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TIFIE TO PIONEER AGRICULTURE PROGRAM IN CONGO (DUMI PLATEAU, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO – March 20, 2012) TIFIE Humanitarian, a Utah-based international charity, has received a grant from DAI (Development Alternatives, Inc.) and USAID to promote an extensive seed-to-market agriculture program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The $39,000 grant to TIFIE [...]
In our first charity golf tournament, TIFIE was grateful to raise over $50,000 this past Monday, thanks to our friends over at Knox Capital. Over 130 golfers spent a beautiful day at the Thanksgiving Point Golf Course, raising dollars specifically for a Light A Village project in the Bwe Village of Congo. The Light A [...]
TIFIE Humanitarian’s efforts at providing employment and sustenance through agriculture are based on the complex growth and production cycle of cassava. Cassava is not a plant that many westerners are familiar with. Although it is native to Brazil, more cassava is grown in Africa than in any other region of the world. It is a [...]
As an organization TIFIE strives to help individuals grow and become independent, and then help others around them to do the same. The youth at TIFIE’s orphanage in the Congo are an excellent example of this goal and its accomplishment. These children came to the orphanage after years of living in fear and uncertainty, not [...]
Training for FCP Jamaa Construction, the construction business arm of TIFIE in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been invited to train the members of the German NGO known as the Fund for the Consolidation of Peace (FCP). FCP is preparing to build or rehabilitate 2 large schools, 4 administration offices, and 4 large latrines, [...]
The recent devastation in Japan left thousands of people homeless, and forced many of them to evacuate to different cities and islands. In this environment of confusion and upheaval, many relief groups and organizations have teamed up citizens and businesses to provide for the basic needs of these newly created refugees, including TIFIE Humanitarian. [...]