VOLUNTEERING 

our mission

To provide compassionate care and transformative educational opportunities to orphaned and vulnerable children at Goodhope Orphanage. We are in the process of establishing a learning center to support youth who have discontinued their education due to factors such as poverty, lack of access to schools, societal discrimination, family instability, and economic hardship. Our mission is to create a nurturing environment where every child and youth receives love, support, and quality education. Through our integrated orphanage and upcoming learning center, we empower children and youth to thrive and positively impact their communities

why learning center?

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Starting the Learning Center

Help us establish our new learning center to provide quality education.

Educational Materials and Resources

Equip our learning center with textbooks, notebooks, and learning tools

Technology and Infrastructure

Support our learning center tech needs such as computers, projectors e.t.c

Teacher and Staff Support

Help us hire and retain qualified teachers and staff to ensure quality education to our children

Special Projects and Initiatives

Contribute to science labs, libraries, and innovative programs

General Operations support

Help us provide a safe and nurturing environment by covering essential costs like food, utilities, and staff salaries in our orphange

i'm ombeni elisante 
 pallangyo director 
of 
goodhope kiwawa   orphanage 
and 
learning center

who is ombeni and why orphanage and learning center

My name is Ombeni Elisante, and I am the director of an orphanage and a center for children living in difficult circumstances which is located along Arusha National Park road, 3.5 kilometers from Arusha to Moshi road,known as Good Hope Kiwawa Orphanage . This center was founded by my father, who saw the need to help children after encountering a young girl who came to our home seeking for work as a housemaid. My father discovered that the girl was an orphan and was not being paid as she has been working in different places despite her hard working . He decided to take her in as his own child and helped her gain a vocational training.

The story of this young girl deeply moved my father, and he decided to involve others in the idea of establishing an orphanage, but as the days goes they started dropping out one by one because they thought it would be a profitable thing while it was not. Despite many challenges, my father continued to support these children without a stable source of income or consistent support. He relied on short-term assistance from churches and well-wishers.

In 2017 my dad passed away, we were in a very hard situation because things became very tight to us all. The children at the orphanage they needed his support as their father, at the same time I needed his support because I was still in school .  It was very hard to me because I had to choose either to go on with the school or stay with the children at the orphanage. I was asking my self many questions with no answers, but at the end i decided to do all, go to school at the same time helping the children at the orphanage while I was just 20 years old. It was a very difficult time, but I found the courage to continue my education while striving to help the children at the center. I traveled to various places seeking assistance, although the help I received was often short-term, and sometimes I had to miss school for weeks due to a lack of transport funds.

Currently, we thank God that essential services are available, but we still face many challenges and need your support. "No amount of help is too small for us; whatever you consider small will be a great help to us."

We have also initiated short-term programs of one or two years for children who dropout school or unable to continue with their education due to various challenges such as being orphaned, poverty, early pregnancies, and academic failure. These programs provide them with vocational training that will help them find employment or become self-employed so that they can help themselves, their families and the community .We will also assist them in finding jobs after completing their training.


We warmly welcome anyone who wishes to partner or work with us to support vulnerable children and orphans by providing:

    •    Quality education

    •    Books, uniforms, and stationery

    •    Nutritious food and clean drinking water

    •    Health and welfare services

    •    Emergency crisis fund

    •    A safe and secure learning environment

    •    Capacity building and training

    •    Life skills training

    •    Career guidance and employment support

We seek emotional, spiritual, physical, and financial support from other institutions, NGOs, churches, and individuals regardless of tribe, religion, or nationality. Our collective goal is to improve the lives of these children.

No donation is too small. What may seem insignificant to you could be a tremendous blessing for the orphanage. Your support, in any form, will be gratefully received and used to make a meaningful impact.

Why We Need Your Help

In Tanzania, there are approximately 7 million children under 18 who are not appropriately cared for. (the country has a total population of over 60 million people). A big part of these children are orphans, many of which have lost their parents or were left helpless due to poverty. Even if the children still have both parents, they often left their homes because of extreme poverty or domestic violence, which is often caused by the parent’s alcoholism or drug abuse, or because of being victims of witchcraft.

Many of these children live on the streets, trying to make a living by begging, stealing, and doing other bad behavior activities. These children can be seen wearing tattered cloth, walking alone, and sleeping in house entrances or primitive self-made shelters. Some of the children who don’t have a family don’t actually live on the streets, but with relatives or host families, having to stand behind the host families’ own children in terms of nutrition, accommodation, and education. They find themselves in the lowest position in society, often being the target of physical violence, humiliation, and sexual abuse

sponsor a child

Your sponsorship directly impacts the life of a child, providing them with the opportunity to break the cycle of poverty and create a brighter future. With your support, children at Good Hope Kiwawa Orphanage will have access to quality education and vocational training, empowering them with the skills needed to secure meaningful employment. Sponsorship ensures that children receive comprehensive care, including nutritious food, clean drinking water, health services, and a safe living environment. By sponsoring a child, you are not only helping one individual but also contributing to the development and betterment of the entire community, fostering a ripple effect of positive change and opportunity.Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Laborum irumd deleniti, obcaecati eum vitae esletoi dolorum elso numquam.