No child should grow up in an orphanage simply because their family was poor. Yet across Tanzania, that remains a harsh reality. Families facing poverty, school costs, or stigma are often told that giving up their child might be the best way forward. This funds is to support 2026 expansion operations.

Amani is transitioning to prove there’s another way.
Through Families First, we support children after they leave residential care: making sure they don’t just return home, but stay there and succeed in school. We surround families with practical, long-term support: school access, home visits, and ongoing follow-up. Because:

🔁 Reunification alone isn’t enough
🧭 Community-rooted support keeps families together
🌱 When families are resourced, children thrive

🌿 Our 2025 Accomplishments:

👩‍👧 50 children supported after reunification
📚 100% in school with full support
🏠 235+ family members engaged
🧑🏾‍🏫 Home visits ensure safety and school continuity
🫱🏾‍🫲🏿 Caregiver groups active in every community

🔭 What’s Next: Preventing Separation Before It Starts

We’ve helped children return home. Now we want to go further, by stopping separation before it happens.

In 2026, we’ll launch a expand this layer of prevention by supporting children who have dropped out or are at risk of it, and families struggling silently. We’ll interrupt the poverty-to-orphanage pathway before it begins. We will:

📚 Support school access
– Uniforms, fees, and supplies
– Attendance and engagement tracking
– School partnerships to catch issues early

🫱🏽‍🫲🏿 Strengthen caregivers, not replace them
– Parenting workshops led by other guardians
– Counseling and emotional support
– Trusted, local follow-up

🧑🏾‍🤝‍🧑🏾 Build peer-to-peer student spaces
– Rights-based support circles
– Peer-led connection and resilience

🥚🐐 Improve household income and nutrition
– Chickens and goats for at-risk families
– Training in husbandry and small business
– Ongoing vet care and reproduction success

🌿 We do this so families can raise their children with dignity and hope... and build a future where every child belongs in a family.

Join us.
Families First is a social and philanthropic movement.
One child. One caregiver. One family at a time.

Families First - Transition Fundraiser!