Kuwaiti and Bahraini Charities Launch Integrated Development Complex in Tanzania

Kuwait’s Namaa Charity, together with Bahrain’s Kaaf Humanitarian, has opened the Namaa and Kaaf Development Complex in Tanzania.

Overview

The project forms part of broader humanitarian efforts aimed at assisting needy communities and promoting sustainable development.

The initiative reflects growing cooperation among Gulf countries in supporting development across Africa.

Statements from Officials

Kuwait’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Tanzania Salem Al‑Hamdan told KUNA that the opening reflects Kuwait’s humanitarian role in supporting vulnerable populations and illustrates how charitable work is shifting from direct aid to sustainable development initiatives that build human capacity and raise quality of life.

He said he sponsored and attended the ceremony, noting that the complex demonstrates the depth of Kuwait’s humanitarian mission and the commitment of Kuwaiti charities to provide decent living conditions for the most disadvantaged groups through initiatives with long‑term development impact.

Al‑Hamdan described the facility as an integrated development model that combines education, healthcare, vocational training and water supply, explaining that it helps people acquire skills, improves living conditions and contributes to stability and productivity.

He also praised the partnership between Namaa Charity and Kaaf Humanitarian, saying it strengthens cooperation and humanitarian solidarity and transforms the value of giving into concrete results for beneficiary communities.

Khaled Al‑Shamali, Head of the Programs and Initiatives Sector at Namaa Charity, told KUNA that the complex marks an important step toward integrated projects that blend basic services with the economic and social empowerment of individuals.

He added that its facilities create an educational, health and vocational environment enabling children to continue schooling and young people to learn trades, while also offering families essential services that support stability and raise living standards.

Al‑Shamali said Namaa Charity gives priority to projects that invest in people and respond to the actual needs of beneficiary communities, turning donors’ contributions into long‑term development services, and thanked donors and benefactors in Kuwait for their continued support, which he described as key to sustaining initiatives that help communities become more self‑reliant and stable.

Facilities and Impact

The complex includes primary and secondary schools with capacity for 560 students and housing for 180 students and orphans.

It also contains a mosque for about 560 worshippers, a vocational institute for 200 people and a bakery serving 500 beneficiaries.

A clinic will serve around 5,000 patients, and artesian wells between 120 and 150 metres deep supply water to approximately 2,000 people.

Additional features comprise a multi‑service centre, administrative and residential facilities and electrical equipment to keep the complex operational.