Tanzania
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We are a non making profit organization established by the mother of late severe multiple disabled son named Erick, Being upset with condition of her son in early 1990 she managed to mobilize her fellow mothers of children with disabilities ,and there by launch the effective campaign for the rights of their children in Morogoro with aim of assuring the rights of disabled people from urban and rural areas are respected, in respect of her son who motivated her to spearhead the movement of advocating the rights of people with disabilities in Morogoro.
The main core activity for us, uses the approach of Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) is a method to make sure those services to people with disabilities reach the target group.
From the CBR WHO matrix we are fulfilling the following: -
• Education
• Rehabilitation
• Health
• Empowerment
Morogoro Town OFFICE
Our small office in Morogoro town serve as the home for orphans disabled, thus the orphans disabled reside permanent from the (Home care), the service as a temporally home for orphans disabled, 3 orphans are cared and other 23 orphans served in the outreach. Moreover we have an office which works at the technical office to facilitate local and international communications and other management services.
The community workers from Morogoro town are doing much field work to families with disabled, and conduct trainings to parents with disabled and awareness raising seminars in remote rural villages.
We organize tour program for volunteers whose interested to Visit Tanzania national parks eg. Mikumi national park, Udzungwa national park, historical sites. The income is going directly to help disabilities children.
You are welcome
Karibu Sana
Gardening
Building
Babysitting / child care
General Maintenance
Cooking / shopping
Farmstay
Help in the house
Language practice
Art project
Help with Computers / internet
Teaching
Staying with us volunteers will benefit with various things because we teach also Swahili language for volunteers will know how to speak Swahili language wherever goes in Tanzania regions, also will learn African lifestyle like cooking African food, wearing African clothes, African cultural music playing, also we Will lean Art works from local people around near our project like making local baskets, carpets etc
You will have opportunity to do a lot of things when you are at our place.
We save persons with different disabilities, but mostly it emphasis on children with Intellectual and Physical disabilities, we want to rescue those children who are living devastating life in the remote rural villages.
The main service given to these children is: -
Education; so that they can manage to do most of the things by themselves – to reduce dependant to parents ( Mothers), who live with the burden of caring for life long.
Rehabilitation; in need of physical rehabilitation (Orthopedic), the parents are given simple training on how to exercise their children in the homes and how they can make simple local physiotherapy equipment for exercise.
Health; those families who are living under poverty line are assisted with medical treatment when their faced with diseases. Those in need of surgical rehabilitation are referred to consultant hospital for people with disabilities.
Empowerment; we empower the families of disabled (parents and guardians) so that they can manage to improve their economy to change their living standard. The parents are organized to form parents groups of disabled support so that they can support themselves, by doing different income generating activities.We save persons with different disabilities, but mostly it emphasis on children with Intellectual and Physical disabilities, we want to rescue those children who are living devastating life in the remote rural villages.
The main service given to these children is: - Education; so that they can manage to do most of the things by themselves – to reduce dependant to parents ( Mothers), who live with the burden of caring for life long. Rehabilitation; in need of physical rehabilitation (Orthopedic), the parents are given simple training on how to exercise their children in the homes and how they can make simple local physiotherapy equipment for exercise. Health; those families who are living under poverty line are assisted with medical treatment when their faced with diseases. Those in need of surgical rehabilitation are referred to consultant hospital for people with disabilities. Empowerment; we empower the families of disabled (parents and guardians) so that they can manage to improve their economy to change their living standard. The parents are organized to form parents groups of disabled support so that they can support themselves, by doing different income generating activities.
English
We have rooms for volunteers single bed and double bed for couple within the organization no transport needed from room to work place about food we cook African food rice, beans, also we cook spaghetti, Macaroons, coffee, Because our organization is starting we are not good financially we are getting help from friends who feel they deserve to help these disabilities children, volunteer should contribute some amount to cover food cost US 5 during is stay in our organization.
Our organization located in Morogoro rural area called Mvomero and office in Morogoro town for easy communication our project located in cool place with mountains around therefore during off time volunteers will have opportunity to do Hiking to the mountains, visiting and talking with local people around the villages also we are near Mikumi national park and Udzungwa National park so you will have opportunity to visit these National park which is in morogoro region.
Nb. We need serious volunteers who will come to help Children with disabilities not the who find a place to stay the Children real need help also you can bring us any gift if you have a chance like, Clothes, Games, Toys, used computers, Cameras, used phones, Exercise books, Books, first aid kit etc. anything that you see will help the Children will accept it thanks
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
More than two
5 hours a day
