Tanzania Program
May 3 - 13, 2025
January 13 - 23, 2026
Not quite ready to apply or looking to travel in 2025?
Mission & Vision
Come to Tanzania. Witness birthwork in its rawest, most reverent form.
Join us for an eleven-day immersion in Karatu, where you’ll serve alongside Tanzanian nurse midwives in local clinics and connect deeply with the mothers and families they support. This is a journey rooted in humility, cultural exchange, and hands-on experience, designed for doulas, midwives, nurses, and birthworkers who want to grow not just their skills, but their understanding of birth across borders.
You’ll be welcomed into a warm community, nourished by delicious meals, and grounded each morning with optional movement. Outside the clinic, you’ll sit in circle with Maasai women to learn about traditional birth rituals, reflect daily with a global circle of peers, and take in the breathtaking beauty of the Ngorongoro Crater on safari.
This isn’t a service trip. It’s a relationship- an invitation to listen, to witness, and to be changed.
If you're ready for a birthwork experience that will shift your perspective and deepen your purpose, Tanzania is waiting.
Before fully diving into your application, please read over our Mission. Vision & Values page to make sure you align with our approach.
Our Commitment to the Clinics
Since 2018, we’ve had the privilege of serving as doulas in Tanzanian clinics, working side by side with local midwives and healthcare professionals. Our deep connection with Karatu Health Center and Karatu Lutheran Hospital has allowed us to understand their most urgent needs and respond with meaningful support. From providing essential equipment like ultrasound machines and oxygen concentrators to ensuring proper staff training, we are dedicated to improving maternal health outcomes in these communities. Learn more about our ongoing work in Tanzania’s clinics and how you can be part of this impactful journey.
How to Join the Tanzania Journey
Step 1
Submit Application & Attend Info Session
Begin by applying with a $50+ fee, which supports our scholarship fund, increasing program accessibility. Then join us for an enlightening webinar. It’s an opportunity for you to fully understand the program
Step 3
Cultural Awareness Online Training
Leading up to the trip, you will be required to complete our virtual Cultural Awareness Training, dedicated to reflecting on sensitivity, curiosity and competency, ensuring you are prepared for what this trip has in store.
Step 2
Intention Form and Deposit
Once you are committed to joining us, fill out an intention form with your choice of dates and a pay a $500 non-refundable deposit (towards total tuition) to secure your spot on a future trip. From there, payment plans are available.
Step 4
Pre-trip Zoom Calls
Prior to departure, you will be added to a group WhatsApp and invited to several group zoom calls with your trip facilitators to connect before you travel. We will make sure we are prepared and connected as a group before our journey begins.
We welcome a diverse group of birthworkers who share a giving heart, open mind, humility, adaptability, a thirst for learning, and a service-oriented spirit. No hands-on clinical experience is required, making this program accessible to a wider range of birthworkers.
Sample Itinerary
Here is a sample of what our trip could like, this is potentially subject to change due to weather or the twists and turns of travel!
Day 1: Arrival in Kilimanjaro
Arrival in Arusha and spend the night.
Day 4: Clinic
Start day with morning movement practice. Clinic day. Afternoon group workshop.
Day 7: Clinic
Start day with morning movement practice. Clinic Day. Afternoon Workshop.
Day 10: Safari!
Soak up the beauty of the land and the animals on a super fun and magical safari adventure (you cannot go all the way to Tanzania and not go on safari!) We go into the Ngorongoro Crater which is known as the "birthplace of mankind". Both Maasai beliefs and archeology confirms some of the earliest human remains in the world were found here. It is a very special place.
Day 2: Head to Karatu
Drive 3.5 hours Karatu. Stop at Maasai Market to get a lay of the land. Have a late lunch at the house and, settle in. Have our opening ceremony and clinic preparation workshop.
Day 5: Maasai Day
Maasai Day! Joing a group of local Masaai women and sit in circle to talk about all the things that connect us as women and how culture is dynamic, but birth is universal.
Day 8: Clinic & Celebrate
Start day with morning movement practice. Clinic Day. Finish the trip by having a party with the nurses! Great way to connect more deeply with these birthworkers.
Day 11: Departure
Soak up the last day and head back to the airport, or to wherever your adventure is going to take you! To learn about our Zanzibar Add-On, please inquire!
Day 3: Onboarding
Start day with morning movement practice. Clinic introductions and nurse introduction. Afternoon group workshop.
Day 6: Clinic
Start day with morning movement practice. Clinic Day. Afternoon Workshop.
Day 9: Final Clinic Day
This is our final day with the clinics. It varies depending on the group and the flow of the week. Maybe we teach a workshop to the nurses, maybe we support lots of births!
Tanzania Program
June 29 - July 9, 2024
October 5 - 15, 2024
January 11 - 21, 2025
February 1 - 11, 2025
May 3 - 13, 2025
Not quite ready to apply or looking to travel in 2025?
The Investment
TUITION
$4250 USD*
*Subject to change due to inflation
INCLUDES
Everything you need from the time you exit the airport to the time you leave.
ALL LODGING
ADVENTURE
ACTIVITIES
ALL MEALS
CULTURAL IMMERSION ACTIVITIES
TRANSPORTATION
PRE-DEPARTURE TRAININGS
TEAM COMPENSATION
Tuition Breakdown
This can vary based on numbers of participants traveling
DOES NOT INCLUDES
Airfare, Travel Insurance, Entry Volunteer Visa, Immunizations (optional), Souvenirs, and Tips for our Hosts (this is customary).
PLEASE NOTE: THE WOMBS OF THE WORLD FOUNDATION COMPENSATES THE CLINICS FOR OUR PRESENCE.
Fund Your Journey with Our Affiliate Program
We know birthwork is a labor of love, and we don’t want finances to be your barrier to travel.
That’s why we created a community-powered affiliate program. When you share our online childbirth education course, Preparing for Parenthood, with your pregnant community, you earn money toward your trip.
Spoiler alert: selling just 71 classes covers your full tuition to Tanzania.
It’s a win-win-win that supports your journey, spreads empowering education, and funds our global birthwork initiatives.
Look out for our email about the upcoming informational webinars.
Thank you so much for your interest! We can't wait to meet you!
