Speeches Shim
The public and private sectors play a significant role in driving Tanzania’s economic development and growth. As the economy and labor force evolve, the U.S. Government recognizes there are opportunities to stimulate inclusive, broad-based economic growth through support to these sectors.
Tanzanian youth have the potential to play a key role in the economic development of their country, but for the 800,000 young people who enter the Tanzanian workforce each year, employment remains a challenge. The Feed the Future Tanzania Advancing Youth activity connects youth to entrepreneurship training, technical skills building, leadership development, healthy lifestyle cultivation, and employment opportunities. The activity aims to increase income opportunities for 21,500 young people through rigorous, professional training and matching youth to formal and informal jobs.
The Hesabu na Elimu Jumuishi (“Arithmetic and Inclusive Education”) activity is designed to improve arithmetic instruction for children in the early grades and address the need for inclusive education for children with disabilities. The activity builds upon USAID’s Tusome Pamoja (“Let’s Read Together”) activity to support inclusive education in targeted regions and provide technical assistance, instructional materials, and student aides to schools and classrooms.
Forty-nine-year-old Babeli is a mason in his village. He is also a peer educator for those who, like him, are living with HIV. His calling to become a peer educator was borne from a deep sense of empathy toward others.
The Government of Tanzania has made a commitment, both to its people and to the international community, to improve democratic governance. Even though Tanzania still ranks above neighboring countries in terms of transparency, accountability, and civil rights, rapid democratic declines in recent years pose an ongoing concern.
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