Tanzania special need project

KIVOLEX is a volunteer abroad organisation with its head office in Arusha, Tanzania East Africa. We are a non-profit organization, aimed at improving the lives of all those in need in the local community, through amazing volunteer abroad projects . Specifically, we work with underprivileged groups such as women and children. Established to bring Western enthusiasm, expertise and passion to tackling some of the problems which affect the most needy in Tanzania. Our ethos is that you’ll be volunteering with us, not for us. We’re far more interested in your skills and desire to help than your money.

Our volunteers are placed in special needs schools that are located in the urban area of Arusha. Most of these schools have few qualified teachers and lack enough learning equipment. Volunteers need to understand that special needs children’s centers are a very new concept in Tanzania. There are very few special needs children’s centers in Tanzania and most of them are without qualified caretakers. In this program volunteers are mainly placed in urban projects because that is where these centers are. The children do not stay in these special needs centers; they arrive in the morning and return home in the evening. 

The centers lack the skilled personnel and relevant equipment to deliver the special care and attention needed to provide these children with a stimulating environment. They need volunteers to help with education and providing one on one stimulus and motivation. Volunteers may also be required to help with motion, lifting and handling, personal hygiene and other day to day tasks that the children simply cannot perform on their own. 

We place volunteers in st Dymhpna Special need school located at Kwa Idd in Arsuha. The school was founded in 2002, has 40 students and 7 staff. The children range from age 5 to 25.