Charity

5% of your money spent at Hofland Expeditions goes to one of the projects below

Charity projects:

Hofland Expeditions sponsors a number of local institutions in and around Arusha. With the money, we help a number of orphanages and local schools. We help mainly children of 12 years and younger.

Sibusiso:

This foundation is helping mentally disabled children in Tanzania. For more information you can visit the website: www.sibusiso.com

Local schools: (The Kijenge Primary School)

The local schools are property of the authorities, there is no money for 'fancy' goods, with the money that we receive from gifts and your 5% we try to give the children a better education and a better life.

To give you an idea of what we buy for the children these are some examples; pens, blackboards, footballs, pencils, school books, school banks, clothes, footwear, dolls and other toys.

Orphanages:

The orphanages are also managed by the government and the churches, also here there is no money for ‘fancy’ goods. We visit the orphanages personal, so that we get a good impression of what is really needed.

Your money (from the Safaris) and other gifts are spent on; beds, blankets, clothes, pans, plates, footwear, school attributes, school money and of course toys!

How do we know what to purchase?

Once per month I have a meeting with the school administration/leaders. In this meeting they tell me what they really need, and what they will need in the future.

It is always a great experience to see the children’s faces when we come with new gifts.

During your stay in Arusha you can visit one of the projects, and you can see for yourself how we (with a relative small budget) try to cheer up these children’s lives.

Menno Hofland