The Tanzanian Education Foundation is a non-profit organization formed in 2006 by Nicole Miller and Erica Oblinger along with local attorney Jay P. Cone of Charleston, SC. 

In October of that year, Nicole and Erica traveled to the village of Tengeru in Arusha, Tanzania to volunteer as teachers in local, poverty-stricken schools there. Over the month that they were there, they formed a deep appreciation for the African culture and absolutely fell in love with the children. Over and over, they ran into cases of incredibly poor children with great attitudes towards life and an irresistible urge to learn. It seemed that the only thing holding them back was a lack of money and resources. 

Back in America, Nicole and Erica could not shake the desire to continue helping these children in some way. Out of that altruistic urge, grew what is now the Tanzanian Education Foundation. Our organization is based on the belief that an offer of help and hope will affect the future of these children.  We  believe that through education, academic as well as cultural, they will be able to rise above the obstacles set in front of them and lead themselves and their own children out of the never ending cycle of poverty and death that now afflicts this region of the world. 

We believe that, by starting small, we can plant the seeds of education and awareness which will hopefully flourish into a brighter future for such a wonderful and beautiful people who might not otherwise ever get that chance.