Amani Development Organization

Amani Care for Africa

Working closely with communities in rural central Tanzania to establish and sustain:

Water Resources, Agriculture & Forestry Development, Education, Health and Nutritian

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The Amani Development Organization

What is Amani and what does Amani do?

Amani is a community-related and Christ-centered Non-Government Organization operating in the Chamwino Districk of Tanzania south of Dodoma. Working in partnership with local comnunities, Amani works to develop the local economy and relieve poverty through the following projects:

Emergency Relief

Amani gives emergency relief to the hungry, neglected, ill and disabled, providing food, medical or other assistance. For the able, Amani offers opporunities including “Work for Relief”. Working for pay helps people afford student tuition and allows them to respond to other pressing needs. Their personal dignity is maintained and, at the same time, the community is empowered to sustain itself. Amani has assisted over 3,000 people through its work for relief programs.

Water Resources

The cost to drill and equip a well in Tanzania is about $40,000 and the benefits of uncontaminated water are far-reaching. Life is totally transformed, the cycle of cholera is broken, the incidence of typhoid is greatly reduced and eye infections in children practically disappear. Amani has now drilled and equipped five wells, restored one abandoned well and completed four "hand dug" wells that are brick lined for long term use. Over 30,000 people from eight local villages rely on clean water funded/provided by Amani.

Food & Agriculture

Amani's primary aim is to empower the people to overcome poverty through economic development and sustainable agricultural programs. Amani has developed commercial activities that are all managed and operated by local people including:

•Cultivating over 150 acres for food crops including grapes for an expanding viticulture business;

•Operating two grain mills at separate villages;

•Operating an oil processing plant;

•Manufacturing fodder for sale and piggery use;

•Operating a Vocational Training School at Amani Care’s headquarters;

•Establishing and operating two tree nurseries;

•Pioneering a system of drip irrigation suitable to the district; and

•Operating an expanding piggery

Orphans and Homeless Children

In partnership with local leaders, Amani provides a daily meal and supervision for children who have been abandoned or have lost a parent to AIDS or other disease. The programs care for over 290 children locally as well as 47 homeless street children of Dodoma.

Education

Extreme poverty and illiteracy go hand-in-hand. To help combat these, Amani Care is emphasising the importance of education by building educational facilities and providing:

•Pre-schooling, kindergarten and primary schooling;

•Student Sponsorships;

•Vocational training in agriculture, plant propagation and building methodology; and

•Tuition classes open to all students in the community.

Presently there are over 300 children involved in these programs.

Health

Good health helps break the poverty cycle. In addition to the improved health realized with uncontaminated water, Amani Care has:

•Funded a womens health centre in the village of Makang’wa;

•Entered into a five year partnership with the Mvumi Mission hospital to fund the treatment of eye disease; and

•Established a program to fund emergency medical aid.

Freedom Torch

In August of each year the Tanzanian Government recognizes