Hello from Tanzania! As a follow up to the monitoring and evaluation training that we facilitated for our partner schools in December of 2012, TFFT hosted a capacity-building training for school leadership (heads of school and school managers). This training focused on teacher supervision, which is an enduring challenge of the Teacher Training Program. Being
Hi, my name is Maggie Boorman, and I am so grateful to be TFFT’s intern in the Charlotte office this summer! I have been passionate about TFFT since volunteering with them in high school and following my trip to Tanzania in the summer of 2011. This internship is a great way for me to learn
Jambo, We are now in the last month of the first quarter in this year, I know everybody has been working hard wherever you are to make sure that the goals for this year are met by making the most of the first months of the year. In Tanzania we have a saying meaning, do
How do I sum up a 5-day workshop with our Secondary students? Well…honestly it is probably not possible, but I will sure do my best! First, an introduction to the concept of the RENEW workshop and how it came to be. Reintroducing some familiar faces: Adam Rubin and Uswege Mwakapango! Adam is my predecessor as
Hello again! Today I am back with the fun stuff. While yesterday's post discussed many of the issues surrounding illiteracy and the lack of resources. Today I bring to you an idea that I hope will excite you and motivate you to get involved! Our support for teachers doesn’t end with the training—we need to
I was, and still am, proud to have come from a town—tiny it may be—in rural Philippines with a public library. Looking back, I would say that being introduced to it at third grade by the daughter of my kindergarten teacher was the greatest blessing of my childhood life. I always wonder: Had I not
We (Meghann and Kaitlin) spent last week catching up with supporters in sunny California. We started in San Francisco (and had meetings in Sausalito, Berkeley, and Palo Alto). We then took the scenic route all the way to L.A. stopping for a dinner meeting in Thousand Oaks and ending the night in Pasadena. We carried
Lake Chala is a place where inspiration is born. This expansive, calming, and downright gorgeous setting gave our team a sense of peace and excitement. I was shocked that in the nine years I have been coming to and working in Tanzania, I had yet to visit. Lake Chala's tranquility lent itself to openness and
A week ago, Melissa, Chloe, Erasto, and I concluded a course on Basic Counseling skills conducted by Arusha Mental Health Trust (AMHT). Arusha Mental Health Trust, apart from giving training, offers also direct clinical, out-patient service in psychiatry and clinical psychology and counseling for people of all ages and from all ethnic backgrounds in English
Hello! I hope you had a wonderfully green and festive weekend for St. Patrick's Day. It was absolutely gorgeous out in Charlotte, and we enjoyed every bit of it. On Saturday the Myers Park High School TFFT Club collected jerseys at a local YMCA to send to the TFFT kids. (Shhh... if you're in Tanzania