God Connections
He has already provided the vision, for safe homes, for a community farm and the land is already a reality, and He has proven that 'with God all things are possible'.
Home by the ocean
More importantly our children can now walk to school which is about 15 minutes away, meaning they no longer have to get up at 5am to prepare to catch school transport just after 6am.
Tesifa Chakula
In the end, purchase, transport and a few appreciative tokens for the people in between, that keep the process well lubricated, summed up, we get good quality food, for cheaper and in a way that honours its cultivation, transportation and consumption. Community.
Resourcing the pot from which our children bloom
Haba na haba hujaza kibaba. I'll let you Google that ;)
Addressing Period Poverty
Over the last three years we have been involved in the distribution of reusable sanitary towels. This has been predominantly in local schools, but also in the local village area here where we live. So far we have given 730 packs, mainly to teenage girls.
Other-than-human kinships
For children coming from difficult pasts that could easily cauterise one's feelers into hard ends, it has been just about medicinal to have these animals be part of their reality.
Educating for leadership and innovation
'Samaki mkunje angali mbichi'
'Fold fish while it's still raw'
Chakula, Chakula!
What looked impossible became a reality and many lives were changed and touched by God's love.
How on earth did we end up in Tanga, Tanzania?
In the September we got on a bus and travelled to Tanga, Tanzania to check out the land, we stayed here a week and just knew we had heard right.
FPCT-Tesifa Children’s Home
It was probably late February 2021 and all of a sudden we had so many kids coming to church, I think one week we had as much as 40 children plus adults crammed into our sitting room, they seemed to come out of nowhere.
Family Firsts
A place where their smiles are safe, they can feel secure, feel protected and cared for, all probably for the first time.