JoAnn McManus
Academy
About Joann McManus Academy
QUICK FACTS
- LOCATION: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- SUPPORTED BY LWCF SINCE: 2012
- CHILDREN IMPACTED TO DATE: 400+
ABOUT THIS PROJECT
JoAnn McManus Academy is a small pre-school in an impoverished area that seeks to educate and help young children to have a positive learning experience as their first introduction to school. Students attending JMA are generally 3-6 years old, but sometimes as young as 2 years old.
The shoestring budget at JMA comes from minimal fees that are charged the families of the students and the dedicated support of Elyse McManus, granddaughter of the school’s namesake and aspiring educator
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- To provide access to education for children in need
- Enrich the quality of education provided at the school
- Built new wing on the school to expand the learning environment and classroom space
- Outfitted the school with electricity
- Provide educational material and classroom supplies, including printers, mats for sleeping, tables and chairs, and a television
- Staff stipends and support for ongoing training
- Developmental support through Sparking Joy Through Play
- Emergency food, health supplies & support during covid
JoAnn McManus Academy, named in honor of a Massachusetts educator who provided curriculum support when the school first opened, is a primary school located in the outskirts of Dar Es Salaam. The school was founded by Juliet Laizer, a young teacher with a dream of providing a quality education to children in poor neighborhoods where the only other educational option is the overcrowded, underfunded government schools. Juliet and her small staff of teachers left Sherry Fine Academy to start their own school in 2012.
Impoverished & underserved children, children with special needs
