July 3, 2017 At the beginning of this year, 17 of our scholars participated in a special training about emotional intelligence, simple counseling, and mentoring. This group of Peer Mentors was sensitized on identifying other students under stress, and how best to support those students. They were also paired with new TFFT Scholars to help them adjust to a new
June 22, 2017 TFFT's Psychosocial & Health Program introduced parent trainings to emphasize the importance of guardians’ involvement in their child’s life both at home and in school. So far, the workshops have progressed well; we have already trained four groups of parents and guardians of our scholars. This training helps to explore areas that can be easily overlooked. A basic tool
June 15, 2017 On a rainy Saturday morning the students of Usa River Academy were assigned the task of building a better community. With colored pencils and paper in hand, groups of students came together to creatively draw on a poster an African village and were then asked to include as much detail as possible
June 1, 2017 A part of the Scholarship Program goal is to support the academic achievements of our scholars. This support takes many different forms such as Individual Learning Plans, extra tutoring, teacher training, giving resources to teacher training centres and attending to the psychosocial well-being of the child. One of the practical academic support
May 12, 2017 TFFT Form 4 graduates are busy individuals! This is a great privilege. For many Tanzanian students who have completed Form 4 and are waiting for the next year to start Form 5, this period can be a long drawn out time. At TFFT, we like to give our scholars during this time
May 1, 2017 Daniel interns with our Psychosocial & Health Program to build TFFT’s Livelihood Initiatives. His strong passion for our mission is inspiring, and we have seen him bring a positive impact to TFFT’s work. Read Daniel’s reflection about his latest projects below. TFFT's Livelihood Initiative project helps our scholars' parents and guardians learn and jump-start business plans to supplement
April 26, 2017 Throughout the course of each TFFT Scholar's educational journey (an average of 12 years), many lasting connections and relationships develop. When a scholarship is completed, it is not possible to end the interest and concern for that young person. They have been family for too long! While financial support of a
April 24, 2017 TFFT works to empower our scholars to actively contribute to development in local communities. One way we prepare our scholars for this is by giving them the opportunity to participate in community service work. Our post form four scholars volunteer to help with a project of their choice for one month during their break from school. This
March 27, 2017 TFFT works to spread awareness about children's rights and we work to ensure that all of our scholars know their rights and feel comfortable speaking up to a trusted adult if they experience a rights violation. In order to better our knowledge and abilities, we decided to do a study in Hai District, Kilimanjaro Region. This
March 14, 2017 An aspect of mentoring is to assist the mentee with formulating visions of the future, establishing goals, thinking about their skills, and to help them work out what they would like to do with their lives. With this in mind, TFFT's Scholarship Program arranged a Career Day for over 600 Tanzanian high school-aged students in