Opening the best Very Own Shop in Tanzania
Three months ago the house of Art in Tanzania in Dar Es Salaam opened its own fair-trade shop…
Detroit Sober House is greatly helping drug addicts
Suleiman Mauly was a normal child, who liked playing football and was good in school. In school he felt bored and started to hang out with the “wrong” people and using drugs. After a while he became an addict. He says he ended up hurting himself and others more than he could ever imagine…
Medical volunteers support Art in Tanzania Health programs
We interviewed Rosie, from the UK, about her experience as she worked on the medical project in Dar es Salaam. Here are her views:
As your project draws to a close, what have you most enjoyed about medical volunteering?
“I like it because it differs from place to place, and it’s also good to see how a hospital is run here compared to the system in the UK…
Do the mzungu! Volunteers surprise program
Mzungu workout is a new project for Art in Tanzania. A group of volunteers from Denmark felt that there is a need for afternoon activities that would get also the women of Dar Es Salaam to get involved and to move…
Community demand for services pushes Art In Tanzania to perform
For more than half a decade, Art In Tanzania has been working with volunteers from around the world giving them an opportunity to serve communities throughout Tanzania. Currently there are placements in Dar es Salaam, Moshi, Karatu, Masai Land and Zanzibar…
Vocational training is Learning for all ages
The classrooms in the house of Art in Tanzania get a little break during lunchtime after last of the children has rushed home. A fast clean and the boards fill up with preparations for new lessons, this time for the adults…
Celebrating a conservation group and marking International Forest Day
The world is marking the international forest day today and will be observing the world water day tomorrow.
At Art In Tanzania, we would like to celebrate a group of young volunteers from Moshi town in Kilimanjaro region who for the last more than one decade have been involved in conservation of a key water catchment area.