April 26, 2017 Throughout the course of each TFFT Scholar's educational journey (an average of 12 years), many lasting connections and relationships develop. When a scholarship is completed, it is not possible to end the interest and concern for that young person. They have been family for too long! While financial support of a
April 24, 2017 TFFT works to empower our scholars to actively contribute to development in local communities. One way we prepare our scholars for this is by giving them the opportunity to participate in community service work. Our post form four scholars volunteer to help with a project of their choice for one month during their break from school. This
April 21, 2017 A recent article in my hometown newspaper, The Charlotte Observer, made a compelling and enthusiastic case for building a $93 million—ninety-three MILLION—dollar library in downtown Charlotte. This sort of investment shows that we KNOW the value of state-of-the-art learning facilities. Then I found myself in a conversation where I had to passionately
April 10, 2017 TFFT is able to support our scholars and other Tanzanian students by ensuring that the people who have daily interactions with them have the skills and knowledge needed to ensure positive outcomes. TFFT has programs to build the capacity of teachers, school administrators, parents and guardians, our scholars, and TFFT staff. Recently, our Psychosocial & Health Program
April 3, 2017 TFFT's Full Circle Program introduced a Leadership and Entrepreneurship Club in our partner schools as an initiative to teach practical knowledge outside of the classroom. We meet after school and club activities help exercise critical and analytical thinking. We want to empower our scholars to use their talents and achieve their dreams through creative, innovative ideas. We
March 27, 2017 TFFT works to spread awareness about children's rights and we work to ensure that all of our scholars know their rights and feel comfortable speaking up to a trusted adult if they experience a rights violation. In order to better our knowledge and abilities, we decided to do a study in Hai District, Kilimanjaro Region. This
March 23, 2017 A month in Tanzania flies by. Up first was the Kilimanjaro Half Marathon, followed by three trainings and several important meetings in Tanzania’s business capital, Dar es Salaam. In the midst of this serious work, I’ve had a ton of fun with our scholars. I even worked with our Alum, Richard Augustino
March 22, 2017 For over a decade, your support has made it possible to offer life-changing opportunities to some of the world’s most vulnerable youth. Thank you for your passion, your commitment, your partnership and for your faith in TFFT to offer hope and make such an invaluable difference. We are thrilled to come to
March 14, 2017 An aspect of mentoring is to assist the mentee with formulating visions of the future, establishing goals, thinking about their skills, and to help them work out what they would like to do with their lives. With this in mind, TFFT's Scholarship Program arranged a Career Day for over 600 Tanzanian high school-aged students in
March 8, 2017 TFFT's Teacher Training Program conducted a four-day workshop on video education for teachers in Meru District and Arusha City. TFFT collaborated with One Mobile Projector per Trainer (OMPT), focused on training teachers to create and disseminate videos, see the importance of incorporating videos into lesson plans, and improve the quality of education by sharing the best