Educational Centre

Arusha

9 reviews • Updated 4 months ago

We are a Foundation to help the children to go to school and improve English. For can do that we have a garden to produce the food for the children and sometimes to sell. We need volunteers to help in the garden and teaching. Certifications: We are not certificate Current projects: Cultivating the vegetable to produce food for the children

Learning opportunities

Food justice / sovereignty

Host type

Self-sufficiency property

Accommodation

4+ WWOOFers

Bedroom

Children accepted

Pets not accepted

Meals

Omnivore

Vegetarian

Length of stay

1 day (local)

Weekend

Less than a week

1-2 weeks

3-4 weeks

Over a month

Lilian

Member since 2022

Languages spoken: English, Swahili Response rate: 100% Response time: typically within 1 day

December 2025

Open

Planned visit

Closed

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Arusha

Kilimanjaro Airport/Arusha Airport

Reviews

Julia

United Kingdom • August 2025

We stayed as a family with Lilian and Abel and had a great time. In fact, we ended up staying a few days longer than planned. Both of our kids were able to contribute in some ways to the work and enjoyed their experiences immensely. We were able to stay at the family home and got to work by car with Abel or by bus with Lilian. We always had meals together with the family (and other volunteers). We even had some spontaneous dance sessions :-). Work was varied and we usually could choose if we wanted to work at the school or in the garden. Everyone and especially the kids at the school were very welcoming; our son became good friends with Lilian and Abel’s son, which was lovely. Abel also helped us to organise a safari over the weekend and to discover the sights in the area (he also runs a tour company, so can organise tours to places you want to see). All in all - I think we will be back!

Tamar

Netherlands • February 2025

I've stayed at Lilian and Abel for 2,5 weeks. It was a very good and nice experience. Lilian and Abel have done a very good job with de school. The children there are very happy and respectful. As a volunteer you can do a lot of different things. I mostly helped the teachers in the school. You can help the teachers by introducing games, helping the children to write and much more. I also helped a little bit with gardening in the garden by the new school they are building. One thing I really enjoyed about this volunteering project was how Lilian and Abel involve you as a volunteer to the team. They were interested in our thoughts and were open for new ideas to better the school evenmore. The accommodation was great. For the volunteers there is a special part of the house with a living room and bathroom. You can get enough time for yourself. But if you want to have some fun, the children of Abel and Lilian are always in to play games or to sing and dance with you. Also the food was always very nice. I would really recommend this project. Because you get introduced in the local life of Tanzanian people and you will learn a lot about how things work here.

Carole

France • March 2024

We had a very nice time at the Lift Them Up Foundation. We spent nearly a week working in the pre-school and in the garden of the future school. We enjoyed learning how to plant banana trees and helping the teachers who do a fantastic job with the children. We were hosted by Lilian, Abel and their three children. We had really nice evenings cooking, eating and playing cards together. Thank you again and we wish you all the best for your future projects and the bigger school !

DANIEL

United States • March 2024

My wife and I spent about a week with Lilian and Abel working at the preschool and in the garden. We had an incredible experience staying with them and navigating life in the Arusha area. They were so helpful as we began to figure out how to get around and enjoy local things to do. As a smaller farm, the work varied from day to day. One day we worked on the property fence, another day we prepared soil and planted starts, another day we worked with the kids in the preschool learning English, etc. Be prepared to do whatever is most helpful to them at the time! Abel also runs a tourism company, so you can hire him to take you on some excursions during your stay.

Luc

France • November 2023

Bonjour à toutes et tous. Nous sommes chez Lilian pour 24 jours et c’est notre première expérience de wwoofing. Quelle chance nous avons eue de choisir la fondation Lift Them Up ! Lilian et son mari Abel sont extraordinaires de volonté et ce qu’ils font pour les enfants est incroyable. Ils louent actuellement un emplacement où ils éduquent et nourrissent la journée 40 enfants. Ils viennent d’acquérir un nouveau terrain plus grand pour accueillir beaucoup plus d’enfants. Nous accompagnons les enfants, aidons au potager, à planter les premiers arbres sur le nouveau terrain… Nous sommes très bien logés dans une partie de leur maison et nous mangeons très bien ! Pour tous renseignements, contactez-moi sur LinkedIn, c’est une formidable expérience que de les aider. Cdt Luc SCOTTO

Céline

Switzerland • June 2023

Thank you so much for this heartwarming stay. You are doing such a nice job, helping poor families and making children happy. We feeld very confortable here. Our children become friends with your 3 kind kids. Wish you all the best for your futur. Asante sana