Namaa Charity opens Namaa-Wakaf Development Complex in Tanzania, attended by Kuwait's ambassador

Namaa Charity, in partnership with Kaf Bahrain, inaugurated the “Namaa and Kaf Development Complex” in the United Republic of Tanzania yesterday, in the presence of Kuwait’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Tanzania, Salem Youssef Al-Hamad. The event is part of Namaa’s efforts to implement integrated development projects that combine education, healthcare, vocational training, water provision, and support for community stability.

The complex includes a range of facilities addressing multiple needs, comprising a primary school and a secondary school, student and orphan housing, a mosque, a vocational institute, a bakery, a clinic, an artesian well, an administrative building, management housing, a multi-service center, and an electrical generator, along with perimeter fencing and general site works, thereby enhancing the integration of services provided to beneficiaries.

These components aim to provide an environment that helps children learn, offers orphans care and stability, enables youth to acquire vocational skills, and provides healthcare and water services, contributing to improved living conditions for the local community and strengthening its capacity to meet daily needs.

Kuwait’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Tanzania, Salem Al-Hamad, stated that the inauguration of the “Namaa and Kaf Development Complex” embodies the bright image of Kuwaiti charitable work, which has evolved over decades from providing direct aid to contributing to the construction of development projects targeting individuals and addressing their basic needs.

Al-Hamad added that what distinguishes the complex is its integration of several vital sectors into a single project: education opens doors to knowledge for future generations; healthcare helps protect individuals and improve their quality of life; vocational training provides youth with opportunities to acquire skills and enhance productivity; and water provision serves as a fundamental pillar for health and stability. He noted that the integration of these services reflects the importance of projects that view development as a comprehensive system.

He emphasized that these initiatives reflect the depth of the humanitarian message carried by Kuwaiti charitable institutions and their role in building bridges of cooperation and solidarity with needy communities, commending Namaa Charity’s efforts in implementing projects aimed at improving beneficiaries’ living conditions and strengthening Kuwaiti humanitarian presence in the fields of development and giving.

For his part, Khaled Al-Shammari, Head of the Programs and Initiatives Sector at Namaa Charity, affirmed that the complex’s inauguration represents a practical translation of Namaa’s vision for developing charitable work, ensuring it goes beyond addressing isolated needs to building an integrated environment that helps individuals learn, work, and access basic care, while providing the community with better opportunities for growth and stability.

Al-Shammari explained that the complex includes a primary school covering 780 square meters, accommodating 280 students, and a secondary school covering 880 square meters, also accommodating 280 students, alongside student and orphan housing covering 580 square meters, targeting 180 students or orphans. This provides a comprehensive educational and pastoral system that supports children’s right to education and offers them a safer and more stable environment.

He noted that the complex includes a mosque covering 325 square meters, accommodating approximately 560 worshippers, a vocational institute covering 140 square meters benefiting 200 individuals, and a bakery covering 100 square meters serving 500 beneficiaries. He clarified that these facilities complement each other in meeting community needs, from strengthening faith to providing training opportunities and food services.

Al-Shammari added that the complex includes a clinic covering 260 square meters, aiming to serve approximately 5,000 patients, alongside an artesian well with a depth ranging between 120

At 150 meters, it benefits approximately 2,000 people, emphasizing that health and water are among the most essential components of a decent life, and that providing health services and water sources helps alleviate burdens on beneficiary families and communities. He clarified that the project also includes an administrative building covering 250 square meters, management housing covering 180 square meters, and a multi-service center spanning 805 square meters, in addition to a 50-kilovolt-ampere electrical generator, perimeter fencing, and general site preparation, all of which support the operation of the complex’s facilities and the integration of its services in line with the project’s nature and needs. Al-Shamari stressed that the value of the complex lies not only in the diversity of its facilities, but in the integration of their roles: the school builds knowledge, the vocational institute opens avenues for income and production, the clinic supports human health, the well provides a fundamental life resource, the mosque strengthens the community’s connection to its faith-based values, while housing and service facilities contribute to the project’s continuity and the achievement of its objectives. He added that Namaa Charity is committed to ensuring that its development projects respond to community needs, and that donors’ contributions translate into tangible, identifiable impacts through the services provided by the project and the target groups it serves, affirming that such initiatives represent an investment in people and open up better opportunities for future generations in education, health, employment, and stability.