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Formerly The Plaster House, Kafika House is a high-love, low-cost rehabilitative surgery programme.
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04/04/2026

Learning requires the right conditions.

Our Mamas Ed Programme prioritses interactive learning activities while using classroom-style semianrs sparingly. Because 80% of mothers participating in the programme have no formal education or have only completed primary school, we see hands-on, interactive learning as incredible valuable experience.

30/03/2026

Spending time at Kafika House is an experience that is incredibly impactful for not only our children, but also for volunteers who so generously choose to give their time to help support our work.

If you're interested in volunteering with us, visit the link below to learn more: https://www.kafikahouse.org/partner

27/03/2026

Play is an important piece of our children's healing journeys. Here at Kafika House, we provide the space and encouragement for our kids to just be kids. Free from the judgement and shame they can often face in the real world.

26/03/2026

Fresh air, good company, and a nutritious breakfast; starting our day off right!

25/03/2026

Last month, Bangkok was a meeting place for friends from many different chapters of our story.

Sarah and our former Clinical Services Manager, Keira, attended the World Federation of Occupational Therapy Congress alongside colleagues from St Catherine’s University, where they presented posters on our work together.

It was also a joy to reconnect with partners from Western University in Canada — whose students join us for fieldwork — and with Sarah’s professor, Yvonne Thomas of Otago Polytechnic in New Zealand.

It’s lovely to be reminded that while our work happens in Tanzania, it is supported by a community of practitioners, educators and learners all over the world.

23/03/2026

Zawadi originally joined our team as an Operations Administrator, and we’re delighted to announce her promotion to Clinical Coordinator!

Now, she works on the magic behind child assessments, hospital admissions and discharges, patient wellbeing, and partner relationships—ensuring every patient receives the best possible care.

Well done Zawadi - we’re so proud of you!

21/03/2026

This is what you support when you support us.

Our work is special. If you’re curious to learn more and get involved, visit the link below: https://www.kafikahouse.org/

20/03/2026

Our incredible friends from One World Medical Relief returned for a busy week of teaching and surgery at Selian Lutheran Hospital – all in the name of transforming the lives of children living with disabilities. Thank you One World Medical Relief

19/03/2026

Meet Ancimary, our Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Research Coordinator.

With four years of experience designing data systems, conducting qualitative and quantitative analysis, and producing learning-focused reports, Ancimary joins us at an exciting moment as Kafika House continues to strengthen how we use data and research.

Her role will help ensure that what we learn translates into better care and stronger outcomes for the children and families we serve.

We’re delighted to have her on the team!

17/03/2026

Our friends at St. Jude’s had their annual Health Check Team visiting – a group of volunteer nurses and doctors who screen students to ensure their wellbeing. Every year, they come by to visit Kafika House – and it’s one of the highlights of our calendar. Thank you!

11/03/2026

Climbing the hill behind our Arusha facility; a favourite activity among our children and HQ team that brings sunshine, fresh air, and exercise.

10/03/2026

We are so grateful to our community, worldwide, who continues to support and share our work here at Kafika House.

Recently, an incredible group of Immersion Trip alumni from Marin County hosted a fundraiser Galentine's screening of When Harry Met Sally. The event brought the community together for a night of laughter, connection, and generosity. The event raised over $18,500!

We offer a huge thank you to this community of advocates who continue to show up for our cause.

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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.