Our Mission and Goals
Mission: Our mission is to create hope and better aspirations for our people, especially the vulnerable groups (i.e. orphans, widows, street children, handicaps and elderly). The needs are massive albeit the resources are limited.
Goals: SOC seeks to serve the community and brig hope into the life of vulnerable groups. (I.e. orphans etc) by attaining the following:
- To sponsor the children and deal with children care projects especially in educating them providing medical service, emotional needs and psychological counseling.
- In collaboration with other NGO’s Government, and community in general, we are going to establish a constructive, well thought and permanent HIV/AIDS awareness programme based on IEC (information, education and Communication) as well as screening concealing in the community.
Achievements
- We have established an orphanage center in Karatu District Town – Arusha Region, with 50 children
- We have also operating a Nursery school for the Orphans and other children from the Community to participate.
- Recruitment of highly qualified and motivated social workers i.e. Teachers, Nurses and Matron etc.
- We deal with Home based care for those who are HIV/AIDS victims by giving them food, medical care and hope in their lives.
Short Comings
- In the mean time the project lack enough domestic facilities i.e. mattresses, beds, clothes, blanket and sheets. Cooking space and utensils, washing machines, food, drinking water etc.
- Lack of enough funds for daily operation cost of the Orphanage Center and School for instance salaries, electricity and water bills correspondence, stationeries, transportation for the kids to and from the school, medical care and sports facilities etc.
- Secretarial facilities:- i.e. computer, printer, photocopy machine etc