Next year, Sibusiso will celebrate its 25th anniversary. Where we then arranged everything for the children with disabilities from a backpackers hostel in Arusha, Sibusiso is now run from a professional and well-equipped center. Every year, hundreds of children and their families can visit the center and we visit many at home and/or at school.

Due to personal circumstances, it has been a while since Henk and I have been in Arusha; Traveling is not so easy for us at the moment. Nevertheless, we have a lot of contact and we know that the children and their families are in good hands with an expert team and a great Tanzanian board. We are incredibly proud that the project continues and develops even without our everyday involvement. We are not celebrating a grand anniversary next year, we are spending every penny, every Tanzanian shilling on the welfare of children with disabilities. We thank everyone for the donations – large or small – of the past years. We hope that we can count on you in the coming year as well. Henk and I, but also all employees, children and administrators in Arusha and in the Netherlands wish you a beautiful and pleasant Christmas and a healthy 2025!

Atty Hammer-Roos – founder, board member of the Sibusiso Foundation