Hello blogland! I just got back from Tanzania last night, and while I have many updates for you, I wanted to start by sharing an incredibly cool way that high school seniors from Charlotte, North Carolina impacted our students' graduation ceremony in Arusha, Tanzania. Each year Myers Park High School seniors proudly graduate wearing beautiful
It was Saturday morning September 1, 2012, and we were driving all over Arusha collecting the items that our scholarship kids will use in the coming three months of their school term. We went from one store to the other collecting toothpastes, laundry soaps, bathing soaps, Vaselines, kiwi, toilet papers and many more things. Surprised?
Meghann was the Guest of Honor at Usa River Academy's graduation ceremony on Saturday. I thought you might like to read the words of wisdom that she imparted to the graduates. I wish we could have video of this--I can just imagine every TFFT student beaming with pride while she spoke! And now, I introduce
Dickson spent two days in the hospital last week for what we thought was appendicitis. Thankfully it turned out it was just severe stomach cramps. Dickson wrote you the following piece about his experience. Monday. It was a funny day when I was feeling sick. I was feeling scared after being taken to the hospital
Tomorrow we will cheer proudly as seven of our Scholarship Students graduate-- four from primary school (like middle school) and three from Form 4 (like part-one of high school). As you can imagine, this is a very exciting occasion for the entire TFFT family, and we do our best to pull all the stops to show
(Maggie's back! If you didn't read yesterday's post, we'd suggest starting there...) I think the biggest way I've felt connected to TFFT is through my communication with Richard Francis, the student we sponsor through our high school club. Receiving letters, report cards, and pictures from Richard helps me realize how big of an influence TFFT's
Today's post is from Maggie Boorman. Maggie is just starting her freshman year at Clemson University after spending many of her high school years leading her school's TFFT Club. We like to think of Maggie as TFFT's little elf... there have been countless ways that she has given of herself to benefit TFFT (if you
While for most people this back-to-school extravaganza at Usa River Academy marked little more than the beginning of the third term, for me it actually marked a change in my life—or at least alerted me of a change that had already taken place. You may remember that I had been in Tanzania for a
Hello our dearest readers! It's the Scholarship Program again on blog. Usually my program updates are about what's going on at school, but this time you get to learn how our kids spent their break. Being back home very exciting for our kids after they had three intensive months of study at school -- busy
Gosh, we weren't very good at posting this week. I promise we have many great posts in store for the coming weeks, but I just couldn't let the day pass without a quick note to you from TFFT! We hope you have some fun planned for Labor Day Weekend. Just thinking about a long, relaxing