One of our board members, Marie Korfits recently took part in a fundraising event in aid of The Small Things, hosted by a children’s clothes store in Denmark called Hjarsbaek. Read on to find out about the success of the day! The store, Hjarsbaek, has been collecting children’s shoes through their customers since June for...
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Fill a Box, Make a Home!
…and when we say a box, we mean a huuuge box, filled with HEAPS of lovely things! But we’re getting ahead of ourselves, let us explain… Excitingly, we are at the stage where the walls of the first houses of the Happy Family Children’s Village in Memory of Amir Visram are shooting up quickly, and...
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An interview with Mama Pendo
Earlier this week, one of our lovely staff members- Christina, interviewed the Head Mama of Nkoaranga Orphanage – a wonderful and most remarkable woman, Mama Pendo. Read on to find out more about how she came to work at the orphanage and of her inspirational personal views about the children and the changes that Nkoaranga...
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Thank you for supporting #GiveandReceive!
This week the blog is about you – everyone who has become a sponsor over our Give and Receive sponsorship campaign, those who were already a sponsor of one of our wonderful children or outreach families before the campaign began, and those who have supported our work over this year by reaching out, showing interest,...
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An Nkoaranga Christmas! #GiveandReceive
With only 1 week left of the Holiday drive, we wanted to wish you all a… HAPPY HOLIDAY! This week, TST celebrated Christmas with our children, and hard-working Mamas and volunteers. We started out by setting up the tree while the little kiddos were taking a nap, putting the wrapped presents under the tree, and...
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2 weeks left! #GiveandReceive
We are now halfway through our #GiveandReceive Holiday campaign, where our sole goal is to get FULL sponsorships for ALL of our children! THANK YOU to all of our incredible sponsors and supporters – you are amazing! Since the start of the campaign, we have many new additions to the TST family – welcome to...
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Ebenezer’s wonderful story: from a difficult first year as a baby to being reunited with his family!
This gorgeous boy went home to his loving father and brother last week, which is always a special time for all of us at the orphanage and TST – celebration for the best possible outcome for the child, follow up to ensure their transition is smooth, and getting used to their absence on a day...
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A-Z of everything that is great about Tanzania!
Hello Everyone! My name is Rose, and I have been working with TST in Nkoaranga for over 4 months now. In such a short amount of time, I fell in love with our wonderful children, and Tanzania in general, so I recently made the decision to extend my stay in Tanzania from 6 months to one...
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Join us in bringing a Happy Holiday and a loving New Year to our children!
HELP US FILL UP OUR CHRISTMAS TREE! Check out the sneak peek of the campaign now! With less than one month until the Holidays, we are very excited to kick-off our 2014 Holiday sponsorship drive! As you may know, the goal for last year’s sponsorship drive was to get at least one sponsor for each...
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Happy Universal Children’s Day!
“We were all children once. And we all share the desire for the well-being of our children, which has always been and will continue to be the most universally cherished aspiration of humankind.” ...