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Changing lives
through scholarships
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Advocating for
children's rights
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Moving Amani
toward sustainability
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Supporting STEM
and conservation
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WE CHANGE LIVES, EVERY DAY.

Amani Children’s Home’s core mission is to aid underserved children in their academic endeavors, emotional development, physical wellbeing, through full-time residential care. We are not an orphanage: Amani Children’s Home is a residential community center for children whose parents have abdicated custody in a climate of personal hardship or abuse. We support families: our ultimate goal is educational empowerment, reunification with relatives, and holistic healing. The Amani Foundation is a US-based charity that, at the request of the children’s home, provides managerial oversight and financial support. The Amani Foundation is the only legal affiliate of, and exclusively supports the children’s home.

Today, over fifty children and teens call Amani home, and more attend its on-site nursery program. The children are from diverse ethnic and religious affiliations. Amani works with our regional Social Welfare Office to keep children connected to their cultural backgrounds and natal communities. We believe in equal access to education, empowerment of marginalized communities, the decolonization of charity, and a brighter tomorrow where these children are the heroes of their own story.

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Map of Amani Children's Home campus
GARDEN

GADERN
A small piece of land used for growing green
vegetables included in their daily diet.

WORSHIP HALL

This is a place where the kids and neighbors
attend a summons.

OFFICE

A place where all administrative
decisions are done, this is also used
for welcoming guests and
visitors to our center.

LIBRARY

Used as a library and computer room.

CLASS ROOM

A single classroom used primarily for
teaching kindergarten children
from outside and a few living
inside our center with eligible age to attend
kindergarten class.

LIVESTOCK

This is a place where we keep
our livestock, in our center, we have
chickens, cows, and goats.

GIRLS DORMITORY

Comprised of two rooms, one for
small girls and another for the big
ones. Each room has bathroom
facilities inside.

PAVILION

A multipurpose room, mostly used
as a dining room, TV area, and other activities.

BOYS DORMITORY

Comprised of two rooms, one for small
 boys and another for the big ones.
Each room has bathroom facilities inside.

GUEST HOUSE

A small room equipped with bathroom
facilities, two bunker beds enough for only
four people

BAKING STOVE

This is a firewood stove which we
use for baking scones for the
breakfast.

KITCHEN

The heart of the center, all the preparation
of the meals are done here, it has a small
storage room for keeping foods and all the
utensils.

CORN STORAGE

A cone structure storage for keeping the
corn(maize), it has the capacity of 1.2tons
of corns.

CORN MILL

We process maize or corn for our own consumption
or for all the people close to or surrounding us.

GATE

The main entrance to the center.

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OUR CAMPUS

Our campus is the heart and soul of life at Amani. We know not everyone can visit Tanzania to see our campus first hand, so use the map to the left to explore our facilities.

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OFFICIAL BLOG UPDATES

Team Amani for the Win

Team Amani for the win!!! That’s right, did you know that Amani has its very own football team?This past month, the Amani kids played two matches

Christmas at the Waterfalls

The children at Amani celebrated a very special Christmas this year! We generously thankeveryone who made this holiday season so memorable for our kids. This

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MEET OUR LEADERSHIP

Headshot of Gideon L Mawenya

Gideon L. Mawenya

The Manager

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Kate Thompson, PhD

The Director

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Headshot of Stephen P. Kimbi

Stephen P. Kimbi

The Director

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Headshot of Natalie Theophile

Natalie Theophile

Accountant

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Headshot of Valentina P. Julius

Valentina P. Julius

Kindergarten Teacher

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Headshot of Verdiana M. Iranghe

Verdiana M. Iranghe

Social Worker

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GET IN TOUCH

American Mailing Address:
Amani Foundation c/o Katharine Thompson
Address: 142, Saint Paul’s Place 4A
Brooklyn, NY 11226

Phone: +1 (631) 522-3217
Email: info@childrenofamani.org