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Tanzania

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Capital: Dodoma Population: 41 million Concern started work in: 1978 Life expectancy: 52 years Literacy rate: 69.4%
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Capital: Dar es Salaam Population: 38.5 million Concern started work in: 1979

Concern Worldwide works in five regions in Tanzania.

Three year grant for agriculture programme

18 February 2010

On the 10 February the EU Delegation in Tanzania signed a multi-country grant contract with Concern Worldwide. The contract is designed to increase the options for rural communities for making a living with the engagement of government and the private sector.

Bringing clean water to rural Tanzania

Posted by Isla Gilmore in Concern Blog | 15 February 2010 | 0 comments
Hadija and her mother Rehema at the water point that was improved by Concern

As a city girl, it’s hard for me to imagine life without water coming from the tap. Many people, however, do not have this luxury. Earlier this month, I met a woman whose life has been changed thanks to Concern’s water programme in rural Tanzania.

A lifeline for farmers in Tanzania

Posted by Isla Gilmore in Concern Blog | 11 January 2010 | 0 comments
Halima Nyigo

In November last year, I saw an emergency intervention – the very heart of Concern Worldwide’s work.

30 years in Tanzania

Posted by Isla Gilmore in Concern Blog | 8 January 2010 | 3 comments
Farmer Petro Luupituko, 87, showing Isla the trees he planted for Concern

Concern recently marked its 30th anniversary in Tanzania. I’ve just spent a week in Iringa, the first area Concern worked in the country, to see how things have changed in this time.

Hunger and HIV: a deadly combination

30 November 2009

As we mark World AIDS Day, the global food crisis is impacting heavily on HIV and AIDS levels in developing countries.

Climate change and Tanzania

Posted by Isla Gilmore in Concern Blog | 5 November 2009 | 0 comments
COP15 United Nations Conference logo

Unless you’re a devoted environmentalist it can be confusing keeping up with all the forums, summits and conferences dedicated to the reduction of climate change.

Changing attitudes in rural Tanzania

Posted by Isla Gilmore in Concern Blog | 29 October 2009 | 2 comments
Women look at the list of female candidates for the local council elections

I meet a woman in one of the poorest villages in Tanzania. Her name is Fatuma Ismail. She is the same age as me, 30, and has five children. She is a widow with nobody to turn to for support.

The unsung heroes

Posted by Isla Gilmore in Concern Blog | 17 August 2009 | 4 comments
Isla Gilmore

Faced with tough choices, African women struggle in a way that I will never know.

Concern CEO meets Tanzanian ministers

19 June 2009

Tom Arnold, Concern Worldwide’s CEO, recently visited the Tanzanian prime minister

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