Education support
We pay school fees, buy uniforms and books, and run after-school tutoring. Older children receive vocational training or help applying to college.
Care that wraps around the whole of a childhood.
Our work is organised around the basic human things every child needs: to eat, to learn, to be safe, to be seen. We don't run flashy initiatives. We run reliable ones.
Food & basic needs
Three meals a day cooked in our own kitchen with locally bought maize, beans, vegetables and seasonal fruit. Clothes, soap, toothbrushes — never assumed, always provided.
Shelter & daily care
A clean, safe home with house mothers present day and night. Each child has a bed, a place for their things, and an adult who knows their name.
Healthcare
Regular check-ups with a partner clinic in Arusha, full vaccinations, dental visits, and emergency care whenever needed.
Community support
We help vulnerable families in our neighborhood stay together — with food parcels, school fees and counseling — so children don't have to leave home in the first place.
Shine Pre & Primary School
Opened in January 2022 on our own site, Shine is an English-medium school where our children — and others from the community — learn together from pre-primary through primary.
Learn more →Farming project
We grow vegetables, fruit and maize on land beside the home, lowering food costs and teaching the older children practical skills they can use for life.
Aftercare for graduates
Leaving the home doesn't mean leaving the family. We stay in touch with our graduates and support them through their first independent years.
Holiday camp in Zanzibar
Each year, 20 children aged 11–13 spend a week in Zanzibar with mentors and caregivers — beach games, swimming, creative workshops and environmental education.
Learn more →Safari & Volunteering
Through Fruit and Love Volunteering Safaris, visitors can explore Serengeti, Ngorongoro and other Tanzanian parks — and 10% of every booking goes directly to the orphanage.
Learn more →A note on dignity
We protect the identity of every child.
You will not find a child's full name, school or personal story on this site. When children are shown in photographs, it is with their consent and the consent of their guardians, and only in contexts that protect their safety. We share the work; the children's stories belong to them.
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Sponsor a child
$700 covers a full school year of tuition, uniform, meals and care for one child in our programs.
See where donations go
A plain-language breakdown of how every shilling supports the programs on this page.
Browse the gallery
Photographs of the classrooms, kitchen, gardens and community where these programs happen.
Visit Shine School
The English-medium primary school we built for orphans and vulnerable children in Arusha.