MEHAYO – Healthcare

MEHAYO is a Tanzanian non-governmental organization established with the aim of helping mentally handicapped people in Morogoro.
Mental disability is still a big stigma in the Tanzanian communities, especially in the remote villages. Families still discriminate and often hide their disabled or mentally handicapped children from the rest of the village as it is considered shameful.

MEHAYO was founded to combat this prejudice by teaching some practical skills, such as pottery, gardening, painting, sowing or bracelet making, and by raising better awareness of mental disabilities among their parents and the local population.
The organization provides shelter for over 4o mentally handicapped people, ranging from 7 to 42 years of age; most of them live at the centre.

Volunteers can join a series of different activities scheduled daily:
• Helping with gardening, arts and crafts or pottery making;
• Teaching music, painting or sewing;
• Going to school with the children who attend primary school;
• Remaining at the facility to assist children who are unable to attend school;
• Helping the local staff in the farm, this is a short distance from the centre.

Working hours:
• Start time: 8:00 am
• Break time: flexible
• End time: 3:30 pm