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in the future of Tanzania -
its talents of tomorrow!

As part of the SCHULBANK family, you finance a high-quality education for orphaned children and young people at the best schools in Tanzania.

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Qualified education for parentless children and young people


Every child deserves the chance of a better future. With SCHULBANK scholarships, we give orphaned adolescents access to qualified education – the key to financial security, self-determination and a fulfilling life in their own country. In this way, we not only give them knowledge, but also the hope of a better future.

Background and principles of our work

Alexander Kösters, founder of SCHULBANK e.V.

Education plight in Tanzania

At state schools in Tanzania, quality education is the exception rather than the rule. Overcrowded classes, a lack of teaching materials and inadequately trained teachers characterize everyday school life. Those who can afford it therefore send their child to a private school – but for many parents, this opportunity is often hopeless.

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AIDS – 1.3 million children without parents

Tanzania is struggling with one of the highest AIDS rates in the world, which leads to an alarmingly high number of orphaned children and young people. This young generation often grows up in poverty and has few opportunities for a qualified education, which severely limits their future prospects.

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Promoting development with scholarships from SCHULBANK

We rely on our scholarship program because we do not invest in educational projects or infrastructure with high administrative costs that tie up funds in concrete and bureaucracy. Instead, we invest directly in young, parentless people, believing in the potential of the next generation in Tanzania and supporting them directly on their educational path. It’s not about making decisions for them, but about giving them the opportunity to shape their own lives.

For our supporters, this is the most sustainable form of aid: an investment in talent, not bricks and mortar.

More information about our scholarship program

Monika Pander, SCHULBANK e.V.

How your support works

The scholarship program is based on a solidarity-based financing model: Tanzanian schools reduce school fees, parents and relatives cover ancillary school costs – and supporters outside Tanzania close the remaining funding gap.

On average, more than 50% of training costs are already covered by local participation – a strong sign of community responsibility.

With your support, you are helping to make new scholarship places at the best schools in Tanzania possible – deliberately without entering into a personal sponsorship.
Because we focus on respectful distance instead of individual ties: our sponsors do not come into direct contact with the scholarship holders, but work anonymously in the background – in a spirit of solidarity, partnership and free of dependencies. All in the interests of the young people, who create their own educational opportunities.

Further information on funding via scholarships

Verena Kösters, SCHULBANK e.V.
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Where we work

While most aid organizations concentrate their efforts in northern Tanzania, we deliberately take a different approach. Our scholarship program works in the southern highlands – a region where aid is less likely to arrive, poverty is widespread and AIDS claims a particularly high number of victims. Where the need is greatest, we create educational opportunities for orphaned children and young people.

More information about our second home in Tanzania

Edgar Mgembe, SCHULBANK e.V.

With a scholarship to top grades throughout Tanzania.

Because of her top grades, Niwaheri was awarded a special certificate of recognition from the state. A letter to the SCHULBANK family.
January 23, 2023/by Alexander

My first two months at the university in Dodoma.

I have taken the first step. Tomorrow I'll do the next one. "Challenges always seem impossible until you overcome them."
January 22, 2023/by Alexander

Tanzania fears severe drought

Currently, the living situation here in Tanzania is becoming more and more frightening. The cost of living is high and it seems that Tanzanians have given up. In recent years, prices for foodstuffs such as rice and ugali flour have doubled.
January 22, 2023/by Alexander

When the grandma has to replace the mother.

Gloria's grandmother is to be thanked from the bottom of her heart, because she is a brave woman, a fighter with sincere love, who fought for everything your granddaughter Gloria needed for a good education.
January 22, 2023/by Alexander

You nailed it! Congratulations, Pamela!

Our scholarship recipient Pamela Nyandongo, who is studying at the Edgar Maranta School of Nursing.
Nursing School in Ifakara - Morogoro studied, passed her exams with distinction.
January 22, 2023/by Alexander

Studying while pregnant.

Pregnancy is an exciting and life-changing time. However, it does not mean that I have to give up my studies.
January 22, 2023/by Alexander

Philipp’s Volontariat 2022

"The true benefit has become clear to me, contrary to my expectation, precisely not by those who benefit from Schulbank, but by those who could have benefited from Schulbank."
January 15, 2023/by Alexander

The World is your Oyster

Congratulations on your big day, Kailathy Kasiki.
October 23, 2022/by Alexander

Book tip: Africa is being poor-governed or How to really help Africa.

For anyone critically engaged with Africa's problems, an inspiring book by Volker Seitz, who mentions SCHULBANK as a lighthouse project.
January 29, 2022/by Alexander
Edgar Mgembe bei SCHULBANK

A new face at Schulbank: Karibu Sana, Edgar Mgembe!

We are happy to announce our new Program Coordinator in Iringa and welcome Edgar Mgembe.
August 29, 2021/by Alexander
Elizabeth bei SCHULBANK

New mentor at SCHULBANK: Karibu Sana, Elizabeth!

An important step for us and our fellows: Welcome our new and first permanent mentor, Elizabeth Lusingu.
June 29, 2021/by Alexander
A room with a desk, chair and computer in it

Our new office in Iringa. Caribou Sana!

Even if our previous container had a lot of charm, we are pleased about our new office in the center of Iringa.
March 21, 2021/by Alexander

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Tailwind – When our sponsors tell…

Not only the work with our pupils and students makes our hearts beat faster. If sponsors, after careful examination, consider our work worth supporting, then we feel momentum.

Verena Kösters, SCHULBANK e.V.

I immediately liked SCHULBANK when I read about it in the Westfälische Nachrichten. A great commitment and the right concept in my opinion. Today I am the sponsor of little Meschack and am happy to be able to help so directly. Who knows, maybe I’ll even visit my godchild. Keep it up SCHULBANK!

Schulbank is accessible to us, not an anonymous organization with a hotline. So we just met up with the Kösters one evening and had them explain to us exactly what school desks are doing in Tanzania. After that, no questions were left unanswered and we know our donations are in good hands.

Donations in education, the transparency of the SCHULBANK, little bureaucracy – all this convinced me to take part. Here I can easily see where my donation will be used and which child will benefit from it. I’m happy to support that.

“I didn’t just want to donate to a big project, I wanted to help people directly. At SCHULBANK e.V., I can see exactly where my support is going – and that makes all the difference for me.”

“No matter when I have a question – the people at SCHULBANK e.V. are always ready to listen. They care, provide information and make you feel like you really are part of this wonderful community.”

“I know the people behind SCHULBANK e.V. personally and trust them implicitly. Their passion and commitment are unique – here I know that my support is in the right hands.”

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