Dogodogo is a centre caring for street children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. A new book tells the stories of some of these children in their own words and with their own illustrations. Originally published in Tanzania, it now reaches a wider readership in an edition just published by Macmillan.
Kasia Parham, an English teacher at the International School of Tanganyika, who also worked as a volunteer teacher at the Centre, has developed the book to help the young people tell their story to the world. Kasia is wife of the British High Commissioner in Tanzania, and the foreword to the book is by Cherie Blair. All royalties go to the Dogodogo Centre.
The book can be used with students of all ages, and is an excellent resource for considering global poverty and education for all within the community theme.
Kasia has developed a series of lesson plans for using the book within the Middle Years Programme for students of English as an additional language. The book can also be used in citizenship lessons (see links below).
For further details about the book see link below.
See also comments by UK Foreign Minister David Miliband https://blogs.fco.gov.uk/roller/miliband/entry/dogodogo
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Thank you for the
Thank you for the information on this book and project. I've just ordered the book through Amazon.com and plan to use it during October with my 7th Grade (12 year olds) Advisory class. I think it will inspire the students to create a way to help the children of Tanzania. Is anyone else working with this topic? I will be able to get my advisory class online at least one day a week. Perhaps another MYP class would like to join an online discussion with my students.