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The following is a list of the examples for the different activities that a volunteer can take part in throughout the duration of their volunteering, however if volunteers have other ideas they can also contact us and we can see how best we can match their interests to the communities needs


HIV and AIDS Education

Over recent years, a significant amount of effort has gone towards enhancing people’s understanding of HIV and AIDS. As a result, more people are getting tested and receiving th...

2 Weeks minimum

£150


General Community Support

This placement is particularly good for volunteers who are interested in general development work. Volunteers are placed in a village within the working zone of one of our partners. ...

2 Weeks minimum

£200


Tangible Activities

Our tangible activities are particularly popular with groups and consist mainly of a variety of different building projects that normally do not take place until all the funding and pe...

2 Weeks minimum

£200


Income-poverty Reduction

SAIDIA, working with its partners, aims to support a number of sustainable poverty reduction initiatives. This facet of our programme is solely focused on reducing the number of peo...

2 Weeks minimum

£250


Home-based Care

Hospitals are over-run and understaffed and given the long term nature of AIDS, many people have no choice but to remain at home. This can place a considerable burden on families or...

2 Weeks minimum

£150


Capacity building

We strongly believe that in order to help communities, it is not necessary to initiate new projects. SAIDIA is partnered with several organizations that have a diverse range of ongoin...

2 Weeks minimum

£150


Orphan Foster Care

The number of children orphaned in Tanzania by the devastating effects of HIV and AIDS increases daily. Many of these children are forced to live on the streets, where the...

2 Weeks minimum

£200






Our Vision

A Tanzania that is self sustaining with less reliance on external aid and where its people are helping themselves to achieve a better existence in terms of health, income, education, commerce and development.


Mission Statement

To work with local communities and organisations, to assist them to identify, and support them to undertake, activities and projects that will enable sustainable positive change. SAIDIA exists to create a Tanzania where the organization and its functions are no-longer necessary.



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Testimonials


''As we start life here in this new place, I’ve been very aware of our creation of yet another new cycle, a new routine, for our days. Its interesting t...'' Molly Matheson, Oct '08


''On Monday….Off we went to the other side of town – we had had a tremendous thunderstorm on Sunday, and so the streets were pretty wet and muddy – so p...'' Jane, Feb '08


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