Orphans Foundation Fund

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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!

The Orphans Foundation Fund Kikatiti Farm has experienced a tremendous growth this season. Tanzania has had so much rain for the past months that has really helped the Soy beans to grow lush and strong. Melchard has worked hard on the farm and the results are beautiful.

The Orphans Foundation Fund Water and Sanitation Project for the Muslim community in Merelani  is coming along well. Water Solutions, who was contracted to do the technical aspect of the installation, will complete the installation of the water tank and pump before the end of April.

Gladness Kisanga, who is a member of the Orphans Foundation Fund Advisory Board and coordinator of the Maasai women’s group in Lengast, left for an official visit to the United States of America. Dr James Lace and Oregon State Senator Jackie Winters organized the trip to promote our work here in Tanzania. Please visit the link below for more updates about Gladness’s mission to help those in Tanzania. Click HERE to read more!

The new 2010 Advisory Board of Orphans Foundation Fund met today. 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.