Programs
What We Do
Our work focuses on complete care for every child — and on building toward a future where the home sustains more of itself.
Complete care, every day
Residential Care
A safe home where children receive food, shelter, clothing, and family-style care.
Education
We support children from nursery school through university.
Healthcare
Medical treatment, health insurance, nutrition, and regular health monitoring.
Mentorship & Life Skills
Character development and practical skills — cooking, farming, poultry-keeping, self-reliance — that prepare older children for independent living.
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Agriculture
Food security is one of our highest priorities. We grow maize, rice, tomatoes, and vegetables on our own land to cut food costs and improve nutrition for the children. The farm is run by our adult staff, with older children able to learn practical agricultural skills alongside them. As the project grows, we hope to produce enough not only for our own kitchen but to generate income through surplus harvests.
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Poultry
Our poultry project supplies fresh eggs and helps generate income for education, healthcare, and daily operations. With improved facilities and reliable electricity, poultry has the potential to become one of the orphanage's major sources of self-generated income.
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Sports Academy
Children at Watoto Wa Africa learn to play football through our Sports Academy — building teamwork, discipline, and confidence. Some of our kids go on to play competitively as young adults, and football remains one of the most-loved activities in daily life here.
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Sewing Training
In our sewing training program, children learn to sew and repair clothing on three machines under staff supervision — a hands-on life skill, taught the same way we teach cooking or farming, that builds patience and self-reliance for children who take a real liking to it.
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Safaris & Cultural Experiences
Tanzania is one of Africa's most extraordinary places to travel, and almost everyone who comes to volunteer with us wants to see some of it. So we arrange it ourselves: game drives in the Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Lake Manyara and Tarangire; visits to local villages and markets; walking excursions, waterfalls and the slopes of Kilimanjaro; and cultural days built around food, music, dance and craft rather than around a viewing platform. Trips are planned around the time a visitor actually has — a few hours, a weekend, a week — and around their budget. We are not a tour operator competing on price. We are the home you came to visit, arranging the rest of your trip so that what you spend stays closer to the community you came to see, and so that some of it comes back to the children. Nicholaus, who grew up here, is reading for a degree in Tourism Management at Sokoine University of Agriculture. This programme is where that training comes home.
