Rafiki House - Your Home away from Home!

Our two Rafiki houses are centrally located in the district of Arusha, from where the projects can be easily reached. The houses are not far from each other, so that volunteers can visit each other and spend time with the residents of the other houses at any time.

Our Summer Hostel, which also hosts our Outreach Office, is just a bit further down the Road, 5 walking minutes away from Headquarter. Our volunteer supervisors divide their time between the houses so that our volunteers are well looked after at both houses. Each house has a team of lovely house mamas who are responsible for cooking and cleanliness, as well as our professional security guards and gardeners.

Please note: Our volunteers are allocated to the houses according to availability.

What unites our volunteer houses is that they are located in the middle of Tanzanian life, central yet quiet. Bus connections, restaurants, cinemas, pharmacies, supermarkets and numerous other shops are located in the village, and the city centre is only 10-15 minutes away by bus. All our projects can be easily reached from here. In the Rafiki house you will always meet like-minded people with whom you can exchange ideas and gather new ideas for your project. We serve a typical Tanzanian breakfast consisting of white bread and black tea and other side dishes such as eggs, fruits and mandazis (Tanzanian baking speciality) and delicious local dishes for dinner (vegetarians/vegans are catered for separately!). We want you to feel comfortable in our accommodation, so we place a lot of emphasis on friendly interaction and a family atmosphere. In the cosy courtyards and gardens you can relax from work and the sometimes exhausting African daily life.