Category: News & Events

Hi!
I’m Ignas Magesa from Tanzania, I’m one who benefited from your projects through TUMAIN FUND in 2011-2013 at Bisibo secondary school Biharamulo Kagera,

I didn’t know you for the whole periods of time but one of yours workers told me about you and I asked your phone number.

I like to say thank you for your blessed project because you paid school fees for me, and by that time i received a bysicle which helped me to go to school easily

Its about 10 years passed since that time, and now I’m working with one of radio station known as Radio Uhai FM located in Tabora Tanzania as a journalist and presenter.

I send you some of my pictures 😁,

and please if you have anything to advise on me i wish to hear that. Thank you 🙏🙏

Many thanks to our donors. 

Tumaini is working hard to help orphaned students find success for their future.

Not all students qualify for secondary school studies; however, Tumaini Orphan Support Organisation (TOSO, registered NGO) also offers 2-year tailoring and carpentry courses.  

The young people in the sewing classes learn to sew on newspaper at first (so as not to waste fabric) and then later sew the school uniforms needed by all students who attend school. 

After graduation each tailoring student is given his/her own treadle sewing machine to take home to start their own home-based business.

There are 5 tailoring schools operated by Tumaini, which means that each year Tumaini needs to purchase about 225 new sewing machines.  

Since January 2022 Tumaini Fund Canada has sent funds for the purchase of 86 treadle sewing machines.

First Aid Kits and Survival Kits are being offered for sale in order to raise funds for the orphans under the care of TOSO.

Tumaini Fund Canada is trying to raise $4,000 to help a 13-year-old in Tanzania, who is suffering from arthrogryosis, congenital malformations of the face, hands and feet. The hope is to send the boy back to Dar es Salaam for another hospital visit and to get a visa; however, the wait continues.  Then we have to wait to know if Smile Train will fund the facial reconstruction surgery. All being well, and the lad goes to Geneva for 6 months of operations, we will need to raise additional funds for his clothes, toiletries, and educational materials.

Your donation to give this young person a chance to lead a normal life without ridicule would be a truly wonderful gift.

 

Exciting News on March 15, 2021

In 2019 the Tanzanian government decreed that all charities must become Non-Governmental Organizations in order to operate in Tanzania. There were months of learning all the government-imposed layers of governance following July 28, 2020 when Tumaini was registered as an NGO, with the new name “Tumaini Orphan Support Organisation” (TOSO). [Yes, the word was registered with the English spelling for org.]

All Tumaini’s work in Kagera is now carried out under the name of TOSO. We are so proud of the 5 area coordinators (4 of whom were former Tumaini students) who carry on with office work, registering orphans, working in the field with support workers, supervising building of wells, homes and schools, as well as organizing the distribution of school notebooks (Daftari), which is just a small part of all that they do to improve the lives of 50,000 orphans.

TOSO financials will be audited by the government every 3 months. As well, each wire transfer of funds must be accompanied by an official Funding Agreement which the Tanzanian Government Office must stamp with approval before the funds can be withdrawn from the Guernsey, Scotland, USA, or Canadian bank accounts held by TOSO in Tanzania. This is a safeguard that we didn’t have before to ensure the safety of our donated funds.

Isaac, who is the TOSO Chief Program Director and one of the area coordinators, has just completed a new website for TOSO.  We would like to suggest that you bookmark this new website so that you will be able to see the latest Tumaini news from Kagera.

The Tanzanian website, which went live this weekend, can be found at:
www.toso.or.tz

Thank you to everyone who made contributions to Tumaini Fund Canada for the purchase of Daftari (sets of required school notebooks). Your support is very much appreciated and will make a world of difference to the students who are now able to attend school. Education is the key to a better future for these very appreciative orphans.

Click on each of the 3 groups of photos to see what your support is doing.

September 22, 2020 ——The exciting news is that the Tumaini Fund Canada pallet containing 787 pounds of items is now in Guernsey, ready to be put into a container heading to Kagera, Tanzania. It is another long sea voyage and then about 1300 km by truck to reach the orphans.

Crafters from Oceanside as well as Gold River, Nanaimo, Ladysmith, and Duncan made a total of 1525 dresses, sweaters, boys’ shirts, blankets, Izzy Dolls and toques as well as sewing hundreds of items for the girls’ Personal Care Kits, and donating new washcloths and underwear for the kits.

To pay for the shipping we have been sorting and returning recyclable bottles and cans donated by people in the Nanoose community.

A huge bouquet of thanks to our Tumaini Crafters and Supporters!

Henrietta Hedgehog, our frontline heroine

is helping Tumaini Fund Canada raise funds for medical and educational needs of orphans in Kagera, Tanzania.

Henrietta is about 10 inches tall and was lovingly hand made by one of Tumaini’s supporters. The highest bid for Henrietta over $20 will receive an income tax receipt for the amount in excess of the $20 value. An opening bid of $20 has already been received.

To place a bid before the closing date of June 5th, please email tumainicanhelp@gmail.com