Families First
Reunification & Case Management
Reunifying students with relatives and identifying children at risk of entering institutions in our area.
At Amani, we believe no child should grow up in an orphanage simply because their family was poor. Families First is our signature reunification program, built to ensure that children can return to the people who know them best.
Many of the children we support spent years at Amani Children’s Home, a residential center that served Monduli District for more than a decade. Today, in alignment with Tanzanian national policy and global child protection standards, we are transforming our model—from institutional care to family-based reintegration.
In partnership with district social welfare officers, Amani Foundation has shifted its focus to returning children to their families—and we’re not stopping there. In the years ahead, Families First will move from response to prevention.
Through strong partnerships with schools, village leaders, and social service teams, we’re building a community screening system to detect early warning signs—children at risk of dropping out, families on the verge of multidimensional poverty. These indicators are measurable and monitorable. Our goal is simple: reach families before they reach a crisis point and provide a new path forward.
Tanzania defines Most Vulnerable Children as those facing threats to survival, care, or protection (FHI 360, 2021). Families First is designed precisely for these children—those who shouldn’t have to lose their homes to gain a future. This work advances the UN Sustainable Development Goal of Reduced Inequalities (SDG 10).