Funding Improves Prenatal, Infant Care MAISHA is a Kiswahili word that means life, but under a programme being undertaken in Tanzania by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), it stands for Mothers and Infants, Safe Healthy Alive project. The Director of MAISHA Jhpiego Programme, Dr Dunstan Bishanga, says the scheme was established in 2008 […]
A Classroom To The World The GLOBE Program, GLOBE AFRICA, Colorado’s St. Vrain Valley School District and Discovery Education are proud to partner on a scientific learning expedition to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. From September 23 – October 1, a team of 10 students, 12 educators, and 4 scientists representing 5 different countries, Nigeria, […]
Advocates Clash Over Education and Regulation The Tanzania government’s new proposed constitution has been heavily influenced by NGOs that promote contraceptives and abortion rights, says Emil Hagamu, director of English-speaking Africa for Human Life International. He and other pro-life leaders are calling attention to problematic new passages in the proposed constitution, which is scheduled for […]
We Fell In Love With The People Of Tanzania At first, the King George County women went to Tanzania to see the wildlife—and they weren’t disappointed by the amazing array of elephants and wildebeests, zebras and giraffes, ostriches and albatrosses. But as Teri Priebe, a travel agent, and Paula Van Alstine, a fitness instructor, got […]
Child Sodomy A Rising Problem Child abuse is rising in the country and thus denying children of their basic rights, a new report by the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) has revealed. The report, dubbed “Tanzania Human Rights Report 2013,” documents human rights in the country with special focus on various issues and events […]