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A home for children with birth defects in Tanzania
Haydom-Friends wants to build a centre for children with birth defects in Haydom, Tansania. A “House of Hope" where children find immediate medical care and life-long follow up and treatment after initial surgery.
Give Hope to kids with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus in Tansania and put down the first cornerstones for the new building with us. With your donation towards the „House of Hope“ you will improve medical care and ensure survival of these children born in Haydom.
Dr. Theresa Harbauer - Pediatrician and Founder of Haydom-Friends
In 2009 I left my home in Germany as a pediatrician to bring medical help and new hope to the youngest patients in one of the most rural and poorest regions of Tanzania, who have no one else to ask for it.
It is my personal passion to help and to heal in order to ensure adequate medical care and development of those who have nobody else to turn to. Most of us live in peace and prosperity, medically secured. This means that each of us has a responsibility to help those who urgently need our support. We should not help out of pity, but because we have a choice, we can afford it and we should be aware of our responsibility in this world.
I invite you to become part of our team, and bring your ideas and suggestions for solutions to the table.
Our Impact in Numbers
Although it is only a small contribution, we are proud that we make a difference.
Medical Equipment
Building capacity – helping to develop and strengthen local strategies to improve medical care.
Children Operated Successfully
Achieving sustainable follow up care through a dedicated team.
Voluntary Helpers
Support and be part of change.
Our Priorities
We are moving mountains to achieve our goal – survival, medical and sustainable life long follow up care for kids with congenital malformations in Haydom.
Our Team in Germany
We fight to alleviate child suffering in the face of medical emergencies, and bring hope for a dignified life by mobilising the forces of volunteers and donors.
Our program is designed to help identify the most vulnerable children in the communities, provide early treatment, and develop further care plans for them.
We have the goal to raise awareness about Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus, both locally in Tanzania and also worldwide. The key pillars of our effort are early detection and early prevention. Working together with partners around the world, we have reached significant milestones in giving children that are born with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus a chance to survive and thrive.
Theresa Harbauer
Chair and Founder
My vision becomes reality when I have the courage to cross bounderies.
Franziska Ott
Continence Trainer and Program Coordinator
It is not enough to know you have to apply, it is not enough to want you have to do too.
Maria Harbauer
Treasurer and Accountant
The crooked tree lives its life - the straight tree becomes a board.
Sara Robin
Creative Director
Be stronger than your strongest excuse!
Katharina Müller-Msuya
Public Relations & Marketing
Be brave and take risks, nothing can replace experience.
Beate & Norbert Harbauer
Shipping and Logistics
A good person is someone who does good even when nobody is looking.
Change Lives with Your Gift
A donation to Haydom Friends helps us to provide more children with life-saving therapy and ensures their long term survival. Join us in our effort to become a force for positive change. Together we build a sustainable medical program that is carried by local doctors and nurses, and gives children with birth defects the chance for a fulfilled life. We will keep you informed about the impact of your donation.
Our Program
The Haydom Friends Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus program has the goal to improve medical care for children with birth defects at the Haydom Lutheran Hospital in Tanzania.
Medical Education
Raising awareness in the community to bring children to the hospital early, so that conditions don't develop to a dangerous state
Medical Equipment
Bronchoscope, monitors, ultrasound machine, bubble-CPAP, wheelchairs,
mobility devices
Cost Coverage
Covering surgical costs for children with congenital malformation and providing health insurance cards
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