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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

What are bitter gourds and how did their cultivation transform a community in Tanzania?

World Vision's bitter gourd farming project boosted Shamkeri farmers' income by 500%, improving livelihoods in Tanzania. Explore the journey, challenges, and successes.

Farmer from Tanzania holds up a bitter gourd, a new crop that has helped improve the well-being and economies of families in Tanzania

Economic Development

What are bitter gourds and how did their cultivation transform a community in Tanzania?

World Vision's bitter gourd farming project boosted Shamkeri farmers' income by 500%, improving livelihoods in Tanzania. Explore the journey, challenges...

Emeliciana Zimbwe (33) with her daughter Neema (4) in front of their sugar cane field enjoying a moment together (Photo by Olivia Kassano)

Bringing hope to vulnerable children

Supporting people with special needs.

Dafroza barbers a girl

The first barber girl

Dafroza is the first barber girl in the village Mvugwe in Kigoma region. To be a barber girl has been her dream, it was not easy to convince her parents...

New sanitation and hygiene facilities restore hope among students in Tanga

New sanitation and hygiene facilities restore hope among students in Tanga

Not many people would immediately think about toilets when it comes to things which hinder progress for children’s growth. However, experience has shown...

Solving the water challenge in Tanzania: Our commitment to the most vulnerable

Solving the water challenge in Tanzania: Our commitment to the most vulnerable

Inadequate or limited access to clean and safe water remains a challenge for many Tanzanians. World Vision is working to respond to this challenge by...

Collaborating to build healthy and resilient communities across Tanzania

Collaborating to build healthy and resilient communities across Tanzania

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...

WV Tanzania Drought Response

World Vision donates relief food items following drought in parts of Tanzania

Thousands of primary and secondary school students in Ruvu Remit division in Simanjiro District in Manyara Region are in need of relief food following...

A woman jovially smiles with her child when they attended clinic at Iglansoni health center in Singida region

Combatting nutritional challenges in Shinyanga and Singida regions

The Enhancing Nutrition Services to Improve Maternal and Child Health (ENRICH) Programme, which was being implemented in Shinyanga and Singida regions for...

Nestory and his family

Transforming agricultural practices to the benefit of Children in Tanzania

World Vision's Mkumburu Area Programme (AP) with funding from World Vision's Hong Kong Office, has capacitated farmers on improved farming technology, and...

Family that learned the importance of exclusive breastfeeding sits with their happy and health baby in Tanzania

Exclusive breastfeeding is everyone’s responsibility

Many women and men in Msisi community and neighbouring villages did not have exclusive breastfeeding knowledge or knowledge of maternal and child health in...

SAUTI Youth Project - 1

The voices that call for change in Tanzania's coastal region of Tanga

The Eastern coastal region of Tanga has been experiencing increased deforestation due to poor control and planning, and degradation of coastal habitats...

Karatu families thriving thanks to banana farming

Through our Transforming Household Resilience In Vulnerable Environments (THRIVE) approach, World Vision works with farmers across Tanzania to dramatically...

Impact of the SUSTAIN project in reaching the marginalised in Mwamgongo

Through the SUSTAIN Project, Global Affairs Canada (GAC) has been working in collaboration with World Vision's Canada and Tanzania Offices; providing...

40 years of bringing hope to vulnerable children

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...

Pili water

Celebrating 16 years of building brighter futures for vulnerable children in Iramba District

When World Vision's Kisiriri Area Programme began in 2004, only 12.7% of households had access to water from protected sources. Many others, such as the...

Classroom session

Combatting COVID-19 as school operations resume

In line with one of World Vision’s child well-being aspirations (children should enjoy good health and education for life), we have donated hand-washing...

Learning

COVID-19: A roadblock to vulnerable children’s education

Most students in the rural areas do not have access to TVs, neither do they have a reliable source of light for their studies during the night. During the...

Garage Session

Influencing behaviour change through community mass sensitization

Written by Agness John, Senior Communications Officer Behaviour change is not an overnight process but rather a day to day process which involves...

HO2

World Vision is complimenting the Tanzanian government’s efforts in fighting COVID-19

Written By Agness John, Senior Communications Officer World Vision has donated equipment worth more than 200million Tanzanian Shillings (TZS) to Regional...

Dung'unyi

COVID-19 makes malnutrition rehabilitation more difficult but not impossible

Written By Gladith Yoabu, Communications Volunteer – ENRICH Project, and Agness John, Senior Communications Officer, World Vision Social distancing...

ENRICH gender equality cover image

Transformation: The Kitchen and Childcare Aren't for Women Only Anymore

Written by Agness John, World Vision Communications Officer - ENRICH Project Girl-children often experience multifaceted discrimination in the areas of...

In a group photo are Hon. Ummy Mwalimu Minister for Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (3rd left); Gilbert Kamanga; WVT National Director (1st left), other stakeholders and children from Nzega and Kagera APs.

A Story Book Set to Help Rewrite the Stories of Young Girls in Tanzania

In Tanzania, the ‘Day of the Africa Child’ was celebrated widely, including a national commemoration which was held in Katoro ward; Geita Region, Lake zone...

A smile back: World Vision responds to catastrophic hailstorm in Northern Tanzania

While natural disasters capture headlines and national attention, World Vision joins hands with communities and the government to respond to victims of...

MenCare Model: Celebrating Christmas with transformed Sukuma men

As we celebrate Christmas, we can also reflect on how Jesus Christ showed love for children in different occasions. The words of Jesus “I have come that...