“World Day against trafficking in person”
Save the Children through an European Union/UNICEF funded project collaborated with IOM Tanzania to conduct a 1 day training on human trafficking held at Vigimark Hotel in Shinyanga Municipal. The...
View ArticleWORLD'S BREASTFEEDING WEEK.
In Tanzania, breastfeeding week was commemorated in Dodoma at the national level however Shinyanga and Lindi hosted such event for the first time ever. Commemorations kicked off on 1st August and...
View ArticleRACE FOR SURVIVAL 2015
RACE FOR SURVIVAL 2015 This year’s advocacy objective was to obtain attention from key government stakeholders in Zanzibar on the issues of preventable childhood deaths and maternal and new-born...
View ArticleChildren Councils and Young Reporters meet with Political Parties...
As Tanzania approaches election period, and new political promises are being made by various politicians in the wake of campaigns, children issues also appear high on their agendas. It is however...
View ArticleStars join children’s organisations to launch campaign of violence against...
Stars join children’s organisations to launch campaign of violence against children across Africa (Videos: https://www.dropbox.com/home/anti-violence) Save the Children is among Africa’s largest...
View ArticleSave the Children Tanzania Celebrates Women's Day
In the Save the Children Tanzania office women decided to show solidarity, commitment and enthusiasm for change by dressing all in white during the IWD 2017. "We want to create awareness on the...
View ArticleECHO project LAUNCHED to ENSURE Burundian refugees in NDUTA, MTENDELI AND...
ECHO is funding a consortium (Plan International Tanzania, Save the Children International and International Rescue Committee) to ensure that Burundian refugees access lifesaving protection and...
View ArticleAfya Bora Project improves maternal and new-born health in Tanzania
Save the Children is implementing Afya Bora Project through integrated Reproductive and Child Health Program (Collaborating Health Promotion and Health Education Unit) in 10 targeted districts in...
View ArticleEMPOWERING TEACHERS TO DELIVER HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION IN TANZANIA
The teaching environment in Tanzania has changed, teachers are required to apply innovative techniques in delivering their sessions. However, the teaching evironment is not conducive due to the number...
View ArticleRebeca Gyumi wins the UN Human Rights Prize
A Tanzanian activist Rebeca Gyumi wins the UN Human Rights Prize. Rebeca who is 31 years of age has made a huge overturn on Tanzania Law of Child marriage that allowed girls as young as 14 years of...
View ArticleImproving newborn and child survival in Tanzania: Hawa’s story
Ilongero, Singida Hawa 43, is a mother of 10 children. Her last born Abdulrazzak 18 months is a healthy and happy toddler who survived child birth after being delivered by the road. While there has...
View ArticleEnding Child Marriage in Tanzania: Pursuing the distant but non-elusive dream
Tanzania has one of the highest child marriage prevalence rates in the world – almost two out of five girls in Tanzania are married before their 18th birthday. Tanzania Demographic and Healthy Survey...
View ArticleBORESHA LISHE: REINSTATED HOPE, NO MORE STUNTING: Sakina, 33
Access to dietary diversified and nutritious food is a longtime dream for villagers in Singida district. Sakina, 33 was born and raised in Sekotoure village in Singida district before she got married...
View ArticleFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - COVID-19: Most marginalised children will bear the...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COVID-19: Most marginalised children will bear the brunt of unprecedented school closures around the world March 23 – Governments and communities must act now to ensure that...
View ArticleCoronavirus (Covid-19) is a devastating blow to children in poverty
By Luke Harman, Senior Social Protection Adviser and Yolande Wright, Global Director Poverty Reduction, Climate Resilience, Gender Equality and Inclusion, Save the Children, on behalf of the Global...
View ArticleUrgent support needed as Covid-19 cases in Africa increase by more than 500...
As the number of Covid-19 cases across the African continent rose dramatically this week, health systems that serve some of the most vulnerable and marginalised children and families in the world will...
View ArticleImproving Access to Primary Education for Children in Refugee Camps: Sylvana...
Nyarugusu,Sylvana, 13, is a Burundian girl currently living with her parents and younger brother in Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania. “When I was in Burundi. I would see other children go to...
View ArticleAlarm grows in Africa as continent records its 10,000th case of COVID-19
Some of the most vulnerable children and their families across Africa who depend on the informal economy for their livelihoods are and will increasingly be impacted by measures designed to stop the...
View ArticleCOVID-19: A NIGHTMARE THAT TURNED LIFE UPSIDE DOWN
Dar es Salaam,Mary is a young girl aged 14, a form two student living in Dar es Salaam. Her father is a boda boda driver and her mother does pet business along the streets of Dar es salaam. Apart...
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