St. Lucia Orphanage

St. Lucia Nursing Home and Orphanage was started by Winfrida Mwashala in Arusha, Tanzania. What started as an adult hospice for those dying of the AIDS virus soon became an orphanage for HIV positive children. Hospice patients came with children and once deceased, the children stayed because they had no other place to live.

St. Lucia is currently taking care of 19 children ranging from 2 to 17 years of age. They are receiving good nutrition (which is very important for HIV patients), good medical care, and education in caring for themselves as a person living with AIDS.

Karama has supported since May, 2005 with St. Lucia with a home for HIV children, staff salaries, a van for transport, van fuel and maintenance, security, a garden for sustainability, chickens for eggs and selling, medical supplies, and other support.