Healing Individuals. Transforming the Community.

We believe no child in Tanzania should live with a treatable disability, so we provide a High Love, Low Cost surgical rehabilitation programme at our purpose-built facility in Arusha, northern Tanzania. 

We never turn a child away. 

The children come from families all over Tanzania who are very poor and most often from rural areas.

Since 2008 over five thousand children with a correctable disability have come through our welcoming doors to be guided through their transformational, healing journey of assessment, followed by surgery or other treatment and then recovery, to leave with hope and a brighter future.

We are a bustling and happy place with 80 beds, 45 staff and the ability to care for over 100 patients at a time.  

Watch the life changing journey of Musa Laizer, a 14 year-old Masai boy, who was treated for clubfeet at The Plaster House. An 11 minute film by Tom Attwater and Lane Brown.

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We have many stories to tell about the progress of our Plaster House children as they go through our programme.

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Here's a team! Friendships are made quickly at The Plaster House because the children share so much during their journey of treatment for their disability. For many, it's the first time they see that others are like them and face the same challenges and that really seals the bonds of friendship. . . Ona hii timu! Urafiki hujengwa haraka hapa Plaster House kwa sababu watoto hushea mambo mengi sana katika safari yao ya matibabu ya ulemavu. Kwa wengi ni mara ya kwanza kuona watoto wengine kama wao wanaokabiliwa na changamoto kama zao, hii huleta mshikamano zaidi katika urafiki wao. . . #marafikiwakudumu #sharedjourney #disability #watoto #arusha #tanzania
Did you see that!!! Our children quickly become part of a special community when they come to The Plaster House. They share fun times and also the hard times that come on their journey of treatment for their disabilities. . . Unaona! Watoto wetu wanakua sehemu ya jamii yetu maalum wanapokuja The Plaster House. Wanashirikiana katika nyakati za kufurahisha na nyakati ngumu wanazopitia katika matibabu yao. . . #community #spirit #watoto #Arusha
Now here's Irene who is very happy with her work! The classroom is an important part of the lives of the children staying with us while they have treatment for their disability. We think she'll be taking that creation home to show mum and dad. . . Irene anafurahia sana kazi yake! Darasa ni sahemu muhimu ya maisha ya watoto wanaokaa nasi wakati wa matibabu yao. Tunadhani Irene atarudi nyumabani na kazi yake hii kuwaonesha baba na mama. . . #pride #darasani #creativity #Arusha
Today we're celebrating the mothers of children who are at The Plaster House. Mothers are a key part of our #highlovelowcost programme, many of them staying here with their babies while they go through their treatment for the disability. Mothers bring love! . . Leo tunawasherekea wamama wanaokaa nasi wakati wa matibabu ya watoto wao. Akina mama ni sehemu muhimu katika mradi wetu huu, wengi hukaa nasi wakati watoto wao wanapitia matibabu ya ulemavu wa aina mbalimbali. Upendo huletwa na Mama! . . #celebrate #upendowamama #Arusha #Tanzania