VISIT TULEE YATIMA TANZANIA ORPHANAGE

YES alumni from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania partnered with the Natalia Foundation to organize a day-long community project at the Tulee Yatima Tanzania Orphanage (TUYATA). The Natalia Foundation is a nonprofit organization that raises funds from community members and local organizations to support local orphanages.

Although orphanage visits are common in Tanzania, the alumni wanted their project to stand out by actively participating in the orphans’ day to day life and assisting the staff. The alumni started off the day by helping the kids do their daily chores. The group cleaned the living quarters, swept the playground, and removed and properly disposed of garbage. Upon completion of the cleaning activities, the alumni invited the children to participate in reading exercises. The children were encouraged to read their favorite story book and where assisted by alumni whenever necessary. The goal of the reading exercise was to start developing a love of reading in the children. The alumni believe that reading is a great and affordable way for children to expand their imagination and vocabulary.

The alumni found this experience to be very rewarding. At the end of the day, they brought out a birthday cake for a symbolic celebration of the birthdays of the kids who don’t know their exact date of birth. This was a very successful project for the alumni, the staff and the children and the orphanage. Children appreciated the opportunity to spend the day with the alumni and got to ask them a lot of questions about the YES program and how they can participate as well.

 The alumni have already begun thinking about their next visit to the orphanage. One idea is to raise funds to support the orphanage. The woman in charge of the orphanage mentioned to the alumni that one of her challenges is finding funds to cover the children’s school fees. The alumni are hoping to help with this issue the next time they visit. They are also hoping to visit the Makumbusho Village or Bagamoyo to visit with the children there.

Address: Kaliwa, Dar es Salaam

Phone: 0784 757 512

kigamboni community center (kcc)

 kcc ni kituo kinacholea watoto Yatima na watoto waishio kwenye mazingira magumu
nilipata bahati ya kutembelea,wengi wao ni vijana wadogo wanaohitaji msaada sio tu wa kifedha hata kimawazo pia

kusaidia watoto yatima sio lazima uwe na kitu kikubwa sana,kuna baadhi ya watoto yatima huvaa nguo moja tu mwaka mzima unaweza wapa hao watoto kama una nguo imekuruka badala
ya kuitupa shimon,Nenda kaitupe kwa hawa Watoto yatima ambao wapo vituo mbali mbali.Kwao itakuwa kama sikukuu na ni mpya tena sana.
Yatima wanahitaji sio tu hzo nguo wanahitaji pia
 chakula,
 sehemu ya kulala,
  elimu,
huduma za ziada kama Hospital n.k.

Ngoja niwape siri,Kusaidia watoto yatima ni sehem ya uwekezaji pia hakuna ajuaye kesho yake.Mungu hawezi kukuacha hata siku moja tena atakuheshim sana kuwa miongoni mwa watu wachache wenye upendo

ningependa kutafakari nawew hili neno la Mungu kutoka katika kitabu cha MATHAYO MTAKATIFU 25:34-40
"kisha mfalme atawaambia wale walioko mkono wake wa kuume,Njoni,mliobarikiwa na Baba yangu,urithini ufalme mliowekewa tayari tangu kuumbwa ulimwengu
kwa maana nalikuwa na njaa mkanipa chakula,nalikuwa na kiu mkaninywesha,nalikuwa mgeni mkanikaribisha,nalikuwa uchi mkanivika nalikuwa mgonjwa mkaja kunitazama
Ndipo wenye haki watakapo mjibu wakisema  ,Bwana ni lini tulipokuona una njaa tukakulisha au kiu tukakunywesha?
Na mfalme atajibu ,akiwaambia,Amin ,nawaambia,kadiri mlivyomtendea mmojawapo wa hao ndugu zangu walio wadogo,mlinitendea mimi"

Ubarikiwe sana na Roho wa Mungu akuongoze baada ya kusoma makala hii, aufanye moyo wako kuwa mwepesi na kuona umuhimu wa kuwasaidia hawa ndugu zetu Yatima
sio lazima usaidie KCC vituo viko vingi sana Tanzania hata nje ya Tanzania.hicho ulicho nacho usione ni kidogo ni kikubwa sana kwa Wahitaji we peleka tu chochote na Mungu atafanya kitu juu ya Maisha yako

kwa KCC kituo kipo Kigamboni karibu na Mikadi beach au unaweza wasiliana na wakuu wa kituo kama utapata nafasi ya kuwatembelea

contact:0753 226 662
        0788 48 26 84
        0713 747 602 katibu kcc 

Tuleeni Orphans

Tuleeni Orphans Home was emanated from Mama Faraji’s own background as an orphan. “Tuleeni” is a voice from helpless children calling for help to be brought up just like other children who have lost one or both of their parents. The Word Tuleeni is Swahili word which Means ‘please care for us’. Every child needs care, love, peace, to be respected, education, and all daily social basic requirements including food, shelter and clothes.

Tuleeni believes in the caring of not only those who do not have parents but also the very needy ones who for one reason or another have missed the care of their parents. It is a family of a mother of many “care for us” from all over the country.

Mama Faraji (Executive Director and Owner of Tuleeni) was staying with the Orphans since 2001 in her home but later on 2006 she decide to start an Orphanage after observing that the number of Orphans in her street increase so the possible way to help them is to keep them in the same area and make them live as a family. The reason pushes her to establish the Orphanage was to reduce the problems left to the children who are Orphans after the death of their parents.

In the beginning the center was having 16 children where most of them were in primary school, later on the number of Orphans in the center increase from 16 – 48 then now 100 which is currently number of children in the Orphanage. Many of the children at Tuleeni Orphans Home are studying in different schools here in Moshi, where some are Pre-primary school and others are in secondary school.

The orphanage started formally in 2001 at Mama Faraji’s humble residence with nine orphans. The number of orphans increased dramatically to eighteen orphans and in 2006 Mama Faraji rented a place for the growing number of orphans. Despite the troubled background of the children, they are happy and appreciative of all they have been given.

Their joy is nothing short of humbling. They are eager to learn and make the most of what they get. The orphanage was formally registered as an NGO in 2009 through the NGO registration act of 2002 of United Republic of Tanzania (URT). It is a Non-profit, non- religious, non-political NGO with registration number 00NGO/00003265. It is therefore an independent Ngo with its own mission, mandate, constituency and accountability to both the people it works with, save and those who support its activities and objectives. The greatest challenge facing Tuleeni currently is to secure sponsors for all the children school fees. Tuleeni is appealing to all well wishers to support these children to get their

Tuleeni Orphans Home was firstly established in Rau village in Moshi Municipal where firstly it started by renting a small house with total of 8 rooms later we decided to buy a land and build another building that can accommodate more children.

Tuleeni Orphans Home is run by donors and friends who wish well to the children, in the beginning Mama Faraji use her small salary to run Tuleeni together with donors and friends but later on as the day goes the number of children in the center increase so the need of help for running the center increases that’s why Tuleeni needs your donation to help running the center.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Please feel free for any information you may need from us as long as we are waiting for your help in any means so as to try to fulfill our objectives which aiming at developing and improving the life of the Orphans located at Tanzania - Tuleeni Orphans Home.

ADDRESSP.O Box 8562, Moshi - Tanzania
PHONE NO+255 784 469389 / +255 621 070136
EMAIL ID:info@tuleenihome.org

WEB ADDRESS-http://www.tuleenihome.org

Amani Orphanage Centre, Bagamoyo.

Our first morning in Dar es Salaam was hot and sunny and the breakfast table was laid with tie-dyed place-mats, tea cups, white sliced bread and jam. I was not convinced that was a typical Tanzanian breakfast... The day's itinerary revolved around a visit to Amani orphanage that famous artist Nathan Mpangala had organised. Nathan is a cartoonist who is involved in many projects to support people here in his home country, and hosts arts workshops and art therapy sessions.

I'd prepared myself for an emotional day as I'd seen heart breaking images of European orphanages, but what I saw was so inspiring and positive that I was surprised to leave in a very happy state. That may sound a little peculiar, especially when you look at what these children do not have, so bear with me while I start there.

The orphanage doesn’t have electricity most of the time. Their use of the generator depends completely upon how much fuel they have to run it. However, they don't need any power to run TVs, washing machines, fridges, cookers, ovens, or to charge tablets, as they just don't have any. I was very happy to discover that using electricity to power the music system WAS considered a priority sometimes, as their dancing was clearly joyous!

The kitchen was an open fire outside a mud hut. The women sat on upturned oil buckets or logs while the ducks (with their fluffy yellow babies) bathed in cool patches of dust. All chopping, cooking and washing up happens here. Later, when I crept away to look around, I saw inside the hut were a few different sized pans and a space to make a fire on the floor inside. There are two rainy seasons a year here and when the rain falls it's hard... not to mention wet, which isn't so great for fires.

I also found a hut with a typical corrugated iron roof as the toilet with separate sides for boys and girls. I must take a photo of these squat toilets that are quite typical in many countries as it's a great system, although I've seen many faces pulled (by Europeans) at the thought of using them! The porcelain bowl is laid into the floor and has a ridged footplate either side. Even the men are expected to squat to keep it clean.  A bucket at the side with a bowl is used to wash yourself afterwards (places with running water often have a hose for rinsing your bum) and often no toilet roll is available. If you do use some you definitely can't flush it! Hand washing after is very important!

The orphanage has 2 concrete buildings. The first is an office and school room. There is no furniture in the school room except a shelf holding a few books on geography, swahili, English, PE, art and history. The second building is lined with bunkbeds and serves as the dormitory and hall. There are not enough beds for the 36 children and some sleep 4 to a bed. Only the bottom bunks have mosquito nets. These nets hang from above to keep out these tiny flying insects, as they can infect people with malaria (a nasty disease that kills many people, especially children, in Africa). I did not see any blankets, toys, books or games.

As in any country, water is a serious issue, and not too many places here have mains water supply, especially rural areas, or can afford it when it exists. The only tap here is the one on the single water tank. Their system involves a well and a pump. The pump runs by the generator when there is power but the whole shebang is unreliable, so they cannot waste water on 'non-essentials' such as growing food. The whole site is around 4 acres so the potential is huge for developing, growing food, rearing livestock and building bedrooms.

After signing in we went to see the children perform and then they introduced themselves in English. Their dancing was poa (Swahili for 'cool') and they obviously enjoyed it incredibly! I learned a couple of moves afterwards but looked like an absolute fool - I should definitely leave it to the experts.

We ate with the children for their one meal of the day. The cooked banana is Karrima's favourite! I tried hard to use my fingers as the Tanzanians did and while I cleared my plate I had sauce running down my arm and probably all over my face. Very elegant indeed, but the food was so delicious I'm pretty sure no-one noticed.

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Story of vaileth from Don Bosco

   

My name is Vaileth Mathew coming from Tabora region. I was born in Nzega district. I lived with my parents. I started primary school at Kitongo primary school and reached in standard three. Two years later I lost my father who died because of a heart attack and one year later my mother also passed away. I was taken by a certain women whose husband was not at home this time, because he had to work. When he came back he wanted his wife to give explanation about me. She told her husband that I was the daughter of her friend who had passed away. Her husband told her I should leave immediately because he was not ready to live in the house with someone else’s child. She gave me the information and asked me, Where will you go?

She advised me to find a job as a house girl. During that time I was still very young to face the challenges linked with that kind of job. Fortunately a friend of this family came to Tabora with the aim of looking for a house girl. I agreed to go to Dar es Salaam with him and work for her getting 15,000=Tzh per month.(less than $15) The following day we started our journey to Dar es Salaam. We arrived at Ubungo bus terminal in the evening. She asked me to wait for her, while she went somewhere.

I waited for her until 20:00 pm without seeing her. I knew that I had already been cheated. Then another lady came, who asked me where I was coming from, what my name is and the whereabouts of my parents. I told her that I was new in this city and that I came from Nzega district, in Tabora region and that both, my father and my mother passed away, my father died because of a heart attack and my lovely mother died in an accident.
She helped me by sending me to the police where they gave me a letter and told me to bring it to the responsible government office i.e. Community Development. When I reached there, they also gave me a letter which introduced me to the Friends of Don Bosco Orphanage Center where I got help.
—
Vaileth Mathew

Korogwe Orphanage Centre(KOC)

About  Korogwe Orphanage Centre(KOC)

    Korogwe Orphanage Centre(KOC)operates in Korogwe District, Tanga region, Tanzania. Korogwe is located in one of Tanzania’s poorest regions, which is often overlooked by NGOs because of its limited infrastructure and service provision. The area is badly affected by HIV/AIDS and lacks the resources necessary to provide assistance to AIDS victims or to develop effective prevention strategies. Many children in the area have been orphaned as a result of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and are themselves infected with the disease. Many of these have no relatives to which to turn, and must stay with already poor families in the nearby villages of  Kwa Msisi,Msufini, Madumu, Chekelei, and Kwakole. Others are forced to wander the streets due to lack of resources and parental guidance.

Most of these children do not attend school. All suffer because of lack of family discipline, inability to access skill-building programs or education, and insufficient nutrition, clothing, and health care. The lack of these basic needs in turn makes the children even more vulnerable to sexual abuse, HIV/AIDS infection, illness, and labor exploitation.

KOC was formed in 2005 to combat the situation of local children and youths. The Korogwe Youth Vocational Center, an offshoot of KOC, was established in May 2006 and is well positioned to support orphans identified by the parent organization as at-risk. Together, the organizations seek to support the orphans of Korogwe District in gaining access to education, health care, and daily interactions necessary for the development of healthy children and youths. To this end, the KOC presently provides daytime nursery education and limited medical care. In addition, KOC seeks to develop an arts cooperative of local widows who currently serve as caretakers and who wish to market their goods online to raise operational funds for the new school, increasing the project’s likelihood of sustainability,  teaching the women how to be self-reliant by training them in tailoring, pottery making, etc.
           

The Children:
In Korogwe District there are more than 500 orphans. The Centre currently supports 97 boys and girls between the ages of 2 and 18. Of these, 10 are fully supported by the Centre and the rest live with grandparents or other people in the local community. With funding, by January, 2013 we expect the number of youth we are supporting to increase to 200. The goal is to be able to support at least 250 youth at the Centre.

Besides giving the children clothes, food, and shelter, Korogwe Orphanage Centre(KOC)provides supplementary lessons for the children in its care as well as children from the local community. International volunteers teach classes in English, Mathematics, Social Studies, and Science twice a day.

Overseas funding is being sought for the development of the site. The Centre has its own building now. Some of the land has been converted to a vegetable garden, the produce of which will be used and sold by the Centre.

KOC has just finished the building of two classrooms and a teachers' office, which is serving as a base for its activities and as a Pre-School centre.
The two classrooms are large, accommodating 45 children per session, and each contains a blackboard. There are two toilets available conveniently as well(One for Children and the other one for adults).
The Pre-School opened its doors to the public in March, 2012. Already there are 200 children registered with KOC, and 97 of them are able to attend the Pre-School every weekday. Another 45 (of this 200), ages 7 to 15, receive limited financial support from the Centre for tuition fees, books, uniforms, etc.
Future Aims:

1  To build and facilitate a small primary school to accommodate children completing basic education      at the Pre-School centre and also older children.
2   To build and facilitate a small secondary school to accommodate children completing education at       the KOC primary school and also older children.
3  To partner with local businesses to provide the opportunity for vocational training.
4  To build a pool for keeping fish (approximately one hectare)
5  To build two more classrooms as part of the Pre-School.
6  To establish a Pre-School centre in each of the wards of Korogwe Town.
7  To establish a partnership with an overseas volunteering agency, enabling foreign volunteers to help physically and financially with future development projects under the guidance of KOC.

It is the greatest desire of KOC to gradually establish such projects within each of the wards of Korogwe Town, thus giving stability and a prosperous future to each and every child living in difficult circumstances with no hope of living a decent life. Every one of KOC children are valued as growing individuals and know that they have people to turn to when they are in need.

Friends who have contributed so far:
1 Local government by providing 1 hectare of the 5 hectares that we have
2 Board members - all board members make regular financial contributions to the needs of the Centre      and in particular the ten children that are fully within its care.
In addition:
(a)   Mr. Mhina (Village Chairman) - by organising and monitoring all day to day activities;
(b) Musa Twaha Kitonge (Swahili and Culture teacher) - by promoting KOC, looking for volunteers          and donors;
(c)  Benjamin Kinyamasongo (Swahili and Culture teacher) - by promoting KOC, looking for                     volunteers and donors;
(d) Maimuna  Hussein - by helping chairman;
(e)  Mwanaisha Kallaghe - by helping chairman;
(f)   Salehe Mzige (Accountant for the Municipality of  Korogwe) - by helping KOC with accounts

3  Friends from Australia by doing local fundraising to help with purchasing uniforms, books, etc. (Sheree Lette, Miranda Wilkson, Katie Melinda from the organisation Friends of Korogwe)

AMANI CENTRE SILVER

Dear friend
It’s with great honor that Amani Centre is writing to you. We are writing to you as we appreciate that you have passed through Amani as a volunteer/field placement student/donor/partner. We remember and respect your participation in various development activities at Amani Center. Your contribution was very useful to us and will always be remembered; as we mark these 25 years silver jubilee you are part of the team.

This message is to inform you that Amani centre is reaching silver jubilee of 25 years since establishment in 1992. For all these years we have seen Amani grow from the Mango tree to storey build. We have seen the first disabled children being adults, we have seen the children with disabilities gets married, we have seen the student for field placement accomplish their dreams and pursue their careers, we have seen volunteers gain and upgrade their skills for their careers, from social workers, to physiotherapists and teachers. For us this is a matter of thanks giving to God as Amani Centre has become a father, mother and caregiver for people with disabilities and those without disabilities.

Since we are going to make the 25-year jubilee, we planned of starting a campaign in order to solicit some funds to mark the Day. Amani Centre Silver Jubilee celebrations are planned to be on September 2017.  We hope to bring the parents and their children with disabilities and our young people with disabilities who have now become adults and they have their own families, preferably, we would like to invite some volunteers (at their own cost) from abroad who are ready to share their experiences on how they know Amani Centre. On Jubilee day we will have time to acknowledge the positive impact of the deceased, remember them and give respect.

However, we expect to make evaluation for Amani Centre Activities and its impact to the Tanzania and Morogoro communities since establishment. So as to understand where we did wrong and where we did right for the future positive running of organization.

With this message and you as a person who have worked/lived with the Amani centre community, we ask you to be part of the organizing committee of this jubilee, for you to contribute but also to encourage others to donate any amount they are owed in order to achieve this jubilee.

We need to hire external evaluator from the Jordan University Morogoro that may cost us USD3000, the work that will take 37 days to be accomplished.
Jubilee ceremony itself may cost USD2000, food and recreation, preparation of different events, transportation, appreciation gift, etc.
Thus, we need USD 5000 before August 2017.

We will be pleased if you will help us source the funds from friends, relatives and organizations, so as we can mark this important day for the Amani centre and for the poor disabled that we have served for 25 years.

Let’s stretch our hands for others, be the voice for the voiceless. Together we can.

 CONTACT US

Reach the organizing team through:-
mkigollo@yahoo.com
amani_centre@yahoo.com
beatussewando@gmail.com


Rev. Fr. Beatus Sewando
Amani Centre Director       

Contact Details
Fr. Beatus Sewando
Diocese of Morogoro
Amani Centre for Person with Disabilities
P.O. Box 579
Morogoro, Tanzania
Phone: +255-23-2603982
Fax: +255-23-2600829
Mobile: +255-754-314412