Once upon a time, I was a little 9-year-old girl. We had just moved to Kansas from Arizona and I was excited about the new “Wizard of Oz” chapter in my life. In order to fully live the Kansas life, we went to a 4-H Club meeting. It was a fateful day that led to
We are nearly a quarter of the way through the year (if anyone can believe it), and activities in the TFFT office are in full swing! One of the ways that Full Circle has been educating our students is through a series of guest speakers. We have had two speakers so far and it has
The flight from Charlotte to Tanzania was long (thanks to an 8 hour layover in London!) and exhausting. I left the US on a Friday night, landing in Nairobi, Kenya – the last stop on my trip – before sunrise on Sunday. Despite only dozing intermittently on the flights, I was surprisingly awake and alert.
The weeks have begun to run together…I can’t really fathom that 5 weeks have past since I first arrived back in Tanzania. When reviewing my to do lists and Un-Calendar I see many checks and scratch throughs and a lot of highlighting, all of which signal that I am making progress… My visit started with
Well here we are once again, with me trying to put the emphasis on the FUN in TFFT’s Annual FUNd! So come along with me for a second, and we’ll see how I do. At first glance, Annual Funds are not the most exciting topic. They are necessary, but not necessarily glamorous. If glamorous is
“Creating a better future Requires creativity in the present.” ― Matthew Goldfinger To be honest I have no idea who Matthew Goldfinger is (he's not even realy googleable if you can believe it!), but his quote stands true! At TFFT, we often wear many hats: teacher, sister, fundraiser, tour guide, diaper changer, monitoring and evaluation
On Friday, January 24th, 2014 the TFFT team and our partners started a journey to learn from Mkombozi an organization here in Arusha Community. Mkombozi supports Tanzania's most vulnerable children and youth through housing, education, research, advocacy, and outreach. In addition to working with children already living and working on the streets, Mkombozi works to end
Background info: TFFT welcomes new children into our scholarship program every year and guarantees education, health, and emotional support through the equivalent high school graduation. One of the most frequently asked questions is how we choose which children become TFFT scholars. In this post Uswege shares some of his personal experience with this selection process.
Since 2008 when I got the TFFT scholarship, it was my second chance of living. The support that I am getting from The Foundation For Tomorrow has led me to set up my own goals and realize the purpose of this opportunity. Right now I can manage on my own because I have enough life
Jambo! I am so thrilled to have been given the opportunity to write a blog post on behalf of Charlotte Country Day School’s new TFFT club! This year club members have been devoted to helping TFFT support their young scholars and efforts over in Tanzania. Right now, we are in the midst of our biggest