After fighting for survival on the streets of Tanzania himself, Joseph now maintains and continues to expand this sanctuary for the vulnerable.

In order to achieve our vision and run our project, we need volunteers! Currently, we need help in teaching English and other subjects in our Nursery & Primary School and our Secondary School here in Kibaha.

We would like to hear from open-minded volunteers who are willing to help out in the following areas: Teaching children in various subjects such as English, mathematics or art. To apply you must be empathetic, play and have fun with the children.

 

Here is the Story of Joseph:

After several years of neglect, I left my home of Igamba Village at the age of 15 to find more support and a more hopeful future elsewhere. While passing through villages, finding food in trash piles and sleeping under trees, I finally arrived in my future home of Kibaha on top of a livestock transport train. 

In Kibaha, I put my special gift for music to good use, landing a job as a pianist at local church in exchange for sleeping on the church pews during the week. While playing one Sunday, I met a touring Australian man who would forever change my life. 

After learning of my homelessness, the man took me under his wing and offered to pay for my secondary school. Because of the man's generosity, I didn’t manage to graduate my seconday school the Australian man was not able to pay for my school fees anymore because he got cancer I felt sad.

I decided to teach myself English and computer repair. I opened a successful internet cafe and computer repair center in Kibaha and lives there with my wife and my children. However, I felt called to return to Igamba Village and help the orphans in the same way I was lifted up by someone else. Thus the creation of Help the Orphans Foundation.

With your help and generosity, I hopes to build up this orphanage to accommodate as many children as there are on the streets of Igamba and the surrounding regions. I knows first hand how far a little generosity can go for those in such desperate situations.

 

 

Goals

While needs are constantly evolving as our organization matures, our primary goals are:

i. Providing counseling and spiritual fufilment to orphans, street children, disabled children and extremely impoverished families
ii. Providing a safe environment they can call "home."
iii. Establishing a feeding program
iv. Facilitating access to quality education in hopes of a brighter future
v. Facilitating quality health care
vi. Imparting in them a global mindset through interaction with international volunteers.

 

Activities

We would like to hear from open-minded volunteers who are willing to help out in the following areas: 

  • Teaching children in various subjects such as English, mathematics or art. Be empathetic, play and have fun with the children. 
  • Volunteer in the local hospital (only those with a medical background and experience). 
  • Fundraising for the construction of our new orphanages in Mbeya and Kibaha Coast Region.