{"id":1030,"date":"2022-01-25T14:44:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T14:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/home\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2022-01-25T14:50:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T14:50:37","slug":"update-january-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/home\/update-january-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Update January 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1030\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-1030-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div style=\"padding: 0px 0; \" data-overlay=\"true\" data-overlay-color=\"#000000\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-1030-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-1030-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1030-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div style=\"text-align: left;\" data-title-color=\"#443f3f\" data-headings-color=\"#443f3f\" class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-1030-0-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>A massive thank you to all those who joined our events in 2021. Our two fundraising events were very successful and filled the gap in donations from other sources. Special thanks to our regular monthly donors \u2013 these make planning and committing funds much easier.<\/p>\n<p>We raised over \u00a32500 in total from the Sounds Familiar online music quiz in April and the Live Music Night in Lamberhurst in November!<\/p>\n<p>This enabled us to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">continue funding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/home\/projects\/helping-individuals-in-crisis\/#fadhila\">Fadhila<\/a> in Njombe School for the deaf and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/home\/projects\/helping-individuals-in-crisis\/#apendae\">Apendae<\/a> at Lindi Secondary<\/li>\n<li>send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/home\/projects\/shafii-a-new-opportunity-to-help\/#shafii\">Shafii<\/a> to Dar es Salaam on work experience at the Serena Hotel as an air-conditioning trainee<\/li>\n<li>repair and replace the roof of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/home\/projects\/helping-individuals-in-crisis\/#mariamu\">Mariamu\u2019s<\/a> dwelling which had been destroyed in a local storm<\/li>\n<li>send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/home\/projects\/helping-individuals-in-crisis\/#mariamu\">Mariam<\/a> to Dar es Salaam to start an internship with a hairdressing and beauty salon<\/li>\n<li>pay for national health insurance for all the children \u2013 this entitles them to treatment and prescriptions for a relatively low cost<\/li>\n<li>pay the annual allowances for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/home\/projects\/set-up-street-libraries\/\">street librarians<\/a><\/li>\n<li>buy 400 more books for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/home\/projects\/set-up-street-libraries\/\">street libraries<\/a> and we plan to open more when we are able to visit Tanzania again<\/li>\n<li>contribute to the costs of eye treatment and travel for the Mtandi blind unit children<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We continue to hold funds so that we can respond to other needs during 2022. In addition you can see on the <a href=\"https:\/\/register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk\/charity-search\/-\/charity-details\/5111960\/charity-overview\">Charity Commission website<\/a> that we hold restricted funds. These are held to fund growing costs of secondary education as the children grow older. Individual sponsors and their families pay this money annually. If you would like to contribute to this important aspect of Friends of Lindi this can be done through the website donation page:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1030-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div style=\"padding: 0px 0; \" data-overlay=\"true\" data-overlay-color=\"#000000\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-1030-1\" ><div id=\"pgc-1030-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1030-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div style=\"text-align: left;\" data-title-color=\"#443f3f\" data-headings-color=\"#443f3f\" class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-1030-1-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-button so-widget-sow-button-wire-26f9928d61ae-1030\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"ow-button-base ow-button-align-center\"\n>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.peoplesfundraising.com\/donation\/friends-of-lindi\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"sowb-button ow-icon-placement-left ow-button-hover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" \t>\n\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tOne off donation\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1030-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1030-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div style=\"text-align: left;\" data-title-color=\"#443f3f\" data-headings-color=\"#443f3f\" class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-1030-1-1-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-button so-widget-sow-button-wire-26f9928d61ae-1030\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"ow-button-base ow-button-align-center\"\n>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.peoplesfundraising.com\/donation\/directdebit\/create_input?websiteAddress=friends-of-lindi&#038;purchase.websiteAddress=friends-of-lindi&#038;purchase.context=donationPage\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"sowb-button ow-icon-placement-left ow-button-hover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" \t>\n\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tRegular donation\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1030-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div style=\"padding: 0px 0; \" data-overlay=\"true\" data-overlay-color=\"#000000\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-1030-2\" ><div id=\"pgc-1030-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1030-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div style=\"text-align: left;\" data-title-color=\"#443f3f\" data-headings-color=\"#443f3f\" class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-1030-2-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All best wishes for 2022<\/p>\n<p>Trustees of Friends of Lindi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A massive thank you to all those who joined our events in 2021. Our two fundraising events were very successful and filled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"post-templates\/post_nosidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adults","category-children"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Text-14-Manzi-1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9PoAY-gC","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1344,"url":"https:\/\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/home\/update-july-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":1030,"position":0},"title":"Update July 2025","author":"Steve Scorer","date":"29th July 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Dear Supporters A quick update halfway through the year on our work. As usual a big thank you to all those who support Friend of Lindi either by sponsoring students or by making regular donations which enable us to give grants and to sponsor vocational education. All projects in the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Uncategorised&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Uncategorised","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/home\/category\/uncategorised\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4-Smiley-boy-1.jpg?fit=540%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4-Smiley-boy-1.jpg?fit=540%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4-Smiley-boy-1.jpg?fit=540%2C960&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1093,"url":"https:\/\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/home\/update-january-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":1030,"position":1},"title":"Update January 2023","author":"Steve Scorer","date":"20th January 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"After nearly 3 years without being able to visit we finally arrived in Tanzania in November for a 4-week visit. Fundraising activities during and after lockdowns enabled us to send over money for our projects. A big thank you to all our supporters, whether one off donors or those who\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Adults&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Adults","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/home\/category\/adults\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Street-Library-2-1.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1263,"url":"https:\/\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/home\/update-january-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":1030,"position":2},"title":"Update January 2025","author":"Steve Scorer","date":"31st January 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Dear Supporters A big thank you on behalf of the individuals and groups we help to all those who have supported us in so many ways over the years. Friends of Lindi continues to operate in its own small way and Sue and Steve Scorer visited in November\/December 2024. I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Adults&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Adults","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/home\/category\/adults\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Nyango-beds-and-school-needs.jpg?fit=1200%2C901&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Nyango-beds-and-school-needs.jpg?fit=1200%2C901&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Nyango-beds-and-school-needs.jpg?fit=1200%2C901&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Nyango-beds-and-school-needs.jpg?fit=1200%2C901&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Nyango-beds-and-school-needs.jpg?fit=1200%2C901&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1156,"url":"https:\/\/www.friendsoflindi.org\/home\/update-jul-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":1030,"position":3},"title":"Update July 2023","author":"Steve Scorer","date":"30th August 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0Dear Supporters Friends of Lindi continue to support individuals when we can. Our USP is to help directly. All recipients are known to us or to our local partners. See below extracts from our Annual Report to Trustees and to the Charities Commission. 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