Stouffville Igoma Partnership

The Stouffville Igoma Partnership is a humanitarian effort providing opportunities for people, service clubs, churches, schools and businesses to participate with a needy developing country in a meaningful way.

Vision – To see a healthy, self-sustaining community of people inIgoma, Tanzania.

Mission - To actively engage the community of Stouffville to partner with the town of Igoma, Tanzania to elevate their quality of life through health and education.

Values –

1. We value the people of Igoma as we do our community of Stouffville.
2. We value accountability to our donors, supporters and each other.
3. We value working with integrity and honesty.
4. We are committed to excellence in all we do.

Goals-

1.  To support the ‘I Care” sponsorship program.
2.  To provide educational opportunities for all people of Igoma at various stages of life.
3.  To make quality health care available to all residence of Igoma.
4.  To provide access to clean, potable water.
5.  To provide meaningful volunteer opportunities for the residents of Stouffville

Strategies and Success-

• Identify areas of interest & support capability within the community
• Initiate visible initiatives that would support the long term objectives
• Increase the health care capacity of the Igoma clinic through:

1. 1.  Providing medical equipment and supplies
2. 2.  Providing Mother Child Infant Care
3. 3.  Providing basic hygiene instruction
4. 4.  Recruiting professional volunteers
5. 5.  The support for, or the provision of training, for medical assistants

• Sustain a secondary school assistance program, providing funds for at least five new and deserving students to attend per year (up to four years per student). NOTE: The objective in 2008 was 5 students, but through sponsor support we are able to fully support 20 students in the first year.  We have been able to increase this number to a total of 75 students in 2012
• Increase the number of vocationally trained individuals in Igoma through:

 

1. 1.  Providing scholarships that include tuition and room & board
2. 2.  Providing equipment needed for vocational training
3. 3.  Vocational training volunteers
4. 4.  Equipment and supplies for vocations and agricultural needs

• Develop relationships
• Encourage local primary and secondary schools to raise money for the purchase of  learning aids (notebooks, pencils, pens, etc.)
• Develop pen pal relationships among students
• Encourage work team participation for specific projects in Igoma