To serve on the front lines of a global health crisis, to work with our Tanzanian community in providing a range of services from small business development to caring for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS.

The Arusha Project is a coalition of non-governmental organizations and grass-roots initiatives committed to the fight against HIV/AIDS and gender inequality in Northern Tanzania. Collectively, we provide a spectrum of care for more than 800 families affected by HIV/AIDS, from drop-in and case management for street children in urban Arusha to vocational training for Female Genital Cutters in Monduli Juu, a rural Maasai village. Our pilot microcredit program provides loans and business management training to women throughout the Arusha region. Our goal is not only to provide relief for women struggling to afford their children's school fees, two meals a day, or life-extending medication, we are also establishing credit and teaching important financial and business management skills. Our aim is to help create a pathway out of poverty and toward better health. We strictly adhere to the principle of local solutions to local problems, meaning that each of our projects is conceived and directed in Tanzania by Tanzanians.

HIV/AIDS
Gender inequality
Microcredit
Vocational training
Volunteering