August 7, 2006
Please Donate to the Tumaini Foundation
Tumaini means “hope” in Swahili, the national language of Tanzania. Hope is what we aim to provide to the many children in Tanzania who have lost their parents due to the AIDS epidemic. We know many have heard of the devastation brought about by the AIDS epidemic in Africa, and we are deeply concerned about the future of Africa’s children.
Our mission is to provide education for these children while meeting their basic material and medical needs. The boarding schools Tumaini supports house students who are either orphans or their parents send them to the school because their villages are too impoverished to provide a good education.
We want to share with you the great needs of these children for your prayer and support. By helping them secure a basic education, these children will have the opportunity to work towards self-fulfillment and empowerment.
The children at the schools are in need of everything from backpacks and school supplies to running water so that they can take showers. Our method of aid thus far has involved shipping large containers overseas packed with school supplies, medical supplies, furniture, bicycles and even a car. The reason for shipping the items rather than sending money is that it is far more expensive to purchase these same items in Tanzania than it is in the United States. The containers are also useful shelters and storage that can be kept to help meet their needs.
Tumaini hopes to send another container shipment in September, and so far we have had many generous contributors, both individual and corporate, donate large amounts of material goods. Carle Hospital in Champaign, Illinois, for example, has donated over 150 computers so far. We are now in most need of monetary funds to ship these items and to continue sending any and all future items. Our current fundraising goal is $10,000. Would you please prayerfully consider a tax-deductible donation of $100, $50, or even $20? Please send checks to the Tumaini Foundation, 715 Erin Drive, Champaign, IL 61822 or visit our website at http://www.TheTumainiFoundation.org. Thank you and God bless you.
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