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getFIT615 and Brittany Dobbs are organizing a 12 day trip to Moshi, Tanzania, in collaboration with First Chance Education Centre. The visit will focus on efforts to improve the First Chance Education Centre, an early childhood education center for children ages 2 - 5, through working directly with children in the community and helping the administration establish exercise and nutrition programs. Funds raised for the trip will ensure that children can safely get to school each day, enable the Centre to hire qualified teachers and administrators, and increase the nutritional value of school meals. The trip is September 28 to October 9, 2017.
Brittany is passionate about the children and community that surround First Chance Education Centre. She has been working with the school and its director, Mama Lucy, since her first volunteer trip to Tanzania in 2015. Inspired by the children, especially one little girl named Amilen, and the people she met, who value education and learning despite facing numerous challenges, Brittany has committed to serve as patron of the school (translation: She’s dedicated to doing everything she can to help the Centre grow into a reliable home base for families and young children in Moshi).
At getFIT615, we’re driven by a bold sense of belonging – to our community, to our city, to each other and to the world. We met Brittany in 2016 while she was training to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and as we were settling into our home at 65 Music Row. Brittany shared her experiences working in Tanzania with us and we were inspired. The getFIT615 community is a diverse, thriving and authentic group committed to redefining “fit” and building wellness for life every chance we get. [We’re NOT just talking bodies.] Brittany’s work with First Chance reflects the things our community values most, so we just knew it was the right fit. After all, we think we shine brightest when we’re helping each other, here at home and around the world, grow in love and support. Go to Moshi, Tanzania? Who are we not to?!
Tanzania is one of the most politically stable countries in Africa. With goals of expanding and improving early childhood care and education and ensuring that all children – particularly, girls – have access to education; however, many barriers remain. Families are required to pay small fees to fund school uniforms and school supplies for each child. Many families in the area simply can’t afford it and many children in the area are living as orphans or lack the family structure necessary to support their education. We can help.
My goal for this fundraiser is to raise a total of $5,000 to take with me to the First Chance Education Centre in Moshi, Tanzania. As a group, our goal is to raise over $29,600 - the majority of this fundraising will pay for 4 YEAR-ROUND teachers, and a new van to make sure the students can get to and from school safely.
We are also going to bring the families together while we are there by hosting a gathering - our hope is that the families of the students can get to know us, get to know each other, and have a stronger community foundation for their children.
We will also paint a mural. In 2016, Brittany (the trip organizer and Patron of First Chance Education Centre) raised over $4,000 in order to build a safety wall around the school. Had the wall not been built, the school would have been shut down by local government. Mama Lucy, the founder of the school, has asked us to paint a mural on this wall.
Pamoja Tunaweza means together we can in Swahili - and we really do believe that this community can do anything they set their mind do! With a little bit of financial help and support, they will be able to reach more and more young lives - we look forward to being a part of that for years to come.
Brittany is passionate about the children and community that surround First Chance Education Centre. She has been working with the school and its director, Mama Lucy, since her first volunteer trip to Tanzania in 2015. Inspired by the children, especially one little girl named Amilen, and the people she met, who value education and learning despite facing numerous challenges, Brittany has committed to serve as patron of the school (translation: She’s dedicated to doing everything she can to help the Centre grow into a reliable home base for families and young children in Moshi).
At getFIT615, we’re driven by a bold sense of belonging – to our community, to our city, to each other and to the world. We met Brittany in 2016 while she was training to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and as we were settling into our home at 65 Music Row. Brittany shared her experiences working in Tanzania with us and we were inspired. The getFIT615 community is a diverse, thriving and authentic group committed to redefining “fit” and building wellness for life every chance we get. [We’re NOT just talking bodies.] Brittany’s work with First Chance reflects the things our community values most, so we just knew it was the right fit. After all, we think we shine brightest when we’re helping each other, here at home and around the world, grow in love and support. Go to Moshi, Tanzania? Who are we not to?!
Tanzania is one of the most politically stable countries in Africa. With goals of expanding and improving early childhood care and education and ensuring that all children – particularly, girls – have access to education; however, many barriers remain. Families are required to pay small fees to fund school uniforms and school supplies for each child. Many families in the area simply can’t afford it and many children in the area are living as orphans or lack the family structure necessary to support their education. We can help.
My goal for this fundraiser is to raise a total of $5,000 to take with me to the First Chance Education Centre in Moshi, Tanzania. As a group, our goal is to raise over $29,600 - the majority of this fundraising will pay for 4 YEAR-ROUND teachers, and a new van to make sure the students can get to and from school safely.
We are also going to bring the families together while we are there by hosting a gathering - our hope is that the families of the students can get to know us, get to know each other, and have a stronger community foundation for their children.
We will also paint a mural. In 2016, Brittany (the trip organizer and Patron of First Chance Education Centre) raised over $4,000 in order to build a safety wall around the school. Had the wall not been built, the school would have been shut down by local government. Mama Lucy, the founder of the school, has asked us to paint a mural on this wall.
Pamoja Tunaweza means together we can in Swahili - and we really do believe that this community can do anything they set their mind do! With a little bit of financial help and support, they will be able to reach more and more young lives - we look forward to being a part of that for years to come.