EDUCATION SCHEME

Dear members, well-wishers, supporters and all of you

 who care enough to make the world a better place,

RE; Education Scheme for the needy

Lack of food, substandard housing, and inability to attend school are just a few of the challenges that many people face every day.

Many live in poverty and know the despair that accompanies such conditions. Loss of hope can be seen in children who at middle school or even younger say ‘it won’t matter anyway, I’m not going to finish school’ It’s heartbreaking to think they’ve already given up on themselves.

People come to UPENDO FOUNDATION for help every day. And we are able to provide that help thanks to your support.

They come for food, for clothing, for warmth, for help for their families, and for education.

I broke my heart to see the children at Mzumbe Primary School desperate to continue with studies were unable to get the required needs for school and we failed to secure the funds to support them.

Because of donor’s generosity, we were able to pay school fees and other school needs for children in Nyehunge Secondary School (Mwanza). Atleast they could then be able to focus on school work.

Your loyal, faithful support kept us operating since 2011.

But the needs continue. My prayer and wish list begins with enough food, water, and money for all those at a disadvantage, and for each child to have an opportunity for a good education, and jobs for the unemployed.

Recently a donor wrote, ‘It’s good to know there are people like your foundation volunteers with the courage to make a difference’

Yes, we are blessed with generous volunteers. But without generous donors who care about the less fortunate, none of it can happen! Only when you help us with donations and support can GOD’s mandate to love the poor be lived in Kilimanjaro, Mwanza, Dar-es-salaam, Morogoro and Arusha to mention a few.

We wish to inform you that UPENDO FOUNDATION has launched an Education scheme which targets to offer scholarships to more than 100 students during 2013/2014 and it’s seeking Tshs. 3,000,000 (Three million) and in achieving it we kindly ask you to be part of it and invest in shaping these children’s future lives.

You don’t have to be a saint to give, any donation will be generously appreciated not only by us at UPENDO FOUNDATION but most important the thousands of children facing challenges in their pursuit for education. 

In this scheme also you can secure an opportunity to sponsor these children under your name. that is whenever you donate Tshs. 15,000 a file will be opened under your name and in it there will be a name of a single child who for every donation you make afterwards, 50% of it will be accredited to that particular child and he/she will recognize you as his/her sponsor for his/her education and you will be able to make a follow-up of the recipient whenever you wish to do so. The scheme will be in a grading system from Grade A to Grade D with Grade A providing sponsorship that will include school fees, academic fees (NECTA, mock), school uniforms and pocket money; Grade B will include school fees, academic fees and school uniforms; Grade C will include school fees and academic fees; and Grade D will include only school fees. Depending on your donations, your recipient will be moving from one grade to the other.

With many schools re-opening in July, we kindly ask you to please send your donations this month and above all we humbly ask you to support this course throughout its existence. 

            What greater gift can we provide to the elders and families than the basic necessities you and I take for granted? What greater gift for the children than opportunity…. The opportunity to learn skills for all their lives long! 

Please help me and all of us at UPENDO FOUNDATION to do GOD’s work. It can’t happen without you!

NB: UNLESS someone like you cares so much, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.

In GOD’s love for Tanzanian children,

Arnold G. Tarimo

Chairman

UPENDO FOUNDATION

... a day at Building a Caring Community in Kilimanjaro

Upendo Foundation members from Mbeya wearing the newly launched T-shirts...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY UPENDO FOUNDATION!!!

HELLOOOOO!

            UPENDO FOUNDATION inapenda kuwakaribisha wote kujumuika katika siku hii nzuri ya tarehe 29 Januari 2013 kwani leo ni kumbukumbu ya kuzaliwa kwake na inatimiza miaka miwili sasa!!

            Katika kuadhimisha siku hii ya leo ndugu zetu waliopo chuo cha Ushirika (MUCCoBS) walitembelea kituo cha KKKT BCC (Building a Caring Community) kinachotoa elimu kwa watoto wenye ulemavu wa akili kilichopo mkoani Kilimanjaro na kujumuika nao kupata drink and bites lakini pia kutoa msaada uliojumuisha Unga 25kg, Mchele 20kg, Mafuta ya Kupikia lita 10, Chumvi (katoni), Majani ya chai, Sukari 10 kg, Nguo na kadhalika, baadhi ya picha zinaweza kuonekana hapo chini…

            Katika mwaka mmoja uliopita Foundation imefanikiwa kuongeza na kufikia wanachama zaidi ya mia moja (100+) waliopo maeneo mbalimbali haswa vyuoni kama vile MUCCoBS, Mwenge, Mweka, UDSM, IFM, SAUT, MU (Morogoro), MU (Mbeya), IAA, Tumaini Makumira, Tumaini DSM, ARDHI, SMMUCo, UMBWE na kadhalika. Hii ni ishara ya kuendelea kuungwa mkono na wadau walio wengi.

            Mapato ya Foundation kwa kipindi cha mwaka mmoja uliopita yamekuwa ni ya kuridhisha licha ya kwamba majukumu yamekuwa yakiongezeka kwa kasi kubwa ukilinganisha na vyanzo vya mapato na hii imepelekea Sekretarieti kuja na mipango mbalimbali kwaajili ya kupanua wigo wa mapato lakini pia bado changamoto ni kubwa na hivyo wadau mbalimbali wanakaribishwa kutoa mchango wao wa hali na mali. (taarifa rasmi ya mapato na matumizi itawekwa kwenye mtandao hivi karibuni)

            Kwa mara ya kwanza mwaka uliopita Foundation imeanzisha utararibu wa kutoa semina kwa wanachama wake na hata wale wasio wanachama katika matawi yake kwa kuanza semina juu ya Carrer ilitolewa MUCCoBS na kutokana na mafanikio yake pamoja na kupokelewa vizuri na wanachama basi ni imani yetu semina hizi zitasambaa katika matawi mengine pia.

            Aidha kipindi cha mwaka mmoja uliopita kimeshuhudia kwa mara ya kwanza pia Foundation ikizindua T-shirts! Na hii kazi imeongozwa kwa umakini mkubwa na mafanikio na ndugu zetu waliopo chuo cha Mzumbe tawi la Mbeya, hakika MUNGU awabariki sana. Hivyo basi tunapenda kuchukua furksa hii kuwakaribisheni nyote kununua T-shirts hizo kwaajili yetu, kujenga Foundation yetu na kuitangaza popote pale tutakapokuwepo kwa gharama ya Tshs.10,000 (+gharama za kuisafirisha kama utataka utumiwe nje ya tawi) karibuni sana!!

            Pamoja na hilo mwaka uliopita tumefanikiwa kuendeleza juhudi zetu za kusomesha na kuchangia elimu kwa wanafunzi wenzetu maeneo mbalimbali kadri uwezo ulivyoruhusu. Wanafunzi waliobahatika kupata furksa hii na pamoja na wanafunzi watano kutoka Mwanza, mmoja kutoka chuo cha IFM, mmoja kutoka chuo cha Mzumbe, na wengine watano kutoka shule ya msingi Mzumbe bado tunafanya juhudi kupata takribani tshs. 500,000 fedha taslimu za kuwagharamia elimu yao.

            Hali kadhalika katika mwaka uliopita tumeshuhudia programu kadhaa zikifanyika mkoani Mwanza, Kilimanjaro, Mbeya na DSM, ni imani yetu program hizi zimeleta tabasamu la ukweli katika maisha ya ndugu zetu.

            Changamoto tulizokumbana nazo katika kipindi cha mwaka mmoja uliopita haswa zimekuwa ni upungufu wa mapato ukilinganisha na mahitaji halisi lakini tunamshukuru MUNGU aliyeinua watu kutoka maeneo mbalimbali kutuunga mkono pale tulipokuwa na uhitaji haswa. Pili, suala la usajili limeendelea kugonga vichwa vyetu kwani mpaka jibu la mwisho tulilolipata ambalo limekuwa changamoto kwetu kupata usajili ni kigezo cha kutakiwa kuwa na Permanent Address kwa maana nyingine ni kutakiwa kuwa na ofisi rasmi, lakini pamoja na hilo juhudi zinaendelea kuona ni namna gani tutalifanikisha hilo. Tatu, ni baadhi ya wanachama na viongozi wa matawi kujisahau kutimiza wajibu wao na hili limepelekea mzigo mkubwa kuangukia Sekretarieti ambayo kimsingi ina majukumu mengi mno ya kitaifa.

            Wito, sekretarieti inapenda kutoa wito kwa wanachama, viongozi wa matawi, wadau mbalimbali na wale wote wanaotutakia heri ndani na nje ya nchi kuendelea kutuunga mkono kwa hali na mali kwani pamoja na kwamba safari tumekwisha ianza ni ukweli usiopingika tunapotaka kufika bado hatujafika lakini MUNGU ametujalia kupata mwanga wa kule tuendako na tunaamini mwaka ujao utakuwa wa mafaniko zaidi kuliko huu uliopita. Tuchukue furksa hii pia kuwaomba wanachama wote kujitahidi kupata T-shirts za Foundation kwaajili ya kujenga Foundation yetu.

            Pia tuwashukuru wale wote walioonyesha ushirikiano wa ajabu katika kipindi cha mwaka mmoja uliopita na hivi sasa Foundation imeanzisha utaratibu wa kuwapatia zawadi ya kutambua michango ya wanachama wake na watu mbalimbali waliojitolea kuifanikisha na kwa kuanza tunaanza na ndugu hawa na tunategemea na wengine watafuata…ndugu, Catherine Anne (SAUT) kwa kuwa tayari kutuunga mkono hata pasipo kuwa na taarifa zetu za kutosha  baada tu ya kututembelea Facebook kwenye page yetu, Vivian Kissela (MUCCoBS) kwa kujitoa kwake kwa hali na mali hata pale ambapo hatukujua cha kufanya yeye alikuja wakati muafaka kutatua changamoto zetu na pia kaka Emmanuel Hosea (UDSM) kwa utayari wake wa kuunga mkono kazi za Foundation pasipo kuchoka, Mmekuwa BARAKA kwetu na MUNGU AWABARIKI SANA!! Na hivyo Foundation inaahidi kuwapatia T-shirts bureeeeeee popote pale mtakapo kuwepo tutawaletea!

            Wengine pia mmekuwa Baraka mno kwetu na ndo maana tunaahidi kuendelea kuwatangaza hapa kadri muda na uwezo unavyoruhusu ila kwa leo tunaomba kuwataja hawa ndugu watatu na kuahidi kuendelea kuwashukuru na wengine.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY UPENDO FOUNDATION!!

Wenu katika kazi

Sekretarieti ya Kudumu

At the BCC Project place...

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Merry Christmas guys! Hope all is going on well, we still doing better. As the year is folding we would like to let you know we’ve made a break through and we’ve started making some Foundation’s products and to begin we’ve began with T-shirts (visit our  facebook page) being pioneered by members in Mbeya… congratulate them guys and be ready to grab yours when they are brought at your branch!

 Happy coming New Year 2013.

HELLO GUYS!!

Hello guys! It is our belief you are all doing well and so are we. Well… we have a couple of things to share with you  in this lovely month of October just as many of us are getting back to universities.

Firstly, we would like to give our sincere thanks to GOD for granting us with life and for making us get better and better as days go by, also we thank our dear members and well-wishers who have been our driving force to our remarkable successes!.

Secondly, we would also like to CONGRATULATE  both members and non-members who have been selected to join various universities in the country, we say welcome to life at campus and for those who have not been selected to join universities we say when one door in life is closed… another is opened so don’t give up but keep searching for that door.

Thirdly, we would like to inform you that following the Annual General Meeting held at MUCCoBS between 27-29 July 2012, a couple of things will change as a result of the resolutions reached and they include: fee payments will be made through branch treasurer and he/she will give a receipt for every payment made, financial statement will be published every six months, others will be communicated to you through national ande branch leaders in time.

Fourthly, we are glad to announce that we have accomplished preparations of the 6 months’ finanacial statement of the Foundation (as seen below) that covers between February 2012 and July 2012, please read it and give your comments and incase of any doubt or question please let us know and we will kindly provide clarifications. The aim of publishing this statement is to increase accountability and transparency so please give us feedback on how to improve our financial management and situation.

 Lastly we would like to send our sincere heartfelt appreciation to all those who have made the last six months to be successful and we are looking forward to a fruitful and an enhanced cooperation towards our vision ‘building a smiling siociety’. Thank You All!!!

NB: Sorry for the bad arrangement, working out to open a website that will cater our needs.

MAY GOD BLESS TANZANIA, MAY GOD BLESS UPENDO FOUNDATION