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Formerly The Plaster House, Kafika House is a high-love, low-cost rehabilitative surgery programme.
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29/04/2026

While each day looks different, we work to ensure there is always some aspect of play, joy, and community in all that we do here at Kafika House.

Curious the learn more about our work? Check out our website: https://www.kafikahouse.org/

28/04/2026

Last year, we welcomed 356 visitors to Kafika House, as well as a wonderful bunch of local and international volunteers, interns, and students who supported medical, educational, and operational activities.

Thank you to everyone who came, whether for an hour or two or several months – we love to share our home.

24/04/2026

On Fridays, students from United World College come to Kafika House to engage with our children through games, learning sessions, and sports. It’s a wonderful time that brightens everyone’s day! Thank you UWC East Africa !

22/04/2026

Our friends at Aktion Feuerkinder come every year to treat children with clubfoot in walking age at Nkoranga Lutheran Hospital. In 2025, they transformed the lives of 24 of our patients – and we couldn’t be more grateful for their work.

Medizinisches Hilfsprojekt "Feuerkinder"

21/04/2026

Our annual immersion trips are designed to turn participants into lifelong ambassadors for Kafika House, and as a result, we have an ever-growing network of friends and supporters all over the world. Isn’t that wonderful?

If you're curious to join this community, follow the link below to learn more: https://www.kafikahouse.org/partner

15/04/2026

Today we celebrate 18 years of surgical healthcare and support for children with disabilities and their communities in Tanzania.

The Kafika House community is something special and, from the bottom of our hearts, we want to thank everyone who has ever been a part of it. Here’s to a future filled with healing, connection, and joy!

14/04/2026

In honour of our 18th birthday tomorrow, we thought we’d take a walk down memory lane.

The past 18 years have been filled with hard work, community building, and an incredible amount of joy. Thank you to everyone who has supported us, worked and volunteered with us, and believed in us. We are forever grateful for the Kafika House community and we can’t wait to continue our work and see what the future holds.

11/04/2026

Last year, our 'Surgery Strong' Therapeutic Feeding Programme supported 75 malnourished children. By nourishing them to a healthy weight and state of health, we make it possible for them to safely undergo surgery and make a strong recovery.

Learn more about our work here: https://www.kafikahouse.org/

09/04/2026

In northern Tanzania, the amount of naturally occurring fluoride in the groundwater is high enough to affect the health of children who drink it. Last year, skeletal fluorosis made up 37% of the total number of cases we treated.

07/04/2026

Community outreach is a core pillar of our work here at Kafika House.

Last year, our Community Outreach Programme reached a total of 37,653 people across Tanzania. Our primary objectives were to raise awareness about treatable disabilities, screen children for surgical conditions, and facilitate access to healthcare.

This team and their important work is supported by the generosity of the Kafika House community worldwide. Visit the link below to learn more about our work!

https://www.kafikahouse.org/

06/04/2026

We are forever grateful for our partnerships that allow us to reach communities across Tanzania.

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Themi Hill
Arusha

Website

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.