Why have I chosen Malakia Kids

Every child should have access to education and live in a safe and nurturing environment where they can learn and grow.

Malaika Kids, a Tanzanian NGO, provides orphaned children with a safe home, regular meals, educational opportunities and a chance to develop as individuals.

Since my first fundraiser in 2009, I have seen the significant strides they've made in their reception home, helping hundreds of kids and always showing incredible resilience through all challenges.

Your donation will make a difference by covering daily costs such as food, school fees, caregivers' salaries, and maintaining facilities.

A big THANK YOU for your support!

The Malaika Kids story

Malaika Kids supports as many vulnerable or orphaned children as possible through their care programmes. Their priority is to settle them safely and research the best solution for their future.

Children coming to Malaika Kids often have complex histories: discovered alone on the streets, with deceased or incarcerated parents. With the help of Social Welfare, Malaika Kids' staff publicises these children in newspapers and a weekly TV programme and takes them to places they have known to see if any members of the wider family can be recognised. Using these methods, they can occasionally reunite the child with their family.

It can take up to six months to trace surviving extended family members and negotiate with them to care for the child. This is best done by placing them on the Relatives Support Programme. This not only gives the family a twice monthly support package of food, toiletries, etc. but also enables the social workers to visit and see the child once a month, to ensure their continued well-being.

For those who no suitable family can be found are moved in small groups to the Children’s Village in Mkuranga, where they live in a family unit comprising a Mama and up to ten children. The Reception Home also provides accommodation to older children, who have left school, while they train and study in Dar es Salam.

Find out more about the great work they do.