Build a Farm to Sustainably Support Orphans in Tanzania
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With your help, Kijana Kwanza, is able to help orphaned children with shelter, education and life skills training.
We support orphaned children in Tanzania.
Kijana Kwanza (Young People First) supports orphaned children and young people in Moshi, Tanzania with shelter, education and life skills training. We currently sponsor and feed over 150 children and young people costing us £38,000/$50,000 per year. With your donation, $25 USD will plant ten fruit trees to support these children.
To achieve our dream, we need funds to:
- Buy seeds and tools, including a small tractor
- Purchase livestock
- Build sheds, enclosures and chicken-coops
- Install a drip irrigation system
- Construct a house for our farmer to provide on-site security
This includes children like Patrick, a child slave, who was rescued by our Social Worker, Halima, a street child, whose parents died from HIV, Karimu, who was raped by his neighbour and ran away from home, and Agatha who became a child bride at just 12 years old.
At Kijana Kwanza, children and young people have a safe place to live, learn and grow. This includes receiving healthy meals, since many arrive suffering from malnutrition.
But as the number of children in our care soars, we're struggling to meet the cost of providing good quality, balanced meals including protein, dairy and plenty of fruit and vegetables.
But we have a solution - our very own farm!
We plan to purchase a 6-acre plot close to our shelter that will provide ample space to cultivate maize and beans, grow vegetables and plant fruit trees. We will also keep dairy cows and poultry to provide a regular supply of milk and eggs.
But we need your help to purchase the land, install outbuildings and livestock sheds, and plant seeds and saplings. Any surplus will be sold at the market to purchase ingredients we are unable to grow on-site. Imagine how much money we could save - and how many more people we could help!
Your donation will not only feed a child today, but hundreds of children and young people for generations to come.
What's more - our farm will provide work experience and vocational training in agriculture for young people and host international volunteers who want to make a sustainable impact, whilst transforming lives in Moshi, Tanzania.
Help us achieve this ambitious goal today.
Campaign Update (March 2023)
With the support of LaunchGood donors, we have now purchased a 6-acre plot, fenced the land and planted fruit trees around the perimeter. We've named is it Shabaha Farm. Take a tour of the site here:
With the effects of climate change, we cannot rely on rainfall. So we've also started to dig a deep water well for irrigation.
It's over 100m in depth tunnelling through volcanic rock - we are after all on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest summit!
With your support (and some help from Farmer Idrisa!), we can provide a sustainable food solution for orphaned children and young people in Moshi, Tanzania.
Please give generously, and we can't wait for you to visit our farm. Karibuni sana! (You are warmly welcome)
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For more information about Kijana Kwanza:
Check out our Annual Report for the last year at www.kijana-kwanza.org/annualreport
Keep updated with our work, join our WhatsApp community group.
You can also contact our UK Outreach Worker, Sarah Bibi, by WhatsApp on +44 7954 135 686 or email sarah@kijana-kwanza.org.
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Seeds
Your donation can pay for good quality seeds that will be planted and harvested on the farm.
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Farm Tools
Your donation can pay for basic farm tools such as spades, forks and machetes that will be used to plant and harvest food for orphaned children and young people.
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Cultivate an Acre of Land
Your donation can help cultivate an acre land with beans, maize and/or vegetables and provide 2,500 meals for orphaned children and young people.
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A Herd of Goats
Your donation can buy a herd of goats that will provide milk and/or meat for orphaned children and young people.
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Farmer
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Become a Patron
You will become a Patron of our farming project and receive an invitation to the opening ceremony of in 2023/2024 as a VIP guest. This will include free accommodation and meals during your stay with us. We can also include a company logo on the front gate of the farm.
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Updates 10
First Harvest of Tomatoes!
This month at Shabaha Farm, we're thrilled to have harvested our first batch of tomatoes! Each one has been delivered to the kitchen at Kariwa Shelter, where our talented cooks, Mama Juma and Zulfa, will transform them into delicious, wholesome meals for the children and young people in our care.
To keep updated on how your donation(s) are helping transform lives, please join our WhatsApp community group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/HSacfzwVLj20baWKT6DC90
Can you spare $1 a month
We are are on a mission to empower a new generation of Tanzanians to become engaged, globally aware and economically independent citizens.
Can you support our work for just $1/£1 a month?
Please donate here: https://launchgood.com/KijanaKwanza-Recurring
Help Us Rescue More Orphans, Street Children & Child Abuse Victims
𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝘁: LaunchGood.com/KKTZ
Donate by 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 and have your donation 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝟱𝟬% at no cost to you e.g.
Donate £100 and the charity will receive £150
Donate £250 and the charity will receive £375
Donate £500 and the charity will receive £750
Donate £1000 and the charity will receive £1500
𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆. 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄. 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽
Welcome to the World
𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 from Shabaha Farm, where our first 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘄 has given birth to a 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗳.
𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦!
𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗵𝗮 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗺 has 7 other dairy cows, waiting to calve. The birth of the first calf kicks starts 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗸, which will initially be used to 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱 the children and young people in 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲, with any surplus 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 to support the organisation.
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 to our farmers: 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻, 𝗜𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗮, 𝗝𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗱𝘂, 𝗔𝗯𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗶 and 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗮 for helping Kijana Kwanza advance to its 𝟱-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹 to become 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲.
Iftaar Invite
Kijana Kwanza invites you to a 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘢𝘢𝘳 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 from Moshi, Tanzania on 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟰 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 at the following times:
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸/𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼: 9:30am
𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻: 2:30pm
𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗶: 5:30pm
𝗗𝘂𝗯𝗮𝗶: 6:30pm
Hosted by 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮 from the UK, the online event will include a 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿 of our facilties, the chance to 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 and 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 sponsored by the charity, a 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 of 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶 𝘙𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪 (Welcome Ramadan) and the opportunity to learn more about 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲.
𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙!
Access the 𝗭𝗢𝗢𝗠 link at:
kijana-kwanza.org/virtualiftar
Our First Crop
Nane Nane (literally meaning 'Eight ') is a national holiday in Tanzania on 8 August each year, which recognises the contribution of farmers to the nation.
Over 80 children and young people sponsored by Kijana Kwanza are spending the day volunteering on Shabaha Farm to harvest 7-acres of maize crop.
This is the first ever major harvest on our farm, and brings Kijana Kwanza one step closer to achieving our 5 year goal of becoming food sustainable.
Happy Nane Nane Day and thank you for donating towards making this possible. We are now fundraising to purchase Dairy Cows for Shabaha Farm so please give at: http://launchgood.com/dairycow
Twenty homeless orphans need your help ...
Whoopee!
Thank you so much for supporting our appeal to build a farm that will provide food for orphaned children who live at Kijana Kwanza. Imagine never having to donate again to feed these children because we have a sustainable solution!
Over 2,000 people have supported this appeal so far, but we need $10,000 to complete the fencing around our 6 acre farm to protect it from intruders (in particular roaming goats and cows who want to eat our seedlings!)
If every existing donor gives just $5 more this weekend - or gets a friend to donate $5 - we will hit our target before the end of the month. Wouldn't that be amazing?
Please give one last time - and share our appeal with your friends. We can't wait to welcome you to Moshi, Tanzania to visit our farm in action.
New Farmland
With your support we have purchased this amazing plot, which we will develop as a farm to feed orphaned children and young people in Tanzania.
Check out the view - at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest summit.
Farmer Idrisa is already on site installing fencing around the 6 acre plot and digging to plant fruit trees around the perimeter of the land.
We need your help to continue donating and sharing our appeal - our children are so excited and so are we.
For more information don't hesitate to get in touch with us by email or WhatsApp.
Mohammed S Mamdani
mohammed@kijana-kwanza.org
+44 7903 986 022
Amazing News
We have some amazing news! Following your donation to our appeal to Build a Farm to Feed Orphaned Children in Tanzania, we have now purchased a 6 acre plot to start our project.
But we have only reached halfway through our appeal as we still need funds to dig a well, build some outbuildings/sheds for livestock and buy farming tools and seeds.
This is a unique project that we will ensure that all the orphaned children who live at our shelter will have high quality nutritious meals – and it won’t cost us anything. In fact, we expect a small surplus of harvest, which we can sell to provide education and training for the children.
We now need YOUR help to reach the next stage.
If just 50 people volunteer to raise $500 in the next week, we will have hit our target.
Are you up for the challenge?
We can’t wait to welcome you to Moshi, Tanzania to see our farm in action.
Yours,
Mohammed S Mamdani
UK Director (based in Moshi, Tanzania)
mohammed@kijana-kwanza.org
WhatsApp: +44 7903 986 022
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