INTRODUCTION
The Msamaria Center for Street Children is Tanzanian registered NGO which providing support and care to street children, orphans, families and communities. Msamaria is located in Northern Tanzania in a city called Moshi which lies at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro. The center houses children ranging in ages from 5 to 17 years. The majority of the children were recruited from the streets where they lived due to various difficult situations. Under the guidance of Mr. Folkward Mapunda and his volunteers, the children are now living a better life and beginning to realize their full potential.

Get to know Mr. Folkward Mapunda

I had to surrender everything including my time, assets  and good salary package in the middle of 2007 when I was working as  Operations Manager  and Social Worker  Coordinator  from one of the famous street children organization in the country, I made this decision  order to help those children who were untouched  on the streets , “children were full  and no one cares, while the sounding center’s did encourage for intake or support ,  the existing center’s stands on  so called  strategical  plan.
 On my knowledge  as  social work  I was feeling very frustrated  and  concerned about  their situation and  I come to the conclusion that  helping street children need proper  researched approach.
As therefore, I spent my days and nights in different streets of Moshi, but mostly were Mbuyuni, Njoro, Pasua, Karimani and Moshi bus stand. I doesn’t  want  to recall all these thing  as some people think I make crazy decision  walking on  street  a whole day,  sleeping   with children on the shops verandah  we were like animal, you couldn’t believe  we as were human beings , children were just protected by God as  one  fear about  Malaria  and a bad thing  were actions did  by young- children it was like movies people behaves as scavengers small children were bitten, grabbed  their properties etc .In was try to solve it but sometime it was impossible.
Then the idea of Msamaria come up from the children themselves,  as counseling were impossible and street environment  did not give then room for change children, children did not manage to disassociate on the street  behavior, like  use of drug, glue, alcohol etc. However, other children get scared to get back home from the street once as they remember their previous actions had been done from in family. Today, Msamaria has given temporary shelter for street children; this means that Msamaria Social Worker, Child and Parents/Relatives have an opportunity for open dialogue.
In other hands some children on the streets give me name Msamaria, in English means “Good Samaritan” then in October 2007, when I rented a house street in our former Msamaria Karanga area from my previous savings were I had to by everything beds, mattress, beds sheets, cooking pot, food and paying other utilities like water and electric, I decided to maintained the name Msamaria as I was proving myself , the situation of leading with no do it need a lot compassion rather what you expect from it……………

Welcome to Msamaria you’re a Samaritan (Msamaria too), Welcome to our Team!