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Before implementation of USAID’s Tusome Pamoja (“Let’s Read Together”) activity, the overall academic performance of first and second grade students at Ndelenyuma Primary School in Tanzania’s southern Ruvuma region was not good. Student absenteeism was low, affecting the entire school during national examinations. Pupils’ attendance was especially poor for those who lived far away from the school. After lunch break, many students would not come back to school for the afternoon session, or sometimes would come late.
Improved sanitation and access to water is critical in the prevention of hygiene-related diseases like diarrhea, urinary tract infections, and cholera. In collaboration with Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MoHCDGEC), Local Government Authorities, schools and communities, the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Water Resources Integration Development Initiative (WARIDI) has implemented district wide sanitation and hygiene activities focused on Behavior Change Communication and monitoring sanitation progress in 14 Local Government Authorities. As of September 2020, a nearly 1.3 million people have gained access to basic sanitation services as a result of this support.
Good nutrition is vital to ensuring healthy families and communities. However, many Tanzanians lack access to nutritious, safe, and affordable foods, and more than a quarter of the country’s children under the age of five exhibit stunting. The Feed the Future Tanzania Alliance for Inclusive and Nutritious Food Processing (AINFP) activity tackles this challenge by strengthening Tanzania’s food processing sector.
Engaging local communities in data collection is an effective approach for promoting community involvement and building commitment to biodiversity conservation. In Tanzania, the US Agency for International Development Promoting Tanzania’s Environment, Conservation, and Tourism (USAID PROTECT) activity supported communities to collect and manage conservation data, so as to inform future strategies and plans, make decisions, engage stakeholders, and resolve conflict.
Combating wildlife crime is a complex conservation challenge, and to successfully support change, the United States Agency for International Development Promoting Tanzania’s Environment, Conservation and Tourism (USAID PROTECT) activity also engaged non-traditional actors, such as the media, the private sector, parliament, etc. in conservation initiatives, in addition to a broader group of stakeholders.
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