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Neema House, Arusha, Tanzania Help for Tanzanian Orphans
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Neema House Arusha
A Rescue Center for Orphaned, Abandoned,
and At-Risk babies in Arusha, Tanzania
A Rescue Center for Orphaned, Abandoned,
and At-Risk babies in Arusha, Tanzania
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- There are 53 million children living without parents in Sub-Sahara Africa (UNICEF*).
- In Tanzania, with a population of 44 million, there are more than 3 million orphans, many of whose parents have died from AIDS.
- Tanzania has more than 1.5 million people living with AIDS.
- Most orphanages will not accept babies because they are too expensive to care for and require too many workers.
- The maternal mortality rate in Sub-Sahara Africa is 1 in 39, resulting in many orphaned babies. In developed countries it is 1 in 4700. (WHO, UNICEF*)
- In Tanzania, babies are abandoned in hospitals, churches, along the road, in forests, bus stations, and many other places.
- To adopt a child in Tanzania you must live in the country 3 years, be married, and be at least 25 years old, which basically stops out of country adoptions.
These are some of the reasons why Neema House Arusha has been established.
*Statistics from United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund or the World Health Organization.