Cypress Hill Project, Monduli District
Official Opening 03 July 2010
Thanks to the funds raised by EVPA and the Marney Timms Kilimanjaro Group, we raised funds in the order of £57,000 for the start up of the Cypress Hill Project. This pioneering project was founded to create a centre in a poor community and to give vocational training and backup medical care to Tanzanians affected by HIV/Aids or Tanzanians, who are caring for children affected by HIV/Aids and for impoverished Tanzanians.
At the Cypress Hill complex we are also developing an agricultural plot where fruit and vegetable businesses can be developed as well as food supplied for the students. We should like to find support to also construct a recycling centre for waste materials.
In November 2008 we finally bought land at a special low rate for charities in the beautiful Monduli District about 40 minutes from Arusha Town and put in boundary fencing. The first buildings - training block and medical block are now finished and students have been attending tailoring and English language courses since January 2010.
Cypress Hill, is now our "flagship" project in North Tanzania and we often welcome visits from charity supporters and tourists in the area.
CPA now desperately need funds to keep the centre up and running.
