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# Africa School Assistance Project

We build schools ASAP — Because education can't wait.

## Sitemaps

- [XML Sitemap](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website.

## Posts

- [](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/2026/05/29/in-defense-of-complicated-2/) - This piece was originally published on LinkedIn by ASAP Executive Director Zach Swett. We're reposting it here because it captures something important about how we think about our work and where we're headed. Read and share the original on LinkedIn. Zach Swett Executive Director, Africa School Assistance Project · May 16, 2026 Girls' EducationTanzaniaSystems Change
- [Embarking on Impact: Reflecting on our Journey in 2023](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/2024/04/30/2023impactreport/) - We're delighted to present ASAP's Impact Report for 2023. This year was marked by remarkable progress and meaningful change, made possible by the collective efforts of our community of supporters, educators, and advocates. Join us as we journey through the transformative initiatives and inspiring stories that define our mission to empower Tanzanian communities through education.
- [Unveiling Our New Website: Breaking Barriers to Education](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/2022/01/29/unveiling-our-new-website-breaking-barriers-to-education/) - Welcome to the Africa School Assistance Project's (ASAP) New Online Home! At ASAP, we believe that education is the key to creating a brighter, more equitable future. For years, we've been working tirelessly to make quality education accessible to underserved communities in East Africa, starting in Tanzania. Today, we're thrilled to announce a new milestone

## Pages

- [Home Page](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/) - Building schools and breaking barriers to quality education in rural Tanzania, especially for girls. Join us in creating a brighter future through education.
- [Zach Swett](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/who-we-are/zach-swett/) - Meet Zach Swett, ASAP's Executive Director.
- [Who We Are](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/who-we-are/) - Learn about Africa School Assistance Project's background and meet our dedicated staff and board members committed to empowering education in Tanzania.
- [Get involved](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/get-involved/) - Get involved today and make a difference in Tanzanian education through volunteering, school building trips to Tanzania, fundraising, events, and more.
- [Donate](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/donate/) - Support our work in Tanzania by donating to the Africa School Assistance Project. Your contribution empowers education, transforms communities, and changes lives.
- [Scarion Rupia](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/who-we-are/scarion-rupia/) - Meet Scarion Rupia, ASAP's Program and Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Manager.
- [Charles Musiba, PhD](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/who-we-are/charles-musiba-phd/) - Charles Musiba, PhD TZ Chair Dr. Charles Musiba is a Professor of Biological Anthropology at Duke University in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology. He also serves as a Research Professor with the Evolutionary Studies Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and the Human Evolution Research Institute at the University of Cape Town.
- [Pancras Victor Mulimila](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/who-we-are/pancras-victor-mulimila/) - Meet Pancras Victor Mulimila, ASAP's Tanzania Country Manager.
- [What We Do](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/what-we-do/) - Learn about Africa School Assistance Project's programs. Discover how we transform education in Tanzania through holistic school development and empowerment.
- [Jackson Nzemya](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/who-we-are/jackson-nzemya/) - Jackson Nzemya Operations & Construction Coordinator Jackson Nzemya is the Operations and Construction Coordinator at the Africa School Assistance Project (ASAP). In this pivotal role, he ensures the smooth operation of our organization, covering a wide spectrum of responsibilities. His tasks encompass administrative and financial management, the cultivation of partnerships with local government authorities
- [Lida Ndalima](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/who-we-are/lida-ndalima/) - Lida Ndalima Kupanda Project Manager Lida Ndalima is the driving force behind ASAP’s Kupanda Project for Girls. As the Kupanda Project Manager, she ensures the succesful implementation of this groundbreaking initiative that has propelled girls’ secondary school completion rates from 4% to an astounding 96% at Idetemya Secondary School. Lida oversees and ensures the
- [Evodia Anatory](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/who-we-are/evodia-anatory/) - Evodia Anatory Girls’ Education Mentor Evodia is a proud alumna of ASAP’s Kupanda Project for Girls, where she was part of the very first class of students. After thriving in the program, she continued her education through A-levels and went on to earn a degree in Wildlife Management from the College of African Wildlife Management,
- [Teacher Support](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/what-we-do/teacher-support/) - Explore how Africa School Assistance Project supports teachers, enhancing education quality and empowering communities across Tanzania.
- [School Building](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/what-we-do/school-building/) - Explore Africa School Assistance Project's school building efforts, enhancing educational infrastructure and creating safe learning environments in Tanzania.
- [Scholarships](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/what-we-do/scholarships/) - Explore how ASAP creates pathways for students to continue education through secondary levels and university through financial support scholarships in Tanzania.
- [Health Outreach](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/what-we-do/health/) - Explore how Africa School Assistance Project's school health outreach initiatives are improving student health, attendance, and learning outcomes in Tanzania.
- [Girls' Education](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/what-we-do/girls-education/) - Explore Africa School Assistance Project's commitment to girls' education, highlighted by their Kupanda Project for Girls initiative.
- [Educational Resources](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/what-we-do/educational-resources/) - Discover the educational resources Africa School Assistance Project provides to partner schools, enhancing teaching and learning in Tanzanian communities.
- [Community Engagement](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/what-we-do/community-engagement/) - Discover how Africa School Assistance Project engages with communities in Tanzania to enhance education, foster collaboration, and empower local stakeholders.
- [Transparency](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/report-card/) - Explore our transparency pages for annual reports, financials, as well as impact stories and updates from the field.
- [Shishton Primary School](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/partner-schools/shishton-primary/) - Discover Shishton Primary School and how Africa School Assistance Project collaborates to enhance education and empower this community.
- [Seth Benjamin Primary School](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/partner-schools/seth-benjamin-primary/) - Discover Seth Benjamin Primary School and how Africa School Assistance Project collaborates to enhance education and empower this community.
- [Mugan Secondary School](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/partner-schools/mugan-secondary/) - Discover Mugan Secondary School and how Africa School Assistance Project collaborates to enhance education and empower this community.
- [Miririni Secondary School](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/partner-schools/miririni-secondary/) - Discover Miririni Secondary School and how Africa School Assistance Project collaborates to enhance education and empower this community.
- [Mbaaseny Primary School](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/partner-schools/mbaaseny-primary/) - Discover Mbaaseny Primary School and how Africa School Assistance Project collaborates to enhance education and empower this community.
- [Mayolwa Primary School](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/partner-schools/mayolwa-primary/) - Discover Mayolwa Primary School and how Africa School Assistance Project collaborates to enhance education and empower this community.
- [Kirenga Primary School](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/partner-schools/kirenga-primary/) - Discover Kirenga Primary School and how Africa School Assistance Project collaborates to enhance education and empower this community.
- [Kigongo Primary School](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/partner-schools/kigongo-primary/) - Discover Kigongo Primary School and how Africa School Assistance Project collaborates to enhance education and empower this community.
- [Idetemya Secondary School](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/partner-schools/idetemya-secondary/) - Discover Idetemya Secondary School and how Africa School Assistance Project collaborates to enhance education and empower this community.
- [Chole Primary School](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/partner-schools/chole-primary/) - Discover Chole Primary School and how Africa School Assistance Project collaborates to enhance education and empower this community.
- [Bulolambeshi Primary School](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/partner-schools/bulolambeshi-primary/) - Discover Bulolambeshi Primary School and how Africa School Assistance Project collaborates to enhance education and empower this community.
- [Bukumbi Primary School](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/partner-schools/bukumbi-primary/) - Discover Bukumbi Primary School and how Africa School Assistance Project collaborates to enhance education and empower this community.
- [Partner Schools](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/partner-schools/) - Explore our network of partner schools in Tanzania with the Africa School Assistance Project. Learn how we collaborate to enhance education and empower communities.
- [Contact Us](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/contact-us/) - Have questions, want to get involved, or need info? We'd love to hear from you! Your support is vital to transforming education in rural Tanzania.
- [Barrier Breakers](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/blog/) - Follow our work on 'Barrier Breakers,' Africa School Assistance Project's blog, featuring program updates and impact stories from the field.
- [Lorez Meinhold](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/who-we-are/lorez-meinhold/) - Lorez Meinhold Board Member Lorez brings over fifteen years of health care policy experience as a director of multi-lateral initiatives involving the public, private and civic sectors, working at the local, state, and national levels. Lorez has worked in many capacities implementing and integrating health programs, connecting early childhood and health communities, delivery and payment
- [Mark Eddy](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/who-we-are/mark-eddy/) - Mark Eddy Board Member Mark is owner of Mark Eddy Communications, a strategic communications/messaging/public education firm specializing in public policy issues. Eddy is an expert at assessing and quickly understanding complicated issues, synthesizing large amounts of information, team building, project management, strategic planning, and visioning on an organization-wide basis, strategic communications, public education and political
- [Lieko Earle, PhD](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/who-we-are/lieko-earle-phd/) - Lieko Earle, PhD Board Member Lieko Earle is a Senior Researcher in the Buildings and Thermal Sciences Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado, where she has worked since 2009 on all aspects of improving the energy efficiency of residential building systems. Lieko was a Peace Corps volunteer in Tanzania from
- [David Akerson](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/who-we-are/david-akerson/) - David Akerson Board Member David Akerson is an attorney and computer geek who has specialized in human rights and atrocity investigations for over thirty years. He served as staff attorney for Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) in South Africa, a prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the Chief of Evidence for
- [Sofia Rainaldi](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/who-we-are/sofia-rainaldi/) - Sofia Rainaldi Secretary Sofia has been an active member of ASAP since 2011, initially traveling with her family to Tanzania where she helped ASAP construct a primary school outside of Arusha. After that first impactful trip, she returned to Tanzania with ASAP on numerous other school building trips, a successful expedition up Mt. Kilimanjaro, and
- [David Falicia](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/who-we-are/david-falicia/) - David Falicia Treasurer Dave spent 23 years with OppenheimerFunds, where he traded and managed investment portfolios as large as $40 billion dollars. Throughout those years, Dave was always a source of finding innovative solutions to the challenges presented by market conditions. Dave currently consults for investment firms in the fixed income and lending space. Dave’s
- [Taryn Finnessey](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/who-we-are/taryn-finnessey/) - Taryn Finnessey Chair Taryn Finnessey has spent her career working on water, natural hazards, and climate change at the federal, state, and local levels. She works to integrate scientific and policy innovations that increase Colorado’s ability to address climate change impacts and reduce emissions. She has helped to establish Colorado as a national and international
- [Team member template](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/team-member-template/) - Zach Swett Executive Director Zach is responsible for all aspects of organizational management and strategic planning for ASAP, including program design and execution, fundraising, financial oversight and external partnership development.

## Portfolio

- [Taryn Finnessey](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio_page/taryn-finnessey/) - Taryn Finnessey Vice Chair Taryn Finnessey has spent her career working on water, natural hazards, and climate change at the federal, state, and local levels. She works to integrate scientific and policy innovations that increase Colorado’s ability to address climate change impacts and reduce emissions. She has helped to establish Colorado as a national and
- [Lida Ndalima](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio_page/lida-ndalima/) - Lida Ndalima Kupanda Project Manager Lida oversees the Kupanda Project for Girls, our initiative to increase secondary school completion rates for rural Tanzanian girls, and teaches our girl’s leadership and empowerment curriculum.
- [Mark Eddy](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio_page/mark-eddy/) - Mark Eddy Board Member Mark is owner of Mark Eddy Communications, a strategic communications/messaging/public education firm specializing in public policy issues. Eddy is an expert at assessing and quickly understanding complicated issues, synthesizing large amounts of information, team building, project management, strategic planning, and visioning on an organization-wide basis, strategic communications, public education and political
- [Luka Powanga, PhD](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio_page/dr-luka-powanga/) - Luka Powanga, PhD Board Member Luka, a professor of economics and finance at Regis University, has over 35 years of executive management experience at local and international levels in international trade, finance, economic development, mineral processing, and entrepreneurship. He consults with companies in international investments, energy project development and investments, capacity training, and development. In
- [Charles Musiba, PhD](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio_page/charles-musiba/) - Charles Musiba, PhD TZ Chair Charles is associate professor of biological anthropology in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Colorado, Denver. He is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Anatomy at Saint Francis University College of Health and Allied sciences in Ifakara, Tanzania. Charles is a native of Tanzania, born and raised
- [David Falicia](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio_page/david-falicia/) - David Falicia Treasurer Dave spent 23 years with OppenheimerFunds, where he traded and managed investment portfolios as large as $40 billion dollars. Throughout those years, Dave was always a source of finding innovative solutions to the challenges presented by market conditions. Dave currently consults for investment firms in the fixed income and lending space. Dave’s
- [Francoise Mbabazi](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio_page/francoise-mbabazi/) - Francoise Mbabazi Board Member Francoise Mbabazi is a passionate human rights activist and community engagement leader with over 10 years of diverse work experience in the nonprofits, strengthening their board staff and coalition development. Currently an employee of the Colorado Trust, she is committed to education equity, economic justice, social justice, empowerment of women and
- [Lieko Earle, PhD](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio_page/lieko-earle/) - Lieko Earle, PhD Board Member Lieko Earle is a Senior Researcher in the Buildings and Thermal Sciences Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado, where she has worked since 2009 on all aspects of improving the energy efficiency of residential building systems. Lieko was a Peace Corps volunteer in Tanzania from
- [David Akerson](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio_page/david-akerson/) - David Akerson Board Member David Akerson is an attorney and computer geek who has specialized in human rights and atrocity investigations for over thirty years. He served as staff attorney for Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) in South Africa, a prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the Chief of Evidence for
- [Eric Byington](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio_page/eric-byington/) - Eric Byington Board Member Eric has worked across a wide spectrum of industries over the course of his career. He spent nearly a decade working in the international non-profit space, several years in the music industry, and spent the past six years working in the new venture creation and startup support space. Eric was the
- [Sofia Rainaldi](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio_page/sofia-rainaldi/) - Sofia Rainaldi Secretary Sofia has been an active member of ASAP since 2011, initially traveling with her family to Tanzania where she helped ASAP construct a primary school outside of Arusha. After that first impactful trip, she returned to Tanzania with ASAP on numerous other school building trips, a successful expedition up Mt. Kilimanjaro, and
- [Lorez Meinhold](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio_page/lorez-meinhold/) - Lorez Meinhold Chair Lorez brings over fifteen years of health care policy experience as a director of multi-lateral initiatives involving the public, private and civic sectors, working at the local, state, and national levels. Lorez has worked in many capacities implementing and integrating health programs, connecting early childhood and health communities, delivery and payment system
- [Prisca Julius](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio_page/prisca-julius/) - Prisca Julius Community Health Educator Prisca oversees ASAP’s school and community health initiatives. She ensures that water and sanitation facilities are properly utilized and maintained, teaches SWASH (school water, sanitation, and hygiene) and MHH (menstrual hygiene health) curricula to students and teachers, oversees the Kupanda Junior Health Educator Program (Kupanda Afya), and provides COVID-19 support
- [Jackson Nzemya](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio_page/jackson-nzemya/) - Jackson Nzemya Operations Coordinator Jackson ensures the smooth operation of ASAP projects in Tanzania, overseeing construction, arrangements for ASAP volunteer trips, and community relations in the villages where ASAP operates.
- [Scarion Rupia](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio_page/scarion-rupia/) - Scarion Rupia Program & MEL Manager Scarion manages all ASAP programming as well as monitoring, evaluation, and learning.
- [Nicas Shomari](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio_page/nicas-shomari/) - Nicas Shomari Media Manager Nicas is the man behind the lens and is responsible for all of our videos, photos, newsletters, and social media accounts.
- [Zach Swett](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio_page/zach-swett/) - Zach Swett Executive Director Zach is responsible for all aspects of organizational management and strategic planning for ASAP, including program design and execution, fundraising, financial oversight and external partnership development.

## Categories

- [Uncategorized](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/category/uncategorized/)

## Tags

- [2023 Impact Report](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/tag/2023-impact-report/)
- [Service Trips](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/tag/service-trips/)
- [Volunteer](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/tag/volunteer/)
- [Financial aid](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/tag/financial-aid/)
- [Scholarship](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/tag/scholarship/)
- [STEM](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/tag/stem/)
- [Kupanda Project for Girls](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/tag/kupanda-project-for-girls/)
- [Teacher support](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/tag/teacher-support/)
- [WASH](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/tag/wash/)
- [Health](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/tag/health/)
- [School building](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/tag/school-building/)
- [Kilimanjaro](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/tag/kilimanjaro/)
- [Global Peace Network](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/tag/global-peace-network/)
- [Tanzania](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/tag/tanzania/)
- [Africa School Assistance Project](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/tag/africa-school-assistance-project/)
- [ASAP](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/tag/asap/)

## Portfolio Categories

- [Executive Director](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio-category/executive-director/)
- [Operations Coordinator](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio-category/operations-coordinator/)
- [Chair](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio-category/chair/)
- [Community Health Educator](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio-category/community-health-educator/)
- [Vice Chair](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio-category/vice-chair/)
- [Treasurer](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio-category/treasurer/)
- [Secretary](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio-category/secretary/)
- [Board Member](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio-category/board-member/)
- [Kupanda Project Manager](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio-category/kupanda-project-manager/)
- [TZ Chair](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio-category/tz-chair/)
- [Media Manager](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio-category/media-manager/)
- [Program & MEL Manager](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/portfolio-category/program-mel-manager/)

## Sliders

- [Partner schools](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/slides-category/partner-schools/)
- [Chole](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/slides-category/chole/)
- [Idetemya](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/slides-category/idetemya/)
- [Bulolambeshi Primary](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/slides-category/bulolambeshi-primary/)
- [Bukumbi Primary](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/slides-category/bukumbi-primary/)
- [Kigongo Primary](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/slides-category/kigongo-primary/)
- [Seth Benjamin Primary](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/slides-category/seth-benjamin-primary/)
- [Mayolwa Primary](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/slides-category/mayolwa-primary/)
- [Mugan Secondary](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/slides-category/mugan-secondary/)
- [Mbaaseny Primary](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/slides-category/mbaaseny-primary/)
- [Shishton Primary](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/slides-category/shishton-primary/)
- [Shishton Secondary](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/slides-category/shishton-secondry/)
- [Miririni Secondary](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/slides-category/miririni-secondary/)
- [Kirenga Primary](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/slides-category/kirenga-primary/)

## Carousels

- [sponsors](https://africaschoolassistanceproject.org/carousels-category/sponsors/)