Beth here. We've completed our first week with a team of students from BJU in the States. As usual, Dr. Dan is doing a great job of documenting their activities while they are here. Here is a link to his blog if you'd like to keep up with them during the Tanzania portion of their trip. We're having a great time with them and have already been greatly encouraged by their ministry to us and to the children!
Our Children
- Tumaini has housed or assisted approximately 87 children since it began in April of 2006. The children and their stories that you see in this album are the ones being cared for currently on-site. Enjoy meeting our children!
Our Staff
- The Tumaini staff, at present, consists of 19 people. 1 Manager, 2 Manager Helpers, 1 Nurse, 1 Head Caregiver, 7 Caregivers, 2 Laundress, 2 Cooks, 1 Maintenance worker, and 2 Security Guards.
Our School Pictures
- The children started school at Greenview English Medium School in January 2011. Out of our 50 children: 4 remained at home, 10 were brand new to school and the remaining 36 had attended public school previously. All the children currently in Standards 1, 2 & 3 have all had to drop back to a lower grade and many in Prep 2 as well. This is necessary because all the instruction is done in English and the children are learning this new language as they go. The remediation, though tough, is necessary so that they can all have a good foundation for the future.
Our Building Projects
- In January of 2011, we were able to begin some long-awaited building and expansion projects for the orphanage. We are hopeful this will be just the beginning of improvements that need to be made. We thank the Lord for His good provision for us.
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Baby Theophilus
Rachelle here. During the kids’ Easter break, Beth and I planned several visits to go on with the children. I wrote about a few of our visits, but I realized there was still one visit I hadn’t shared any pictures from. The last visit we went on was to one of our night caregivers Makusudi. His wife had just recently had a baby boy, so we went to go congratulate the family. Our hosts were so gracious to us, even though our group was a bit large. And baby Theophilus is quite adorable!
(Zena holding baby Theo)
( I love this picture with Daudi holding the baby and the other boys looking on with big grins. Makusudi is in the dark green shirt, and you can see his joy and pride for his little one all over his face.)
Donate to Tumaini
- 100% of donations go directly to Tumaini Children's Home and are tax-deductible. Please contact us at donations@gbmtz.org for more information.