Last week we closed the Environment theme with a recycling activity. On separate days, Classes 1-3, 4-6, and the secondary students tried their hand in recycling paper. You would imagine how excited the kids were, especially the classes 1-3, with the activity. We did the session at the dining hall and had to stop several
Written By: Fratern Tarimo, Managing Director I can’t believe how time speeds by… Seems like yesterday when we took kids back home after the end of the third term at Usa River Academy (URA) and second term at Star High School (SHS) and here I am already blogging about taking them back to school to
As many of you know, my initial connection to TFFT was as the photographer for RIDETZ. Tamara Lackey gave me this opportunity, for which I will be forever grateful. That was in 2010. Now it is 2012, and we are gearing up for our second RIDETZ adventure this June. Because I will participate as a
Getting creative supporting The Foundation For Tomorrow This past week we got word that great supporters of The Foundation For Tomorrow, The Spencer family had raised $2500 selling baked goods, all in support of TFFT’s Scholarship Program. We wanted to share with everyone how wonderful their family is and how one can get creative to
Being a NGO working with kids in Tanzania we get a LOT of donated clothes, shoes, school items etc. The schools we work with require all students to dress in uniform, so only on the kids holiday breaks are they allowed to wear "street clothes." Right before Usa River Academy school broke for the December
The long awaited time to return to the US has come. It seems like ages since I was last there but surprisingly it has only been two and a half years. Unlike the previous years when I was a student, my visit this time is work related. It is the first time since I started
It has been two years since I joined the TFFT team and started coordinating the tutoring program as well as facilitating most of the sessions. I am so happy to be given this opportunity to help and share my knowledge to my young brothers and sisters especially those who are having difficulties with their studies.
Before working for The Foundation For Tomorrow, I worked as a family portrait photographer, and my work for TFFT initially began as a photography assignment. However, when that project came to a close, I was not ready to walk away from TFFT. Photographing TFFT's work changed me. Like during my family portrait sessions, I was
Dear Friends, As you may all know from my last blog post, this year we had three Form Four (end of O-Levels) graduates and eight Primary School graduates (USA equivalent of Grade 7). I am writing now to tell you about the exciting things that our Form Four graduates will be doing over the school
My friend Lauren Fischer’s Blog inspired me to try and take in all the sites as I ran 26.2 miles in the Chicago Marathon. It is very easy to forget what you see as your body starts to react in anger to the many miles you are putting on it. I signed up to run