Welcome to Kititimo Center, Singida, Tanzania
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Brief History of Kititimo Center for Orphaned and Vulnerable children in Singida Tanzania
The center was founded in 1997 by Oxfam America, a group of an international relief and development organization that seeks to create lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice. The members of Oxfam were visiting Singida when they were taken back at how many homeless children ran to them begging for money. The Oxfam members possibly from the United States of America decided that instead of helping one child it would be better if they were all brought together at one place where they could be helped.
The center started with one boy who later on died. One man, a retired teacher was recruited by the Oxfam to take care of the center. Oxfam assisted with the feeding of the children, allowance for guiding, and minor maintenance.
Since the children were brought from the streets without any formal schooling and others had dropped out of school, Oxfam saw the need to start some type of a tutoring program. In cooperation with the local government Oxfam initiated a program known as Complementary Basic Education in Tanzania (COBET) also known in Kiswahili as “Mpango wa Elimu Maalumu kwa Watoto waliokosa” (MEMKWA). This is a form of a tutoring, a crush program meant to help the kids get the basic primary education and later on join secondary education. The program ceased in 2002/2003 for reasons not known to Mama Monica. The children were then scattered to the different schools where they still go today.
Mama Monica came to the center in 2004 shortly before Oxfam handled over the center to the municipal of Singida. The number of children brought to the center has continued to grow. However, others have left the center to return to the streets for various reasons which include lack of reliable food and social life. Some children were taken over by relatives, to date there are 40 children. The center receives unreliable occasional support from some business people in the area. They are in need of more reliable and consistent support.
Brief History of Kititimo Center for Orphaned and Vulnerable children in Singida Tanzania
The center was founded in 1997 by Oxfam America, a group of an international relief and development organization that seeks to create lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice. The members of Oxfam were visiting Singida when they were taken back at how many homeless children ran to them begging for money. The Oxfam members possibly from the United States of America decided that instead of helping one child it would be better if they were all brought together at one place where they could be helped.
The center started with one boy who later on died. One man, a retired teacher was recruited by the Oxfam to take care of the center. Oxfam assisted with the feeding of the children, allowance for guiding, and minor maintenance.
Since the children were brought from the streets without any formal schooling and others had dropped out of school, Oxfam saw the need to start some type of a tutoring program. In cooperation with the local government Oxfam initiated a program known as Complementary Basic Education in Tanzania (COBET) also known in Kiswahili as “Mpango wa Elimu Maalumu kwa Watoto waliokosa” (MEMKWA). This is a form of a tutoring, a crush program meant to help the kids get the basic primary education and later on join secondary education. The program ceased in 2002/2003 for reasons not known to Mama Monica. The children were then scattered to the different schools where they still go today.
Mama Monica came to the center in 2004 shortly before Oxfam handled over the center to the municipal of Singida. The number of children brought to the center has continued to grow. However, others have left the center to return to the streets for various reasons which include lack of reliable food and social life. Some children were taken over by relatives, to date there are 40 children. The center receives unreliable occasional support from some business people in the area. They are in need of more reliable and consistent support.