HARAMBEE FOUNDATION
Educating and Empowering vulnerable Tanzanian children and youth, improving their lives and instilling hope for a better future, in collaboration with local community initiatives.
Babati, Tanzania.
We are working in conjunction with the support of the local community members & local government to operate the Manyara Holistic Centre (MAHOCE) which was formed in February 2007.
On MAHOCE's campus, we have our Alternative School where we provide free, non-formal education classes to children in the community.
Some of these children, because of impoverished circumstances, are unable to enter the formal education system. Others have failed the 7th grade National Exam and cannot be promoted to secondary school. Some have dropped out of school, or come to us illiterate.
We provide support for many children in the community to attend government schools in our area. We currently are serving 112 children in primary school, secondary school, vocational schools, college, and university.
MAHOCE is a recognized as a Children's Home and provides a loving, safe home, food, clothing, healthcare, counseling, and spiritual guidance for up to 44 boys & girls. It is only through the support of the Harambee Foundation, that we are able to provide these services.
Our Exciting Project C.H.E.A.R. is in the Works!
A dream came true when the Harambee Foundation was awarded the Alpha Delta Kappa International World Understand Grant for Project C.H.E.A.R. (making a)
Childen's Home (with) Education (and) Agriculture (a) Reality in July of 2021.
Since that time, the women educators from Alpha Delta Kappa International went to work raising money to support our efforts and build our own, self-sustaining children's home in Babati. Over $78,000 has been raised and our new MAHOCE is beautiful! This project took over two years to complete. It was dedicated to the Sisters of Alpha Delta Kappa an Honorary Organization of Women Educators in October of 2023.
The money was used to build boy's and girl's dormitories, classrooms, an emergency room for children and families in crisis, a library/media center, kitchen, cafeteria, and offices. There will be an area for gardening and fruit trees. The adjacent property will make a great play area. We have just under an acre of land on which MAHOCE stands.
A delegation of ten teachers from six US States, representing Alpha Delta Kappa, visited MAHOCE in June of 2024. The women brought many school supplies, t-shirts and treats for the children and staff.
Harambee / (hä-räm-bā')
All pull together
We are a grassroots organization just like the community
organizations we partner with on the ground in Tanzania.
Committed to lasting partnerships
which bring sustainable development, life-changing opportunities and betterment to their community.
Serving as a voice
for these organizations, giving them a stage to the world. We represent their needs, link them with additional resources and increase their professional capacity to stand on their own by ensuring they are transparent and accountable.
Homegrown solutions
rather than those imported from abroad or tailored to meet donor guidelines. We believe this community-based approach toward problem-solving, starting at the local level
