Rafiki Australia Tanzania

Since our first trip in 2004, Rafiki Australia Tanzania has changed the lives of nearly 3,000 Tanzanian children and adults with conditions such as cleft lip, cleft palate and burns injuries.

Rafiki's mission is to help Tanzania deal with its reconstructive surgery needs whilst at the same time assist in capacity building through the transfer of surgical, anesthetic, nursing  and allied health skills in Tanzania.

Rafiki's volunteer surgical teams are giving these people the chance to live a normal life. Treated babies will grow up never knowing the alienation they may have been subjected to; children can go back to school with new confidence, completely accepted by their peers; and adults may go on to find work, marry and even take on important leadership roles in their villages.

Rafiki is a 100 per cent volunteer organisation. With no administrative costs, every dollar raised goes back to making life better