Who we are and what we do:
Educating Children
Designing curriculum, providing resources and supplies, and getting children excited about learning through novel learning activities.
Sponsoring children's education at a private school or vocational school through the Mind Investor program. Vocation school participants have studied Safari Guide Management and Fashion/Sewing.
Transforming Health & Infrastructure
Built a dental hygiene room, high school science lab, installed kitchen and bathroom sinks, constructed a playground, instituted hand washing routines, purchased a safe school bus, procured new wheelchairs and built handicap accessible bathrooms and pathways for disabled children in need, sponsored medical care/surgeries, fabricated and distributed feminine hygiene products and more.
Spreading joy
Using innovative crafts, engaging songs, and quality time to foster children's excitement about education while broadening their horizons. Building confidence and self worth by showing children that they are unique, cared for, and valued.
Current Project September 2025: Village Children's Library Project
The Summer of 2017 where it all began with a solo volunteer trip...
Project March-April 2024: Maasai Water Project
Help members of the Maasai Tribe have access to clean water
Recent: 2024 Kwamkono Wheelchair Pathway Construction
Recent: 2023 Construct a Science & Physics Lab in 2 Weeks!
Goals Accomplished: Complete Project History & Accomplishments | 2017–2026
2017 | Early Childhood Education & Infrastructure
- At Vipaji Nursery School & Daycare Center
- Happy Teeth Center (Dental Hygiene Room) Construction: Constructed a dedicated space for oral hygiene education and dental health activities.
- Handwashing Station Installation: Installed 4 sinks at Vipaji Nursery School to improve hygiene and handwashing practices.
- Kitchen
- Bathroom
- 2 in Happy Teeth Center
- Drinking Water Sanitation Project: Improved access to safer drinking water for nursery school children and staff. (Boiled water protocol started and purchased personal bottles for each child that were labeled and cleaned regularly)
- Nursery School Curriculum Improvements: Enhanced early childhood education through curriculum development and improved learning resources: Briana taught classes daily, incorporating crafts and fun.
- Chicken coop constructed for food and capital opportunities.
- 15 new mattresses for nap time
- School van windshield and transmission replaced
- Outdoor kitchen constructed
- Back salary paid for nannies/staff
- Community meetings with mothers to discuss healthy eating and discipline techniques
- Daycare Center stocked with school supplies, lesson plans, and toys through supply donations from USA
- Other locations:
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60 pairs of toddler shoes purchased and donated to Cradle of Love Baby Orphanage.
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Refrigerator and breast pump provided to a single mother caring for her premature triplets to assist with feedings.
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2018 | Education & Child Development
- Playground constructed and installed at Vipaji Nursery School Center
- Teacher Education Sponsorship: Sponsored the formal education of the school’s one teacher and she completed her certificate program in Early Childhood Education in July 2019
- Initiated the Mind Investor sponsorship program (long-term educational sponsorship program) to transfer children from crowded governent schools to private schools with good teacher/student classroom ratios and the first five children are now enrolled at private schools.
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Vipaji Nursery School Playground Construction: Constructed and installed a playground to promote physical activity, social development, and play.
2019 | Transportation & Educational Continuity
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Vipaji Safe School Bus Project: Purchased and refurbished a 15-passenger van to provide transportation for nursery school students.
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Mind Investor Program: Renewed educational sponsorships for five students.
2020 | Education & Family Empowerment
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Mind Investor Program Expansion: Added four students to the educational sponsorship program.
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Family Livelihood Support: Purchased a cow for a sponsored student's family, providing milk for household nutrition and potential income through surplus sales.
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Vocational Education Milestone: One student celebrated completion of a Tour Guiding Management certificate at Arusha Wisdom College.
2021 |Pediatric Healthcare & Disability Inclusion
- Tanga Handcrafted Wheelchair Initiative: Partnered with local craftsmen in Moshi to fabricate 10 handcrafted leather wheelchairs, distributed to children with disabilities at Kwamkono Center in Tanga.
- Pediatric Surgical Sponsorship: Facilitated cleft palate correction and cataract removal surgeries for a seven-year-old child.
2022 | Accessibility & Career Development
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Kwamkono Accessible Bathroom Renovation – Tanga: Completely renovated bathroom facilites at an orphanage for 65 children with disabilities, installing new tiles, fixtures, and 10 wheelchair-accessible toilets, showers, and sinks. Previous toilets at Kwamkono Center for he Disabled were pit latrines at ground level.
- Vocational Training Sponsorship: Supported our student's completion of commercial and safari vehicle driving certification, advancing his professional tour guide qualifications. He is now fully certified and ready to begin his safari tour guide career with his driver's license!
2023 | Menstrual Health, STEM Education & Pediatric Support
- KFHP: Kwamkono Feminine Hygiene Project
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Science & Physics Laboratory Creation: Transformed an empty secondary school building into a fully equipped science laboratory. At the local secondary school where some of our MIP students are sponsored, there was a glaring gap in the available resources for students who were interested in pursuing careers in the fields of science, engineering, and medicine. In just two weeks, the school was outfitted with a fully equipped lab, complete with glass beakers, necessary chemical agents, 3-D anatomical organ models, a full-sized skeletal model, organ system posters and more. These resources allow for hands-on, visual learning!
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Pediatric Get Well Card Initiative Collab with Loma Linda University School of Medicine: Over 75 cards of encouragement handwritten by students at Loma Linda University School of Medicine were delivered to pediatric patients in hospitals in Liberia and Tanzania.
2024 | Clean Water, Accessibility & Community Development
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Lendikinya School Rainwater Harvesting Project: Constructed a 100,000-liter rainwater collection and storage system to improve water access for approximately 800 schoolchildren.
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LifeStraw Water Filtration & Hydration Initiative: Distributed 1,000 LifeStraw water filtration units and 800 reusable water bottles to students and families, promoting safer drinking water access and hydration.
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Household Rainwater Harvesting Project: Provided 21 5,000-liter water storage tanks for Maasai families to improve household water availability.
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Kwamkono Wheelchair Pathway Project – Tanga: Constructed cement pathways and ramps throughout an orphanage and school campus, allowing children using wheelchairs to travel safely to and around school without navigating muddy, uneven terrain.
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Kwamkono Safe Sleep Program: Constructed beds and provided mattresses for children with disabilities at a local orphanage, improving sleeping conditions and comfort as children were having to share beds due to not enough available.
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GoGo Desk Project – Dodoma: Commissioned local carpenters to handcraft 40 school desks for children who previously spent eight-hour school days seated on rough cement floors, improving classroom comfort while supporting local craftsmanship.
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School Chicken Coop Project: Constructed a nursery school-based chicken coop to support sustainable food production, nutrition, and food security. Stocked with over 100 chickens.
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Kevin Love Fund Mental Health Partnership (2024–Ongoing): Selected as the launching organization for the Kevin Love Fund's programming in Tanzania, bringing emotional well-being and mental health education to children through an ongoing international partnership.
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Prosthetic Limb Initiative: Provided a prosthetic leg to an adolescent amputee (Mind Investor Sponsorship student) to improve mobility and independence.
2025 | Educational Infrastructure & Disability Inclusion
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Lendikinya Village Children's Library Construction: Developed and constructed a purpose-built state of the art large children's library featuring themed reading rooms, computer facilities, music and art spaces, and interactive educational resources in an extremely low resource rural village. Click link for instgram tour of library.
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International Educational Resource Shipment: Coordinated the collection and shipment of 15,000 of pounds of books, computers, musical instruments, furniture and educational supplies for Library from Los Angeles to Tanzania.
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- Adaptive Pediatric Wheelchair Initiative – Moshi: Partnered with a local hospital to distribute 10 customizable pediatric wheelchairs, featuring adjustable components, attached school desks, and adaptable sizing to accommodate children's growth and individual disabilities.
- Prosthetic Limb Initiative: Provided a prosthetic leg to an adolescent amputee (Mind Investor Sponsorship student) to improve mobility and independence.
- Rainwater collection structures built at the 21 homes that recieved 5,000 L water tanks in Lendikinya Village. These structures were designed in collaboration with an engineer based in Washington, who analyzed average rainfall and calculated the roof surface area needed to collect enough rainwater to fill each tank. The double benefit is these open sides structures can be built into storage or housing if the families desire.
2026 | Library Opening, Water Infrastructure & Rehabilitation
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Lendikinya Children's Library Opening: Officially opened the library in July 2026, providing a dedicated educational facility for approximately 800 students and the surrounding community. Click link for instgram tour of library.
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Tinga Tinga Community Water Project: Constructed a 100,000-liter water storage system connected to government water infrastructure to improve community water access partnerning with RUWASA (Rural Urban Water and Sanitation Agency of Tanzanian Government.
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Kwamkono Pediatric Physical Therapy Telehealth Program (2026–Ongoing): Established an international partnership with Loma Linda University School of Physical Therapy (California) providing ongoing pediatric physical therapy and rehabilitation support for children with disabilities.
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School Agriculture & Nutrition Initiative: Supported fruit tree cultivation and sustainable agricultural activities to strengthen school nutrition and food security at Lendikinya as pediatric nutrition deficits are high and fruit and vegetables are extremely scare. 27 fruit trees planted this year!
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Community Public Health Research: Conducted community assessments examining water access and literacy to guide further interventions and assess success and impact of previous projects.
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Prosthetic Limb Initiative: Provided a replacement prosthetic leg to an adolescent amputee, continuing FH2H's commitment to mobility and disability inclusion.
2026-2027 | Upcoming Goals and Hopes
- Build a second location Children's Library in Arusha
- Construction of bathroom facilities for Lendikinya Village school, current sewage system is overwlmed and. public health hazard
- Provide new school uniforms to Maasai village students, each student has only one worn uniform each
- Establish a school and community farm for fruit and vegetable production and improved nutrition in Lendikinya Village
- Partnering with the refugee camp in Kigoma, Tanzania to brighten the lives of the children there
- Expanding the Mind Investor Program to more children and areas
- Expanding the Feminine Hygiene product project to more girls in need in Tanzania
- Expanding the Maasai Water Project which will work to provide more clean water sources to the Maasai Tribe in Monduli, Arusha, Tanzania
- Provide maintenance to Kwamkono Handicap Accessible Bathrooms
Next Steps...
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Thank you so much in advance from the bottom of our heart! Because of your donations last year so much was accomplished! Together, let's do even more this year.