Malaika welcomes children alone and in need in Arusha, Tanzania. We host some of the many abandoned children, orphans or kids whose families are in distress. That’s why we’re called Malaika, “angel” in the Swahili language.
Arusha Social Services entrusts us with children, sometimes for many years, sometimes for short periods: some of them find a local family that adopts them, others have the good fortune to be reunited with their family of origin. But everyone, no exception, finds a safe and loving environment at home in Malaika.
Every day we guarantee our children healthy food, medical care, a good education, and, most importantly, love. In Malaika, the environment is familiar and far from the institutional environment that is typical of this kind of structure. That’s why, even when the kids leave us, the bond does not fade, and sometimes they return to visit their brothers and sisters in the family home.