What follows is some extracts from the 2025/26 Annual Report produced by Familia Moja Itetemia, the Tanzanian charity that we fund.
The original report is in Swahili and has been translated using Microsoft CoPilot. This is an edited and reorganised extract of the report.
ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT
Client Care Services (Home-Based Care)
During the 2025–2026 period, a total of 47 households, comprising more than 145 family members, received home-based care services. During these home visits our team distributed food, carried out simple medical care such as wound dressing, and, where appropriate, delivered treatment for patients with chronic illnesses.
650 households were visited during the 2025–2026 period.
Free medical services were provided to up to 45 clients per month.
Clients were assisted in accessing healthcare services through transportation to health facilities, including taking them to the hospital, paying medical expenses, plus feeding them and their families while they were in the hospital.
30 clients received wound care and dressing services during home visits.
Housing assistance was provided to five clients based on their individual living conditions and needs.
In addition to home-based care services, there were schoolchildren who needed assistance because their parents or guardians were ill. Therefore, the project made a concerted effort to provide social support to students from vulnerable families. While school is free, pupils can only attend if they have school supplies including school uniforms and shoes, notebooks and textbooks, pens, and other educational materials. FMI provided 30 schoolchildren with these essential items, thus allowing them to go get an education.
Over and above the home-based services, the team also assisted two people requiring orthopaedic surgery. One patient underwent surgery on an arm injury after being severely cut with a machete, while another suffered a broken leg in a motorcycle accident and required surgery to repair the fracture.
The team also worked diligently on a project supporting patients with chronic illnesses by visiting them regularly and, when necessary, transporting them to health facilities for medical care and monitoring. Sadly, three patients passed away. It was heartbreaking to lose these individuals despite the project’s best efforts to save their lives.
Community Entrepreneurship And Environmental Projects (Agriculture)
In this year, several agricultural projects were undertaken, primarily aimed at women and their children.
Mama Ndugu has been setting up women’s groups aimed at empowering them to cultivate vegetable and fruit gardens for household sustenance and income generation. In particular they have been working to develop farming skills in the communities surrounding Kipalapala and Isukamahela. This helps the women to improve their economic circumstances and earn independent incomes.
In addition to supporting the women, we successfully provided agricultural training to at least 45 young people and women.
We also prepared 12 acres of farmland for maize cultivation and 6 hectares of land for rice cultivation during the 2025–2026 rainy season.
Rainwater Harvesting Ponds
Familia Moja currently has a total of 31 rainwater harvesting ponds within its operational area. [Most of these ponds – that were dug as part of the Familia Moja Project – are over 10 years old] These ponds have become a significant source of support for the surrounding communities.
An audit is currently being undertaken to assess just how effective these have been both to the people living around them, but also to the local wildlife and the surrounding ecosystems.
Two ponds are problematic and over the next year, FMI plans to fill the Isukamahela pond with water and also repair and rehabilitate the Mbaga pond.
Entrepreneurship Projects Supporting Members and the Organization
Entrepreneurship projects are being implemented to support the organization’s members (volunteer workers) and to help the organization become self-sustaining and financially independent.
Despite all the achievements listed above and the services provided by Familia Moja Itetemia, during 2025-2026 the members also gained experience in working collaboratively. The group also began developing self-reliance projects; for example, they started small-scale livestock farming projects.
We, the Familia Moja Tabora family, sincerely thank you for your dedication and continued support of this ministry. We also ask that you continue praying for us so that God may be glorified through this ministry.
Familia Moja Community Project 