News Archive
Before the start of the water project, the 900 girls attending the school faced a lot of problems due to inadequate water supply.
The first fishing were harvested by a group led by the District Fisheries Officer. Fish were sold cheaply to locals and donated to the grateful special needs students at the local boarding school.
Report: Project 912 Mdughuyu Primary School Kitchen Application received after Chairs’ visit to the school in Jan 2023 as part …
Five new wells and rope pumps for 5 schools and villages in rural Tanzania Thanks to funding from the Network …
New Project Chosen for EuCanAid/TDT Joint Funding: Integrated Programme For Sustaining Mdughuyu Village in Singida Following the successful seven-year roll-out …
Samia Suluhu Hassan’s first year in Office: Empowering Women and Girls Tanzania got its first woman president after the unexpected …
Ikondo School set up link with Clayesmore School in UK Nanette and Angele from Clayesmore school in Dorset recently visited …
Celebrating 60 years of Mainland Tanzanian Independence Tanzania and Britain met in person at the Oriental Club in London on …
Water is Life – getting access to clean and safe water in rural Tanzania Her feet and body aches as …
Agents of Change – Empowering women in rural Tanzania Imagine the things that our communities could achieve if the women …
Rhobi Samwelly Selected for the Marianne Human Rights Defenders Award! We are incredibly proud to announce that our local representative for …
What does COP26 mean for Tanzania and the developing world? With assistance and access to climate discussions, the response to …
Feeding Hungry Students this World Children’s Day As part of our work with our local representatives, many of our projects …
This Girl Can – Empowering girls in rural Tanzania. She walks tall. Only a teenager, she is dressed in her …
An Update from our representative Alpha Ngailla. In making our chicken project more productive and meet our projections of helping …
Agriculture is the backbone of the rural economy in Tanzania and many of the groups we work with, including many …
We know the vast inequalities that come with a lack of access to water. The obvious one that springs to …
Access to water is a fundamental human right, and one the world has learnt the true importance of over the …
Five years ago, Crowd2Map led an entirely volunteer-driven campaign to map uncharted villages in rural Tanzania. Teams have trained a …
In 1975, close advisors of the first Tanzanian president envisioned global engagement that would increase mutual understanding and cooperation between …
Video update of the project enterprise at Ikondo Secondary School.
This joint development project between TDT/EU Can Aid, Marumba village and African Palms, near the Mozambique border in Mtwara region, has already so far delivered 2 new classrooms with solar panels, a borehole, dispensary support with solar power and fridge, tree planting and bee keeping projects.
The transition to secondary school is difficult for any child, but particularly in Tanzania, when they suddenly need to start learning in English. This year, we are supporting schemes in 8 schools who have been teaching over 700 students for 3 hours a day, 5 days a week since the end of September, thanks to a grant from the Eddie Byers Fund matched by an anonymous donor.
Marumba Village celebrates the opening of the new Maternity Ward and is captured by ITV News, Tanzania
The transition to secondary school is difficult for any child, but particularly in Tanzania, when they suddenly are supposed to start learning in English. From having a few teachers speaking Swahili to many new subjects in a new language this is a big challenge. Many students struggle to understand their teachers and start to drop behind and lose interest. Therefore we were delighted to receive a grant from the Eddie Byers Fund.
Tanzania Development Trust would like to thank Ruth Harvey and Dan Wells for fundraising for TDT through their Kilimanjaro climb. Friends, family and colleagues donated an amazing £2,041.
Congratulations to TDT local reps Rhobi Samwelly and Benedicto Hosea, who this week both received significant awards recognising their work.
Addressing the APPG in the Houses of Parliament, the Geology for Global Development Annual Conference and our own AGM, Benedicto has made quite an impression on his visit to the UK!
Congratulations to TDT's local representative for Kigoma Rural, Benedicto Hosea. He will represent Kigoma Region in the National Youth Forum this week in Mwanza, advising on the National Youth Strategy.
What can be achieved for less than £500? Read about Justice Muchati's transformation of a beekeeping community in iringa, using a TDT VSO small grant
Ashura Kayupayupa reports on attitudes towards albinos and albinism in Tanzania. And a report on a recent visit to the Special Needs section of Masasi Primary School.
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