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. To say this is intricate and detail-oriented would be an understatement! Imagine if our vision–our ideal world–were an amazing feast. Well. Then creating an action matrix is like picking apart that feast to consider exactly which dishes to serve, the ingredients needed to make each dish, and also where each of those ingredients come from—right down to planting each and every grain of rice. That gives you some idea of the amount of detail this matrix holds.

I’m not going to lie, it makes my head hurt to think about sometimes, but spending these past few months focusing on a strategic plan has been exhilarating. It is one thing to dream as an individual, it is another to see that your ideal world is a dream shared by many.  This process has brought clarity, a sense of achievement, a greater understanding of our strengths and challenges, and a path to move forward. It is clearer than ever that we have the ability to affect change, and there are a lot of players in our region willing and able to help us achieve our dreams for orphan and vulnerable children as well as provide QUALITY education for children throughout Tanzania.

Whew! The past four posts have been filled with questions, information, and ideas. What are your thoughts and questions regarding this whole process?