Inadequate or limited access to clean and safe water remains a challenge for many children and families Tanzania.

World Vision is working to respond to this challenge by implementing a range of interventions designed to increase access to safe water, educate communities in the effective management of water resources, and ensure that adults and children understand and follow good personal hygiene practices.

In rural areas across Tanzania, it is common for pregnant women and girls to skip visiting health facilities when they are pregnant. For them, this is not a big deal. Sadly, this has escalated maternal and newborn deaths from across villages countrywide.

However, Dodoma region tells a different story. Here, the majority of pregnant women in rural areas are now attending usual clinics, reducing to a greater extent the rate of maternal and newborn deaths, thanks to an ambitious project by World Vision.

The Eastern coastal region of Tanga has been experiencing increased deforestation due to poor control and planning, and degradation of coastal habitats. World Vision decided to engage youth from the coastal region in taking urgent actions to combat climate change and its impact on their community, through the SAUTI Youth Project. The project empowers girls and boys to be strong voices to improve community welfare in various issues focusing mostly in the area of climate change.

Through our Transforming Household Resilience In Vulnerable Environments (THRIVE) approach, World Vision works with farmers across Tanzania to dramatically increase household incomes, resulting in stronger and more self-sufficient families.

Read on to learn about farmers from Karatu District whose lives were transformed by an increase in quantity and quality of banana.

This year, World Vision will be marking 40 years since its first programmes in Tanzania in 1981. Prior to the official celebration, we will be holding 40 days of activities in our various Area Programmes within the 16 regions where World Vision operates.

Click below for highlights from the launch of our 40 days of activities.

With children forced to stay home curing the COVID-19 pandemic, there is an increased risk of Violence Against Children and Gender-Based Violence (GBV). World Vision has produced sensitisation materials to be placed at health facilities and villages centres, offering tips on preventing Violence Against Children & GBV during COVID-19, as well as providing information on how and where to report violence that children might be experiencing.