The Sama Tata Foundation is a non-profit organization currently seeking 501c3 status that was founded by Mrs. Bineta Diop.  She came up with the idea of the Sama Tata  Foundation from a woman she knew in her childhood in Senegal named Mame Pende Sarr.  Mrs. Sarr often helped Bineta's family and their neighbors in time of need by giving food, money and clothing.  Bineta and her siblings were so inspired by Mrs. Sarr's benevolence and generocity, that they decided on their own to begin helping the Talibes, which is a common name given to boys who often study at Koranic schools known as daaras who become victims of begging.  This first attempt to assist the Talibes didn't go very far, however Bineta was still determined to make a difference.  The years went on; Bineta studied Political Science at Winthrop University, got married, had children, yet never forgot her wish to help the Talibes.  However, she was now more aware of child begging and child slavery issues around the world, therefore she

decided that in addition to her wish to help the Talibes, to also assist other children around the world who are living day by day as beggars and slaves.  This is how the Sama Tata Foundation first came to be, and this is what it is still striving to be: a social effort to make a difference in the lives of child beggars and slaves not only in Senegal but around the world.  Since 2010 Mrs. Diop and her team, including Vice President Jessica Buchelitner, her brother and President of Sama Tata Foundation Senegal Babacar Diop and his 10+, and President Danielle Swisher have worked to make the Sama Tata Foundation an official non-profit organization that provides humanitarian aid to child beggars and slaves, but also services and political advocacy to make sure that victims of child slavery, child begging, and Female Genital Mutilation transition from their previous, miserable state to a life filled with hope, education, access to proper health care and the safety and security to grow up and became active participants in their communities as adults.