Friends of Amani Tanzania (UK Registered Charity 1114281) Welcomes You
March 2021 - £1550 raised thanks to 'Feed their minds, Feed our bodies' fundraising initiative
FOAT Trustees, Bridget and Leslie, made and delivered meals to help raise money to build a Secondary School at Mvomero which will specialise in teaching for children who are Hard of Hearing.
On the menu for the first initiative in early March was African Chicken Stew or Root and Lentil Casserole. This was such a huge success, raising £770 that Bridget and Leslie repeated the initiative later in March with options of Moroccan Style Chicken or Vegetable Biryani. A total of £1,500 was raised.
After the event, Bridget commented; “We have been delighted with the response to this initiative. When we totted up how many meals we had made and delivered, we realised it was a staggering 62. It was lovely to receive so many kind comments on delivery, such as “How nice to have a freshly cooked meal delivered to my doorstep” and “When will you do this again?”
Bridget and Leslie are considering repeating the initiative in the Autumn. Watch this space!
The new building conversion separates the students and the visitors
The school now has new bunkbeds and furniture
£850 raised from selling Amani Gift Christmas Cards
The work of the Amani Centre has continued throughout this difficult year. Much of the local support dried up during the height of the Covid pandemic and has still not returned to the pre-pandemic levels.
To help the Amani Centre continue their work supporting children with disabilities, FOAT sold Amani Gift Christmas Cards. They were £10 or £20 and all money went to supporting The Amani Centre.
£495 raised at Coffee Morning Fundraiser
On 7th March, Bridget and Leslie along with their local church, fellow trustees Rachel and John, and friends Aurelia and Sumi held a successful fundraising event.
Coffee, cake, samosas and traditional Tanzanian foods (Bagia and Vitambua) were served, Tanzanian crafts were sold and a raffle was held. The children were kept occupied with activities such as craft making using traditional Tanzania cloth, beading, learning numbers in Swahili and colouring in safari animals
Thank you to everyone who came and to everyone who helped make this event such a success.
If you are interested in hold your own fundraising event for FOAT, please do get in touch.
Some of the attendees
The children enjoyed making cards and colouring in at the event
Trustee John keeping the children entertained
Trustee John keeping the children entertained
Support For Sinyati, A Young Maasai Girl
Helena Memorial Fund Support for Sinyati
Funds recently raised for the Helena Memorial Fund have supported young Sinyati with medial support that is not available in a rural area, and otherwise relatively expensive. Her parents were very grateful for the support and care received in Mororgoro Town. This is a good example of how Amani Centre is reaching out to the most traditional of cultures in Tanzania with a very contemporary message of support for the disabled.
Quiz Night with Tanzanian Supper
On Saturday 30 March 2019, Amy Fancourt hosted a Quiz Night with Tanzanian Supper in Redlands Parish Hall, Reading to raise funds for Friends of Amani Tanzania (FOAT). She was supported by four of the FOAT Trustees, Bridget & Leslie Green together with Rachel Derry and John Bullock who ably took charge of the raffle and bar respectively.
Following a brief presentation by Bridget outlining the background to Friends of Amani Tanzania and the work of the Amani Centre, Graeme Fancourt took to the Quiz Master chair. Graeme’s choice of theme – ‘Remarkable Women’ – was in recognition of two such women:
· Amy, who, in addition to organising this event, was preparing to run the London Marathon for the charity, and
· Mama Bakhita, the founder of the Amani Centre in Morogoro, Tanzania.
In between rounds of the quiz, guests were served a Tanzanian themed supper of banana stew with rice and pitta breads, followed by ‘vitumbua’ with tropical fruits.
Quiz teams were made up from across the local community including members of the church, the university, local friends and Queen Anne’s School staff. Graeme’s quiz was challenging but fun with two teams vying for first place meaning a tie breaker was needed to determine the champions.
Quiz Guests
Quiz Master, Graeme assisted by Livy
A Happy Prize Winner
Bridget congratulates Stewart, captain of the winning team
Bridget congratulates Stewart, captain of the winning team
Bridget congratulates Stewart, captain of the winning team
Bridget congratulates Stewart, captain of the winning team
Bridget congratulates Stewart, captain of the winning team
City of Bristol College (COBC)
Barbara Bristow, a retired teacher has been supporting the Amani Centre for over six years. In that time she has raised over £10,000 for the Amani Centre. In 2015 she raised over £4,500 towards the tractor seen above. The tractor has increased the income from agricultural projects considerably. Last Year she raised over £2,000 utilising FOAT's Just Giving pages. Barbara has helped FOAT in raising funds to start the school for the hearing impaired at Amani's vocational training centre at Mvomero. Barbara makes regular visits to Tanzania and is planning her next visit later this Summer. In past years she has arranged for students from COBC to visit Amani and undertake a number of useful projects.