Inspiring Third-Party Fundraising Events

Explore our past fundraising events hosted by friends of TEMBO.

From virtual connections between students in Ottawa and Tanzania, to epic challenges like cycling 500 km and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, these events are changing lives. Join the movement, and see how your passion and creativity can help empower women and girls in Longido!

Glebe Collegiate

2024-2025

In fall 2024, Glebe Collegiate in Ottawa approached TEMBO to create a partnership with their SHSM (Specialist High Schools Major). Throughout the school year, students at Glebe Collegiate and girls in Longido met virtually to share stories about school and everyday life. Together, they enhanced their global understanding and compassion.

The Glebe students challenged themselves to raise funds to sponsor two girls in secondary school. Through awareness campaigns in the school, cafes, and sales of Christmas ornaments, they worked to address the challenges of educational equity in the developing world.

The team raised over CAD $1,300 to support 3 girls in secondary school!

Algoma U and the TEMBO 500

March 2024

On March 22nd, staff and students including the women’s soccer team at Algoma University (Sault Ste. Marie Ontario) hosted a TEMBO 500 Challenge. Together, they cycled 500 km on stationary bicycles at the university in support of women and girls in northern Tanzania. This one-day event raised more than $1,650 for girls’ academic support programs offered by TEMBO in Longido, Tanzania.

“We believe deeply in the transformative power of education and are biking to support the next 500 girls in Northern Tanzania on their school journeys!”

Climbing Kilimanjaro

January 2024

In January 2024 Emma Oremus embarked on an adventure she had dreamed of for a long, long time: climbing Africa’s tallest heights of Mount Kilimanjaro!

Thanks to Emma’s dream, her sense of adventure and hard work, she raised more than CAD $1,250 for the women and girls in Longido, District.

Before the climb: “Hiking has always been a source of empowerment and connection to the world around me, and I know that this giant journey will bring more of that into my life than I can even imagine. As a visitor to Tanzania’s land, I feel a responsibility to give back to the women and girls who call this region home. In conjunction with my trek, I am raising money and awareness for Project TEMBO, a nonprofit that provides sponsorship for girls’ educational opportunities and micro-business opportunities for women living in Longido District, which gazes upon Kilimanjaro’s beauty each day.“

After the climb: “Tanzania and Kilimanjaro were absolutely amazing- so impactful and beautiful- and the journey up was breathtaking (literally and figuratively). I am hopeful to visit this part of the world again someday. We reached the summit!!! Uhuru peak was an absolute dream come true and to see a bit of the world from so high up was like nothing else.”

Out of the Woods

Like most golfers, Stewart McKechnie realized that he had far too many golf balls gathering dust in his garage. The solution?

He hatched a plan to sell the golf balls and donate the proceeds to TEMBO.

He regularly canvasses his golf buddies who give him all their unwanted balls. Then he washes and sorts the balls, packaging them in egg containers. By advertising his reasonably priced used balls on Kijiji, he has successfully raised hundreds of dollars each year to support TEMBO’s programs.

Nancy Arbogast

Chair, Fundraising Committee