Hello! Today is a busy day for us in Charlotte. We have a meeting at 9am with two very talented individuals (with enormous hearts) who are going to make big things happen for TFFT. One is in New Zealand. One is in Texas. We're meeting on Google+ to begin a collaboration that has us bursting
By Irene Peter, TFFT scholarship student My name is Irene Peter. I am a Form 3 student at Usa River Academy and one of the scholars of The Foundation for Tomorrow. My best subjects are Physics, Chemistry, English, Geography and Mathematics. My ambition is to become an international pilot. It was around 6:15am of 6th
By: Meghann Gunderman, TFFT's Founder and Executive Director Since the stakeholders workshops, the TFFT Team has been working tirelessly to finalize our implementation plan. It is one thing to come up with a strategy. It is a whole different animal to implement it. Right now we are in the throes of compiling TFFT’s Action Matrix.
By Meghann Gunderman, TFFT's Founder and Executive Director What is your ideal world? That is a BIG question. Even if you stop to think about it, it’s hard to put into words, but this is what our facilitators challenged us to articulate during our three-day stakeholder workshop. Representatives from our partner schools, TFFT scholars, heads
By Meghann Gunderman, TFFT's Founder and Executive Director Stop and think for a minute and think: who would you identify as an orphan or a vulnerable child? During our strategic planning sessions, defining OVC (Orphan and Vulnerable Children) was one of the first tasks we tackled as a group, and the debate was quite controversial.
By Meghann Gunderman, TFFT's Founder and Executive Director Hello! It feels good to be back in the United States after a whirlwind six weeks working with our team in Tanzania. My time on the ground both recharges and drains me. It recharges me because within seconds of being with the kids I am reminded why
By Vaileth, TFFT Scholarship Student I am Vaileth Pallangyo, 18 years old, from Nkoaranga village. I received my primary school education at Nkoaranga and after passing the class 7 national exam I was selected to attend Nshupu Secondary School. I stayed at Nshupu until Form 2 then shifted to Usa River Academy with the help
In honor of National Women's Day we would like to celebrate all the young women in our Scholarship Program who inspire us every day. In doing so, we're pleased to introduce to you to Rosemary, one of the students who worked with Adam on the Narrative Project. My name is Rosemary, I am eleven years
By: Adam Rubin and Kaitlin Rogers While we were supposed to post Meghann’s Strategic Planning follow-up piece yesterday, it isn’t quite ready yet. Life in Tanzania moves at its own pace, and that pace is slooooow and unpredictable and requires patience! Not to worry, that post is coming, and it’s going to be an interesting
By: Meghann Gunderman, Founder and Executive Director I have been back in Tanzania now for almost a month, and once again I am inspired and excited. Not only have we celebrated our scholars academic success, I have seen firsthand the physical and intellectual growth in all of our children. It is crazy how much growth