Givinghands Tanzania

Meet our team

Our team members are all Tanzanians and embrace the African hospitality, as you will see. We are like a big family and everyone will give their best to make your stay unforgettable! We pay them very fair salaries and help them wherever we can to give them our full support.

Sarah & Emmanuel
Founders and managers of Giving Hands

Mambo! We are Sarah & Emmanuel and we started this organisation to help the people here in Tanzania. ​Emmanuel is the BEST safari and tour guide - and Sarah -came to Tanzania in 2022 and immediately fell in love with the country and its culture. We cant wait to welcome you in our hostel - Karibuni sana!

House Mama Hellena

Mambo! I am the house mama and I will cook, clean and wash for you. When you are sick, I will take good care of you - I am a real angel.

Gardener and Security guard Peter

Mambo! I am the security guard at night to keep you safe and I am responsible for the beautiful garden of our hostel.

Driver and Tour Guide Mash

Mambo! I am the big brother of Emmanuel and we also really look like twins! For giving hands am I one of the drivers to pick or drop you at the airport and I will also do the orientation tour on your first day and other tours with you!
Jordan

Hostel Helper and Security Guard Jordan

Mambo! I am Jordan, the security guard to keep you safe at night and I am always helping with anything around the hostel.

Volunteer Helper Dani

Mambo! I am Dani and i am the youngest brother of Emmanuel! I will also come to the hostel sometimes on the weekends and just help whereever help is needed - I am currently studying french, so I am always very talkative!

The Direct & Moral Approach

Why choose us

You want to combine meaningful volunteering and travelling? You are just in the mood for the Adventure of your lifetime? Then you are exactly right with us! Your help is urgently needed in so many areas of Africa, whether in day care for children so that parents can work and earn money, in the orphanage, for women empowerment and community outreach, in the hospital or in institutions for disabled children – YOU are needed!

Since you will work there voluntarily, you can always use your time here and explore Tanzania – safaris, day trips to waterfalls, hot springs, numerous sunsets, a hike to Kilimanjaro or the nearby Mount Meru, fantastic paradise beaches on Zanzibar – everything is possible and waiting for you!

​Our vision is, to help the community of Tanzania longtime – to show them ways to help themselves better.
We also wish to show you the t r u e Africa with its true people and show you this wonderful but also very different culture. Come visit us and we show you the beauty of this wonderful place of earth!

The projects we offer are all well evaluated, and we also visit them regularly to ensure a lasting impact to the society and that everything is working well. We are always in good communication with all the projects, their managers and the people around and work together with them happily already for more than 3 years.

To start your adventure, you get an Orientation tour through the city of Arusha on your first day, in which our team members explain you everything you have to know about living here peacefully. We pick a tanzanian SIM card with you, show you how to pick money and bring you to local markets and a big western supermarket where you can get everything you need. Our volunteer hostel is very central in Arusha, such that you can even get everything by foot nearby. We also bring you to your project on your first day, to show you the possibilities of transport and how to use them.
We cook for you a fresh and delicious Breakfast and Dinner from Monday to Friday with delicious African tea and coffee, bread with peanut butter, butter or jam and a special every day like pancakes, mandazi, eggs, guacamole with avocado or fresh fruits. For dinner we serve a mixture of African and western dishes like spaghetti, rice and chapati. The food is mostly vegetarian, if you have allergies or anything don’t hesitate to let us know, such that we can prepare the food accordingly
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