At a school in rural Tanzania, a child watches volunteers unravel a mosquito bed net. Doctors and health care workers from various organizations have arrived at the school for the annual School Net Program, not only to distribute insecticide treated bed nets, but also to educate students about malaria. By the time students bring their bed nets home, other local village volunteers will have briefed parents on how to properly install and use a bed net, ensuring that every child is protected from malaria.
The Mothers and Infants, Safe, Healthy and Alive (MAISHA) program, supported by USAID, is working to increase access and demand for maternal, newborn and child health services in Tanzania. MAISHA, in collaboration with the Government of Tanzania, has provided pre- and postnatal care to over 25,000 women in rural communities over the past six years.
“Green jobs” is a phrase that can be used to build wealth, win votes or influence agendas. In the developing world, such jobs can be a path out of poverty.
The mission of Rural-Urban Development Initiative (RUDI), a Tanzanian non-governmental organization, has been to help smallholder rice farmers in central Tanzania increase profits through better farming and increased access to markets.
One gray midmorning, during the season of short rains in rural Tanzania’s western highlands, about 30 men and women take valuable hours away from farming and domestic chores to gather at a village meeting place. The mood is relaxed, despite the task at hand — HIV/AIDS counseling and testing.
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