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        <RegionTxt>Sub-Saharan Africa</RegionTxt>
        <PurposeOfGrantTxt>The Fund paid $21,000 to St Leo's Primary School for nine students, academic years 2024 and 2025.</PurposeOfGrantTxt>
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        <MannerOfCashDisbursementTxt>Wire Transfer</MannerOfCashDisbursementTxt>
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        <RegionTxt>Sub-Saharan Africa</RegionTxt>
        <PurposeOfGrantTxt>The Fund paid $8,000 to St Margaret's Secondary School for 8 students, academic year 2024.</PurposeOfGrantTxt>
        <CashGrantAmt>8000</CashGrantAmt>
        <MannerOfCashDisbursementTxt>Wire Transfer</MannerOfCashDisbursementTxt>
        <NonCashAssistanceAmt>0</NonCashAssistanceAmt>
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      <ForeignPartnershipInd>0</ForeignPartnershipInd>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Schedule F, Part I, Line 2</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Tuition, fees and extra expenses for educating 36 students were paid to various schools and colleges in Tanzania. Incidentals, including transportation, necessary medical and personal care, were paid through a volunteer in Tanzania. The volunteer maintains receipts, school records, grade reports, and national exam scores. All documents are forwarded to the Watatulu Education Fund president on a regular basis for review, and are maintained with the Fund's books and records. In addition, the Fund's president traveled to Tanzania in November 2024 to visit students, volunteers and schools, and to verify expenses.</ExplanationTxt>
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      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Schedule F, Part II, Line 1</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>The Fund paid $21,000 to St Leo's Primary School, a Catholic boarding school in Igunga, Tanzania to pay tuition, fees, and expenses for nine students for the academic years 2024 and 2025. The Fund paid $8,000 to support eight students at St Margaret's Secondary School for girls for academic year 2024.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 9</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Secretary Fr Vincent Lieser; 308 Third St S Apt 204; Sauk Rapids, MN 56379, Treasurer Margaret Mercer; 2098 Neilson Ave; Long Lake, MN 55356</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>No review was or will be conducted.</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>No documents available to public.</ExplanationTxt>
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