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Formerly The Plaster House, Kafika House is a high-love, low-cost rehabilitative surgery programme.
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30/09/2025

A vote of thanks to all the generous folk who donate toys for our children to play with. Balls and toy cars are particularly popular, but anything that makes the days brighter, more joyful and greater fun - we love.

If you’re planning a visit and would like to bring some toys, drop us a line - we’d be delighted to guide you on what’s most needed.

28/09/2025

Andule, one of our social workers, participated in Social Welfare Week in Dar es Salaam earlier this month.

He returned inspired by presentations on child protection and mental health, and the Ministry of Health’s guidelines on mental health and early childhood care. Great work, Andule!

27/09/2025

Happy World Tourism Day! We’ve been so enjoying working with Entara - they’re helping us to build an incredible Kafika House safari adventure for our Aussie supporters next September.

If this sounds like something you’d like to know more about, give us a shout and we’ll share the details.

25/09/2025

Can you believe we’re midway through our five-year strategic plan? We conducted a review recently, taking stock of all we’ve learned from the journey so far - and implementing these lessons in the course we’ve charted ahead. Hit the link in our bio to read our blog post about it.

23/09/2025

Eripoto For Girls and Women operate a safe house, providing shelter and support to girls escaping marriage, gender-based violence and other harmful practices.

Baby Chloe was born with a cleft lip - her mother is a 15-year-old girl taking shelter at Eripoto. Luckily, the team brought Chloe to Kafika House for treatment - and then presented us with this incredible award. It means the world to have partners like these - thank you Eripoto!

21/09/2025

Happy World Gratitude Day! Because of all of you, we get to spend our days transforming the lives of children living with disabilities - and there’s simply no better feeling than that. We are grateful, today and every day.

19/09/2025

It was so inspiring to attend the 2025 Rehabilitation Summit earlier this month. Our team gave two talks, moderated a panel discussion, engaged in a research workshop and explored potential future research collaborations, donors and suppliers. Thank you to Rehab Health, the organisers of this incredible event - it just keeps getting better!

17/09/2025

The government has a plan in place for improving access to rehabilitative services - and we couldn’t be prouder of the role we have to play. Find out how we’re helping advance the National Rehabilitation Strategic Plan - read all about it here: https://www.kafikahouse.org/learn/kafika-house-x-the-tanzania-rehabilitation-strategic-plan

15/09/2025

The sun has started to make its post-winter appearance in Arusha, and we celebrated with a walk up the hill behind our Arusha facility.

14/09/2025

Mealtimes at Kafika House provide a perfect pause for togetherness, for the children and our team. A big thank you to our kitchen crew who keep everyone so abundantly nourished.

12/09/2025

It’d be tough to find a job more rewarding than helping children step into healthy happy futures, but when you get thank you notes like this, it pretty much tops the charts.

10/09/2025

Have you ever wondered why we ask parents to contribute toward the cost of their child’s treatment?

It might seem controversial, given that those we serve come from backgrounds of scarcity. We do have good reasons though - find out what they are here: https://www.kafikahouse.org/learn/why-do-we-ask-parents-to-pay

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Themi Hill
Arusha

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https://www.kafikahouse.org/

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The Plaster House

We believe no child in Tanzania should live with a treatable disability, so we provide a High Love, Low Cost surgical rehabilitation programme at our purpose-built facility in Arusha, northern Tanzania.

We never turn a child away.

The children come from families all over Tanzania who are very poor and most often from rural areas.

Since 2008 over five thousand children with a correctable disability have come through our welcoming doors to be guided through their transformational, healing journey of assessment, followed by surgery or other treatment and then recovery, to leave with hope and a brighter future.