such as water and (varied) food are a big problem due to the arid climate and the lack of infrastructure* Potential young locals migrate to the cities * Difficult to get and keep local staff (ICS is the only NGO present all the time)

� Foreign aid work requires go-getters!* Culture and mentality do not change overnight…* Cross-cultural differences in local cultures amongst each other as well as with Westerners* Educate locals to independence and self-reliance

Update: Situation at this moment

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Being such a poor area, Meatu can be improved immensely, but at the same time, finding and keeping trained staff is a problem for ICS.Quantification is not only material progress. In Meatu, ICS balances instruction and progress carefully against its own taken efforts. The issue is to encourage the community and the local authorities to act for and by themselves. Only then, it will be possible to keep the local knowledge in Meatu and thus bring about a sustainable change.

Update: Current situation

Projects Meatu Tanzania 2009:� Rain water harvesting tanks: All water tanks supported by Heart for Kids 07 are still in operation. ICS has

plans to build new tanks in 2010/11. Training the water committees remains of great importance. They play the key part in the process from rain water to drinking water in the tank. For example, they keep the gutters clear, prevent rusty water in the tanks and monitor quality of the water. Furthermore, even one school is selling water right now to the benefit of the school.Drinking water is and remains issue nr 1 in Meatu Tanzania.

� Grain storage project (progress as when we were there)� Solar panel project: Local women have been to India for this project, to learn how it is set up there and to

implement that into villages in Meatu. Women from the smallest (poorest) villages have been selected and are working on this project. The biggest improvement is that there now is light in those villages after dusk. This project is being monitored by the neighbouring villages. Moreover, what is special indeed, is that the project is run by women who will continue to do so during 2010. More can be read about solar panels in Africa on the ICS web-site: http://www.ics.nl/index.php?id=247

Summary

� Water remains the daily necessity * Support € needed for water tanks at more schools

� Doing it oneselfOwnership by community and local authorities* Support € needed for training of a.o. water committees

� Much improvement potential for Meatu,at the same time profound and searching in-depth, a learning path of trial and error

� More can be read about Tanzania and the water tanks on the ICS website: http://www.ics.nl/index.php?id=22

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Second time: convert sweat into drinking water!

From more than 200 cyclersAt the Amstel Gold Race (biggest tour race in Holland)

Raising almost € 100.000,-

To 1 runnerAt the Belfast Marathon the 3rd of MayWho hopes to raise at least € 5.000,-

ONE goal: Convert sweat into drinking water for the Kids in Meatu Tanzania

42 kmrunning!

2007 2010

Thanks a lot! Also on behalf of the kids!

I hope you have appreciated this sponsor request and update. I I hope you have appreciated this sponsor request and update. I have tried to keep it as short and informative as possible.have tried to keep it as short and informative as possible.

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Marjolein ten Berge - Gräper

Work� Four years of marketing at Unilever, where I first initiated

the Heart for Kids Meatu Tanzania project with a group of 8 colleagues (friends)

� One year of project management at the highly successful mobile start-up company Layar

� Two days after the marathon I will start as brand manager at Insomnia Coffee CompanyAt Insomnia all coffee is 100% fair trade and there are coffee-waste composting initiatives. Cool!

Private� Married to Jasper for more than a year� Enjoyed a great 3 months trip through Asia� Took up the adventure of moving to Ireland 4

months ago

Clifs of Moher

I am training since the beginning of January. Slowly building up to training 5x per week, one of which is a long run.

Like 2 weeks ago 26 km (left) and last week 30 km (right). The landscape is so beautiful in Wicklow, that helps. (because running for such a long time may also get a bit boring .. ;-)

Ready, steady, 1 week to GO!

Ready, steady, 1 week to GO!

Last Sunday (April 18) I have been running 10 km in the Great Ireland Run,

Dublin Phoenix park in 55:47, it was great to experience the “event spirit”!

Ready for Belfast 3 May.

With over 60hrs / 500km of training, the event-spirit ànd the charity cause “converting sweat into drinking water for the Kids in Meatu Tanzania” I am determined to cross the finish line!

Thank you for your support!