Author: Tumaini Web Administrator

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.

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