LTP TANZANIA DIRECTOR
Pelle Shaibu
Pelle is the soul and backbone of the program. He is always looking for opportunities to exchange ideas and knowledge with others.
Katie Hyde
LTP Arusha DukeEngage Program Director
Katie Hyde leads the LTP program at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. She also directs the DukeEngage program that brings Duke University students to work with LTP-Tanzania for two months every other year.
Wendy Ewald
Literacy Through Photography (LTP) Founder
Wendy Ewald is an artist and educator who’s photography-based work involves collaborations with children, families, women, and teachers around the world. She founded the Literacy Through Photography (LTP) program at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University in 1989.
PARTNER SCHOOLS
KEY PARTNERS
LTP Dream Team
Pelle Shaibu works with fellow Tanzanian educators who have attended multiple LTP courses and become expert LTP trainers.
DukeEngage at Duke University
Since 2008, Duke University students and CDS staff have collaborated with Pelle Shaibu during an 8-week summer civic engagement program funded by DukeEngage. The LTP Arusha DukeEngage program is directed by Katie Hyde, [Link to CDS document article re: 2012 mapping project] Over 45 Duke University students have participated in this program, working with hundreds of Tanzanian teachers and many thousands of students. Elena Rue, Emma Raynes, Anneliese Gegenheimer, Elizabeth (EB) Landesberg and Kamal Badhey have participated as co-leaders of the summer programs.
Learning Through Posters
Since 2008 Shaibu has collaborated with Wendy Ewald and Tanzanian educators to create visual teaching aids. Designer Katy Homans, along with Tanzanian and American educators, has worked with Ewald to design and publish a set of posters with an accompanying curricula guide. The team has disseminated the teaching aids to primary schools throughout the country, while training teachers in how to use the posters in all areas of the Tanzanian primary curriculum.