Whew! What a whirlwind the holidays are especially when you are traveling. I just returned from 3 weeks of visiting family and friends in the US and it flew by! It was great to be back home (though it is getting increasingly difficult to tell which place is “home” for me) and to enjoy all
2012 was a year of great change, growth, and many, many blessings. Too often the busyness of the day-to-day blinds us to the magic that is really happening before our eyes. I imagine it is somewhat similar to parenting small children. You get so caught up in bedtimes, and three meals a day, and school
Today we get to hear form our wonderful Learning and Evaluations Director, Melissa! With the inception of the strategic plan and transitioning to a new leadership on the ground, the past months had been very busy for all of us at The Foundation for Tomorrow. As Learning and Evaluations Director, my work includes making sure
Wow! What a year! Is anyone else as confused as I am that it is December? Here in Arusha it is a frigid 85 degrees Fahrenheit, so you can imagine that it is even more difficult to remember that it is December for me! As I was driving with Erasto and Rosie and Rachel last
This is such a bittersweet post to write. We talk about how TFFT is a family, and there are many levels to this metaphor. For our kids, TFFT quite literally is family, and for our team, this also feels like the case sometimes. Our team is small enough and spends enough time together that family
Welcome to November! We hope you had a Happy Halloween! Yesterday our world was filled with pumpkins, witches, warlocks, and goblins, and suddenly today it's November. Dare we say it's all begun?! Are the holidays really upon us? As schedules begin to fill with the festive gatherings of the season, we at TFFT thought we would
Greetings from Arusha- Tanzania, On October 14th each year Tanzanians take a public holiday. Unlike the other public holidays we have, the focus on this day is memory rather than celebration. Why? Because on this day we remember one of the heroes of this nation, who by his wisdom, philosophy, determination, patriotism and love for
We hope you have a wonderful weekend! xo, TFFT
As we learn about the environment in Full Circle, I thought a great way to spice up class and teach at the same time, would be to show The Lorax movie, based on the Dr. Seuss book. Two weeks ago, after dinner, all the primary students at Usa River Academy were gathered in the dining
Today is my 25th birthday, and I just got off the phone with my dad who called to wish me a happy day. Being the wonderful, sentimental dad that he is, he had some really nice birthday thoughts to share. He reflected on my first 25 years as an amazing foundation for the life I