Health Care
THO x Chakuwama
On June 19th, 2024, Tanzania Health Opportunities provided free healthcare screenings for all children and staff at Chakuwama. The THO team offered everyone: a general physical consultation, testing for Malaria and UTI, and dental and vision consultations. We are so grateful to the THO team for their services.
Health Insurance
Following the report by THO, it is more apparent than ever how critical it is for the children at Chakuwama to receive health insurance.
In February 2023, NHIF (the national health insurance) changed their policy and orphanages are no longer to register for group health insurance rates. Consequently, health insurance has become unaffordable. In June 2024, we filed an official request to make a policy exception on behalf of the children of Chakuwama. Our request was denied by NHIF. We are now attempting to work with the Ministry of Health to revert NHIF’s policies so that all orphanage centers can register for group rate health insurance.