Our partner organisation in Tanzania currently support over 200 vulnerable children, young people, and their carers to access learning opportunities and health care. Services are delivered from a small compound in Songea Town, but these facilities are no longer adequate to meet the needs of the service.

We aim to create a better world for children and families affected by poverty and HIV/AIDS in Tanzania. It is vital that children, young people and carers have access to facilities that inspire learning and support them to grow and develop. The Kijiji Project aims to create an inspiring space for learning and healthy living. This is more than a building project; Kijiji is about building a community enterprise that helps carers to gain skills and livelihoods, and support children and young people to reach their full potential.

The Kijiji Project is a partnership with an Edinburgh-based architect and other skilled volunteers from Scotland. It is based on ecological design principles and aims to fully involve the local community in designing and building this new learning village.

We are assembling a group of skilled volunteers are planning to go out to Songea this Summer to make a start with our Kijiji Project. Our volunteers will work alongside the community to begin constructing the first buildings and to establish an agricultural area that will provide food for orphaned children attending our preschool. None of our volunteers will be paid for their efforts, and each person will be expected to raise the funds to cover their own travel and accommodation costs. If you would like to support one of our volunteers to take part in the first phase of The Kijiji Project, please select the name of the volunteer you would like to support:

Andrew Draper