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PROJECTS
Gloryland School was set up in 2010 and provides education to 42 students aged from 3 to 7 years old. The school, set up by teacher Asnath gives the children a grasp of english, mathematics, kiswahili, science and art to set them up for attending primary school.
Gloryland takes in children whether they can afford to pay school fees or not. For this reason and because the cost of fees is very low, the school has very little money to buy materials, equipment or to decorate the school.
Volunteer Opportunities: Volunteers can go to Gloryland Monday - Friday 9am - 1pm and help with the following things: - Teaching English, Maths, Science, Health and Arts
- Coordinating play and sports activities
- Helping with cooking, feeding and cleaning
- Assisting with small building/refurbishing projects
Fundraising is needed to help with supply the following things to the school - Notebooks
- Pencils
- Craft supplies
- Paints
- Paper
- Sports equipment
- Chalk
- Uniforms for some students
- Educationonal posters to decorate the walls
- Kitchen
Future Plans:- We are currently raising money to build a fence at the front of the school. There is a busy road outside and for safety a fence is needed
- We would like to create a food program so that the kids can receive 2 full meals a day
- The school is renting the current property, but it has its own land which we would like to raise money to start builing a permanent school on
Meru View Day School was created by Baba Juma who lives and works at the centre located in a village called Tengeru just outside Arusha. Baba Juma saw the need for change with the accumulation of children who didn't attend the school and would spend their days unattended and bored.
The idea was to create a school where these children could gain a chance for a better future.This idea was met with support from his friends, family, and community and the result of this is a lovely three room school house where children ages three to seven year olds can come and begin their learning experience. All of the lessons and most of the instructions are taught in English. This English based curriculum was a courageous move by Baba Juma because traditionally in Tanzania English is not introduced until secondary school. Introducing these children to English earlier in their learning careers allows them a better chance to excel rather than fall behind as they progress in their education level.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Volunteers can go to Meru View Monday to Friday 9am - 1pm to help with the following things:
- Teaching English, Maths, Arts and Personal Development
- Coordinating play activities that help them to learn key skills
- Establishing creative arts programs
- Help with lunchtime feeding and cleaning
There are regular building/construction opportunities as well.
In the future we would also like to run village education programs and other health programs with the kids at the school.
Recent Developments:
Volunteers spend a great deal of time teaching the children and helping those who need extra attention. They have also created sports days and competitions with other local children in the community.
Along with the work they are doing in the classroom, volunteers have recently done a range of renovations at the project thanks to generous donations. The volunteers have: - Knocked down the old kitchen and rebuilt a new, properly functioning kitchen to provide good quality and healthy meals for the kids
- Cleaned and painted the playground
- Cleaned, tiled and painted the toilets to make them sanitary and usable
- Cleaned and painted parts of the existing classrooms
- Built and painted a fence around the playground
- Built a chicken and goat pen
- Bought 2 milking goats
- Created a food program so the children now get porridge when they arrive at school and lunch before they go home. This may be the only food the kids eat all day
Future Plans: Volunteers are always needed for teaching and developing new programs at the school and in the local community.
We are looking to build more classrooms and provide a higher level of education at the school and we would also like to create a community centre to provide services to needy children in the local area.
We'd like to increase and develop the food program to potentially feed other needy children in the community as well. |
The St Dymphna Special Needs Centre is a learning centre for children and young adults with special needs, ranging from Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, dyslexia, slow development and intellectual impairments. The ages range from 3 years to 22 years. Established in 2002 by Mary Kaswende, St Dymphna sits under the shadow of Mt. Meru in the peaceful yet accessible area of Kwa Iddi. Recent studies show that only 8% of children with special needs have access to education, but the most shocking fact is that the majority of these children are being subjected to abuse, abandonment, and increasingly death at the hands of their own parents or communities. For all its beauty Tanzania still suffers from a devastating shortage of people who understand or are prepared to care for these children. St Dymphna Special School, Arusha, is one of the few places which truly appreciate the potential of these children, and their rights to a better quality of life. They work hard to provide an environment in which these children feel safe and loved. They offer education and help them to learn the skills for self-care and self-employment. They work with families to provide support and promote understanding. The school never stops striving to: Raise public awareness of the care and education available to people with Special Needs Promote a culture of acceptance and social responsibility towards people with Special Needs Encourage the integration of people with Special Needs in the community through awareness, acceptance, education and employment Enable people with Special Needs to function independently within their communities Assist children and families through the needs assessment and identification in order to create and implement an educational plan Provide and foster and atmosphere that will lead to confidence and independence in mobility, self care and employment
About the Project Director: Mary Kaswende has worked for many years a primary school teacher and teacher trainer in the field of Special Education. She was inspired to open the school after recognising the need not only to appreciate and develop the potential of children with special educational needs, but also to raise awareness of this potential in the local community. Mary specialises in intellectual impairment and autism in Tanzania and Kenya.
Volunteer Opportunities: Volunteers can go to St Dymphna's Monday to Friday 9am - 4pm to help with the following things:
- Teaching disabled or intellectually impaired children ranging from 3-22yrs
- General painting and cleaning around the centre
- Construction work
- Teaching vocational training skills to the older students such as tailoring, jewellery making, batiks and computer skills
- Organising sports activities
- Assisting with home visits
Current Developments: Volunteers from Ujamaa Hostel have been involved in construction works at the centre, painting and plastering and putting doors and windows into classrooms as well as improving the playground area for the children. HOW YOU CAN HELP: The Dymphna Special Needs Centre is currently trying to raise funds for the following: - Water catchment system including guttering and large poly tanks
- Improving the playground area
- Improved teaching resources for the centre
- Completing the current building projects including the second storey workshop seminar hall and head mistresses office and 3 storage rooms
- To finish the building of the toilet facilities
- A new larger car to pick up the children to bring them to school each day
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Cradle of Love is a home for babies and toddlers who have been abandoned or whose parents have died. They provide 24hr care and love for up to 40 children aged 1 week - 3 years. Cradle of Love is intended as a short-term care facility, usually for not more than 2 years. Any relative, who is willing and able to take over care of a child after it has been weaned and able to eat solid food, is encouraged to do so. Families of babies are encouraged to visit them regularly. If there is no one to care for a child, they work with the Ministry of Social Affairs to find a permanent family for the child with either a Tanzanian Family or an Ex-pat family permanently living in Tanzania.
All administrative staff are volunteers. The only paid workers are the Tanzanian mamas and housekeepers who provide 24hr feeding and care for the children.
Cradle of Love was established by Davona Church, an American woman who lives on site. It is privately funded through donations from within Tanzania as well as from around the world.
About The Project Director: Davona Church, married to Max Church with seven children of her own, moved to Tanzania around 2002 after creating a baby home in Malawi. Her husband and children who were still living at home were very support of her idea to create a new baby home in Tanzania. They all enjoyed having some of the early infants stay with them while the Home was constructed. They moved into the Home on December 8th 2005 and have been caring for babies and toddlers ever since.
Volunteer Opportunities Volunteers can go to Cradle of Love 7 days a week from 8am - 2pm to help with the following things:
- Play with the children
- Help feed the children
- Provide one on one attention and care to the children
- General administrative duties
- Organising sports activities
Current Developments: Cradle of Love is very well established and runs effectively. They have good, strong funding and generally don't need a lot in the way of development. What they really need it hands on help with the kids each day to make sure they are growing and developing. |
Ujamaa Hostel is very excited to have opened our own project! We have 5 amazing children, however our goal is have at least 12 children to expand further in the future.  Ujamaa Children's Home provides long term care for orphaned children in Arusha, Tanzania. Our goal is to raise these beautiful children in a safe and loving family environment and to give them the best possible opportunities for their future. These children are not just another number or any other child in an orphanage, these children are the future of Tanzania and we believe that after enduring the hardships of being orphaned they deserve the very best home and a chance live happy and fulfilled lives as adults.We will see them through their Primary and Secondary Education and then help them with further study and support them as they make their way out into the world as adults. A family doesn't stop supporting a child just because they turn 16 and neither will we! This home is a long term commitment and we are excited and dedicated to see these children grow into the exceptional adults we know they have the potential to become.Like any family, we will stand by each other through life!
The Ujamaa Children's Home runs on the support of Sponsors and Donors as well as with the help of Volunteers. We are different from other organisations because we have absolutely no administrative costs.Our Directors and Board Members all work for the home on a volunteer basis and therefore we can guarantee that every cent donated goes directly to the home. The only paid staff we have are the Tanzanians who work at the home on a daily basis, all other funds go to support the children. Volunteer Opportunities: Volunteers can go to Ujamaa Children's Home Monday to Friday 2.30pm - 5.30pm and Saturdays 10am - 4pm to help with the following things:
- Basic English, Maths, Arts and Crafts classes
- Play games
- Cooking Classes
- Reading and comprehension
- Helping the kids with their school work
- Basic computer skill
- Helping the children learn to touch type
- Health Education
Even though there are only 5 children at the centre - they LOVE having volunteers come to visit them. It's a fun and safe place where you can make a strong connection with a small number of kids and stay in contact with them throughout their lives! Needs for the Home: Ujamaa Children's Home is raising money to get all the basic needs of the kids covered and to pay for school fees. We are currently renting a house for the kids to live in but our aim is to buy land and build a home. We need to raise a large sum of money to do this and any help would be greatly appreciated! There are more details about the needs for the centre on our "Links & Wishlists" page. |
Medical Placements We do not directly manage Medical Placements ourselves, however we have had many medical practitioners staying at the hostel during their placements. If you are interested in Medical Volunteering we recommend you contact the following people: Dr Kway at St Elizabeth's Hospital: seha@habari.co.tz Dr Patalia at the Shree Hindu Union Charitable Health Centre: daktarip@hotmail.com Ujamaa Hostel is always adding new projects... so if can't find what you're looking for here, send us an email and we'll do our best to find the right project for you! |
Ujamaa Hostel also supports the following projects: Umoja was founded by two English women - Caroline Goody and Emma Wagner, (who continue to work with the charity both here and fundraising in England and Australia). Having both spent a lot of time in Arusha, they became aware of the pressing need to provide proper training and skills to young adults who are unable to attend school - giving them a chance to support themselves in the future, instead of moving into lives of poverty or crime. The Umoja Centre was established in January 2009 and aims to provide educational mentoring and support to underprivileged youths aged between 14 and 26. The program is completely free for the students and the centre is funded by international donations and sponsorships.
Why the centre is needed:
In Arusha, unemployment is extremely high, with rural people moving into the city in search of jobs in tourism and industry. Many of the industries based in Arusha, such as the mining of Tanzanite and safari tourism, employ the wealthier, more educated Tanzanians, or foreigners in preference to the rural immigrants. Unemployment accelerates poverty and increases crime. Lack of education leads to limited options in terms of employment and is often coupled with a lack of awareness of issues such as HIV/Aids. Young people inTanzania frequently lack the funding, opportunities and knowledge to change their lives for the better. Due to the lack of support, facilities for study and family constraints many children leave school either before reaching, or in the first few years of, Secondary School. Volunteer Opportunities:
The Umoja Centre warmly welcomes enthusiastic volunteers, please contact Caroline Goody for more information:
Ujamaa Hostel proudly sponsors Jadilina (pictured below) a student from the Umoja Centre. Jadilina completed her first year of studies at the Umoja Centre and through the help of the centre she has now been accepted to return to High School and complete her Secondary Education. We will continue to support her through these studies. Congratulations Jadilina!  Faraja was established in 2007 and is a training centre for young women aged15-20yrs where they can learn viable skills to help them support themselves in the future. Many of the women have been abandoned by their families, left by their husbands or had been sold into the slave trade as a child. At the centre they are provided with a full year of training in sewing, tailoring, cookery, health & nutrition, handcrafts,embroidering, weaving, knitting and computer skills. They are also provided with accommodation and food on site for the duration of their stay. The cost of this program per girl is the equivalent of US$500 for their education, food and accommodation for the year. Some of the girls are sponsored by international organisations such as 'Compassion',others are in need of help. Recent Developments made by Ujamaa Hostel volunteers: - Volunteers set up a Computer Classroom and have developed a syllabus to teach the women to use computers. This program will continue throughout the year.
- Volunteers created a Basic and Advanced English course for the students
- Volunteers ran health courses and personal development courses with women
- A Kindy has been built for the children of women who study at the centre. The room has been clean and painted and toys, tables, books etc have been provided for the kids.
- A second children's playroom was created to cater for the younger children at the centre
- Through funds raised "Welcome Packs" were given to all the women at the centre which included items such as a blanket, a mosquito net etc
Ujamaa Hostel is not currently providing volunteers to Faraja, however we continue to support their efforts. If you are interested in volunteering with them, we suggest you contact them directly. |
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