Welcome to Tumaini Fund Canada
“Tumaini” is Swahili for hope and the Tumaini Fund is bringing support and hope for a better future to AIDS orphans widows and poor families in the Dioceses of Kagera, Lweru, Biharamulo and Kibondo, in the north-west region of Tanzania.
During the genocides in Rwanda and Burundi, rebels fled across the border into Tanzania raising HIV infectivity from 2.8% to 28%, and leaving communities in desperate need.
Infant mortality is 12% in Kagera, with 12 in every 100 infants born dying before the age of 1, usually due to gastroenteritis.
We are motivated by Jesus’s words: “Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.“
Estimated number of AIDS orphans in Kagera: not known
Number being helped by Tumaini as of May 2021 was over 50,000 with 33,170 in educational classes, plus those who are under 18 and not in school.
In June of 2022 TOSO coordinators reported that approximately 100,000 orphans are receiving some help, but much more financial assistance is needed.
Tumaini Students in Primary School: 20,773
Vocational Schools for Tailoring and Carpentry also teach English, math, personal health and business. [Tailoring students practice sewing on newspaper for the first year; then sew school uniforms during their second year after which they graduate and are given their treadle sewing machine to take back to their home and start a business.] 202 students
Tumaini Students in Secondary School: 11,602
Tumaini Students In Higher Education:
A Levels: 282
Technical Colleges (2-year courses in Dispensary Training, Teacher Training, Social Work, Agriculture, Accounting, …): 181
University: 130 [Tumaini is pleased to have its first graduate doctor and a former orphan with his Master of Education.]
Please join us as we work to alleviate the poverty and suffering of these orphans who need the most basics of life that we take for granted – safe shelter, food to eat, clean water, bed to sleep on, adult care and education to change their lives for the future.
Tumaini Fund Canada
Registered as a Canadian charity in 2013
Charity Reg. No. 84352 7938 RR0001