Samaritan Village Orphanage and

Medical Clinic

Rescuing and Providing a Home for
Orphaned, Abandoned, and Trafficked Children

Arusha, Tanzania Africa

The Need.

Each year in Africa, hundreds of children are orphaned and abandoned. Some are left in garbage cans; others are left by the side of a road or in an abandoned building. Infants may be left at the hospital or with a neighbor or even given to a stranger. The need to rescue these children and provide them with a home is why Samaritan Village Orphanage exists. ​

 

Born From a Tragic Event:

The founder of this incredible work is Elizabeth Mwalozi, a native of Tanzania, Africa. While a high school student at a Christian boarding school in Tanzania, Elizabeth discovered the need to rescue abandoned babies. At that moment, God placed a burden for these children on Elizabeth’s heart. She decided to do her utmost to establish a permanent orphanage in Tanzania for abandoned and orphaned babies. Elizabeth came to America in 1964,

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Samaritan Village Begins:

Elizabeth often shared her story, but it wasn't until she shared it with a group of Christians in Yuba City, California, in the early 1990's, that something was done to rescue these children. Thanks to the prayers and dedication of that small group of volunteers and another like-minded group of Believers in Arusha, Tanzania, Samaritan Village Orphanage was created in 1992 and began caring for children in the year 2000.

 

Our Mission:

Samaritan Village exists to implement the Great Commission of Jesus Christ to go into all the world and preach the gospel by providing physical, mental, and spiritual care for abandoned, orphaned, and trafficked children in Tanzania, Africa.

 

Our Vision

Samaritan Village is a private, non-profit organization in the US (501(c)(3)) and a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Tanzania. The orphanage was established and continues to be overseen by volunteers with the ongoing purpose of developing, expanding, and maintaining a Christian orphanage to care for abandoned, orphaned, and trafficked children.

 

Our Goal

We work in Tanzania to reduce the number of abandoned children and the deaths of children that can result from their abandonment. We do this by providing care for children whose parents have either died or abandoned them and who have no relatives responsible for their care, as well as for children rescued from human trafficking. Our primary goal is to find families to adopt our children. For those children who are not adopted, Samaritan Village provides a safe and stable Christian home environment with many mamas and caregivers, even more brothers and sisters, and a father named Josephat (our Director).

 

Samaritan Village Today

Since its beginning in a small house in Arusha, Tanzania, Samaritan Village has rescued over three hundred children. Today, Samaritan Village is growing and currently cares for more than 70 children in a permanent residence with a 24-hour staff to care for them. The orphanage provides each child with nutritious food, clothing, health care, and a Christian education, all in a warm and loving Christian environment. Samaritan Village has its own newly remodeled chapel for daily worship that serves not only the children, but many members of the community as well. 

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A New Medical Clinic

In the fall of 2019, we opened a three-story medical clinic and dormitory that serves many of the health needs of the children and the local community. The building also adds rooms for up to eighty more children. In addition, we have completed a new nursery that allows us to provide better care for babies brought to the orphanage with severe medical needs.

 

Much More!

We also just completed a new preschool for our children and for the children in the surrounding community. The school features three classrooms for children 3-5 years of age. The school opened in January 2025. ​ In addition, we added two greenhouses to our farmland, a new pig house, a new cow barn/chicken coop (housing 500 laying chickens and 500 "broilers"), and a new storage building. Our new office/meeting building was completed in 2022. Our new Football (Soccer) field was opened in 2023.

 

Our Future

Samaritan Village continues to expand to rescue more children and meet the diverse needs of those in the surrounding community. We are currently planning to build a 50-bed hospital to replace our current medical clinic. That will make the current building, where the medical clinic occupies the bottom floor, into a three-story dorm for the older children. This building alone will provide rooms for over 100 children.