A passion for helping the kids in need
Interview with volunteer Rukiye. All photos are from the day we spent in Snakepark with the kids of Amani orphanage. Let’s begin with a hard one: Who are you? I’m Rukiye, 26 years old and I come from Denmark but originally I’m from Turkey. I’m almost done with my studies and soon I can say […]
‘Adoption in Tanzania’
Written by Alice Coetsier
23th of July 2018
Medical Project at Faraja Dispensary
Art in Tanzania work in partnership with clinics and hospitals in the Dar es salaam area to provide medical projects for volunteers who are either fully qualified doctors/nurses or currently in Med School. Around 2 weeks ago, a nurse from Norway, Katja, arrived in Tanzania and has been volunteering at the Faraja Dispensary – a […]
Boxing Day at Bahari Beach with Glory of Africa Orphanage
Swapping winter coats for t-shirts & shorts, wellies for flip-flops, and roast dinners for barbecues it’s safe to say Christmas 2017 has been unlike any other for me and spending Boxing Day at the beach with children from the Glory of Africa Orphanage has definitely been a highlight! The idea of a day trip to […]
Tumaini Nursery School
With Art in Tanzania supporting over 100 community schools and education centres, there are many different location opportunities for teaching projects for volunteers/interns. Academic centres benefit from the work of interns and volunteers as innovative methods of teaching are introduced helping not only the students but the staff also. Earlier this week I was given […]
Donations to An-Nabawiya Nursery School
A small nursery in the village of Fuoni, pronounced An – na – Ba – wee –yah, built in 2012 by Ms Asia Issa Jecha and Mr Hassan Mwinyi kombo as part of a women’s project. The school is run by 6 local teachers who devote their time from 07:30 in the morning to 12:00pm, […]
Al – Quwiyyi Islamic School
A private Islamic school in the village of Fuoni, named after the founder’s, Mr Hakeem Abdullah, families tribe name in Mafia, pronounced Al Qu-wee. The school was opened on Monday 13th January 2014 after four months of preparations. The school has 24 classes, providing nursery to secondary education to approximately 600 local students. Art in […]
Helping the kids in Yusuf School
Founded by Yusuf Kombo Juma, a father of six children, who witnessed the problems and challenges of education and set out on a mission to tackle the issue, he sold his own land and properties and got creative in raising money in order to fund his vision. Yusuf started his school with just one nursery […]
Mawenzi Regional Hospital, Tanzania – supporting many with few resources
Mawenzi Regional Hospital is a busy hospital which attends to over 300 outpatients daily and has around 300 beds in its wards but the number of patients can easily rise to almost 500. In the paediatric ward, sometimes up to four kids sleep in one bed.
Art in Tanzania is organizing donations for Mawenzi hospital in order to support its staff to continue their work supporting the people of the Kilimanjaro region in northern Tanzania.
Making a difference in Glory Orphanage
Art in Tanzania volunteers have been dedicating a lot of their time and enthusiasm to further develop Glory, an orphanage in Dar es Salaam. The orphanage serves as a home to 9 children and as a day-time school for other children from the neighborhood. During the day, the volunteers have been teaching the children reading and writing using interactive games, songs and other exercises…