Extreme poverty falls to record low

I am currently volunteering at Mpapa Health Centre in a rural area of Tanzania. I have now delivered over 25 beautiful babies and am always busy caring for patients who come walking from villages miles and miles away to receive treatment that most of us would have from our own medicine cabinet.

The BBC's Mike Wooldridge reports from Uganda on the progress of the Millennium Village project.

Tanzania cuts extreme poverty by 2pc in six years  The Citizen Daily

 President Kikwete deliveres a keynote speech at  the USAID Frontiers in Development Forum: Ending Extreme Poverty at the Reagen Building in Washington  DC.

President Kikwete deliveres a keynote speech at  the USAID Frontiers in Development Forum: Ending Extreme Poverty at the Reagen Building in Washington  DC.

President Kikwete in a souvenir photo with the US Secretary of State Mr John Kerry  and the USAID Administrator Dr Rajiv Shah  before the start of  the USAID Frontiers in...

  President Kikwete in a souvenir photo with the US Secretary of State Mr John Kerry  and the USAID Administrator Dr Rajiv Shah  before the start of  the USAID Frontiers in Development Forum: Ending Extreme overty at the Reagan Building in Washington  DC.
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Good morning. Thank you, John, for that kind introduction. Thank all of you for coming, or watching on the Webcast. And thank you to CSIS for hosting us at your beautiful building. Before I begin, I want to pause to remember the 147 students at Garissa University College in Kenya who were senselessly murdered just a few days ago. Schools are sacred grounds, and all who study there should be safe. Let us reflect for a moment.

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