THE VILLAGE ANGELS OF TANZANIA

This 10' documentary tells our story

Tanzanians traditionally take care of their elderly at home. There are no nursing homes, no pensions or financial support for them. In recent years, however, more and more elderly in the Ngara District have found themselves alone, with no family help. There are reasons for this:

HIV/AIDS has wiped out the middle generation in many families;
Young families have immigrated to distant locations;
Family members may be unable to care for their elderly because of their own sickness or poverty;
False beliefs persist that some elderly people are bewitched.

This is a day in the life of The Village Angels of Tanzania program:

Here we are doing activities of the daily living- excise.jpg

Here we are visiting one of the elderly. They are so happy when we visit them.jpg

Before we left Dar-Es-salaam, we had to ask a priest to bless the car.jpg

Here we were coming back from visiting and delivering food to some of the elderly.jpg

Some places when we go with the car, we can not reach the place so at a certain point-distance we have to leave the car behind and work to reach our people.jpg

The sisters are are grateful that we have this car now for the great mission.jpg

The youth are picking up vegetables from our garden.jpg

Here one of the old man from our group died, we went to visit the neighbors and family members and to console them. We prayed together. They were so happy to see us there.jpg

The same day when we visited the family members of the old man who died from our group_.jpg

And these pictures are taken from The Village Angels of Tanzania Instagram account (to follow: @thevillageangels)

The Village Angels of Tanzania youths always have an audience when they deliver food and care to the elderly: this boy was just a casual observer. #Africa #thevillageangels #thevillageangelsoftanzania #photosbysergio #ngara #benaco

Vilage Angels youth planting onions in our farm. These onions will feed our elderly. #photosbysergio #tanzania #thevillageangels #thevillageangelsoftanzania #ngara #benaco #youth #agriculture #sustainableagriculture #subsistenceagriculture #farming #charity #africa

This is Sister Dativa, Angel-in-chief of The Village Angels of Tanzania.

One more of our youth angels: this is Faustin, a very positive worker with a captivating smile. #philanthropy #photosbysergio #benaco #ngara #tanzania #thevillageangels

Another angel of The Village Angels of Tanzania youth program: Elisheba. She works in our farm and delivers food and care to our elderly Angels. #thevillageangels #tanzania #ngara #benaco #photosbysergio #philanthropy

The Village Angels of Tanzania currently comprise 15 youths and 66 elderly. Muganyizi is one of our youths. He works on our farm and delivers food and care to the elderly. #thevillageangels #tanzania #ngara #benaco #photosbysergio #philanthropy