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| location = Zanzibar, Tanzania | | location = Zanzibar, Tanzania | ||
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'''Logos Circle / Zanzibar''' is the Logos Circle in Zanzibar, Tanzania. It meets as the Impact Circle x Logos Circle, mostly in Chukwani, and brings together artists, students and coordinators. Its winnable issue is cutting single-use plastic through awareness built with music, poetry, dance, theatre and film. | <!-- The paragraph between the onlyinclude tags is shown on [[Start a Circle/Winnable Issues from Circles]]. Keep the tags. --> | ||
<onlyinclude>'''Logos Circle / Zanzibar''' is the Logos Circle in Zanzibar, Tanzania. It meets as the Impact Circle x Logos Circle, mostly in Chukwani, and brings together artists, students and coordinators. Its winnable issue is cutting single-use plastic through awareness built with music, poetry, dance, theatre and film. With the Straight Training Center, a community-run school for underprivileged and at-risk children, it raised US$2,000 for 10 Raspberry Pi computers and is raising US$1,500 for the school's rent for another year.</onlyinclude> | |||
== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
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== Join == | == Join == | ||
{{Circle fill|how a newcomer joins: the Luma page, the group chat, what to expect at a first meeting.}} | {{Circle fill|how a newcomer joins: the Luma page, the group chat, what to expect at a first meeting.}} | ||
See [ | See [[Start a Circle/How to join a Logos Circle|How to join a Logos Circle]]. | ||
== Winnable issues completed == | == Winnable issues completed == | ||
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| 2 || Jul to Sep 2026 || Plastic awareness visits to schools || Environment || Circle members visited schools with Logos Circles staff and introduced young people to the work on plastic awareness and behaviour change. The report gives no count of schools or pupils. || [https://forum.logos.co/t/1933 t/1933] | | 2 || Jul to Sep 2026 || Plastic awareness visits to schools || Environment || Circle members visited schools with Logos Circles staff and introduced young people to the work on plastic awareness and behaviour change. The report gives no count of schools or pupils. || [https://forum.logos.co/t/1933 t/1933] | ||
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| 3 || || 10 Raspberry Pi computers for Straight Training Center || Education || Raised US$2,000 through a peer-to-peer crypto donations site and donated 10 Raspberry Pi devices to the school for digital learning and hands-on tech experience. || | |||
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== Working on == | == Working on == | ||
The Impact Circle show, a live performance on single-use plastic. The September report set the debut of a short version for 13 September 2026 in Jambiani, with a longer version to follow ([https://forum.logos.co/t/1933 t/1933]). | The Impact Circle show, a live performance on single-use plastic. The September report set the debut of a short version for 13 September 2026 in Jambiani, with a longer version to follow ([https://forum.logos.co/t/1933 t/1933]). | ||
'''Local context''' | |||
The Zanzibar Circles took place at Zanzalu, a local community pop-up hub bringing together residents and international guests. Zanzibar, like much of Tanzania, faces a youth employment crisis, with high rates of unemployment and limited access to educational and vocational opportunities. The Circle aimed to identify a practical, achievable project that could make a tangible difference for young people in the community. | |||
The sessions focused on supporting the Straight Training Center, a community-run school for underprivileged and at-risk children, with the aim of helping the children become more emplyable in the face of the crisis. | |||
'''Raise US$1,500 to secure the school location for another year of education''' | |||
* '''Goal:''' Help the school pay its rent for 2026 to continue providing mentorship, support, and educational opportunities to the children. | |||
* '''Status:''' In progress. Donations are actively being collected. | |||
* '''Donate here:''' https://donate.straighttraining.center/ | |||
== Allies nearby == | == Allies nearby == | ||
Latest revision as of 20:31, 20 October 2026
Logos Circle / Zanzibar is the Logos Circle in Zanzibar, Tanzania. It meets as the Impact Circle x Logos Circle, mostly in Chukwani, and brings together artists, students and coordinators. Its winnable issue is cutting single-use plastic through awareness built with music, poetry, dance, theatre and film. With the Straight Training Center, a community-run school for underprivileged and at-risk children, it raised US$2,000 for 10 Raspberry Pi computers and is raising US$1,500 for the school's rent for another year.
Introduction
Declaration
Join
See How to join a Logos Circle.
Winnable issues completed
Dated by the day the work was done, or the meetup that reported it done. Figures are the Circle's own, from its reports.
| # | Date | Issue | Area | What was delivered | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 2026 | English books for Straight Training Center | Education | Two Circle members joined Logos contributors and Zanzalu residents on a visit to Straight Training Center in Fuoni Mambosasa. They delivered English children's books collected through the Lisbon Circle and the local community, ran a reading session and an English speaking session. Footage was filmed for a short film about the centre. | t/1881 |
| 2 | Jul to Sep 2026 | Plastic awareness visits to schools | Environment | Circle members visited schools with Logos Circles staff and introduced young people to the work on plastic awareness and behaviour change. The report gives no count of schools or pupils. | t/1933 |
| 3 | 10 Raspberry Pi computers for Straight Training Center | Education | Raised US$2,000 through a peer-to-peer crypto donations site and donated 10 Raspberry Pi devices to the school for digital learning and hands-on tech experience. |
Working on
The Impact Circle show, a live performance on single-use plastic. The September report set the debut of a short version for 13 September 2026 in Jambiani, with a longer version to follow (t/1933).
Local context
The Zanzibar Circles took place at Zanzalu, a local community pop-up hub bringing together residents and international guests. Zanzibar, like much of Tanzania, faces a youth employment crisis, with high rates of unemployment and limited access to educational and vocational opportunities. The Circle aimed to identify a practical, achievable project that could make a tangible difference for young people in the community.
The sessions focused on supporting the Straight Training Center, a community-run school for underprivileged and at-risk children, with the aim of helping the children become more emplyable in the face of the crisis.
Raise US$1,500 to secure the school location for another year of education
- Goal: Help the school pay its rent for 2026 to continue providing mentorship, support, and educational opportunities to the children.
- Status: In progress. Donations are actively being collected.
- Donate here: https://donate.straighttraining.center/
Allies nearby
- Straight Training Center: a community education centre in Fuoni Mambosasa with more than 120 students, which received the books and hosted the visit (t/1881)
- Kawa Foundation: invited the Circle to perform at its community clean-up at the Botanical Gardens (t/1759)
Reports
- 12 June 2026, third Impact Circle x Logos Circle meeting, 10 attended: t/1722
- 3 July 2026, Chukwani, 7 attended: t/1759
- 17 July 2026, Chukwani, 9 attended: t/1809
- August 2026, field note on the books delivered to Straight Training Center: t/1881
- 24 July, 4 September and 7 September 2026, Chukwani, 8 to 10 attended: t/1933
- 8 August 2026, Logos Basecamp workshop at Zanzalu in Fumba Town (a Zanzalu event, listed for reference): t/1864