Help families community-wide receive basic health care and critical services Find out more 10.4% Raised: $2564 Target: $24700 Hostels to enable students (especially girls) go to high school Find out more 0.0% Raised: $14 Target: $50000 The people of Dabil Ward deserve clean water Find out more 0% Raised: $0 Target: $300000 Help communities move from subsistence to thriving Find out more 72.9% Raised: $127400 Target: $174807 Arri’s schoolchildren need new bathrooms Find out more 35.6% Raised: $64282 Target: $180000 The schoolchildren of Arri Ward need more — and better — classrooms Find out more 0% Raised: $0 Target: $243000 Previous Next Karimu receives the 2025 Platinum Seal of Transparency from Candid. This rating puts Karimu in the top 0.1% of US-based charities in terms of transparency. Check out our profile at Guidestar Our mission Karimu recognizes that poverty can only be defeated by tackling the three biggest challenges facing the poor. Our impact Karimu currently works within a relatively small area, but has made a huge impact there. Our approach Karimu believes the villagers they work with understand their problems—and can recognize effective solutions—more accurately than any outsiders can.