Petra
Petra Elderly Centre · Kerege

Ageing with dignity.Living with connection.

A Place Where Age Is Honoured. Petra is an elderly care and engagement initiative under development in Kerege, Bagamoyo — a safe, dignified, caring, purposeful and intergenerational place for older adults.

Under development · Phase One 24.5%
Petra elder in the garden
Uzee ni Tunu
"Every wrinkle is a chapter."
— Bi Petronilla, in loving memory
● Under developmentPhase One 24.5%/Estimated need TZS 3.6B+/0 official services/Kerege · Bagamoyo · Tanzania/Uzee ni Tunu
A simple belief

A longer life
should also be
a fuller life.

Care. Community. Purpose. Connection.
Four ingredients. One home.

The Petra ecosystem

Care that surrounds a life.

Petra is not one service. It is an ecosystem — nine dedicated spaces on our Kerege campus, plus a family app, safe-home devices, and caretaker visits reaching every member's home.

Care
01 · Care & Support

Care designed around the person, not the system.

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02 · Independent Living

More freedom. More confidence.

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03 · Family
Diaspora-aware family app
Inter-generational community
Farm
05 · Organic Farm
From soil to wellbeing
06 · Wellbeing & Ikigae
Purpose at the Paukwa Pakawa Bench
07
Smart-home devices
Nine ways we care

Every service, one campus.

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Care, in motion

A day at Petra.

Petra breathes with the day. This is what's happening on our campus right now.

  1. 06:30
    Sunrise walk in the garden
    Farm path
  2. 08:00
    Morning chai & porridge
    Cafeteria
  3. 10:30Now
    Wisdom circle with Kerege Primary
    Paukwa Pakawa Bench
  4. 12:30
    Farm harvest & lunch
    Organic farm
  5. 15:00
    Music & storytelling
    Multifunctional Hall
  6. 19:30
    Evening prayers
    Chapel
  7. 21:00
    Rest & safe-home check-in
    Residences
Today at a glance
12
Activities
42
Visits
186
Meals served
Petra hall
Multifunctional Hall
Wisdom Circle · 14:00
Family connection

Care feels different
when everyone stays connected.

The Petra family app keeps siblings — in Dar, Dubai or Dallas — in the same rhythm as their parent's day. Wellbeing updates, visit coordination, and a shared thread of care.

Meaningful updates
Not noise — real moments.
Coordinated care
Everyone sees the same picture.
Elder
Daughter · Dubai
Son · Dar
Caretaker
Doctor
Petra CareOS · vision

Human care,
quietly strengthened
by technology.

A safe-home hub, a family app, and gentle guidance — designed so technology stays in the background and care stays in the foreground.

03:14 · Bedroom exit detected
Bedroom
Bathroom · lit
Living area
Life at Petra

This week on campus.

All events
Healthy Ageing Masterclass
18 JulMultifunctional Hall

Healthy Ageing Masterclass

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Uzee ni Tunu Storytelling
Mon 20 Jul
Uzee ni Tunu Storytelling
Paukwa Pakawa Bench
Chapel Service
Tue 21 Jul
Chapel Service
Chapel
Farm & Handcraft Morning
Wed 22 Jul
Farm & Handcraft Morning
Organic Farm
Bi Petronilla
Since 2016
A promise kept.
In loving memory
"Every wrinkle is a chapter.
The Paukwa Pakawa Bench
is where we honour that."
Stergomena L. Tax, co-founder
Read the founders' story
More than numbers

Every metric is a life quietly held.

01
24.5%
Phase One complete
02
TZS 3.6B+
Estimated need
03
9
Official services
04
#BomaLaUpendo
Community
Wisdom circle
A treasure kept
Uzee ni tunu.
A first conversation

A conversation can be
the first step to
a fuller life.

Whether you are exploring care for a parent, planning a visit, or looking to support our work — start here.

+255 749 999 111 · +255 749 999 222info@petraelderlycentre.or.tzP.O. Box 13987, Matumbi Street, Kerege, Bagamoyo, Pwani, Tanzania