JDO Impact · Signature Experience
Tanzania Impact Journey.
A small-scale journey where creative education, human connection and meaningful impact come together. Once every two years, with a small group of hairdressers, hairstylists and make-up artists.
Where creativity, connection and impact come together.
An exclusive experience for a small group of creatives, hairdressers, hairstylists and make-up artists. Once every two years. A journey that brings together creative education, human connection and meaningful impact. Deepen your craft, experience Tanzania beyond the surface and contribute to the community connected to the Mary Mother of God Center in Lamadi, always in consultation with the local organisation.
Not simply a journey you take, but an experience that may change the way you see your craft, your life and the impact you can create.
What You'll Experience
01
Education & Creative Growth
Deepen your craft through inspiring masterclasses and hands-on sessions. Step away from your everyday environment, make space for new perspectives and reconnect with your creativity alongside a small group of like-minded professionals.
02
Culture & Human Connection
Experience Tanzania through genuine human connection. Meet local communities, learn about their lives and culture, and create space for conversations, reflection and wellbeing. Not a traditional tourist experience, but an opportunity to slow down, listen and see the world from a different perspective.
03
Creating Impact, Together
Visit the Mary Mother of God Center in Lamadi, a safe place for children with albinism, and spend meaningful time with the children and the community around them.
We don't just visit. Together, we contribute through activities and initiatives created around the needs of the children and the local community. You will experience first-hand where the work of Unity for Albinism makes a difference.
You arrive to contribute, with respect for what the local community itself considers important.
The place we visit
Mary Mother of God Center Lamadi, Tanzania.
A safe place for children with albinism. Here we spend time with the children and the people who care for them every day, and contribute to what the community itself finds important.
Why Tanzania
"My connection with Africa began in 2012. Over the years, it grew into long-term collaborations, friendships and social projects, and eventually led to the creation of Unity for Albinism.
This journey brings together everything I believe in: creativity, education, human connection and giving back.
We contribute to the community connected to the Mary Mother of God Center in Lamadi, experience the impact of our work first-hand and give back in a meaningful way, always in consultation with the local organisation.
I believe some experiences change more than what you know. They change how you see the world, and sometimes how you see yourself."
Juliette den Ouden
Once every two years · small group
Interested in the next edition?
The Tanzania Impact Journey takes place only once every two years and is intentionally kept small. This allows us to protect what matters most: genuine connection, meaningful experiences and responsible impact.
Places are limited. Join the interest list to be the first to hear when the next Tanzania Impact Journey is announced.
Add me to the listCareful & responsible
The needs of the local organisation and community always come first. Activities are determined locally and contact with children is not automatically part of every journey. We work with a code of conduct and safeguarding policy: visitors do not take over professional care or teaching roles, and photos and videos are only taken and shared with appropriate consent.