SEKUCo

In the U.S., laws ensure that children with special needs receive services they need in order to get an education.

In northeastern Tanzania, special education teachers are few, and only 1 percent of children with special needs receive schooling. The rest are kept home to be cared for by their families.

The Lutheran Church in that region is working to change that picture by opening a new university to train special education teachers and specialists in other needed professions. And they are doing it by mobilizing a global web of experts and supporters that includes Southeastern Pennsylvania Lutherans.

The Sebastian Kolowa University College, or SEKUCo, is on track to open this October in Magamba, a village north of Lushoto. The campus’s programs will help to alleviate a shortage of professionals in special education and law and educate specialists in eco-tourism.

Learn more and find out how you can help on the Synod website!