About

Erick Memorial Foundation for Education and Rehabilitation for Disabilities (EMFERD) was founded in 2011 with the mission of delivering quality care and support to individuals with disabilities living in rural communities. With extensive experience in healthcare, community-based rehabilitation, and physiotherapy services, EMFERD brings essential care directly to those in need, ensuring inclusive and accessible support for people with disabilities in underserved areas. The project activities include:

Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR): Offering physiotherapy support and promoting the medical and social inclusion of individuals with disabilities.

Inclusive Education for Girls: Improving rural girls, those from families affected by disabilities to access quality education in public schools and practical life skills training such as handicrafts and sustainable farming, to strengthen their self-reliance and future livelihood opportunities.

Elderly Women’s Empowerment Program: Empowering elderly women by promoting their social inclusion and advocating against all forms of discrimination. Participants engage in handicraft production and other income-generating activities that enhance their financial independence, well-being, and dignity.

Farming and Animal Keeping: The project operates crop farming and livestock keeping as sustainable income-generating activities. These initiatives contribute to food security, generate revenue to support project operations, and provide practical learning opportunities for beneficiaries.

Location

The project is located in Mvomero, Emmaus Hill, 67301 Morogoro. Mvomero District is a peaceful rural village surrounded by mountains and forests, an area popularly known as Emmaus Hill. The project is situated approximately 3 km from the village’s main road, offering a quiet and secure environment where volunteers can comfortably walk to nearby shops and the local market. The area enjoys a cool climate and breathtaking natural scenery, providing volunteers with an opportunity to experience the authentic beauty of rural Tanzania and an extraordinary way of life.

Volunteer Tasks

• Help with the physiotherapy and medication service for children and youth
• Participate in community-based rehabilitation activities
• Support with the coordination in the elderly nursery
• Teach English for communication for primary and secondary schools’ students who live at EMFERD community
• Support with communication and resource mobilization
• Support with farming and animals keeping
• Support with administration work such as book-keeping, store keeping, secretariate work, care-taker, cooking,
  Volunteer’s Requirements

Volunteer Requirements

• Willingness to live in a small-town setting with locals.
• Confident in supporting people with disabilities
• Professional in or experience with physiotherapy or dealing with differently abled people
• Passionate about working with children and youth with disabilities’ on their well-being
• Interest in farming and animal keeping
• Ability to speak and write in English

Preference is given to volunteers with relevant professional skills or experience in physiotherapy, rehabilitation, healthcare, or related fields.

Accommodation

Volunteers are accommodated within the project compound in shared volunteer rooms. The compound is a safe and welcoming environment, surrounded by staff residences, office buildings, a hostel for beneficiaries, and small-scale livestock, creating a vibrant community atmosphere and allowing volunteers to immerse themselves in the daily life of the project.

Child Protection

Please note that you will be required to sign ICYE’s policy Care to Engage on Safeguarding Children.