1 - Olmoti School: Playground
Tanzania, 2020, Recreation
Working with Our One Community and the Olmoti Primary School, TGUP installed a large playground and a soccer field. Before this, the 485 students did not have anywhere to play except a dirt field.
TGUP Partner: Our One Community
2 - Covid Masks: Masks
Tanzania, 2020, Health
1,500 masks were sent to Tanzania to be distributed to Maasai villagers. They were made at the Kenyan sewing center which is employing all 10 of Nyeri's seamstresses and tailors, including the 5 who have been trained at our sewing center since it opened.
- Project Cost $564
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TGUP Partner: OliveSeed
3 - Save a Girl™: Project #17
Tanzania, 2021, Health
TGUP's sewing center in Nyeri, Kenya, produced 500 SaG kits that were then shipped to the Josiah Girls' School in Bukoba, Tanzania. This project was funded by multiple organizations including the OliveSeed Foundation, the Village Link, and the Los Altos Rotary.
- Project Cost $2500
TGUP Partner: Kiini Sustainable Initiative (KISI)
4 - Stove and Solar Training: Maasai Women
Tanzania, 2022, Vocation
Working with our Tanzanian partner, ten Maasai women were trained to be expert stove installers. In the weeks to follow, 100 homes received the smoke-removing stoves. For most of the women, this is the first paying job they have ever (or will ever) have. Their status within their families and the community is uplifted.
TGUP Partner: ICSEE (International Collaborative for Science, Education, and the Environment)
5 - Maasai Villages: Stoves: Phase 1
Tanzania, 2022, Health
TGUP, with its partner in Tanzania, funded the installation of stoves and solar micro-grids to 16 homes in two different Maasai villages. This project placed vented chimney stoves into each home and installed a solar micro-grid on the rooftop of one home in each boma. The solar systems were put in place by trained Maasai women.
TGUP Partner: ICSEE (International Collaborative for Science, Education, and the Environment)
6 - Maasai: Stoves: Phase 2
Tanzania, 2022, Health
TGUP, in partnership with ICSEE, funded the installation of 100 stoves in homes in 12 different Maasai villages. Ten Maasai women were trained as expert installers. The vented chimney stoves prevent smoke inhalation and illness. 25 children per thousand die before the age of five of lung related ailments from inhaling smoke.
TGUP Partner: ICSEE (International Collaborative for Science, Education, and the Environment)
7 - Maasai: Solar Microgrids
Tanzania, 2022, Health
This is 1 of 3 projects to support the Maasai in Tanzania. Funded separately, 10 Maasai women were trained to install clean burning stoves and solar microgrids. These microgrids provide electricity in the huts where the Maasai live. This allows for activities inside the huts after dark and protects livestock from predators.
TGUP Partner: ICSEE (International Collaborative for Science, Education, and the Environment)
8 - Sewing Center: Training and Setup
Tanzania, 2022, Vocation
We set up a sewing center in Loibor-Siret to make our Save a Girl™ kits of washable, reusable sanitary supplies. We provided proprietary patterns, a kit assembly manual, and educational training materials. 2 representatives of our Kenyan partner travelled to Loibor-Siret to train the seamstresses and management team.
- Project Cost $1700
- Project Summary
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TGUP Partner: Humanity for Children
9 - Mobile Health Clinic: Medical Supplies
Tanzania, 2022, Health
Thanks to MedShare, a 501c3 aid organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of people by directly delivering surplus medical supplies and equipment, TGUP was able to acquire a large inventory of supplies at no cost that will be sent to Tanzania. TGUP's partner used the supplies in their mobile medical clinic.
TGUP Partner: Humanity for Children
10 - Maasai: Clean Water System
Tanzania, 2022, Water
This project installed two 5,000-liter water tanks, one solar powered pump, a filtration system and three water faucets to provide clean, potable water for 100 Maasai families. The total cost of the project is $5,373. The system saves the women from many hours of walking to a distant river to collect water.
TGUP Partner: ICSEE (International Collaborative for Science, Education, and the Environment)
11 - New Building Construction: Sewing Center
Tanzania, 2022, Infrastructure
Working with Humanity for Children and the local Women's Work Collective, TGUP funded the construction of a new 30'x30' building to house the Save a Girl™ sewing center that will make and distribute our washable, reusable sanitary kits to girls in Tanzania. The new building also has three storefronts for women-led businesses.
TGUP Partner: Humanity for Children
12 - Save a Girl™: Project #21
Tanzania, 2022, Health
Working with TGUP's new Tanzanian partner, Humanity for Children, 500 kits were distributed in 9 different locations, mostly to schools, but some to Maasai women in need. Education on the care and use of the kits as well as female biology and self-defense was included with each distribution.
- Project Cost $3000
TGUP Partner: Humanity for Children
13 - Save a Girl™ Center: Sewing Machines
Tanzania, 2023, Vocation
This project funded 2 sewing machines, 2 zig-zag machines, 1 serger, and 1 snap attachment tool for the new sewing center that we recently built in Loibor-Siret. The new machines will increase the sewing center’s production and allow for vocational training. The Maasai seamstresses also make school uniforms.
TGUP Partner: Humanity for Children
14 - Maasai Children: Deworming
Tanzania, 2023, Health
We provided deworming medication to 3,000 children in the Loibor-Siret region of Tanzania. Schistosomiasis, or “snail fever,” afflicts 250 million people annually, causing anemia, malnutrition, stunting, and impaired intellectual development. It comes from drinking infected freshwater and is common in areas with poor sanitation.
TGUP Partner: Humanity for Children
15 - Maasai Smoke-Free: Stoves: Phase 3
Tanzania, 2023, Health
40 smoke-reducing stoves were installed by trained Maasai women. Typically, this is the first and only paying job they will ever have. The stoves offer the recipients many benefits, including saving time fetching wood, removing over 90% of the smoke from the homes, and preventing illness due to smoke inhalation and burns.
TGUP Partner: Humanity for Children
16 - Stoves for Maasai Families: Stoves: Phase 4
Tanzania, 2023, Health
Traditionally, Maasai women cook with an open fire in an unventilated hut made of sticks and mud. This is not only dangerous but unhealthy. 25 children per 1,000 die before the age of 5 from lung problems. We funded 60 low-smoke ventilated stoves for Maasai homes. The stoves are insulated and the chimneys expel the smoke.
TGUP Partner: Humanity for Children
17 - Loibor-Siret Sewing Center: Serger
Tanzania, 2023, Vocation
The new sewing center in Loibor-Siret, Tanzania, had an old home quality serging machine but needed a professional serging machine to produce Save a Girl™ kits. This project funded a new machine so the center can be more productive and accurate in their sewing. They expect to produce and donate more than 2,000 kits in 2023.
TGUP Partner: Humanity for Children
18 - Health Clinic: Safe Birthing Kits
Tanzania, 2023, Health
Maasai women give birth in their homes often in unsanitary conditions. These kits were given free to pregnant women. The kits includes a plastic drape over which the birth takes place, razor and clamps for cutting the cord, antibiotics for cord stem and eyes, wash basin & soap, blankets, gloves & gowns for midwives and washcloths.
- Project Cost $1440
TGUP Partner: Humanity for Children
19 - Save a Girl™: Project #27
Tanzania, 2023, Health
This is the second year that the TGUP sewing center in Tanzania has been making kits. This year, they produced 1,694 kits and distributed them to 26 primary and secondary schools. TGUP recently purchased additional equipment so they can increase their capacity. They also make other items to sell in the local market.
TGUP Partner: Humanity for Children
20 - Maasai Smoke-Free: Stoves: Phase 5
Tanzania, 2023, Health
This project funded 30 smoke-reducing stoves for Maasai homes. The stoves are connected to a chimney to expel the smoke. Maasai women cook with an open fire in the middle of an unventilated hut made of sticks and mud. This is dangerous and extremely unhealthy. Many children die from lung problems due to inhaling the smoke.
TGUP Partner: Humanity for Children
21 - Oltepeleki classroom: Desks and Chairs
Tanzania, 2023, Education
Humanity for Children, TGUP's partner in Tanzania, just finished building a classroom for Oltepeleki School, near Loibor-Siret. A latrine and water catchment system were also added. The school now has a total of 2 classrooms. This project funded 35 desks and chairs. Prior to this, the children sat on branches on the dirt floor.
- Project Cost $1704
TGUP Partner: Humanity for Children
22 - Training: Traditional Birth Attendants
Tanzania, 2024, Health
This program provided funding for 120 Maasai Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA) to be trained in providing safe births. The multi-day sessions included training by a nurse/mid-wife educator. Each TBA was also given a safe birthing kit to bring home and is expected to attend at least 2 births per month in their villages.
- Project Cost $1320
TGUP Partner: Humanity for Children
23 - Garden Towers: Maasai Families
Tanzania, 2024, Nutrition
These 4-foot-tall mesh fabric cylinders are filled with soil and punched with holes a few inches apart into which seedlings are planted to produce a dense vertical garden. 120 vegetables and herbs can be grown — all in a diameter of just 3 feet. This project funded 40 garden towers for Maasai families in Tanzania.
- Project Cost $1200
TGUP Partner: Humanity for Children
24 - Maasai Stoves: Phase 6
Tanzania, 2024, Health
This project, funded by the First United Methodist Church in Palo Alto, CA, provided 60 smoke-reducing stoves for Maasai homes where women typically cook over an open fire in an unventilated hut made of sticks & mud. Many children die of lung problems due to inhaling the smoke. These new stoves remove more than 90% of the smoke.
- Project Cost $6480
TGUP Partner: Humanity for Children
25 - Loiborsiret Secondary School: Girls' Bunk Beds
Tanzania, 2024, Infrastructure
The Loiborsiret Secondary School girls' dormitory room had too few bunk beds, so many girls either slept on the cement floor or tripled up in one bed. This project funded 15 double decker bunk beds and 15 mattresses. Typically, the girls provide their own mattresses but many have been handed down from older siblings.
- Project Cost $3600
TGUP Partner: Humanity for Children
26 - Loiborsiret Secondary School: Boy's Bunk Beds
Tanzania, 2024, Education
The Loiborsiret Secondary School boys' dormitory had too few bunk beds, so only 10 of the 90 boys could sleep in a bed. The rest slept on mattresses on the floor. TGUP recently funded bunk beds for the girls and this project funded 15 double decker bunk beds, and new mattresses for those who needed them.
- Project Cost $3600
TGUP Partner: Humanity for Children
27 - Loiborsiret Secondary School: Science Lab Shelving
Tanzania, 2024, Education
The science lab at Loiborsiret Secondary School needed lockable cabinets for their chemicals, microscopes, and other supplies/equipment. Without secure cabinets, these items were vulnerable to theft, pranks, and unsupervised use. The school has the 360+ students and staff. This project funded new shelving with locking cabinets.
TGUP Partner: Humanity for Children
28 - Women's Work Center: Knitting Machines
Tanzania, 2024, Vocation
The ERIPARE Sewing Center in Loiborsiret currently produces Save a Girl™ kits. The seamstresses expanded their services to include making school uniforms – pants, skirts, shirts – but not the school-required sweaters. This project funded the knitting machines and training to make the sweaters at higher quality and lower price.
TGUP Partner: Humanity for Children
29 - Oloipiri Community: Water Filtration
Tanzania, 2025, Water
Women in the Oloipiri Subvillage used to walk 5 hours each day with their donkeys to fetch water. A hand-dug water hole has exposed a natural underground spring. This water is now pumped through a series of 2 tanks & chemically treated so it will be potable. Details of the system are in the link. TGUP funded 50% of the project.
TGUP Partner: Humanity for Children
30 - Loiborsiret Secondary School: Kitchen
Tanzania, 2025, Infrastructure
The Loiborsiret Secondary School has 400 students but the kitchen was just an open air shack. The conditions were dangerous and unsanitary, with livestock and rodents frequently interrupting the cooking. This project built a new secure kitchen with preparation areas and storage for food items.
TGUP Partner: Humanity for Children
31 - Permaculture Initiative: Water Catchment
Tanzania, 2025, Water
This Permaculture Initiative educates families on basic nutrition & teaches them skills to grow vegetables in a garden inside their boma “fences” (thorn bushes, tree branches, & other vegetation to keep out lions, hyenas, jackals, and other predators). This funded a water catchment system & 5,000-liter tank for the demo garden.
TGUP Partner: Humanity for Children
32 - Garden Towers: Maasai Boma Gardens
Tanzania, 2026, Nutrition
The garden towers are made in the Save a Girl™ sewing center. Maasai families gather to learn how to use the garden towers - 153 towers were donated. The 4'-tall towers are filled with soil & punched with holes into which seedlings are planted. 120 vegetables and herbs can be grown — all in a diameter of just 3 feet.
TGUP Partner: Humanity for Children
33 - Loiborsiret Secondary School: Garden
Tanzania, 2026, Nutrition
We built a 400 sq meter canopied fruit & nut tree nursery and demonstration garden next to Loibor-Siret Secondary School. The girl's dorm & bathing room produces grey water which is used for watering the garden. The garden will feed the 350 students and serve as a training center for the Maasai & other local schools.
TGUP Partner: Humanity for Children
34 - Oltotoi Maternity Clinic: Solar Power
Tanzania, 2026, Infrastructure
Oltotoi is a very remote maternity center constructed by TGUP’s partner in 2026 to serve the local Maasai population. It did not have any electricity, making nighttime births a challenge. The midwives used their cell phones for lights during deliveries. This project provided solar power so the entire clinic is well lit and safe.
