With less than two weeks left of school break, we are gearing up to take kids back to school. I am also preparing to launch the next term of Full Circle and am so excited to get started with activities. But before I get ahead of myself, I wanted to give you all a
Mambo! Greetings from Tanzania. As Tanzania celebrated her 50 years of Independence on December 9, 2011 everyone was very excited with how far our country has gone since when it became independent. If it were a person, I believe Tanzania would have much to tell from the experience accumulated over the years. Coming this
The school library felt serious and focused as our kids carefully analyzed the images in front of them, first noticing the details and then trying to make sense of them. Standing back with much pride, I watched our kids as they worked on this fundamental Literacy Through Photography (LTP) task—reading photographs. Carefully interpreting a photograph
Since Usa River Academy started their exams two weeks ago and have now gone on break, we have not been having Full Circle class. I thought that with all this free time I would relax, sightsee, read some books, take up golf, or actually learn Kiswahili. Hahaha…yeah right. I think I am actually busier
It was a Saturday at Usa River Academy, and Macon, Gigi, and I were on campus spending the day with the kids and working on an art project. We headed to the cafeteria at noon for lunch. The kids all filed in and sat at their assigned tables. Everything was very orderly, and the
Jambo everybody! It has been a while now since you heard from me about TFFT’s Scholarship Program. In Tanzania we have a famous swahili saying which states “kimya kingi kina mshindo mkubwa” meaning “a long silence has a big crash.” Yes this is what this silence meant—a busy month taking care of the TFFT
Back in February we received an email from a darling fifteen year-old who wanted to have a safari themed sweet sixteen birthday party and to request that her friends and family donate to TFFT in lieu of bringing her gifts. This is one of the amazing aspects of our job... in addition to working with the
Hello TFFT Supporters! First, an apology—I have now been working with TFFT for over two months, and besides my introduction, this is the first time that you are hearing from me on the blog! Since I just lead a Full Circle class on effective communication, I’d say it is time to put that into practice,
After successfully completing RIDETZ with TFFT in 2010, I was eager to get back on the bike again for round two in 2012. An injury prevented me from riding this summer, but only further increased my desire to return to Tanzania and help TFFT in any way I could, while furthering my knowledge about the
With only a few days left we’re almost there! TFFT’s Annual Fund Match Deadline is days away … we only have until midnight on Saturday to hit our goal and receive our amazing $50,000 match gift. It is for that reason we invite you to give before this amazing opportunity passes us by! If we