#GivingTuesdayNow: Colleague Care During COVID-19

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A nonprofit fundraiser supporting

The Toa Nafasi Project
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Help us keep our tutors fully employed through COVID-19 school closures in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

$1,524

raised by 14 people

$2,500 goal

Schools are closed in Tanzania due to COVID-19, but we are trying to keep The Project running as best we can.  Toa Nafasi is working hard to keep our local staff fully employed and we need your help!  To that end, we are participating in the worldwide fundraiser, #GivingTuesdayNow, which will take place on Tuesday, May 5th.  Now, more than ever, it is important to protect our colleagues' jobs as the economy experiences a global downturn in which the most marginalized members of the community will suffer worst.

On March 16th, classrooms in Kilimanjaro were shuttered as part of social distancing measures and we are unsure as to when they will re-open - a rather difficult scenario for an NGO that supports children with learning difficulties in the public primary school system.  However, even though we cannot reach our vulnerable students, we can still provide remote trainings and professional development to the tutors we have hired to work with these children, 30 formerly underemployed local women.

A designated point person outfitted with PPE will be responsible for disseminating printed materials periodically to the tutors one by one as they continue to stay at home.  Sessions planned are the reading and discussion of articles via phone tree as well as workshops and virtual conversations conducted on FaceTime and Skype.  Now that the organization is operating under local leadership, it is more important than ever to protect our colleagues' jobs and keep the extraordinary people in whom Toa has invested employed and engaged.


The good folks at GivingTuesday organized this global day of giving geared specifically at COVID-19 relief, believing that “generosity has the power to unite and heal communities in good times and bad.  A global threat like COVID-19 touches every person on the planet, and it presents an opportunity to come together as a global community.”


Thus, The Toa Nafasi Project asks that you join us on this important day and consider a small, recurring donation that will directly support our staff right now. 

Some suggested donation amounts are below. Please remember that Team Toa is BIG – 18 Tutors, 11 Head Tutors, Tutor Leader, Office Manager, Assistant Deputy Director, and Deputy Director!

$5 – one ream of paper for printing and copying materials

$10 – phone credit for one tutor for one month (also provides access to the internet)

$32 – one ink cartridge for printing and copying materials

$50 – one external modem


As always, we thank our friends and donors from the bottoms of our hearts and we hope for your continued safety and for a speedy end to our collective crisis.

 

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