Tanzania
Our project is located in North-Western Tanzania. More precisely in the Kagera region. The administrative center of the region is the city of Bukoba, which is 1500 km away from the Tanzanian capital Dar es Salam. The headquarters of the St. Therese Sisters is based in Nyaigando which is a 20 minutes bus ride away from Bukoba. The entire project is being coordinated from our office in Nyaigando, which is the central contact point for orphans.
Background
HIV/ AIDS has been greatly affecting Kagera region. Not only does HIV/ AIDS cause incredible emotional and physical suffering to the infected, but it also impacts on the lives of everybody else in the region.
Solidarity with Orphans as a concrete project was initiated in 1991 by Dr. Anja-Maria Rauch and other ambitious people from Munich-Großhadern. At that time, she had been working as a doctor in the hospital of Bukoba. One of her major ambitions was to ensure, that AIDS orphans were to be provided with basic goods, such as nutrition and clothing, combined with a long-term education.
Today, Solidarity with Orphans together with St. Therese Sisters is still following this holistic approach, has expanded its reach, added emergency medical-aid and vocational training, and produces soap to generate income locally.