A cheetah and her three cubs on the Tanzanian savanna

NAISR Tanzania Service Project · 22–31 October 2026

Help me build in Tanzania.

I'm Olivier — a Year 12 student at NAISR, heading to Northern Tanzania this October for a community service project. I'm raising €300 toward the materials and resources for the work we'll be doing there, and I'd love your help.

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Fundraising goal

€300

Goes toward materials and resources for the community project.

In Olivier's words

Hi, I'm Olivier!

I'm 16 and I go to Nord Anglia International School Rotterdam. I got picked to go on a school trip to Tanzania this October (22nd to 31st) called the Tanzania Service Project.

We're going to help build things like classrooms and teacher housing for a local school, and fix up school gardens so kids there can get better food during the day. We'll also do a two-day safari in Tarangire National Park, where we'll see wild animals and learn how the local people protect wildlife.

I really want to go because I want to see what real service work is like, learn about a totally different culture, and push myself to try new things. It's not about "saving" anyone — it's about working together with the people there and learning from them too.

“I want to learn more about the culture there, work as a team, and push myself outside of what I'm used to doing.”

Maasai community members walking together in northern Tanzania

Why this trip

A partnership, not a rescue mission.

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Mutual exchange, not rescue

Contribute real skills while learning from the local communities in Tanzania — focused on education and children's rights.

02

Expand the worldview

Gain insight into global issues like access to education, and learn to collaborate across cultures.

03

Personal growth

Step outside the comfort zone, build problem-solving skills, and take meaningful action for positive change.

What past groups built

The work has a track record.

Details for the 2026 project are set closer to departure, but it builds on years of NAISR groups working alongside Tanzanian communities on education and infrastructure.

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Classrooms & teacher housing

Past groups have expanded access to quality education, easing overcrowding and building better places to learn.

02

Kitchen gardens

Restoring school gardens means a nutritious meal during the day — often the best meal a student gets.

03

Sports facilities

New sporting facilities create equal access for boys and girls, and a place for the whole community to gather.

Elephants crossing open grassland in northern Tanzania

One more thing

For every donation, I'm adding something of my own.

For every donation this fundraiser receives, I'll personally use my own money — separate from what's donated here — to buy a small gift for the children we meet in Tanzania. Nothing big, just something that might make someone's day a little brighter.

A football

A colouring book

Pencils & drawing supplies

Your donation

Funds the project

Every euro goes toward materials and resources for the community project.

My own money

Funds the gifts

Separately, out of my own pocket — for the children we meet along the way.

The itinerary

Arrival Day

Landing at Kilimanjaro Airport, then on to Shamba Kipara Camp — time to settle in and meet students from across the Nord Anglia family.

Villages & Coffee

Trekking the lower slopes of Mount Meru through a coffee plantation, then a night sleeping under the stars at Dolly Bush Estate.

Community Project

Visiting local families and joining community service work — building goat sheds, chicken coops, and installing solar stoves.

The Service Project

Work shifts to school infrastructure: classrooms, toilet blocks, sporting facilities, and food production areas.

Building Continues

Laying floors, building walls, plastering — and setting up permaculture areas so schools can grow their own food.

Safari Begins

Off-road into Tarangire National Park, home to one of the largest elephant populations in the world.

Tarangire

An early start to catch the sunrise, a day of tracking wildlife, and a night camping under the Tanzanian sky.

Departure Day

A final debrief and reflection with the group, goodbyes to new friends, and the journey home.

Two days in Tarangire

After the work, the wild.

The trip is built around the community project, but it closes with two days tracking wildlife in Tarangire National Park, home to one of the largest elephant populations on Earth — and a night camping under the stars.

A safari vehicle on a dirt road in the Tanzanian savanna at golden hour

A cheetah family resting on a termite mound

Maasai community members performing a traditional jumping dance

€300 — Our Fundraising Goal

Every donation becomes something real.

All of it goes toward the materials and resources for the community project we'll be working on in Tanzania. Even a small donation turns into something tangible on the ground.

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Your donation

Every contribution, big or small

02

Materials

Building supplies and equipment

03

Project work

Classrooms, gardens, facilities

04

Real impact

For the community we're working with

If you're able to give anything toward the €300 goal, it goes straight to the project. And if you can't — sharing this with someone who can helps just as much.

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