We and you are the right hands God the Almighty created to touch the lives of the needy children and families in the community we serve. We and you are the right feet and eyes to see and reach the poor children and families to give them hope and share unconditional love with them. Join us in any of these ways outlined below to make a difference in the lives of these poor children and families in Magu district, Tanzania: 1.SHARE YOUR EXPERTISE, VOLUNTEER WITH US: Our volunteer program is done free of charge, this means there is no any money the volunteer will pay to our Management just by volunteering at our place. Only we normally discuss with the volunteer interested to come at our place on how we can arrange food and accommodation and give the volunteer a clear option on the type of food and accommodation we offer then join hands together to make everything successful according to the length of the volunteer stay.
The minimum length of stay is one week to three months and the maximum length of stay is six months to one year and above.
The volunteer has to prepare in mind that the cost of Visa required to volunteers by the Government is a duty to volunteer to pay for it to the Immigration Officer at any entry point of the country;
We cook local food but improved. Hope it’s so delicious to try our food in Tanzania.
Consider these preliminary volunteer duties at our centre:
Teaching English, Arithmetic, reading, counting and writing skills, Creative Arts, Sports and games, Personality, Science, Hygiene and Environmental protection skills;
Ministering to poor children and families in the community by sharing with them the message of hope, salvation, peace, unity…from the Word of God;
Help cooking porridge or food for the kids, distribute food and porridge to kids (kitchen hand);
Building the capacity and exchange of knowledge and methodologies on child care, early childhood education and development stage and behavioral change of children with the centre’ s staff;
Meeting the poor children and families we serve and give them a word of comfort/encouragement/hope…
Working with the groups of poor, rural women we work with in the community and build their capacities in organizational skills, business skills, entrepreneurship skills…
Making photography,videos and marketing/promote the centre in social media while you are at the centre ...
In case you are interested in going for Safaris or tours, you can book SAWIL PAX TOURS AND SAFARIS PACKAGES in case you will be fine with the costs as this is a Tour and Safaris program for SAWIL PAX UPENDO ACADEMY working in partnership with affordable, reliable and trustworthy local tours and safaris companies in Tanzania to help our volunteers and visitors to make their tours and safaris with affordable but reliable institutions.
If you can be interested in volunteering with us as our ambassador/ambassadress in your country, we would appreciate so much and we can discuss further on the duties to assign you for the well being of the poor, rural children and families in Tanzania.
2. SPONSOR A PARTICULAR IMPOVERISHED CHILD: One impoverished child consume US $240 per year FOR ALL THE SERVICES HE/SHE RECEIVES at Sawil Pax Upendo Academy. That money covers uniforms, school supplies, food, exams, tuition, medical support and home follow up. Welcome and please help us giving adequate services to the poor children we serve. We serve a considerable number of less fortunate rural children but we face a lot of challenges. For US $240 per year you will be giving hope for a better future to a poor kid. You can donate in a monthly basis, just US $20 per month and the centre will be providing you the report on the progress of the kid, pictures, family visit updates and any other situation which may happen suddenly to the kid. You are allowed to visit the centre and the kid both at the centre and his/her home. You are allowed to sponsor more than one kid. NOTE: Please take a precaution that you have to add a small amount to cover the banking transfer fee when you do your monthly transfer. 3. SPONSOR UNIFORMS FOR THE KIDS AT THE CENTRE: Uniforms are the attire children must be in when coming at the centre and this helps us to treat them equally. You can sponsor uniforms for one child, two, three or all of them. One child uses US $50 for uniforms per year and this include one pair of dark blue uniform, one pair of light green uniform, two pairs of heavy sweaters, one t-shirt, one pair of shoes and a school bag. 4. CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS FEEDING THE KIDS AT THE CENTRE: Per year we use US $4,200 to feed 68 kids we admit, we are able to contribute locally US $700 to that budget and we need compassionate friends and organizations around the world to help US $3,500 to complete the yearly nutrition budget. That money helps us to give these kids nutritious food as a way to fight malnutrition, hunger and build their body. We will be so much grateful also if we can get all the US $4,200 DONATED so that the US $700 we contribute locally may be kept as contingency to help in handling other crucial challenges we can meet on the way in running the centre.
Despite many effort we do to look a way to get some funds locally, the reality is the possibility of the centre financially is very small while the needs are above the possibility but we have the passion to move on in serving these kids. WE HAVE TO DO IT DESPITE OUR FINANCIAL CHALLENGES!!
In most cases the food they get at centre is the only meal they expect a day and food has been a very big challenge at the centre as not everyone is sponsored and the centre has serve all the kids equally despite the lack of financial resourecs. You can donate any amount you may be touched to give whether at once or in a monthly basis but we believe it will take us to reach the target budget. 5.SEND GIFTS TO THE KIDS: Money is not necessarily the only way to make a difference but even sending gifts to these kids is so valuable. These kids want to be happy all the time, please send them new/used clothes, shoes, toys, pencils, books, bible … Do not through nothing as what you see as rubbish there can make a living here. 6. SPONSOR A POOR FAMILY TO START A BUSINESS/ TO GET FOOD/HEALTH SERVICES Lack of capital make a lot of families to live in deep misery as they don't have education and can not be employed in any formal sector unless they employ themselves or get chances to study some skills to help them sustain their lives.
US $250 is a good start up capital to help a poor family to start a business;
US $100 is a great help to give a poor family a way to start livestock keeping project;
US $120 is the necessary amount to pay for health insurance for a poor family of five members and assure them to have access to quality health services for a year;
US $50 is a good support to feed a poor family of three members per month. Sponsor a family in need and make a difference!