The Malezi AIDS Care Awareness Organization (MACAO) is a humanitarian service organization located in Arusha Northern Tanzania working in partnership with the local community, government and other local and international institutions to improve the lives of pastoralists in the local community through community empowerment to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and other preventable diseases.

We have 6 main programs activities:

1. Teaching the community prevention methods for HIV/AIDS,TB, Malaria, Environment Care and providing Maasai women and girl, orphans and vulnerable children essential food, clothing, education and medical care

2. Human Rights and Advocacy for communities, widows and orphans Live With HIV/AIDS to live and b e empowered

3. To empower Maasai communities in economic situation improvement

4. Community Service Development

5. Maasai cultural and educational programs

6. Culturally and socially through implementing activities in capacity building, HIV/AIDS interventions as well as Advocacy for Human Rights and Education

These programmes seek Volunteers and Donors to empower pastoralists maasai communities and we welcome Volunteers, Donors from all around the world to develop awareness- HIV/AIDS prevention, poverty eradication and other diseases in Maasai communities. Macao tries to address the problems of Human Rights by engaging Maasai in educational programmes, supporting Maasai communities in setting and creating a stronger prevention and supporting Maasai female representation in the communities.

MACAO welcomes volunteers who are willing to support and give care to HIV/AIDS patients, orphans, and widows. In our programs, international volunteers work together alongside local volunteers and visit different villages to learn some of the African lifestyle. For the first week, all international volunteers are given instruction to acquaint them with the Swahili language. The goal is to provide useful words and phrases that volunteers may encounter while working in some Tanzanian villages. Some of the volunteers will also be taught how to educate the communities about HIV/AIDS.
International volunteers will have the freedom to choose any type of work they are able to do, so you never have to be concerned about doing a job you are not capable of completing.

MACAO invites international volunteers to help build orphanages and schools, painting buildings, and other activities which will contribute to the development of these communities.

Local volunteers help widows cope with raising children without a monthly income, organizing weekly home care clinics at the local hospital, assisting home-based care nurses run local community clinics, administer AIDS control programs, and distribute medication and food supplements.

MACAO volunteer programs are flexible to your needs. We encourage volunteers to stay for at least one month, but volunteers may serve for any length of time. Many volunteers combine their stay with tourism elsewhere in East Africa. No matter how long you decide to volunteer, you will have a remarkable experience and you will have personally helped MACAO to realize its vision of an AIDS-free Africa.