With your support, we have raised enough money to send 3 Tanzanian nurses to the University of Botswana FNP program
Meet our NEW FNP students
Fortunata Wappy RN
“I want to keep families healthy”
Fortunata is a rural nurse who will return to Tanzania and use her FNP degree to deliver supportive and preventative services to hundreds of families with limited access to healthcare.
Jumanne Kapaya RN
“I want to bring healthcare close to home”
Every day, Jumanne sees people travel long distances for care. This opportunity gives him the chance study as a FNP so he can bring quality healthcare closer to home for the families he serves
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Andrew Mlingaa RN
“I want to educate other nurses”
Andrew is a nursing instructor at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University (KCMC). He will earn his Master’s degree and dreams of strengthening healthcare by teaching other nurses what he learns.
Why Nurse Practitioner Education is Important.
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The Problem
Sub-Saharan Africa faces a severe shortage of healthcare providers, especially in rural communities. Nurse Practitioners are critical to bridging this gap — They offer
- Essential Primary care
- Maternal and child health services
- Chronic disease management,
- Care of rural and underserved communities.
- Prescriptive ability and minor surgical care
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Our Solution
We are partnering with the University of Botswana to provide Family Nurse Practitioner education for exceptional nurses from across Tanzania.
Meet Joseph, a Family Nurse Practitioner with a Master’s degree from the University of Botswana — a program we proudly helped fund. He’s dedicated to serving his rural community in Tanzania, but to truly improve health outcomes, we need many more well-educated nurses like him.
Each nurse trained will go on to serve thousands of people in their communities. Every Nurse Practitioner, transforms not just one life — but entire communities.
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Impact
Your gift provides:
- All tuition
- Academic fees
- Travel
- Housing
- Living expenses
- Clinical resources
- Mentorship
$20,000 fully funds ONE nurse’s entire 2 years of Nurse Practitioner Education
