The children start school at the age of six and usually stay in Primary School until Grade Seven. For most of them the school education stops at that point due to the lack of Secondary Schools in Tanzania. To change that, the registered non-profit association RAFIKI e.V. has been building the KIUMAKO Secondary School in the Tanzanian village. Since 2004 the association has been investing much more than € 100,000 in a big two-storied building. Financial aid was given by the province of Schleswig-Holstein and BINGO!-lottery among others.
Kijiji cha Mrimbo kipo kwenye mteremko wa mlima Kilimanjaro nchini Tanzania.Watu wanaishi kwa kilimo,kukuza ndizi au kahawa na kuuza kwa bei ya chini sana.Watoto wanaanza shule katika umri wa miaka sita na kwa kawaida wanasoma shule ya msingi mpaka darasa la saba.Kwa wengi wao wanaishia hapo kwa sababu ya uhaba wa shule za sekondari Tanzania. Kubadilisha haya Rafiki imekuwa ikijenga shule ya sekondari ya KIUMAKO kwenye kijiji nchini Tanzania.kwanzia mwaka 2004 imewekeza Zaidi ya euro 100,000 kwenye ujenzi wa ghorofa mbili hapo shuleni.Msaada wa kifedha ulitolewa na eneo la Schleswig-holstein na BINGO!.