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Who We Are

Tupendane Foundation and initiatives (TUFOI) is a Tanzanian Non- governmental Organization established as a national charitable foundation since 2017 and was officially registered under Tanzanian Non-Governmental Act No.24 of 2002 in November 2021, with a registration number OONGO/R/2425

The Foundation name emanates from Swahili word meaning “we should love each other”. We believe in a world where development is steered by quality education to all and power is shifted into the hands of communities. Tupendane Foundation and Initiatives (TUFOI) was created by five founder members to help lower income families to have a better way of living through provision of education.

The Foundation aims to focus most on the communities that are poor and those that cannot afford quality education and other social services like water, food and shelter. The main beneficiaries are poor families, orphans, disabled, vulnerable children, homeless, youths and women. We want to change the current traditional philanthropy and prove that a new, more equitable and responsive approach will results to combating ignorance, poverty and inadequate development.

To reach our objectives, we apply systematic and interdisciplinary approaches that foresee the implementation development projects in five different sectors of intervention: education, health, environment, youth and women.

We are proud to be a right-hand instrument for change in the Tanzanian educational landscape. Together, we can empower communities to become change agents in their own societies.

Our Mission, Vision & Values

Guided by love, compassion, and sustainability, we work to empower vulnerable communities across Tanzania

Mission

To support students from poor families and community by paying for them school fees, build hospitals, create water sources, protect environment, economic stability and ensure availability of water to the poor families in our societies.

Vision

We envision on healthy, economically stable community with children who acquire better education and livelihood.

Core Values

TUFOI is committed to acting with integrity in our work and our relationships. We seek to uphold our Values in all that we do and ask our community to do the same. We strive to operate with transparency and accountability. Our specific values related to our governance and our community’s standards are; team work spirit oriented, professionalism and excellence, accountability and transparency, result oriented , build community where we create a space to inspire each other and celebrate one another, Learn and innovate where we challenge the status quo including our own and trust where we believe one another,

Our Story

Guided by love, compassion, and sustainability, we work to empower vulnerable communities across Tanzania

Tupendane Foundation was born out of a desire to respond to the challenges faced by children and families in Tanzania. Many lacked access to basic needs—education, clean water, health care, and sustainable livelihoods. What began as a small community initiative has grown into a registered NGO working with local and international partners to bring practical solutions and hope to hundreds of lives.