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WELFARE NGO's
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CHILDREN
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| Amani Childrens Home -
10 minute drive up Uru Road (up from the YMCA and Key's Hotel) and
Don Brosco Road (Karanga area, past Highway Supermarket). Tel: 0754892456,
0756718428 P.O.Box 6515 Moshi Amani, which means "peace," is home to 50 orphans and street-children, boys and girls of all ages. Visitors are welcome anytime. Amani is a small, non-profit NGO that depends on donations to survive. Contributions are used to feed, clothe, and educate the kids. Volunteers are welcome. |
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| Light in Africa - Boma
Ng'ombe, Hai - on the road to Arusha. Tel: 0754511893 Email: lynnkaziaelliot@hotmail.com, www.lightinafrica.com Light in Africa reaches the community through children's homes and various outreach programs. Children's homes: Babies and children are provided housing, food, clothing and education in a loving environment. Outreach Programs: Boma Kids Club: Every Saturday unsupported orphans and children come to play, receive medical attention, are fed, and attend a program led by a local pastor. Medical Assistance: A dispensary, material support and medical treatment are provided to villagers on the foothills of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Health education is offered regarding malaria prevention and general health. Masaai Outreach program: Provides food, a dispensary and medical treatment, as well as financial assistance for immediate treatment in hospitals for urgent cases. Education on topics such as HIV/AIDS, general health and nutrition. Disability Outreach/Parent Support: Meetings for parents of children with disabilities, information by professionals on child health and development. Workshops and encouragement, as well as in-home support after the workshop. |
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| Mkombozi Centre for Street Children Saba Saba/Rau area. Tel: (027)2751626, or 0754679078 Email: info@mkombozi.org Mkombozi (meaning "liberator, emancipator" in Swahili) works to help Tanzania's street children through housing, education, research, advocacy and outreach. Initially established in 1997 as a live-in residential center and safe haven for street children in Moshi, Mkombozi has expanded its vision and mandate significantly over the years. In addition to working with children already on the streets, Mkombozi works to end the abuse and neglect of children, and to ensure that children's dignity and rights are recognized. It strives to identify opportunities for intervention before a child migrates to the street. Volunteers, visitors and donations very welcome. |
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| Moshi Chapel Children's
Centre Tel: (027)2752431 Near Moshi Club, as going if to the International School but without turning right onto Lema Road.Children's home with outpatients hostel for KCMC patients relatives. |
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| Rafiki Village operated
by Rafiki Foundation Inc. Located 10 mins west of Moshi, on the Arusha Road at the Machame turn off. Tel: 0755494388, Email: ngpilot@aol.com The Rafiki Village is one of ten operated across Africa. In their village they raise and educate 160 Tanzanian orphaned or vulnerable children, teach vocational skills to 120 teenaged girls and boys, and conduct quarterly medical clinics for the surrounding area. If you are interested in helping please contact them via above details - help is always welcome. |
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| TunaHAKI - Centre for
Child Development 4 km along Kwa Mtei Road, in Moshi Municipality at Mji mpya Ward near Kwa Mtei. Tel: 0754537264 TunaHaki provides food, accommodation and education for vulnerable street children and orphans aged 5 to 18. The children receive formal primary schooling as well as informal education related to life skills and skills equipping them for future employment. The organisation also promotes physical and psychological development through performing arts such as acrobatics and drama, which enable children to voice their own rights and recognise their personal strengths. |
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Kilimanjaro Youth Organisation (YOJEG) - Mkombozi Vocational
Training Centre, at M.V.T.C, Sukai Ward/BomaMbuzi Street. |
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| Upendo Welfare Centre
- Emma Grocery Road, Shanty Town Also known as Kishari Boy's Home. |
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| Peace House Foundation Tel: 07744807071, Email:clive@peacehousefoundation.org Peace House finances school fees through international donations for orphans and vulnerable children in Tanzania. |
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| White Orange Youth Centre
Majengo across from Majengo Secondary School. Tel: 0754090699, Email:whiteorangeyouth@gmail.com White Orange Youth is a Tanzanian non-governmental organization at grassroots level. It is made up of domestic and international volunteers who believe that empowered youth can work together to eliminate HIV/AIDS. Contributions are used to support programs which include providing HIV/AIDS and life skills information to youth, empowering youth to be peer educators, and encouraging them to work with local community members, other NGO's and government leaders. Volunteers are most welcome. Karibu sana! |
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| Mbokomu Youth Arts
Group, Kibo Road, close to askari roundabout, opposite Christ
the King Catholic Church. Tel: 0755651441, Email: mbokomuarts@yahoo.com Youth and women are taught arts involving work with banana leaves, painting and batik. There is no fee for instruction. |
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DISABILITY NGOs
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| Kilimanjaro Association
of the Spinally Injured (KASI) YWCA, near Standard Chartered Bank.Tel: 0754268149 Email: kasi_kili@yahoo.com Kasi aims to rehabilitate and socially integrate people of spinal cord injuries, and works to prevent new injuries. This includes counselling, assisting members to access wheelchairs etc. They support establishment of income generating activities. Membership is open to persons with spinal cord injuries who reside in the Kilimanjaro region. |
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| Moshi Disabled
Network, Kaunda Street, Tel: 0784299604 Email:moshi_disabled_network@hotmail.com Membership is open to residents of the Moshi District with physical or sensory disabilities that keep them from daily activities. Assistance is given through pooled resources and training, with the aim of integrating individuals back into the community. Goods manufactured by members provide revenue to purchase additional materials, making it a self sustainable organisation |
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| Moshi Lions Club
- Tel: 0754260348 The Lions Club is an international organisation that funds specific projects to assist people with various disabilities. |
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AIDS
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| Kiwakkuki Moshi
Aids Information Centre, Makinga Street. Tel: (027)2751504 This NGO was formed as a voluntary response of women in and around Moshi to the increasing severity of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the issues facing women as a result. Health education and counselling are available from volunteers at the Moshi Aids Information Centre. |
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WOMEN
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| Kwieco Women's'
Information Centre, Kawawa Street, Tel: (027)2751121, Email: kwieco@africaonline.co.tz This organisation offers legal advice and counselling to people in the Kilimanjaro region who are unable to afford it. |
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| Moyo Mmoja Women's Center Tel: (027)2751934, 0754303984, 0754419501 Email: moyomojawc@hotmail.com, Training centre for women without husbands. |
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| NAFGEM (Network
against Female Genital Mutilation) 3rd Floor, Tanzania House Bank building, Boma Road. Tel: (027)2755652, Email: nafgem@kicheko.com NAFGEM designs and provides sensitisation, awareness and education programs to grassroots communities and provides workshops with the aim of eradicating female genital mutilation. NAFGEM works collaboratively with other anti FGM organisations to collect data, exchange information and resources, and to advocate for the eradication of other harmful traditions against women. |
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| Women Education
& Economic Centre (WEECE) On the KCMC Road, near Sokoine Primary School. Tel: 0754698423, Email: weece2003@yahoo.com WEECE focuses on gender equality issues and the employment of women, especially in rural Rau Ward. Programs and projects aim at strengthening and co-ordinating networking between women based on their personal and family needs and economic projects and marketing strategies; initiating community health projects, training in leadership, assertiveness and management issues, research and advocacy. Through small loans to women, WEECE empowers women to establish a business to earn money of their own. |
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PORTERS
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| Kilimanjaro Porter's
Assistance Project Ltd. - Hotel Da Costa Tel: 0744 817615 Running services for porters to improve their safety, and informing tourists of correct porter treatment and trekking culture. |
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