A--D -- Jubilant Tree School

Introduction

The Jubilant Tree project aims to build a nursery school and social spaces for the children of Jubilant Tanzania orphanage and for the local community.
We propose a new school model based on an holistic approach, to create the opportunity for children to develop skills and confidence, living in a sustainable environment.

The plot for the new school is located in the Uru Kusini district, in Moshi and it has been recently donated from the local community to the children of Jubilant Tanzania’s orphanage.
The project area is located a few metres away from the Jubilant orphanage, in an area immersed in a beatiful and uncontaminated nature, safe and protected from the main traffic road. A quiet and sustainable place where kids can start their educational journey feeling at home. A place where to learn, discover and play.

It is currently estimated that 3 million Tanzanian children are orphaned as a result of HIV, as well as living in abusive environments, with sick parents or with families facing poverty.
Jubilant Tanzania’s mission is to alleviate the extreme poverty and provide the children in Moshi with a loving home, nutrition and education.

Jubilant Tanzania children

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Impact

Jubilant Tree is the first step of a wider masterplan to provide not only a school, but social spaces for the kids and for the Uru Kusini’s community.
Our approach is local and participatory. We propose a regenerative architecture to bring added value to the environment.

The project initiative is an amazing opportunity for community engagement. The school has been designed with the community and will be built with them, in collaboration with local building experts.
The Architects and the NGO have developed the “tools” for this to happen, through a simple and affordable construction methodology, easy to learn and replicate - the RMC - Regenerative Modular Construction.

A series of design workshops have been carried out on site to fully involve the children and the end users into the design process. The building construction will involve local craftsmanship to stimulate the local economy and to share a construction method that everyone can learn and re-propose on future developments.

The locally available earth is promoted as the main building material. As a naturally occurring and readily available organic material, earth constructions are both economic and environmentally sustainable.
Our intent is to achieve an affordable and easy to build project, accessible to everyone.

We see the RMC not as a single school project, but as an holistic vision, a laboratory for innovation in the fields of participatory design and sustainable constructions.
Our aim is to share and divulgate a regenerative construction methodology across Eastern Africa, where C-re-aid and its partners are based.

Core team

The Jubilant Tree project initiative brings together a strong and varied team, with different experiences and backgrounds. The core team was formed in early 2020 and includes Jubilant Tanzania’s orphanage, the Uru Kusini’s community representatives, the NGO C-re-aid and the architects SP architecture workshop.

All together, we have engaged in a participatory design process to build a school that will be loved and will have a positive impact on the kids and the local community.

Jubilant Tanzania’s orphanage, is a non-profit and non-government organisation since 2006 with a registered certification. Jubilant team envision a society with well-educated and stable social development, operating through a sustainable business model.

The NGO C-re-aid, established in Belgium, Northern Tanzania and Rwanda since 2012.

C-re-aid has a wide portfolio of community projects across Africa. Its work is dedicated to exploring responsible building practices and materials to promote long-term socio-economic and environmental improvement across East Africa.

SP architecture workshop is a young practice based in Italy and the UK. They focus passion and experience to deliver a sustainable and socially responsible design, whilst promoting an honest and innovative use of materials and construction technologies

Our interdisciplinary and multicultural team of architects, local builders and community representatives is fully committed to achieve our vision and provide a strong foundation and the expertise necessary to the construction of the school.