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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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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

What a great day: Our first scholarship holders in the Form IV National Exams

They can be proud: Aidaya, Pamela and Wilfred took part in the Form 4 National Exams last week and passed.
March 7, 2021/by Alexander

New addition to the German team: Sümeyra Rehman

Our new addition Sümeyra Rehman (22) has been an active member of SCHULBANK since April 2019.
March 7, 2021/by Alexander

New partner school with social goals: St. James Secondary School

A school that statutorily allocates 40% of its places to needy children must be a SCHULBANK partner school.
January 29, 2021/by Alexander
SMS bei SCHULBANK in Tansania

Hotline: New SMS service for our sponsored children.

The larger our scholarship program in Tanzania becomes, the more complex ....
November 26, 2017/by Alexander
SCHULBANK in Dodoma

Safina – The ark for street children in Dodoma.

Schulbank joined forces with Safina in 2015 and has so far supported little Jospeter with a place in kindergarten. We at Schulbank hope that we will soon be able to support Andrea and her street children on a much larger scale.
October 5, 2016/by Alexander

Our new partner: Spring Valley Secondary School

Join us in welcoming Spring Valley Secondary School, Schulbank's new partner school in Iringa. Spring Valley is a private girls' school with a very good reputation and excellent results for its graduates.
October 5, 2016/by Alexander

Send-off ceremony at the Red Cross Youth.

Jugendrotkreuz Westfalen-Lippe is sending 54 young "weltwärts"…
August 18, 2016/by Alexander

Sponsors in Tanzania | When teachers help teachers…

Fritz Mehlich is not only a retired teacher and Tanzania lover, but also the sponsor of little Rose in the Schulbank scholarship program. Fritz is familiar with the educational problems in Tanzania and spent a long time thinking about how he could use his experience to support schoolchildren in their schools alongside his sponsorship of Rose. He quickly realized how long it would take to think about it. Go there, experience it for yourself and get involved!
June 26, 2016/by Alexander

So, are things going well? A flying visit to Tosamaganga.

Noch vor 12 Monaten haben wir an dieser Stelle Paten für unsere…
April 18, 2016/by Alexander

At home with Anamaria

Hausbesuche gehören für Destory, unserem Program Manager in…
April 16, 2016/by Alexander

Meshack, a visit for you!

Als wir im Herbst erfuhren, dass sich Silvia und Peter Kleinschnieder…
March 20, 2016/by Alexander

Last check: German Red Cross in Iringa at school desk

Thumbs up for the voluntary service at Schulbank in Tanzania.…
February 3, 2016/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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