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Province of Tanzania
Tanzania
G
oats, bananas and chickens are helping to
alleviate the impact of severe drought and food
shortages in Tanzania thanks to a wide range of
Mothers’ Union initiatives.
The Church Missionary Society (CMS) began Recent projects include: tailoring, batik
work in Tanzania in 1878 and the Province projects, coffee and banana tree
of Tanzania was officially inaugurated in plantations, sewing, poultry-keeping and
1970 following the division of the Province making clothes for members and orphans.
of East Africa. The Province of Tanzania At diocesan level, members are developing
currently has 22 dioceses. their knowledge of hygiene, cookery, child
care, starting savings groups,
Mothers' Union membership in Tanzania is entrepreneurship and HIV/AIDS prevention.
growing at a phenomenal rate. However, in Diocesan Worker, Eunice Ezekiel in Mara,
the last few years many have been affected said, ’Mothers’ Union has helped them to
by severe drought and food shortages. In develop skills and boldness to speak out
response to the crisis, money from the about women’s and children’s rights and to
Mothers’ Union Relief Fund was sent to a stand against female genital mutilation.’
number of dioceses in Tanzania enabling
the local Mothers' Union to give much- In Morogoro diocese a dairy goat project,
needed relief to families in their funded by the Mothers’ Union Overseas
communities. Development Fund, has been initiated,
specifically aimed at supporting widows in
Mothers’ Union in the community. Thirty-five widows and
Tanzania has widowers were trained in animal husbandry
been reaching before the goats were given to each of the
out to families participants, amongst whom there are nine
across the people living with HIV/AIDS. The benefits
province include a nutritious, varied diet, manure and
through the income from selling milk. One woman has
promotion of recently profited
income- US$120 in 10
generating months. The
activities, project has now
training events, expanded to
livestock projects another 40
and nursery schools. beneficiaries.
Fact File
Population:40.2 million
Mothers’ Union members:715,000
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