By Gretchen and Michael, RIDETZ 2012 Riders Before turning the post over to Gretchen and Michael, we must express our excitement that they are joining us for RIDETZ this summer. These are two incredibly special individuals, and their commitment to RIDETZ and TFFT is one of pure passion. With two young boys, carving out the
By Meghann Gunderman, TFFT's Founder and Executive Director Imagine four months of training on a road bike doing six-mile laps around Central Park. Now take yourself on a 30-hour flight from NYC to Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. That alone is a big change of scenery; although, I was used to Tanzania, especially Arusha and the northern region
By: Kaitlin Rogers One of the speakers at yesterday’s symposium referred to nonprofit organizations as “hope holders.” This term struck me. Hope. What an immensely powerful thing to hold. That glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. That tiny bud of life after a long, cold winter. That feeling in the back of
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