About the Orphanage

St. Teresa Orphans Foundation (STOF) is a non-profit organization
which works with orphans and vulnerable children in
Songea rural and Songea Municipal in Tanzania, East Africa.

The organization was founded in 2001 and was registered in Tanzania as a non-profit organization in 2004.
Also, as of May 2010, STOF was registered as 501 C 3 non-profit organization in the United States.

Our Mission

To love and care for orphans and vulnerable children by providing them with basic needs such as food, shelter, clothing and medical care. Also, aid them mentally, spiritually and emotionally to give them hope for their future.

To provide formula milk, medical care, clothing, and shelter for infant orphans whose mothers die during labor and abandoned babies.

To provide training for new mothers and caretakers.

To raise awareness among the people of Songea about the growing number of orphans and vulnerable children roaming in the streets and out of school.

Campaign for HIV/AID awareness and prevention throughout Songea community.

Fight against malnutrition among orphans and vulnerable children under the age of seven by providing them with nutritious food.

Fight children mortality rates by providing the best medical care for the children through STOF's St. Benjamin Clinic.

To provide orphans and vulnerable children with education opportunities so that they may have a bright future. To educate, advocate and lobby for children's rights and equal opportunity for all children, regardless of color, gender, tribe, religion or physical and mental ability.