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We passionate about Africa and God's plan of salvation for its people - to this end Amani Afrika provides experienced and dedicated personnel to make any outreach or visit to East Africa a Kingdom success. Amani Afrika initiatives are designed to empower African communities and come along-side them as we delight in the glory and goodness of God's plan for Africa!

We are your one stop facilitator for coming on mission (or missions) to East Africa. We can take care of all your logistics while in Africa, so from the time you arrive at the airport, to the time that you leave, we will be with you to make sure that your trip runs as smoothly as possible.

Amani Afrika chooses to work in communities through local churches and Christian organizations for follow-up and accountability purposes. It does not matter if your group wants to preach in schools, work with orphans, help fight HIV/AIDS or just a vacation. If you want to come and serve God in East Africa but you don't know who to do it through then contact Amani Afrika and we will be able to help you find an appropriate church group or Christian organization. Our expeditions are fully customized around the needs of the group and we will work hand in hand with you in developing the itinerary. We have experience in catering for all budgets from those camping for free in rural areas to others staying in five star lodges.

Amani Afrika will also be able to provide a holiday before; during or after the mission or outreach should you wish to take some time out. You may be on the verge of an exciting outreach mission adventure to East Africa that will change your life. This is your chance to see East Africa from a new perspective. Get to know people from a different culture. Experience missionary life in Africa. You will interact with the people of the host country, while making a meaningful contribution through short-term mission projects or community-related activities.
While you are engaged in helping in practical ways, those who are still waiting to know God will captivate your heart.

Available mission projects in East Africa:

We would like to enable you and your team to operate within their strengths and use whatever creative resources might be at your disposal to provide you with an amazing outreach experience.

Once your travel and outreach interest information has been discussed with Amani Afrika team, you will be placed in contact with the field manager and together, we will begin planning a basic outreach itinerary. Please keep in mind that this will only be a basic, tentative itinerary. Plans can often change at the last minute and we want to keep our hearts open and obedient to what God is doing.

There are many needed areas of practical help.

• Children in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, their struggles are many... poverty, disabilities, and even homelessness.
  But you can make a lasting difference in these young lives you can care for physically- and mentally-disabled children, some who have been abandoned, and at-risk teens.
  
  Often no special skills are required, as volunteers are needed to listen to, play, read, and exercise and share time with the children. Many of our host projects are short-staffed and the volunteers' attention gives the children the extra love they need.
  
  You can also help out in these areas at an orphanage:
  Group games, board games, painting and creation workshops, music, drama, dance.
  
  · Counsel and help with feeding
  · Assist with bath time and dressing
  · Cooking and cleaning
  · Teach and encourage development through play
  · Read, sing and play with the children
  · Assist in the children’s developmental stages
  · Help the staff, assisting with the various activities

• Teaching:
  Amani Afrika programs centre on projects to enhance the lives of children and their families. In most host communities, our work involves education projects --either hands-on classroom teaching, or helping to build or repair the classrooms themselves.

• Tutoring -- either in the classroom or after school -- can be a rewarding work project as well as teaching English language skills. For instance, in rural communities, teaching conversational English and engaging warm, fun-loving children in informal educational activities, you can help enhance children’s' ability to speak the English language.

• Repair and construction work and building:
  Can you hammer a nail, swing a paintbrush, or plant a flower? Men and women who enjoy working outdoors or with their hands can assist with building, repairing and painting facilities such as community centres, orphanages, classrooms, libraries, medical clinics, and houses. You can also help clear parkland, plant community gardens, dig wells, construct clean water systems, and install playground equipment and more. No specific construction skills are needed.
  Anyone who is in good physical condition can assist with these projects, as there usually are both light and heavy labour options at most work sites.
  For instance, you can help repair roofs, and windows, paint classrooms, and construct desks and chairs. Or at an orphanage, you can help sweep, scrape, or landscape around the facility. Carpenters, electricians, plumbers, and other trades people can be very helpful at this work site to improve the infrastructure of the facility. You can make high chairs with adjustable footrests; head rests, and side wings to allow for various heights for feeding.

• Grass roots development projects:

  Work on grass roots development projects in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania. Assists with community development projects see your efforts transform an entire village! There are lots of economically poor, isolated communities all over East Africa where people struggle to survive
  Help vaccinate children, teach reading, reforest depleted ecosystems, or educate small businesses. Weekly adventures combine with cultural immersion and volunteer work, creates an unforgettable life experience:

• Medical volunteers:
  Can you spare two weeks to help out in a medical clinic or local hospital? Because access to medical services in East Africa communities is often limited, health-care volunteers are needed to provide basic services such as:
  Diabetes screenings, tooth extractions, baby checks and pre-natal exams in local clinics, village dispensaries, and in homes. Dentists, nurses, physicians and medical students are also needed to perform physical check-ups, test eyesight, examine newborns, and, in some cases, perform outpatient surgeries. While the needs and the working conditions are very basic, your "hands-on" contribution can be life changing.
  Our host communities often lack modern medical facilities, so volunteers should plan to bring their own instruments and medical supplies.

• Work with the Elderly:
  Are you especially good working with seniors? Mamas and papas
  Men and women of advanced age in Africa hold a community's history and wisdom, forming a precious human, social and economic network. And, they help indigenous societies retain their cultural roots, passing along traditions to younger generations.
  There is no welfare system in places where we work so often, elders live on a limited income, and lose their access to basic services at the same time that they lose their prominent place in society.
  They can become easily cut off and isolated.
  Various Community initiatives and organizations reach out to provide basic nutrition, healthcare and social interaction, but often run on small budgets. Your help can be an important link between social services and the elderly recipients. You can help build and repair safe housing for the elderly, engage elders in activities such as singing, dancing, playing games and developing arts and crafts projects, and assisting them on recreational outings and so on.

• Sharing Professional Skills:
  Many specialized work projects focus on the needs of adults of all ages. This can include conducting professional discussions in the areas of business, law and medicine, or teaching English in informal group sessions.
  We match especially skilled volunteers with local people so that pressing community needs can be met together. This might involve organizing library shelves, assisting with administrative or clerical projects, providing computer training, consulting on business development, and so on

• Work with young people-Teens:
  All Amani Afrika's programs and those of our partner projects in East Africa centre on life-enhancing work projects for children and their families. If you have a specific interest in working with teens and adults, feel free to contact us for more information about your interest.

• Work in a nature and wildlife reserve:
  We have projects in East Africa for volunteers that enable them to get involved with essential wildlife or environmental conservation work.
  Imagine what it would be like to help hand-rear baby lion cubs, monkeys, Gorillas and reintroduce them into the wild in Uganda or Kenya Are you a trailblazer? You'll enjoy working part time in the heights and depths of the remote interior Conservation District, blazing trails. An environment and conservation project will enable you to work up to four days a week on educational and research projects.

• Sports volunteers:
  If you are interested in teaching and coaching sports in East Africa, we at Amani Afrika have a number of sports volunteer projects in Tanzania and Kenya for you to take part in.

• Social Welfare Development:
  Work in facilities that help the poor communities of an area. Provide support to at-risk and at-need women and children to learn values, manner, and life skills to become self-sufficient and obtain a higher level of education. Past projects range from tutoring, cleaning, carpentry, program development, sewing, cooking, childcare, business skills training, administrative, data entering, HIV/AIDS education.
  
  To be honest anything you think you would like to do, we will avail it.
  
  By partnering with Amani Afrika, you will be able to assist in accomplishing the long-term goals of our partner ministries and projects in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.
  Although many of our ministries are located in some of the most beautiful areas around the country, it is important to remember that your outreach is not simply a vacation or holiday, at least in the literal sense of the word.
  
  Don’t worry, there will be time to enjoy the pristine surroundings and fun activities that each location has to offer, but you must keep in mind why you are there. That reason is to minister the love of Christ to others and bless those whose home you are visiting.