community profile
The CARE for AIDS center in the Tandale community in Dar es Salaam Tanzania launched in July of 2017. Tandale is a densely populated community with a prominent sex industry and a high HIV infection rate. Community members have very little access to education and medical care and most live in extreme poverty. The CARE for AIDS center in Tandale operates in partnership with Tanzania Assemblies of God with center counselors Reinhardt Lubacha and Huruma Mathais.
center staff
Spiritual Counselor, Reinhardt lubacha
Reinhardt joined the CARE for AIDS team in 2020 as the Spiritual Counselor at the Tandale Center in Dar es Salaam. His background is in accounting, but he loves the opportunity to serve his community in the role of Spiritual Counselor. Reinhardt’s favorite scripture is Proverbs 3:5.
“I have a compassionate heart for people in our society, especially those who cannot meet basic needs. The goals of the organization motivated me to be part of the team to help those people. I love helping people physically and spiritually. Heart transformation is critical.”
Health Counselor, Huruma mathais
Huruma joined the CARE for AIDS team in 2020 as the Health Counselor at the Tandale Center in Dar es Salaa. Her background is in nursing, and she is excited to bring her medical expertise to this position.
“My passion is to see people be able to sustain themselves. People in this community lose hope, they need others to encourage them. They think that they can’t stand again. They don’t think they can share their problems with others. But when somebody listens to them, they change. They need love.”
center history
Year graduates Faith Decisions Orphans prevented
2017-2018 79 38 174
2018-2019 79 17 80
2019-2020* 80 39 176
2020-2021 80 2 183
*The cohort in the 2019-2020 class was impacted by delays in the CARE for AIDS program caused by COVID-19 lockdowns and health precautions. To learn more about how we responded to the pandemic, visit this page.
Gradaute profiles
Rehema, 2021 Graduate
Rehema is a 37-year-old wife and mother of two children. She had a hard time accepting that she was HIV positive, which made her not take her medicine sometimes. She started going to see several “prophets” for prayer with the hope of being healed. She was told that she is healed and to burn her medicine as a step of faith. She did so, but as the days went on, her health deteriorated until it led to hand and leg paralysis. She was later admitted to the hospital for checkups and more medical attention until she regained her strength.
She then joined the CARE for AIDS program. She is now able to accept her status and live a transformed life beyond AIDS. This has been made possible through spiritual and health counseling, group therapy, prayer, home visits, and seminars. Rehema now lives a happy life, involves herself in small business activities, and sees herself as a normal person just like others.