Orphans Foundation Fund has been operating since 2002. We work according to the international development adage think globally, act locally. While our donor base is global, we are a locally run Tanzanian NGO, working directly at the grass roots. We think that works best because we not only speak the language, we know the country's culture. After all, it is our own.
Recent News
Advisory Board Meeting at Kibo Palace
The Orphans Foundation Fund Advisory Board met on November 18th to discuss the progress made thus far regarding advances in the accounting and banking procedures, human resource management, organization structure, current project results, future strategic planning, land development Kikatiti and Njiro properties, and water accessibility on the previously mentioned land. Thank you to the Board of Trustees in the US and those amongst the advisory board who participated with great ideas in last week’s meeting at Kibo Palace.
Bike Donation to the Muslim Community Leaders
On Oct 15th 2010 Orphans Foundation Fund, though generous donors, gave leaders some bicycles at the conclusion of the water project installation at the Islamic community center in Mererani in Tanzania. Water is life, and responsible leadership are foundations to positive progress. The community and Muslim leaders thank you for your gifts.
Population Growth and Climate Change
Orphans Foundation Fund was recently invited to the Regional Conference on Population Growth and Climate Change in Uganda. We were asked also to represent CAN (Climate Action Network)-Tanzania during the conference which took place Sept 13th and 14th.
Gosberth Baitwa, the director of Orphans Foundation Fund, spent several days in Kampala exploring with the participants the synnergistic role of community development, reproductive rights, and the impact of the constantly changing environment on orphans and vulnerable children in the Horn of Africa. As families, orphans, and vulnerable children face more challenges with agriculture in rural areas, urban migration increases without significant positive change in their livelihoods.
Advisory Board Meeting at Kibo Palace Hotel
This past Monday evening, July 26th, 2010, the local Orphans Foundation Fund Advisory Board met at Kibo Palace Hotel for a few hours of strategic planning. We discussed the role and importance of the local board drawing our collective knowledge to further the work of Orphans Foundation Fund. We also went over issues of Human Resources policy, fine tuning the Accounting and Finance policy, and approving the 2010 budget. Our hope is to work in harmony with the board in the US so that Orphans Foundation Fund will even more successfully reach out to Orphans and Vulnerable children.
2010 O.F.F. Advisory Board
The new 2010 Advisory Board of Orphans Foundation Fund me March 20th. We first attended the distribution ceremony for the 2009 graduates of the O.F.F. / CORDAID Street Children Project. Then we visited the new Njiro site for community empowerment, and finally ended our time together with a luncheon discussing the future of Orphans Foundation Fund. Everyone is honored to be a part of helping the organization move ahead in this coming year and seeing the fruits of our labor in the lives of those we serve.
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Dr Zuhura Ally Sedute zuhhndossy@yahoo.com |
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Adventina Jarvis jarv4@hotmail.com |
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Gladness Kisanga gkisanga2003@yahoo.com |
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Catherine Jura Sentamu kettyjura@hotmail.com |
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Felix K Mahoo Director@mahootours.com |
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Samuel Rugemalira victoria@habari.co.tz |
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Dr. James Lace jklace@childhoodhealth.com |
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Gosberth Baitwa Director@OrphansFoundationFund.org |
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Brendon Church Director@mediaaid.org |
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Protas Ishengoma ishengoma@immanua.co.tz |
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Dr D. Kamala M.P. of Tanzania & Minister of E.A.C. |
Sports gear
The kids in the Orphans Foundation Fund/CORDAID Street project are involved in group sports, which develop teamwork, togetherness, and fitness. We have need of sports gear for children; sports clothing, shoes, balls, etc…
If you can help contribute please contact us.
Highlights of the Street Children Project
It is now 18months since the Orphans Foundation Fund / CORAID Street children project kicked off. The project has registered great great measurable and sustainable results. To date, nearly 100 former street young adults girls and boys have had their lives transformed into responsible citizens and they will never be the same again. This has not been our efforts but the combined efforts of responsible and compassionate people like you. Our big thanks to CORDAID, Dr. James Lace, and the rest of you for your support of this project.
Highlights of the OFF/CORDAID Street Children Project
Here are the project highlights in pictures so that you can see the difference this project has/is been to the lives of the former street children. Download it, it will take you a minute to capture all that has been happening. The other good news is that the former street children who graduated last year have all been absorbed in different workplaces in and around Arusha. We hope you will love the highlights. Thank you so much for being part of
Orphans Foundation Fund.
Cooking students
We are now well into the 2nd year of the Orphans Foundation Fund / CORDAID street children project. Here are the cooking students with their new uniforms and aprons ready to enter the various kitchens in which they will do practical training in the art of cuisine.
New Recruits for Adulthood
We have completed the surveying and recruitment of street children for the 2nd year of the Orphans Foundation Fund / CORDAID Street Children Project. Word must have gotten around because throngs of young men and women volunteered to participate, and the ones chosen are filled with zeal! Today each young person started their vocational training course. Thirty-one joined the cooking and hotel services course, 16 are studying automotive mechanics, 2 had a spark for welding, and 1 is in the tailoring program.
Rafiki Farming Project
Rafiki Child Care Center has been for some time now looking for ways to become sustainable. The first idea was to become a clean water distribution point for the town of Mererani, but after further consideration it wasn’t as needed because of the other Orphans Foundation Fund water project nearby. Thanks to Catherine Mulvale Rafiki had $5,000 on hand and asked if it could be used to make a farm. The staff and children have been hard at work on the new farm and reaping the results of fresh crops!
Make a Donation
Dr. James Lace has formed a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation to accept donations in the US. You can now donate securly online using your credit/debit card, or directly from you checking or savings account.
Meet the Children
The little window of a world that we are creating here in Tanzania is becoming a beautiful thing with unity of purpose for the children of Tanzania. Money from loving people such as yourself, an ever growing vision of the future, and government leaders who support us with all that they can.
