Our Projects

We have many projects at STOF and we hope you will support our efforts to change lives!

Orphanage Homes

STOF is currently running four homes, two at STOF center, each accommodating 18 girls between the age of 13 and 18. Teresa's house as always been used as one of the homes for the orphans due to lack of enough homes at the center. This home has a total of eight children between the age of six and ten. STOF has also rented one house since October 2013 accommodating six boys between the age of 13 and 15. Each of our homes has one matron who lives with the children. Also, some of our college students live and work in the homes during holidays. We have other children we support, but they stay with their relatives. Some of theses children are not doing the best, but since the homes are full, we just hope that soon we will be able to build another home for them.

What we need for our home building projects:

We would like to be able to take in and care for more children. Help us and be a part of helping children find homes and the care they need.

Infant & Preschool Project - Bright Future Hope Preschool

Ritha as a baby

Ritha now, after living with us for 6 years

STOF is also rescuing infant babies whose mother die during labor or after labor, abandoned babies, and babies who can not breast feed because their mothers are affected with HIV/AIDS. The HIV/AIDS babies we find relatives, like grandmothers or any willing relative, and we train them to take care of the baby and STOF provides the babies with the basic needs including formula milk, medical care, clothing and other food. STOF also rescues malnourished orphans and vulnerable children under the age of seven. Since 2015 STOF has combined three projects together, infants formula milk, nutrition food and preschool education. This year, in 2017, STOF has a total of 62 children in this program.

What we need for our
Infant & Preschool project:

Our main struggle is to make sure these children get food to survive, medical care, formula milk for infant babies, and other important things like clothing, mosquito nets, school books and school fees. Every donation changes lives!

Golden Gate Secondary School
Run by St Teresa Orphans Foundation, but also open to the public

STOF now has a secondary school (similar to middle school and high school) at the orphanage. The school is registered and already operating, although the school needs a lot of work yet to be completed. So far, the school has only four finished classrooms, one laboratory, eight restrooms, we have one unfinished laboratory and unfinished offices. We still need four more classrooms, kitchen, dinning hall, and a library, but we are very grateful for what we have so far. It is better than what the children had to go through before to get an education. Previously, some children were sent to far away boarding schools, and some had to walk miles a day to get to their schools. The school will create a big opportunity for children once the building is finished, especially for girls from the villages. The school is also giving this opportunity, not only to orphan children, but also other children in the community. This year in 2017, STOF is supporting 52 orphans and vulnerable children in middle school and high school. (7th grade to 12 grade).

What we need for our Golden Gate School

Although this school is running, the construction is not finished. Your donations will help us finish one laboratory, four teacher's offices, more classrooms, a dinning hall, kitchen, library, computer room and more. This will enable the school to provide education for elementary school and high school students.

Help Send a Child to College

Because of donations, STOF has helped children graduate from public colleges every year. In 2016, four children graduated, two boys and two girls. This year in 2017 we have three children from the orphanage in college.

If you would like to help us with this project you will be supporting the children who will be our future.

Devotha Mtitu

Viviana Mwinyi

Galus Mpepo

St. Benjamin Children's Clinic
Run by St Teresa Orphans Foundation,
but also open to the public

One of biggest challenges facing our community is high children mortality rate, the children in this community have now been blessed with St. Benjamin Clinic which will save a lot of children in the community.

Father George Garden & Farming Project
Our garden and farm at the orphanage

STOF staff work together with children just like one big family, growing food, like corn, beans and sweet potatoes which are among our staple foods in Tanzania. In 2016, we also introduced a vegetable garden, where each high school student grows the vegetables they like. This has really helped a lot to be able to cut down on the cost of food and also to grow organically.

What we need for our garden & farming projects:

Currently, we do all our gardening and farming by hand, using only hand tools. This works well for our gardening projects, but we would really benefit if we had a tractor for our farming projects.