Regular Giving By making a regular gift by standing order to Village Africa it enables us to provide long-term support to the villagers of Yamba and Milingano.  This helps us plan for the future with more certainty and extend the reach of the work in the Tanga region in Tanzania. More lives will be saved, and more families will have their quality of life improved. The work of Village Africa aims to change lives and to alleviate poverty by providing better health care, educational facilities and providing life-saving transport to hospital. From £5 per month could help provide essential consumables for the health post to keep it a safe, secure, warm and hygienic place for patients. It could pay a nurse for 2.5 days, buy a mosquito net or even buy 100 bricks to help build school toilets. For £10 per month you could sponsor a child now and make a real difference to its life or the life of the extended family and contribute to the community as a whole. From £35 per month you could contribute to vital local staff such as health post staff or driver .  This money could keep the valuable transport running patients to hospital.  Village Africa employees an all-African staff, most of which are from the local area. What your money could buy: (November 08) Health Nurse for a day £2 Mosquito net £4 Malaria treatment for African staff £5 Microscope cleaning fluids for a month £5 Health seminar £10 Ambulance driver for a week £12.50 Laboratory technician for a month £50 Emergency trip to hospital £100 Education School toilet construction 40 bricks £2 School textbook £3 Colourful teaching aids £5 Classroom repairs - tin of paint £7 - bag of cement £10 - sheet of corrugated iron roof £10 - door £25 Building Hard hat £2 Safety googles £2 Builder's gloves £3 Tools (hoe, bushknife, pick, shovel) £3 Builder for a week £12.50 Water tank £50 Carpenter for a month £50 No matter how much you could give, regular giving means better planning can be done for the future in order to sustain the project and keep helping the very poor, but hard working people of Yamba & Milingano.  To download a donation form click here  or contact tina@villageafrica.org.uk with any questions you may have.