Tanzania has some of the world’s most beautiful scenery, but it is also one of the poorest countries. in the world. Most people live from agriculture and produce only for their own needs, even though only 5 % of the land can be used regularly. Food is correspondingly rare and expensive. The education system too has major deficiencies. The rate of literacy is only just 70 %. Especially in rural areas there are many children who do not have a school nearby or whose parents prefer to keep them at home to work in the house or in the fields. But in the region of Iringa, in the centre of the country, an improvement is on the horizon.