News and Events
Tanzania Development Trust at 45
In 1975, close advisors of the first Tanzanian president envisioned global engagement that would increase mutual understanding and cooperation between Tanzania and the United Kingdom. They launched the Britain Tanzania Society and its development arm Tanzania Development Trust to strategize and fund programs that would uplift communities facing extreme poverty, gender inequality, and resource disparity. With full commitment and continued tenacity, Trust volunteers have made remarkable strides over the past 45 years.
News

Detecting pests in Maize and Cassava with the PlantNuru app
Here you can see the Digital Champion for Burunga village, Agness Marinya checking her crops with the app. She says, “It is an easy way

Clean Water for Ntamya Students!
We know the vast inequalities that come with a lack of access to water. The obvious one that springs to mind – particularly at this

A Water Pump for Titye Secondary School, Kasulu!
Access to water is a fundamental human right, and one the world has learnt the true importance of over the past year in keeping us

Introducing our New Monthly Newsletters!
This month we have started a monthly newsletter that features various updates from the trust – the latest progress from our projects in Tanzania, newly

Crowd2Map 5th Anniversary
Five years ago, Crowd2Map led an entirely volunteer-driven campaign to map uncharted villages in rural Tanzania. Teams have trained a global community of over 14,000

Annual Report 2019-2020
Read Full Report In 2019-2020, Tanzania Development Trust funded 31 core projects amounting to just under £97,000 and additional COVID-19 emergency projects amounting to £24,500.
Upcoming Events
Open Gender Data for Tanzania – What is missing? Why does it matter?
A free event for Open Data Day and International Women's Day on the Open Data Landscape ...
“In The Name Of Your Daughter” on International Women’s Day
Join us for a special presentation of In The Name Of Your Daughter on International Women's ...
Past Events

Event: Tanzania’s Development Trajectory
What’s next for Tanzania’s Development? On Wednesday 20th January we were joined by Chambi Chachage, Lecturer at Princeton University, as he shared an outline of

Julius Nyerere: Development as rebellion – a biography – book launch
Julius Nyerere led Tanzania to Independence – join us for this launch of his new biography. About this Event Julius Nyerere led Tanzania to Independence

Tanzania Development Trust at 45 – an overview and lessons learnt
You are invited to an online event on Saturday 28th November 2020 when we celebrate 45 years of the Tanzania Development Trust, present an overview and discuss lessons we have learnt over that time.

Britain-Tanzania Society AGM
Thank you to those who attended our Annual General Meeting. If you missed our online AGM this year, you can listen to the recording and view the presentations by clicking on this post.

Tanzanian diaspora and friends of Tanzania Summer Event: Saturday, 27th July
You are warmly invited to Tanzanian diaspora and friends of Tanzania Summer Event with Tanzanian Fashions, Tanzanian Music and Tanzanian Food Saturday, 27th July from 1pm