Dear Madam Eli Weiss,
My name is Harrieth Charles. I am the first born of Charles. I'm glad to send you an e-mail for the first time. I'm the samawa member for 8 years now. I started SAMAWA when i was at St Therese, but now i have completed my primary studies last year. But because of family issues my dad and my mom separated now, I'm living with my mom. To the name of god my mom and I are real getting big problems because she doesn't have some money to 
pay for my school fees and other school items. Mom and I usualy pray to the lord god one day one time for me to go to school, but we see like no answers have been answered by God. But ido hope one day I shall go to school since I do like school very much. Thanks madam Eli Weiss, its me Harrieth Charles. Happy to hear from you soon.Good bye.
About Baobab School (BSS)
Baobab Secondary School is purpose-built girls boarding school situated at Mapinga village in Zinga ward, Yombo Division, Bagamoyo district, less than a kilometer beyond the new Chinese bridge project and 45 kilometres from Dar es Salaam on Bagamoyo road, Tanzania in East Africa. The school is a cutting edge establishment on the national education scene.
The school's motto is Endeavour for Achievement and the single-minded philosophy that hard work and consistent effort bring their own rewards will drive the school strategically as it develops into a beacon of academic excellence for Tanzania and East Africa..The education system in Tanzania, during the past 20 years, has expanded in secondary school and university enrolments; however, there are not enough schools to satisfy the demand of a growing nation. As a result, there tends to be a marked gender, regional and district bias. Mostly the male gender is favoured. Gender and the District.
Baobab Secondary School is a campus style, girls boarding establishment opened to the public on 15th January 2005, by enrolling Form I students and in March 2006 enrolled its first Form V students.
Gender and Education in Tanzania
The general feature of secondary education in the Bagamoyo district is that sex ratio fovours boys. The reason for this is entrance competition due to the shortage of secondary schools, early marriages for girls for the sake of securing a good dowry, a prevalence of unwanted pregnancies, the need of girls to help mothers with homestead domestic chores and parental passiveness, cultural suspicions and fear of the effects education will have on their daughters.
In most villages of south-eastern Bagamoyo, more than 90% of the population is Muslim, and here strong socio-religious pressures deter families from sending their female children to secondary schools. This belief overrides the logic and recognition that education has had positive effects on promotion of maternal and child health, on family welfare, and in economic, social and political benefits. Baobab Secondary School was officially inaugurated by The President of United Republic of Tanzania His Excellency, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete on Saturday 10th March 2007. After official opening he officiated the 1st form six graduation.
