About Us
The Samaritan Village is an organisation that has established an orphanage in Tanzania, East Africa.
The founder, Elizabeth Mwalozi, lives in Yuba City USA. However, she is very familiar with the people of Tanzania and their needs. She was born in Tanzania. As a teenager she worked with many abandoned babies who had been brought to the school where she was a student. Unfortunately, the school could only keep the children for a short time. Once they left the school most of them died.
In 1963 Elizabeth came to the United States to further her education in home economics so that she could better serve the needy children of her homeland. She received an AA degree from Kenosha Technical College in Wisconsin, and a BA degree in vocational education from California State University, San Francisco.
God's plan for Elizabeth was for her to remain in the United States teaching about East African culture and its language. However, the orphans continued to be one of her main concerns. She discovered that God would have her use the resources she could find in the United States to establish an orphanage in Tanzania where the children could stay until they could care for themselves.
Elizabeth shared this vision with a prayer group in Yuba City. As a result, an orphanage was established in a rented house in Arusha Tanzania in 1996 and the Samaritan Village Thrift Shop and African Import Store was opened in Yuba City to raise the money needed for operational expenses.
After operating for seven years, the Thrift and African Import Store had to close its doors due to rent increases. The work continues from the home of the founder.
The Samaritan Village's Vision
A society in which every child has a right to welfare, security and development.
The Samaritan Village's Mission
Samaritan Village Tanzania is committed to assisting vulnerable children to grow and become responsible citizens through provision of adequate care and safety, means to education, and advocating for children’s rights in love and compassion.
The Samaritan Village's Goals
- Promoting children’s rights through provision of basic needs in form of food, clothing, shelter, medical care and security.
- Facilitating provision of educational requirements/needs of the target group through establishment of educational centers and school sponsorship.
- Reducing the incidences of children abandonment through awareness creation and advocacy.
- Building the institutional and organizational capacity of Samaritan Village Tanzania for efficient and effective performance of its functions.
This is the vision and mission. These are the goals. That is why we need your help!
"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." - James 1:27 (NIV)