ABOUT US
TunaHAKI Foundation is establishing a model for the care of orphans and vulnerable children across the globe. Our pilot program is in Tanzania.
Why Tanzania?
Click here to read an article from the Economist on why Tanzania deserves your money.
Meet some of the Tanzanian children now!
Last year, more people died from extreme poverty and hunger in the world than from the Asian tsunami, Katrina, the Afghan earthquake, and the war in Iraq combined. The United Nations Human Development Report 2005 Index ranks Tanzania 164th out of 177 countries, making Tanzania one of the poorest nations in the world. A beautiful country, known for its peaceful and friendly people, it has an estimated per capita income of less than $300 per year, and the infant and child mortality rates are among the highest on the planet.
There are huge numbers of children living at risk. Many are orphans, while others have been neglected by their families due to extreme poverty and infectious diseases. (The number of AIDS orphans alone is estimated to be more than one million.) There are too many children struggling to find shelter, food and water. Every day 450 Tanzanian children die due to preventable diseases and malnutrition. These children live in poverty, and are at great risk for prostitution, crime, and disease.
Unlike America where every child has the legal right to an education, schooling is a luxury in Africa and something the children crave like candy. Half of Tanzania’s 16 million children are not in school and desperately want to be. The TunaHAKI Foundation is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of Tanzanian children, rescuing them from poverty and hunger, supporting their health and education, and giving them something of inestimable value: hope.
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"I was profoundly impacted by my experience in Africa when I was making a
documentary about the global AIDS crisis. AIDS and poverty have ravaged
nations, villages have disappeared and entire families have been decimated.
Sadly, it’s no surprise that the streets of Tanzania are filling up with
orphans. My family and I have always believed that each of us, as
individuals, need only take a small step forward and that together
we can make a difference. The TunaHAKI Foundation devotes awareness
and resources to the task at hand, and is making a positive impact in
the lives of many young people."
Rory Kennedy
filmmaker, social activist, and human rights advocate
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