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
What makes your family special? You may eat three meals a day, take the kids to school, and have routine doctors checkups, but is that what makes your family unique? Or is your family is special because of the relationships that exist, the traditions you create, and the everyday moments that are personal to you
Written by: Josh Nassari, TFFT Scholarship Director Mambo!! On Friday February 3, 2012 was a big day at Usa River Academy. It was actually a different Friday. Normally if you step in this school at around 10 a.m. students and teachers will all be in their respective classrooms proceeding with studies, but this was definitely
Hello and Welcome to February! February is (usually) a very cold, wintry month, and, to be honest, it's also a tricky fundraising month for TFFT. It's short, the holiday giving surge has come to a close, and we don't want to ask the majority of you who recently attended a TFFT event, paid your Scholarship
By Melissa Queyquep, TFFT's Teacher Training Program Director This year’s first teacher training was held recently at Star High School. The theme for the training was “Managing Classrooms Effectively to Maximize Student Learning,” and we covered Classroom Management, Assessment, and Grading. Held at Star High School last January 4th to 6th, fourteen teachers attended the
Memory has a way of embellishing, omitting, and altering life events, and as with any reflective writing, the absolute truth can become skewed. Sophia and the other girls in classes 4 through 6 recently worked with our Full Circle Director to write down their stories as they recalled them. Sophia beautifully and bravely
My name is Sophia, I am ten years old and in Standard Four. My favorite subjects in school are mathematics and geography and I really enjoy studying. I was born in the Tengeru Region of Arusha, Tanzania. Both of my parents passed away when I was very young. My mother was killed in a car
My Christmas holiday was very wonderful. When I came back from school my brother was so happy to see me. He asked me about school and the national examination which I did on 8th Nov 2011. I told him that the school was good and the exams too. As the days kept moving I was