Women at the Foundation
The Tupendane African Foundation seeks to support women using the facility to become independent and provide for their families. On this page, we introduce them and their needs. If you are able to, we would appreciate a donation.
Agnes Thomas
Agnes Thomas is 19 years old and has just completed her secondary school education. She lives with her father, who runs a small shop. Agnes is the sixth child in her family, and all of her siblings are healthy.After finishing school, Agnes discovered her passion for hairstyling.
She dreams of becoming a skilled hairdresser and wants to open her own salon one day. Agnes believes that owning a salon will not only allow her to pursue her passion but also provide her family with a better future.
She is determined to work hard and learn everything she can about hairdressing to achieve her goals.She needs capital to start up her business.
Amina Calvin
Amina Calvin is a 19-year-old girl and the third child in her family. She currently lives in Arusha with her sister but grew up in Moshi with her mother. Amina has never met her father.
Right now, her sister sells clothes in the market, but the money she makes is not enough for them to afford basic needs, including food. Because of their difficult financial situation, Amina couldn't go to college as she had hoped.
Amina dreams of becoming a skilled hairdresser. She believes that learning this trade will help her support herself and her family in the future. She is eager to gain the skills needed to succeed in this field.
Angle Maiko
Angle Maiko is a 21-year-old young woman with big dreams. She is the third child in her family and completed her secondary school education in 2021. Currently, Angle lives with her aunt, who has been supportive as she navigates her goals.
Angle aspires to become a dresser and decorator. She is passionate about creating beautiful spaces and making people look and feel their best. With the right training and opportunities, she hopes to turn her passion into a successful career. Angle is excited about the future and is determined to learn and grow in her chosen field.
Dora Sane
Dora Sane Mollel is 19 years old. She lives with her sister now, but she grew up with her mother after losing her father when she was very young, so she never got to meet him. Dora is the youngest in her family, and everyone in her family is healthy.
Her sister works as a farmer. Dora completed secondary school in 2022, but due to her family's financial challenges, she couldn’t continue with further studies. She was later introduced to Tupendane Africa Foundation, and now she dreams of becoming a hairdresser.
Elizabeth Cosmas Mushy
Age: 47
Elizabeth is a single mother with three children. Bitres Vitars (24), Clinton (21) and Denis (6). Bitres is in university which has been paid for one year. Clinton has to wait to go to university as there is no money. Denis is in class one but does not have a school uniform or lunch.
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Living situation: Elizabeth has no job. When she can she cleans people's clothes which earns her 2.000 TZS ($0.83) a day but this is not a consistent income. Her rent costs 50.000 TZS ($20.76) a month with an extra 15.000 TZS ($6.23) for electricity and water. She is behind on paying rent at the moment which leaves her at risk of homelessness
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Health problems: Elizabeth would like plastic surgery for her nose. She was unfortunately in an abusive relationship with her ex-husband, who bit her nose. It is painful for her in the colder months, so a doctor advised her to get surgery. But she cannot afford this as it would be 1.000.000 TZS ($415.11).
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Personal goals: She would like to learn tailoring for her small business.
What she needs:
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Money for rent and for her surgery.
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Capital to start her business.
Evaline
Age: 35
She is married to a tour guide and they have three kids together. Her eldest son is named Evan and is eleven years old, he goes to primary school. Her second child died in 2016 at the age of two, due to having multiple diseases, including Malaria and Typhoid. Her third child, Vivian, is two years old and goes to Tupendane day care, which does not cost the family anything.
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Living Situation: The family rents two small rooms, which costs them 80.000 TZS ($32) in rent a month. The electricity and water both costs about 5.000 TZS ($2) each per month. They are able to eat three meals per day.
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Work: She helps in the day care at Tupendane, but does not earn a lot from it.
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Health Issues: Nobody has any health problems in her family
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Personal Goals: She wants to open her own day care and take care of the kids in the neighbourhood.
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What does she need: Start Capital to open a Day care, which would be around 3.000.000 TZS ($1200). Budget to pay for school for Evan (which costs 100.000 TZS [$40] yearly) and for Vivian as well in the future.
Latifa Josephat
Latifa Josephat is a 15-year-old girl who is the second child in her family. She lives with her parents, but her mother is the one who takes care of the household. Unfortunately, her mother does not have a stable job; she goes from house to house to help with laundry and sometimes picks coffee to earn a little money. Because of this, the family often struggles to have enough food to eat, and there are days when they go without a meal.
Latifa had to leave school when she was in form three because of their tough financial situation. Despite these challenges, she has big dreams. She wants to become a tailor and a talented designer. Latifa is determined to improve her life and her family's situation. Thankfully, her family is healthy, which gives them hope for a better future
Laurine Laurent
Laurine Laurent is a young and determined girl. She is the last born out of 3 children. She ended in form 4 secondary school education. She is living with her parents. Her mother is a small entrepreneur growing and selling vegetables around the street, and the father is doing welding but he never provide to his family while her mother is the only one struggling with family basic needs.
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Living situation: It depends on the day, but usually two meals a day though sometimes they eat one meal depending on the money her mother earns during her business.
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Work: her mother is a small entrepreneur and a small business woman selling vegetables.
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Health issues: her sister is suffering from backbone and her mother has ulcers.
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Personal Goals: Laurine wants to be a good hair designer in INTEL ,ARUSHA. She also wants to establish a big hair dressing salon Personal goals:
What she needs
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Money 3,000,000/= for capital
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Material for her salon
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Portion of that money will help her sister and mother from their deases
Nance
Age: 17
She lives with both her parents, her father is a motorcycle driver and her mother fetches water for other people, which is very unreliable work. Her eldest sister, Maria, finished her education, including college, to become a tour guide but was not able to find work. She has one older brother named Godfrey, who is 21, he had begun studying to become a teacher but had to quit after the family ran out of money. He still managed to move out and rent his own room. His twin sister, Domina, did not earn enough credit in secondary school to be able to apply to university. She has a one-year-old daughter, Karen, that the whole family takes care of. Nances youngest sister, Leonila is eight years old and in primary school. Nance finished secondary school with good grades and was supposed to go to college and study teaching, but it was not possible due to lack of financial funding.
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Living Situation: The family lives in two small rooms with seven people, the rent costs 80.000 TZS ($32) per month. They can only afford two meals a day for the family.
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Work: She does not work, but comes to Tupendane every day to improve her English in the hopes of saving enough money one day to continue her education and go to college.
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Health Issues: She has had tooth pain for almost her whole life, but can’t afford to go to the doctor.
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Personal Goals: She would like to become a history teacher.
What does she need: Money for college (around 1.000.000 TZS per year [$400]), medical assistance for her teeth, the family requires money for food and just general cost of living. Her brother would like to finish his studies and her youngest sister needs money for primary school (100.000 TZS [$40] yearly).
Nembrice Jeremiah
Her mother has a business in vegetables and her father is a farmer. She finished primary and secondary school. She has two brothers and three sisters.
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Living conditions: She lives with her mum and dad and one sister. she didn't proceed with a school because of the financial situation .
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Health: She is healthy but has no health insurance.
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Work: She worked in a hotel as a waitress, but she quit her job to start at the Tupendane project.
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Goals in life: Nembrices goals in life are to get more self-confidence, to learn more about calculation, English and Business. and also to learn how to braid hair .
What does she need?
She needs a starting capital to start her own business as a hairdresser.
Rebecca Jeremiah
Rebecca Jeremiah is 33 years old and the seventh child in her family. She lives with her parents, who rely on her help with farming. Rebecca completed primary school in 2008, but she could not continue to secondary school due to financial constraints.
After finishing primary school, she spent her time assisting her parents in their farming activities, contributing to the family's livelihood.
A friend introduced Rebecca to the Tupendane Africa Foundation, where she hopes to learn new skills.
She has a strong desire to become a hairdresser, which will not only help her earn money but also allow her to become more independent. Through the foundation, Rebecca is looking forward to gaining the knowledge and training she needs to pursue her dream in the hairdressing field.
Rose Jackob
Rose Jackob is 19 years old and the youngest child in her family. She lives with her parents, and everyone in her family is healthy. Her mother works by selling bananas at a farm. Rose finished secondary school in 2022, and before coming to Tupendane, she was staying at home, helping her mother with household chores.
She dreams of becoming a hairdresser and having her own salon. Rose also wants to start a small business selling vegetables. She was introduced to Tupendane by her aunt, and this opportunity is helping her work toward her goals.
She needs capital to start up her business.
Rosie Joseph
Rosie was direct through a friend to start at the Tupendane project.
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Living conditions: She lives with her husband and her four children. Three of her children are going to school, and the youngest will go to school when he turns six. They all get one meal per day. They live in a rented house which means they have to pay the rent every month. But they also need to buy food for the family. They are struggling to get this done every month. Her husband doesn’t have a permanent job.
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Health: Her first child has an eye condition, she is not able to see far distances. Her youngest child is not able to speak, because there is a problem in his mouth. There is something underneath his tongue that prevents him from speaking properly.
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Work: In the mornings Rosie cooks samasa and sells these on the street.
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Goals in life: Rosies goal in life is to open a small shop where she can sell all kinds of food. She also wants to support her children so they can go to school.
What does she need?
To support her goals, she will need a starting capital and the right products.
Ruth William
Ruth William is 17 years old and the second child in her family of four. She lives with her mother because her father passed away. Ruth was in form two when she became very sick and had to stop going to school for almost a year. This illness made it hard for her to keep up with her studies.
Despite these challenges, Ruth has big dreams. She wants to become a hairdresser and eventually own her own salon. She is determined to pursue her goals and create a better future for herself.
Sara Joseph Molld
Age: 28
Sara lives with her husband (32) who is a welder. She has 2 children, Alvin Daniel Ulomi (8) and Allen Daniel (4). Alvin is at Government school but does not have uniform or lunch. The school costs 100.000 TZS ($41.51) a year which she struggles to afford. Allen is at the daycare at Tupendane. This costs 50.000 TZS ($20.76) with an added 15.000 TZS ($6.23) for breakfast
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Living situation: She is jobless and can provide two meals a day. She gets water from the well at Tupendane. Her husband's job brings inconsistent income.
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Health issues: Sara needs an operation on right eye which is too expensive for her. For now she wears sunglasses to reduce the amount of sunlight in her eye.
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Personal goals: To learn tailoring to set up her small business and to be able to resell clothes.
What she needs:
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Money for uniform and education.
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Money to keep child in daycare.
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Money for rent and health care.
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Capital for business
Theresia Jafet
Age: 18
Theresia lives with Rosaline, the founder of Tupendane. She took her in when she was 15 because her own parents were unable to provide for her. Theresia had never been to school and could not even write her own name when Rosaline took her in.
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Living situation: She is living with Rosaline so doesn't know how much rent is.
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Health: No health issues.
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Personal goals: She wants to learn tailoring to start her own small business.
What she needs:
Capital for business to start tailoring
Tunu Shabani
Tunu shaban is young and determined girl. She is the last born out of 7 children. Her sister zainab is in secondary school and she is the only child who is studying. Her mother is the only provider with all needs of the family 15 years ago and he is not providing anything to the family. Her mother is a small entrepreneur selling fish around the street, while the rest of the children they are at home they didn’t go to school.
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Living situation: It depends on the day, but usually two meals a day. When fish business is not promising she used to ask money from relatives and then she returns the money.
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Work: her mother is selling fish and the rest of the children do not have permanent jobs.
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Health issues: no health issues for anyone.
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Personal goals: Tunu wants to be a good business woman and a good tailor.
What she needs
Money 500,000/= for capital
Sewing machine
Zainabu Abasi
Zainabu has a one-year-old son called Bryson. She is no longer together with the father of Bryson. So, she is a single mother. Both of her parents have sadly passed away. She went to primary and secondary school.
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Living conditions: She lives with some friends together in a house with three rooms. She helps the woman in the house with some choirs so she can live there for free.
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Health: Zainabu and her son are both healthy but don’t have health insurance.
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Work: She doesn’t have a job.
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Goals in life: Her goals in life are to get more affirmation for herself. She also wants to learn how to start a business. She wants to become a tailor.
What does she need?
To reach her goals she will need to learn how to tailor, she needs a place to work, and she needs to look for a job. She also wants to learn English.
