Tanzania
Local Contacts
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Anthony Mwenda
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Kassian Godfrey Kimela
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PRAYER POINTS
Prayers from Tearfund General Prayer Feed
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INTRODUCTION
In 2009, Micah Network and Tearfund gathered together a number of church and NGO leaders to explore how to work together to promote IM in Tanzania.
You can find lots more information on Tanzania at the World Fact Book or on the BBC Country Profile.
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02.02.2012
Amahoro
SOUTHERN & CENTRAL AFRICA: A short film introducing the work of Amahoro Africa to gather pioneering and emerging leaders together from across the continent to talk about mission and theology.
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02.02.2012
Soul Action South Africa
In this short film, Phil & Rach Bowyer share the story of Soul Action South Africa, the network of NGOs and church ministries they facilitate in Durban, and how they’re trying to celebrate all that God is doing in South Africa.
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02.02.2012
Transformation in Sierra Leone
A short film of Francis Wahome from Tearfund introducing Church & Community Mobilisation, featuring two stories of how it’s helping communities take their futures into their own hands.
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22.10.2011
Life Changing
ETHIOPIA: ”Life changing”. Occasionally you hear or read that phrase only to find it being used to describe something that, to put it charitably, isn’t. From a new car model to a low interest rate on a credit card, the thing being hyped is undoubtedly good. But life changing? During our August, 2010 visit with partners [...]
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22.10.2011
New well strengthens relationships
NIGERIA: The Dasso church in Mumuye (Taraba state) was envisioned on the first stage of CCMP. They were delighted and saw the need to mobilize the community for a project. The community agreed to dig a community well to serve the whole community. The community had been drinking water from the stream. This will strengthen the [...]
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12.06.2012
Humanitarian HR Africa Conference
For more information see here.
- Full name
- United Republic of Tanzania
- Population
- 42,746,620 (July 2011 est.)
- Capital
- Dar es Salaam
- Full area
- 947,300 sq km
- Major Languages
- English, Swahili
- Major Religions
- Christianity, Islam
- Life expectancy
- 52.85 years
- Monetary unit
- Tanzanian shilling
- Main exports
- gold, coffee, cashew nuts, manufactures, cotton
- GDP
- $1,400 (2010 est.) per capita
COUNTRY NEWS
News from: Irin News
FOOD: Power to the people!
JOHANNESBURG 15 May 2012 (IRIN) - The UN Development Programme (UNDP) launched its first Africa Human Development Report today, stressing food security as a means to a better quality of life for all.EAST AFRICA: Regional HIV Bill passed without criminalization clause
NAIROBI 27 April 2012 (IRIN) - East Africa's Legislative Assembly has passed a regional HIV/AIDS Bill that seeks to protect the rights of people living with HIV and harmonize regional legislation and. […]TANZANIA: New pharmaceutical plant to produce ARVs
DAR ES SALAAM 06 March 2012 (IRIN) - Commercial production of Tanzania's first locally manufactured antiretroviral drugs will start in the next few months; it is hoped the country will eventually prov. […]
