HomeGeneral Information
- We are a registered charity – 1125285
- We exist in order to create the New Faraja Home-from-Home
- We also intend to open the first play centre in Northern Tanzania
- Our objectives are:
- To advance education, relieve poverty and preserve and protect the good health of orphaned and vulnerable children in the Kilimanjaro and Arusha regions of Northern Tanzania.
- For such other charitable purpose as the trustees may from time to time determine.
Background
- We have until recently been supporting children by paying for food, rent and salaries
- This centre has been found to be run by people who were corrupt therefore we decided not to continue with this centre and establish a new and ethically run centre as soon as possible
- Tanzania is one of the poorest countries in the world:
- 60% of the population are now living below the WHO poverty line.
- Many children are orphaned owing to the increasing spread of HIV/AIDS and the ongoing problem of malaria.
- Nearly 12 in 100 children die before they reach the age of 5.
- The average life expectancy is under 50 years.
- About 10% of the population are living with HIV/AIDS and orphan numbers are increasing at an alarming rate.
Current Situation
- We are in the process of searching for a suitable piece of land – this will hopefully be finally identified and purchased in January 2009 when our Chairman visits the area again
- Our architect, also a trustee, has almost completed the drawings for the Home-from-Home and play centre
- Our renewables expert, also a trustee, is working on suitable solar products to power the centre for light, warm water and refrigeration of essential drugs when needed
- We then will build a new “home-from-home” orphanage for no more than 20 children
- We will also construct a play centre to be made available for orphaned and under-privileged children within the community.
- We will train local play workers, get local parents involved and eventually expand this part of the project into other communities in the region. It is an innovative and exciting development given that the value of play is not really understood in that part of the world.
Trustees
Helen Ross, Mark Crowther, Dawn Stewart, Linda Chamberlain, Jill Perry, Mike Ross, Ami Bowles, Marian Youssouf, Bettina Lehmann
Education for All
Last year, we supported Education for all as or charity. You can read about their progress last year in the pdf on the left.