January 19, 2017 Last year during our Vision Trip in September, groups of students and TFFT Scholars from Arusha Modern School came together for our annual SuitUp competition. Coached by our loyal visitors from the Vision Trip, the groups solved a real life business problem, while at the same time having fun, and spreading their creative wings.
January 17, 2017 After completing our Scholar Identification Process and taking vulnerability and TFFT’s fiscal strength into careful consideration, we have enrolled an additional 5 scholars in TFFT’s Scholarship Program for 2017! With that being said, we also have three fabulous young ladies, Happy D, Mwajuma, and Naitasha, from years past looking for sponsors to pick them
January 12, 2017 As we move into 2017, I have done lots of thinking, reflecting, and looking back on this past year. 2016 was another great year for TFFT. We celebrated many accomplishments, and continued to bring positive change to the educational landscape in Tanzania. In my excitement for our annual blog review for 2016,
January 10, 2017 The identification of new scholars is pertinent to TFFT's work. Each year, we welcome new scholars from communities around Arusha, Tanga, Kilimajaro, and Simanjiro Regions of Tanzania. The process of identification must be clearly planned and executed, as it is the foundation of our work - to help most vulnerable children (MVC) thrive in their communities. Our
January 6, 2017 In 2009, Tanzania passed the Law of the Child Act to prevent and respond to violence through regulations and guidelines. TFFT works to further this prevention through our Happy and Sad Boxes project, as we believe in a just society and providing support systems so that every child can thrive. Initiated as
December 29, 2016 Family Day is an annual TFFT tradition. It offers a rare chance for all scholars, staff, and guardians to come together to talk, play, review, connect and wrap up the year. This year we met a local fun park and reception facility, where scholars were able to play and swim while staff and
December 28, 2016 Professional development for the staff is part of the DNA of TFFT. The organization invests on its staff to ensure that we give only the best to the children we serve as well as our other boundary partners. Last November 18-19th, Hedwiga Mchaki and I were given the opportunity by the organization
December 27, 2016 Today, our Scholarship Program Intern, Robin Mwanga, shares an update about the training session that took place earlier this month for peer mentoring. Robin is a Psychology and Management graduate student at the United States International University in Nairobi. She summarizes the activities completed at the peer mentoring training session below. The
December 20, 2016 Today, we have a blog submission from TFFT alumni, Richard Augustino. Richard helped to facilitate the Life Skills Youth Camp last week for our scholars in secondary school. He shares his valuable perspective and key takeaways from the week's events. TFFT's Youth Camp offered five days full of important and useful experience
December 15, 2016 Eighteen of our scholars came together for four days last week for the introductory training on Peer Mentoring. The training was for them to understand their role in the broader Peer Mentoring Program for 2017. Topics that were covered in the training fell into various themes around mentoring, stress management, emotional intelligence,
