Make a difference

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THERE ARE PLENTY OF WAYS TO CHANGE THE WORLD.

From donating to volunteering to making little changes to your daily routine - there are many ways that you can help make the world a fairer place.

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  1. DONATE

Our work in Tanzania has many facets. But we always go to great lengths to ensure that our money achieves maximum impact.  

The following policies have been developed through sometimes hard experience since our Chairman began working in Tanzania in 2010:

  • We run a lean operation with just one employee and a small office in Mambo village.  We also have a car for traversing the mountains in the Usambara.

  • Wherever possible, we work in combination with communities, not for communities. Our motto is ‘Pamoja Tunaweza” - ‘ Together we can”. We take the attitude if a project is worth supporting, it will be initiated and managed by the community. Thus, the responsibility for success remains largely with the local community. 

     

  • There are projects that are lacking funding only and need to be financed. In these cases, the need for a community contribution does not apply. For example, we support local health centers with equipment which is purchased in Dar es Salaam and shipped to the clinic. And, we support HIV children by paying their health insurance premiums to ensure their treatment without delay. And, we have a nourishment programme for malnourished children - currently approximately fifty children under the age of five are supported. Apart from community health staff playing a critical role in the nourishment programme, none of the above projects require a community contribution. The missing item for all these programs is the result of poverty - a lack of money. 

     

  • We believe in paying all participants in a project directly. Thus, we pay tradesman’s assistants directly, not through the boss. We pay suppliers of all inputs directly. We do not believe in paying third parties and do not wish to tempt people. This ensures the best possible outcome for dollar impact. 

     

  • With Henrish’s experience and diligence, we avoid paying excessive prices for labour and goods. 

     

  • We request an electronic tax invoice for all goods purchased - thus ensuring transparency and hopefully fairness. 

Here is a list of equipment that we fulfill on a needs basis for health clinics. It should be noted that most health clinics are very poorly equipped.

$AUS 1  is equivalent to approximately TZS 1,600

  • Delivery bed 820,000/-

  • Delivery kit 215,000/-

  • Resting bed 320,000/-

  • Examination bed 295,000/-

  • Blood Pressure monitor 75,000/-

  • Sterilizer (gas) 680,000/-

  • Sterilizer (electric) 590,000/-

  • Glucose monitor 35,000/-

  • Adult scale 65,000/-

  • Child scale (hanging) 65,000/-

  • Baby scale 165,000/-

  • Examination gloves (box)  16,000/-

  • Bed sheet 27,000/-

  • Blanket 38,000/-

  • Suction machine 765,000/-

  • Vacuum machine  125,000/-

  • Mattress 115,000/-

  • Glucose Strips (box)  27,000/-

  • Drum 65,000/-

  • Fridge (for blood storage) 3,875,000/-

  • Resuscitation machine  85,000/-

  • Oxygen cylinder and mask 65,000/-

  • Wheel chair 285,000/-

  • Forceps 7,500/-

  • Stretcher 195,000/-

  • Foetuscope 9,500/-

  • Mosquito net 7,500/-

For HIV positive children, national health insurance ensuring coverage of care and medication is just 50,000/- per year. These children typically come from single parent homes and life can be desperate. Either the mother has died in which case the grandmother is the main carer. Or, the father has left and the mother typically works as a day labourer earning perhaps $2 per day.

Other projects that can be costed include:

  • Toilets for schools

  • Hand-washing units at the toilets in schools

  • Water supply to villages

  • Supporting malnourished children as part of our Afya ya Mtoto (Healthy Child) project

  • Supplying soccer and handballs to schools

  • Renovation of school classrooms

  • Installing solar systems in health clinics where electricity is either absent or unreliable.

We are happy to answer all enquiries in detail should you request. Please just get in touch.

Donate directly to Fair World Foundation or to one of the following worthy organizations:

There are many other very worthy organizations that would be worthy of your support.

2. Change your habits

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There are many ways we can help create a fairer, safer world for humans and animals that don't involve donating money. Each day, we make thousands of choices. By being more conscious about these choices and making small changes in our behaviour and habits, we can make a huge difference. Here are some actions - mostly small - that can help change the world:

LIVE SUSTAINABLY

  • Give a crap
    Buy 100% recycled toilet paper from your supermarket, but preferably directly from Who Gives a Crap, a company dedicated to reducing the number of people in the world (2.3 billion) who don't have access to a toilet.

  • Recycle, recycle, recycle
    Phones, computers, batteries, spectacles, books, ink cartridges, clothing etc.

  • Use reusable cups
    Say no to polystyrene coffee cups. Instead, carry your own reusable cup to reduce landfill. Or, at the very least, say "no thanks" to a lid.

  • Turn it down
    Put on a jumper and turn down your thermostat down by one degree or - if you are outrageously brave - two degrees. You'll save the environment and dollars.

  • Turn it off
    Save energy by using a power board and turning off your computer and TV at the switch rather than using standby mode.

  • Switch over
    Switch your electricity supplier to Powershop and support Oxfam at the same time.

  • Say no to plastic
    Wherever possible, refuse plastic bags when shopping as these can take up to 500 years to decay in a landfill. Instead, buy and use a reusable shopping bag.

  • Harness the sun
    Install solar panels in your home and save money and the planet at the same time.

  • Eat your Greens and don’t Waste your Food
    The rich world wastes appoximately one third of all edible food, whilst the poor world has too little to eat. More people die of hunger each year than of COVID 19. Be more food mindful, do not waste it, save money and donate it.

  • Say no to fast fashion
    It takes 7,600 litres of water to make a pair of jeans. Refrain from buying any new clothes for a year. If you really need something, buy at an op shop and help those in need.

DONATE YOURSELF

SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY

  • Go shopping
    Acknowledge the wonderful volunteers in your local op shop by shopping there and paying more than they ask for!

  • Shop local
    Support your local community by shopping locally.

  • Be nice
    Acknowledge good service with a smile and a thank you.

FIGHT INEQUALITY

  • Support the disadvantaged
    Buy a copy of The Big Issue and support the disadvantaged or visit Share The Dignity for ideas on how to help homeless women.

  • Give your time
    Do something for nothing. Make a difference and meet people by volunteering. Find out about available opportunities at Volunteering Australia.

  • Reduce poverty
    Support the social enterprise Thank You (who work hard to reduce world poverty) by buying their body care and baby products.

  • Help disadvantaged communities
    Donate to Soap Aid improve hygiene practices in disadvantaged communities whilst also contributing to a reduction in environmental degradation.

  • Go visiting
    Take a house-bound person out for a cuppa, a visit, a drive etc...anywhere 'out'.

  • Donate money
    Save money and support Oxfam.

STOP ANIMAL CRUELTY

 

If you have any other ideas about making the world a fairer place, please get in touch and share them with us. We’d be delighted to receive your thoughts.

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“Be the change you want to see in the world.”
— MAHATMA GHANDI