The “Watoto – Dzieci Afryki” (Watoto – Children of Africa) foundation was established in January 2005, by a group of volunteers engaged in helping the war orphans of Rwanda (since 1997).

The foundation is run by people of different denominations and occupations, joined together by a mission to make a dignified life possible for every single child in every country of the world. All people work free of charge at the foundation.

The activities of the Foundation are conducted in cooperation with Polish missionaries, in the following countries of Sub-Saharan Africa: Cameroon, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Congo-Brazzaville, Rwanda, South Africa, and Tanzania, as well as in The Republic of Buryatia in Siberia, and (from March 2018) in Syria.

Foundation’s activities include:

• supporting the development, education and health care (oftentimes, lifesaving) of children and youth;

• helping local communities;

• enabling meeting each other, get closer together and bonding personal ties between people from different cultures and societies.

Examples of the Foundation’s activities:

• Financing of education (or education and maintenance costs) for 2825 young Africans (including 147 students of higher education). 1885 of them successfully completed their education.

• Financing of construction of schools in Rwanda: elementary school in Nyarushishi/Nkomero – 694 m² of usable area; elementary school in Masaka – 1342 m² of usable area; the biggest school building in the school complex in Educational Institute for Blind in Kibeho – 720 m² of usable area.

• Regular financial help for a few Health Centers (children’s and elderly’s healthcare, medical equipment supply).

• Financing of a well (72 m deep) in Ethiopia.

• Purchase of a car (Toyota pickup, year of production – 2003) and a tractor (Power Tiller, new) in Tanzania.

• Financing of school equipment (e.g.: 52 Braille typewriters, 38 sewing machines for deaf-mute people, school furniture).

• Financing of minor building investments (e.g.: 19 residential houses for poor families, a little hospital for children with hunger related diseases).

• 39 Syrian families received financial support for creating a job, retraining, or renting a business premises.

• Financing (in 76,7% = 40 200,00 EUR) the purchase of a Device Xario 100 echocardiograph for a hospital in Aleppo, Syria.

• Financing construction of maternity in Ruhango, Rwanda – 320 m² of usable area.

• Purchase of a”Mercury” 15 CV (short-shaft engine, made in Japan) and a wooden pirogue for medical expeditions in the Likouala area of the Republic of Congo.

From 2005 to 2022 the Foundation has transferred: 3,062,706.00 EUR and 185,586.00 USD for educational, health and investment purposes.

Statute of the Foundation is published on the Foundation website: https://www.dzieciafryki.org/fundacja-statut.html

The Foundation reports: Financial Statements and Annual Reports of the activities undertaken in recent years are to be found at https://www.dzieciafryki.org/fundacja-sprawozdania.html

The reports can also be downloaded from the Public Benefit Organization Database, published by Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy (https://sprawozdaniaopp.niw.gov.pl/).