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
With less than two weeks left of school break, we are gearing up to take kids back to school. I am also preparing to launch the next term of Full Circle and am so excited to get started with activities. But before I get ahead of myself, I wanted to give you all a
Today we are delighted to share with you reflections from Carole Mahoney, co-Founder and co-Director of Project Grace, regarding her recent experience leading a Project Grace trip at Matonyok, TFFT's partner orphanage. Project Grace is an extraordinarily special organization that seeks to provide a unique and transforming option for persons suffering the death of a
Mambo! Greetings from Tanzania. As Tanzania celebrated her 50 years of Independence on December 9, 2011 everyone was very excited with how far our country has gone since when it became independent. If it were a person, I believe Tanzania would have much to tell from the experience accumulated over the years. Coming this
“A picture is worth a thousand words”, or so the adage says. Teachers from TFFT’s partner schools proved this for themselves when they took the Literacy Through Photography introductory workshop last July 21. TFFT was lucky to have met Katie Hyde, main facilitator of the LTP Program in Tanzania. In a lunch meeting arranged
The school library felt serious and focused as our kids carefully analyzed the images in front of them, first noticing the details and then trying to make sense of them. Standing back with much pride, I watched our kids as they worked on this fundamental Literacy Through Photography (LTP) task—reading photographs. Carefully interpreting a photograph
Since Usa River Academy started their exams two weeks ago and have now gone on break, we have not been having Full Circle class. I thought that with all this free time I would relax, sightsee, read some books, take up golf, or actually learn Kiswahili. Hahaha…yeah right. I think I am actually busier
It was a Saturday at Usa River Academy, and Macon, Gigi, and I were on campus spending the day with the kids and working on an art project. We headed to the cafeteria at noon for lunch. The kids all filed in and sat at their assigned tables. Everything was very orderly, and the