February 14, 2017 Last year, TFFT implemented Family Cells in order to better support all of our scholars and to help our staff respond to the individual ongoing needs of each scholar. Each family cell is made up of around ten scholars who attend school together and led by one of our team members. Family cell
February 7, 2017 The Foundation for Tomorrow invited the parents and guardians of our scholars to a Caregiver’s Forum in the end of January. Forty-six guardians and the TFFT team came together to discuss various issues around the ongoing holistic care for our scholars. The main message has been that it is important for our scholars to know where
January 19, 2017 Last year during our Vision Trip in September, groups of students and TFFT Scholars from Arusha Modern School came together for our annual SuitUp competition. Coached by our loyal visitors from the Vision Trip, the groups solved a real life business problem, while at the same time having fun, and spreading their creative wings.
January 17, 2017 After completing our Scholar Identification Process and taking vulnerability and TFFT’s fiscal strength into careful consideration, we have enrolled an additional 5 scholars in TFFT’s Scholarship Program for 2017! With that being said, we also have three fabulous young ladies, Happy D, Mwajuma, and Naitasha, from years past looking for sponsors to pick them
January 10, 2017 The identification of new scholars is pertinent to TFFT's work. Each year, we welcome new scholars from communities around Arusha, Tanga, Kilimajaro, and Simanjiro Regions of Tanzania. The process of identification must be clearly planned and executed, as it is the foundation of our work - to help most vulnerable children (MVC) thrive in their communities. Our
December 27, 2016 Today, our Scholarship Program Intern, Robin Mwanga, shares an update about the training session that took place earlier this month for peer mentoring. Robin is a Psychology and Management graduate student at the United States International University in Nairobi. She summarizes the activities completed at the peer mentoring training session below. The
November 18, 2016 Star High School is one of TFFT's partner schools, and we have a large group of scholars who go there. It is down a long dusty, bone-rattling road, quite near a Tanzanite mine. Definitely Land Cruiser terrain! Star High is one of the highest achieving schools in Arusha in terms of academics.
October 20, 2016 This month, Star High School held a graduation ceremony for form four 2016. It was a great day and exciting event for TFFT and Star High. TFFT had four scholars graduate; three boys and one girl. The graduates were Ashura, Allan, Fadhili, and Joachim. The four graduates received a certificate of completion for secondary school. All of the
October 12, 2016 Having the security of family unity is important for child development. A child who has grown up without the reliability of a family support system will face more developmental challenges. Tamara Gold, a psychotherapist and parenting coach based in New York, researches the impact of having a stable family life on childhood development. She says
October 6, 2016 Over the past few months, the Scholarship team at TFFT have been involved in the intricate process of identifying new scholars for our program in 2017. We have spent days on the road visiting villages, going to local schools in Arusha and neighboring areas, talking to teachers, and following up on applications from