About

Mapendo Children Care (MCC) is a community-based, non-profit, non-partisan, autonomous organization which is based locally in the United Republic of Tanzania’s Kigoma-Ujiji municipality. Established in 2014 in the city’s Kibirizi ward, the organization works at the grassroots level with its main activities focused on education, shelter and housing provision, health & nutrition improvement, environmental conservation, and children rights advocacy and protection.

Current and ongoing activities/projects include:

• Housing/shelter (hostels and dormitories) to orphans, street and homeless children and youths without relatives;
• Day care and nursery school for vulnerable children;
• Supplementary education for children with low school performance;
• Vocational training programmes and short-term courses on tailoring, carpentry, computing and IT for out-of-school youths;
• Environmental education and conservation through:
  • Fruit and shade tree planting and growing at primary schools, along the Lake Tanganyika and surrounding water sources;
  • Drama education campaign for wildlife protection (Play for Chimps project);
  • Physical education through WASH program, sports, voluntarism / scouting and arts.

Vision

Mapendo Children Care is a community-based and led organization which envisions a society in which communities and children enjoy their basic rights and needs.

Mission

Mapendo Children Care aims to empower disadvantaged children with basic needs for their childhood and proper development through community engagement