Child care NGO plans $100m project

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NGO plans to dispatch 160 monitors for BVR exercise
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LEGAL and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) led Tanzania Civil Society Consortium on Election Observation (TACCEO) plans to dispatch 160 members countrywide to monitor the registration of voters through Biometric Voter Registration (BVR). TACCEO ...
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Tanzania needs a strong political will to have high-quality care for every mother and newborn, an expert has said.

>Although Tanzania has relatively made some progress in reducing under-five deaths -- thus meeting the Millennium Development Goal Four -- weak public and private health systems remain the biggest challenge.

One day before world leaders convened in New York this week for the launching of new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), global health experts were also meeting in Dar es Salaam—pondering on how the new goals could be of benefit to millions of babies who are born with birth-defects across the world.

President Dr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete meets His Highness the Aga Khan in Toronto during a meeting on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.  Looking on the left is the Canadian Prime Minister the Righ Honorable Stephen Harper.(photo by Freddy Maro).

His Highness the Aga Khan today praised Canada’s global leadership in efforts to improve maternal, neonatal and child health and stressed the importance of innovative and community-based approaches in meeting the challenge which he described as...

Tanzania Early Childhood Development Network (TECDEN) is a network that is formed by various Organizations which are working to improve children livelihood in Tanzania.

This Network was established in year 2000 and officially registered in 2004. The headquarters of the Network are based in Dar es Salaam. To date 2015, the Network has a total of more than 200 members’ organizations in 14 Administrative regions of Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar.

1. Goal:
The Network aimed at improving the...

Project saves 5000 Mara girls from child marriage
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ABOUT 5,000 girls were rescued from child marriage in Mara region in the past three years following implementation of a project, Mobilizing Action to Safeguard the Rights of Girls in Tanzania. The project, which is being carried out by Children's Dignity Forum ...

Some Sh265 million has been disbursed to 1,530 women from poor households in twenty villages of Urambo and Sikonge districts up to this month.

At the top of parents’ long-term goals for their children is making sure their children receive a high-quality education.

But as college costs climb and climb with no end in sight, it’s become harder each year to

afford a high-quality college education without taking on a crater-sized debt. The most popular vehicle parents use to save for their children’s college education is the 529 College Savings Fund. But lately, a newcomer has entered the fray: Whole Life Insurance.

Well, it’s hard to call...