Foresight Ecolodge & Safari – Ol Doinyo Lengai

Next milestone in our school project

We are about to purchase the land for our own school. For this we need your help!

After only 14 months after our founding we have made a big step forward in our social engagement:

We have found the perfect plot of land for our own school very close to the lodge (location see below). We can provide a part of the necessary capital for the purchase from the income of the lodge. And there is more good news, because with WATOYO Tanzania e.V. we finally have a reliable partner at our side, who as a non-profit organization collects donations for our project and can issue corresponding donation receipts. In order to be able to buy the land now, we still need donations that you can make directly through WATOYO for our school project.

Please select 02_Foresight School in Karatu under “I donate for:”.

100% of all donations will reach the project. Thank you for your donation! Together we can make a difference for the better.

Foresight Ecolodge & Safari – Anita Vogler
Foresight Ecolodge & Safari – Anita Vogler
Foresight Ecolodge & Safari – Anita Vogler
Foresight Ecolodge & Safari – Anita Vogler

Future Vision of Foresight

Since the idea to found our lodge originated in a primary school in Tanzania and education is, in our opinion, an essential key out of poverty, Foresight’s future is focused on building and running its own school.

When it comes to directly supporting a government school with in-kind and monetary donations, our hands are severely tied. It is not possible to track the money exactly, and we have no rights in the organization or management of the school. In addition, in the course of two years of cooperation with a primary school, we have experienced and learned where operational and structural changes need to take place. This is only possible with a self-owned school.

The Own School

Our idea of a suitable school system for the children in Tanzania is based on the Montessori principle. We want to maintain and foster in the students an independent motivation for learning by encouraging them to become active themselves and to work out their strengths. Education should be holistic and our goal is students who are open-minded, confident and able to think outside the box. Our school program will be tuition-free and will predominantly benefit children from (for the region) particularly pronounced poverty. In order to have fun and energy in the school day, a healthy diet is essential, which means that we will provide a balanced lunch for students and teachers. Furthermore, it is very important to us to hire good teachers with the appropriate skills and foresight. We want the teaching profession to have the prestige that this important profession deserves—we want our teachers to be role models for the students and the surrounding community. Because we want to make a lasting difference!

Next steps for our own school

The implementation of this major project will be phased in. Before the end of this year, in 2023, we plan to open the preschool/kindergarten to enroll future students in the Foresight system. We believe that a successful entry into the school system is best achieved with a kindergarten, especially according to the principles of Montessori. In this way, contact and trust are established, the path is set on the right track from the very beginning, and important experience is gained in dealing with the children.

Already in January 2024, the first class of the Foresight School will be taught. We want to grow together with the children and expand the school by another grade level every year. The necessary infrastructure will thus also be expanded and improved year by year.

Please select 02_Foresight School in Karatu under “I donate for:”.

100% of all donations will reach the project. Thank you for your donation! Together we can make a difference for the better.

Foresight Ecolodge & Safari – Ol Doinyo Lengai

Like our lodge, our school will combine the traditional with the modern. Our students do not need a school from the “glossy catalog”. The school may become a second home for the students, a home that combines the familiar and cozy with progressive learning content and above all with a lot of warmth!

Driven by the enthusiasm for the country and its people and supported by the vision of an own school for children from difficult backgrounds, this eco lodge with a social orientation was brought to life.

Business Created to Support People

Anita and Ernest are founders and managing Partners of Foresight Eco Lodge & Safaris.