Childreach International Tanzania

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Moshi, Kilimanjaro
In partnership with Childreach International UK

 

Childreach International Tanzania country office opened in April 2009 and works with local communities within the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania implementing projects for developing primary and further education. The office is led by local staff, who understand the most pressing local needs and remain close to project sites.

 
In Tanzania, Childreach hopes to unlock the potential of Tanzanian children through three programmes: School Improvement: Vocational Training Centres and Carbon Offsetting Programme.

School Improvement Programme

Childreach's school improvement projects, among other things, construct and renovate classrooms, toilets, teachers’ houses and nursery schools in government primary schools to enable school children to study in a comfortable and safe environment. The programme focuses on primary schools in mostly rural areas, where the situation is worse so as to protect children with common diseases such as diarrhoea, infections, cholera and also to make the schools safe and attractive place for children to go. Through this programme many children have been motivated to attend school, which has resulted in reduced absenteeism and school drop-out rates.

Vocational Training Centres

The aim of the programme is to provide technical skills to children, who had no access to secondary/college education through vocational training. The Vocational Training Centres develop the potential of vulnerable and socially excluded youths through the provision of training in skills such as carpentry, tailoring, IT, Maths, and Basic English, which enables them to find employment and play an active role in society.

Carbon Offsetting in Tanzania

Childreach International has recently become a carbon offset provider, based around an ethos of sustainable development and community involvement, they deliver community based greenhouse gas reduction projects across the developing world.  Aside from the vast amounts of CO2 saved, their unique projects are specifically designed to meet the needs of communities in the developing world as a priority, bringing numerous economic, social and environmental benefits to the areas they work in.

To learn more about Childreach International and their Tanzania country office, please visit their website: www.childreach.org.uk 

 

Childreach International

Childreach International is a UK registered grass roots charity that has worked with over 70,000 children in the past year alone. They work in genuine partnership with local communities in the developing world to help improve children’s access to healthcare and education.

Childreach began its life in 2004 as a voluntary organisation run by individuals passionate about international development, who worked hard to provide communities with the resources they needed solve development issues. In addition to the Tanzania country office, Childreach International operates in India, Nepal, Occupied Palestinian Territories and in Bangladesh.

In one year alone, Childreach International:

• Increased 11 781 children's access to education
• Increased 23 330 children's access to health care
• Increased 400 children's access to child rights projects
• Increased 189 children's access to skilled training