I traveled to Tanzania and Kenya in June of 2019 and documented local social aid groups throughout the southern regions of Kenya and northern Tanzania.

I traveled with a group of all female African-American professors & professionals affiliated with RJOY, a restorative justice organization focused on domestic and international need-identification for locally run social aid groups in Arusha, Tanzania.

We visited SELIAN LUTHERAN HOSPITAL, a government run 120-bed hospital serving Arusha and the large surrounding rural area. The hospital provides life-saving services including treatment of malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.

Additionally, the FARAJA CENTER, whose mission is to empower young single mothers and vulnerable girls at risk in rural and urban areas. The specific objective of Faraja Young Women Development Organization is to offer shelter and vocational training to young single mothers and girls in need in order to provide them with skills that help them for their future life.

We concluded our need identification in Arusha at OSLIGI CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION. The foundation was established in April of 2012 by the burning desire of Michael Medoth and his beloved wife Hedaya to ensure that poor children, orphans, and vulnerables receive human parental care, essential basic needs i.e food, shelter and clothes, and education to support them.