# The Tumaini Fund (Scotland)

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC044613
- **Known as:** Tumaini Fund (Scotland)
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
- **Registered:** Jan. 28, 2014
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC044613


## Contact

- **Address:** 40 Baberton Crescent, Juniper Green, Edinburgh
- **Postcode:** EH14 5BP
- **Website:** http://tumainiscotland.org.uk/



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals&#x27;,&#x27;It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the prevention or relief of poverty&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of health&#x27;,&#x27;the saving of lives&#x27;

**What the charity does:** Tumaini Fund (Scotland) supports widows and orphans affected by HIV in the Kagera region of Northwest Tanzania, helping them move toward independent living. Its aims are to improve living standards, health, and education. prevent or relieve poverty. fund school uniforms, materials, and access to primary, secondary, and where possible tertiary education through support or loan schemes. We enable families to become self-sufficient through micro-enterprise initiatives. The charity also advances health and saves lives by funding medical treatment for widows and orphans with HIV and providing education and materials to prevent the spread ill health. This support is offered to people of all faiths or none, without prejudice. Funds are raised and awareness promoted in Scotland, and all money received is transferred directly to the designated Tumaini Fund Tanzania account for use in Kagera.

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;Other defined groups&#x27;

**Objectives:** The Trustees shall hold and apply the sum of £1 paid by us to them, and such other funds and assets as may from time to time be comprised in the Trust Property, in trust for the following purposes and with the aim of following the teachings of Jesus Christ and the Biblical imperative to care for widows and orphans. Its objective is: ( a) The prevention or relief of poverty among Aids widows and orphans living in the diocese of Kagera in North West Tanzania by providing or assisting in the provision of education, training, healthcare projects and all the necessary support designed to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and be self-sufficient. ( b) The advancement of education of Aids orphans in the Diocese of Kagera in North West Tanzania by way of providing funding for school fees, school uniforms and materials. ( c) The advancement of health and the saving of lives of Aids widows and orphans in the diocese of Kagera in North West Tanzania by providing funding to pay for the medical treatment and to provide education and materials to prevent the spread of endemic local diseases, for example, malaria.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** City of Edinburgh
- **Geographical spread:** Overseas only







