From Chalk Dust to Clear Lessons: Why Rural Tanzanian Classrooms Need Whiteboards
How a simple swap from chalk to whiteboards gives pupils cleaner air and clearer lessons — and how your donation makes it happen.
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Tanzania Student Plan Organisation
Better classrooms. Brighter futures.
TASPO works with students, teachers and schools across Tanzania to create classrooms that are healthier, better equipped and built around students who plan and take charge of their own learning.
Our team
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Who is the team behind TASPO?
Shilekirwamuu Israel MwashaFounder
Birger FredrikssonChairperson
Kristian MuroSecretary General
Magreth MwambeHuman Resources Director
Vicky Alice NtetemaAdvisor, SMOTA Member
Zainab Ham AbdulCoordinator for People with Albinism
Godlove Abson MgongolwaDirector of Finance
Eliashishi Israel MwashaEducation Field Officer
Cauthane Lucyia ShamsiDirector
Hanne KjærWebsite Design & European Logistics Coordinator
Michael MazikuDirector of Whiteboard Logistics & Maintenance
Dr. Calvin Mbora MwashaDirector of Students' Health & Health Projects
Upendo Peter NdowoHead of Social Economic Club
What we do
Practical help where it matters most: in the classroom.
We focus on a small number of things and do them properly. Everything we do is aimed at helping students learn well and teachers teach well.
Healthier classrooms
Through Whiteboards for All, we're replacing dusty blackboards and chalk slates with clean, durable whiteboards.
Whiteboards for All →Students who plan
The TASPO Taskbook helps students set goals, plan their week and follow their own progress, building habits that last.
The TASPO Taskbook →Clubs beyond the timetable
Academic and socio-economic clubs give students space to explore, lead and build skills outside ordinary lessons.
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Current project
Whiteboards for All
In many Tanzanian classrooms, teachers still write on blackboards with chalk, and pupils work on small chalk slates at their desks. That means chalk dust in the air that students and teachers breathe all day, every day.
Whiteboards for All replaces blackboards and slates with clean, long-lasting whiteboards and markers, so the classroom is a healthier place to spend the day.
- No chalk dust in the air or on hands and uniforms
- Sharper, easier-to-read writing for every row of the class
- Personal whiteboards so every pupil can practise and show their work
Breaking the stigma
Fighting the stigma around albinism
Albinism is a genetic condition, nothing more. Yet in Tanzania, superstition and misunderstanding have turned a difference in pigmentation into a source of fear, exclusion and danger for many families.
We believe the strongest tool against that fear is knowledge, shared where beliefs are formed: in classrooms and communities.
- Awareness sessions in schools, so support replaces exclusion
- Honest conversations in communities, led by trusted local voices
- Helping teachers and classmates understand sun sensitivity and low vision
How it works
From partners worldwide to Tanzanian classrooms.
Our partners and donors around the world help equip schools in Tanzania. We handle the practical side so that every donation arrives safely and gets used.
Partners give
Donors, companies and organisations around the world support us with funding or with equipment we actually need.
We source and ship
We source equipment worldwide, pack it carefully and organise shipping to Tanzania.
Customs and delivery
We handle the paperwork and customs clearance, then deliver directly to the schools we work with.
In the classroom
Equipment goes into daily use, and we follow up with schools to make sure it's making a difference.
From the blog
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News, stories and updates
Why we're replacing chalk with whiteboards in Tanzanian classrooms
Chalk has been part of classroom life for generations. Here's why we think it's time for a cleaner, healthier alternative, and what the switch really involves.
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Introducing the TASPO Taskbook: helping students plan their own learning
Good students aren't just taught well, they learn to organise themselves. Meet the TASPO Taskbook, our tool for building that habit early.
Read article →Every classroom deserves a fair start.
Whether you give, partner, donate equipment or simply share our story, you help Tanzanian students learn in better conditions.