By Fratern Tarimo, TFFT's Managing Director Today I will try (in every sense of the word TRY) to talk about the Tanzanian culture in relation to TFFT’s work. Last year I had the opportunity to attend the East African Philanthropy Conference organized by the Association of East African Grantmakers, and it was interesting to hear
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
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: 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
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
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
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