FOUNDATION FOR TOMORROW

Providing holistic support to most vulnerable children will positively influence attitudes of communities, civil society actors, and the
government to secure quality education, child protection, and equity in development. The pre-conditions are:
- If vulnerable children are effectively identified and provided with sponsorship, then they will access education.
- If the capacity of schools, care-providers, and teachers is developed then they will establish an environment supportive of learning,
skills development, innovation, and child protection.
- If education policies and practices of government & CSOs are influenced, then quality of education & access thereof will improve.

Core Strategies:
Advocate for equal rights for education by OVCs
Child Rights Advocacy
Advocacy against stigma, discrimination and negative attitudes by OVCs
Capacity Development of Partners and Government
Psyco-social counseling and support to orphans
Support for improvements of OVCs facilities
Orphan Care and Support
Inspection of orphanages and children's centers
Small scale grant-making for improvements of facilities of partner Orphanages and Children's Centers
Sensitizing communities on orphan care and support
Building Learning Centre
Muti-Sector Partnership Building
Capacity building of local partners on fundraising and resource mobilization
Campaigns on improving governance, transparency and accountability of OVC actors (CSOs, govt, community)
Staff Professional Development
Organization Progress and Strategy Implementation Review
Increasing manpower

IMPACT TO DATE:

Scholarship
• Created a comprehensive Scholarship Model that ensures academic and psycho-social care and support are addressed
• 94 TFFT Scholars on full scholarships from Primary through Secondary School
• Developed a psychosocial program to screen, intervene and address emotional needs of TFFT Scholars
• Provide comprehensive medical insurance to all TFFT scholars
• Train TFFT staff and TFFT scholars guardians in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Developed and implemented a Tutoring program to complement students classroom learning for TFFT scholars struggling in certain areas
• Developed and implemented a peer mentor program
• Created a Student Government Structure in Partner School
• Provide career training opportunities for leaving secondary students
• Identified, Screened and Placed over 20 students in foster families

Partner Capacity Building
• Developed primary school curriculum based on Tanzanian syllabus for TFFT partner orphanage and school
• Developed a networked of NGOs called CCON (Children's Care Organizations Network) that meets monthly to share best practice, collaborate and add value to each others work while minimizing on waste of resources and failed ideas
• Partnered with 4 Private English Medium Boarding Schools
• Created Partnership with 7 orphanages in Tanzania
• Host Children's Protective Policy Workshop for partners


Teachers Training
• Developed an in-service Teachers Training Program that has trained over 150 teachers and created over 25 trainers of trainers (TOT) that serves over 8,000 students
• Partnered with the Ministry of Education to scale our Teachers Training Program into the government school system

In TFFT's Full Circle Program, TFFT scholars reviewed their rights and laws and discussed Children's Rights as laid out by the United Nations. By knowing their rights, children are able to advocate for themselves and to speak out against mistreatment.

TFFT convened a network of NGOs, and it is up and running. The group decided on the name "Children's Care Organizations Network (CCON)" and finalized the networks mission, vision, objectives and constitution. Participation has increased from 10-20 local organizations and is still growing.

Academic Support - Scholars who were struggling have already improved academically and socially.
Academic Support -We added more than five schools and colleges to our list of prospective partners, and have enrolled students in some of these schools.

Psychosocial Support - We partnered with Tanzania Women's Research Foundation (TAWREF), an organization specializing in Trauma Focussed Child Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), to administer screenings for 38 of our scholarship children in order to identify those who need therapy.
Psychosocial Support - We identified 14 children and worked with TAWREF to provide intervention for those children and their guardians.
Psychosocial Support - Four TFFT team members are trained in basic counseling through the Arusha Mental Health Trust
Psychosocial Support - Two TFFT team members have completed a full TF-CBT training course
Psychosocial Support - For cases not requiring professional counseling intervention, TFFT offers basic counseling.
Psychosocial Support - TFFT is providing Child Rights Policy workshops to all of our partners through our relationship with Arusha Mental Health Trust

Two TFFT team members attended the 3-day workshop, "Future Search on Child Protection in Arusha" by Caucus for Children's Rights
TFFT offers flexibility and financial support for team members pursuing an additional degree