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10 Facts About Hunger In Tanzania
13 May 2016 — Photo © WFP/Tala Louieh
Help us raise awareness on the effects of hunger and malnutrition in Tanzania by sharing these ten facts.

1) With a population of 50 million, Tanzania is food self-sufficient at the national level. However, localised food deficits occur at regional, district and household levels mainly due to dependence on rain-fed agriculture and limited use of modern farming techniques.

2) Tanzania ranks 151 out of 188 countries in the Human Development Index (2015).

3) Tanzania’s economy has grown strongly in recent years, driven mainly by telecommunications, financial services, transport and construction. Despite this progress, nearly 3 Tanzanians out of 10 live in poverty, and 1 in 3 is illiterate.

4) Approximately 80 percent of the population relies on subsistence farming, which makes them vulnerable to climatic, economic and seasonal shocks. With its market access initiatives, WFP helps farmers transition from subsistence farming to market-oriented agriculture.

5) More than 200,000 refugees live in Tanzania. WFP assistance is their main source of food. Through its Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO), WFP provides a food basket of Super Cereal (fortified blended food), pulses, vegetable oil and salt to meet a minimum daily dietary requirement of 2,100 Kcal per person.

6) According to the National Nutrition Survey (2015), almost 35 percent of children under 5 in Tanzania are stunted.

7) Tanzania’s maternal mortality rate, while improving, remains high at 398 deaths per 100,000 live births. WFP is the only agency in the country to provide supplementary food to pregnant and nursing mothers and children under 5.

8) To treat moderate acute malnutrition (MAM), WFP provides a monthly take-home pack of fortified blended food to pregnant and nursing mothers and children under 5 through its Supplementary Feeding Programme (SuFP).

9) To prevent stunting, pregnant and nursing mothers and children under 2 receive a monthly take-home pack of Super Cereal under the Mother and Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN) Programme.

10) In 2016, WFP will assist half a million Tanzanians in chronically food-insecure regions, through its market access, food for assets, nutrition, school meal and refugee support activities.

Learn more about hunger and malnutrition from WFP's comprehensive list of Facts About Hunger and Malnutrition.

 

[Juakali1980]

Geza how did you let this happen in your Country?

 

[chongchung]

Geza how did you let this happen in your Country?

Tanzania ina zaidi ya 23% ya chakula cha ziada

THURSDAY , 18TH AUG , 2016

Naibu Waziri wa Kilimo, Mifugo na Uvuvi Mhe. William Ole Nasha amesema matokeo ya tathmini ya awali yaliyofanyika wiki tatu zilizopita, yanaonesha Tanzania imezalisha chakula cha biashara na matumizi ya kawaida kwa kiwango cha asilimia 123.

Naibu Waziri wa Kilimo,Mifugo na Uvuvi Mhe. William Ole Nasha.

Kiwango hicho ni sawa na ziada ya chakula kwa asilimia 23 na inaonesha kuna utoshelevu wa chakula nchini kwa zaidi ya asilimia 20.

Ole Nasha ametoa kauli hivyo leo jijini Dar es Salaam kwenye mahojiano maalum na EATV ilipotaka kujua, kwa sasa taifa lina akiba ya chakula cha kutosha kwa kiasi gani, ambacho kinaweza kusaidia wilaya 43 zenye upungu wa chakula nchini.

Nyie ndio mnaokufa njaa na mnatutegemea sisi so be careful.

Pole.

 

[Geza Ulole]

Juakali1980, nawaona mkilalama juu ya njaa na kunyimwa kuuziwa chakula na Tanzania.

 

[Emc2]

Hawa Wakenya wanakosa pa kutokea sasa wanaanza kupika habari. Kenya imekuwa nchi ya kupika majungu sasa.

 

[Geza Ulole]

Annael, siku zote wako hivyo! Naona wizara ya mambo ya nje wamewajibu kuhusu matamshi ya Balala na joint marketing! Unajua roho inawauma kuona JPM anawa-snub wanatafuta attention. Unfortunately Magu yeye yupo busy anakuambia anakuambua anataka ujenzi wa SGR central rail uanze sasa.

 

[Emc2]

Hawa wenzetu tuwasamehe bure. Yaani wanashangaa mno. Sisi sasa hivi karibia nchi zote Africa tunashirikiana nao. Wao wanagombana na kila jirani. Hawajui kuwa huwezi ukajichagulia jirani. Wakenya bana!!!

 

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Thousands in Kwale face starvation as drought bite

Homa Bay county residents fetch water from a pond which they share with livestock. /FILE
More than 200,000 in Kinango and Lunga Lunga sub counties in Kwale are facing starvation.

This is according to the National Drought Management Authority.

Millions of livestock are also affected by the drought that has continued for the last two months.

The NDMA coordinator in the region Roman Shera said that locals are now forced to walk many kilometers away in search of water from Sub--surface sources.

“The normal water sources are drying off and reports of dying animals due have been reported in Samburu ward,” Shera said.

Read: Over 1.3 million affected by drought, says Kiunjuri

He said they have set aside Sh6.5 million to deal with the issue in the two sub-counties.

“We are urging locals in the affected areas to be prepared for a tough time ahead because the drought might continue to November and December,” he said.

Shera urged locals to focus on planting drought resistance crops.

He said the authority is in the process of procuring water treatment chemicals to help the communities affected as well as maintain steady operation of contingency boreholes especially in Kinango which is adversely affected.

Department of Veterinary services is also doing an assessment for livestock diseases and contain any likely outbreak.

“We are going to do vaccination against foot and mouth disease and deworming because as the dry spell continues there is a tendency of the livestock being infected by worms,” he said

 

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Over 1.3 million affected by drought, says Kiunjuri

A boy returns from fetching water during a severe in Ukambani. /FILE

More than 1.3 million Kenyans have been affected by drought, the government has said.

Kilifi, Kwale, Garissa, Wajir, Mandera, Isiolo and Samburu are some of the worst affected counties.

Devolution CS Mwangi Kiunjuri on Friday said they have established several inter-ministerial interventions to ensure no lives are lost as a result of the drought.

"These people are in need of relief food, cash transfers, water related interventions and health interventions," he said.

Speaking during a press conference in Nairobi, Kiunjuri said the ministry has mobilised 20 extra water bowsers for emergency water supply in the most affected areas.

"We would like to assure them that the government is on top of this. There should be no alarm," he said.

"We will meet again in a week's time to take appropriate measures following the recommendations of the team," he said.

 

[Emc2]

Kenya wanatafuta wapi pa kutokea. Kwikwikwikwi
Nacheka sana.

 

[1academ]

dodoma hoyeeeee!!!

 

[Kapyungu A]

Geza how did you let this happen in your Country?

[emoji23] [emoji23] [emoji23] we mkenya nin????

 

[Juakali1980]

Juakali1980, nawaona mkilalama juu ya njaa na kunyimwa kuuziwa chakula na Tanzania.

Home Re thinking Managing climate and natural disaster risk Tanzania, East Africa : Understanding the impact of drought on health and power generation

Tanzania, East Africa : Understanding the impact of drought on health and power generation

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The topic of sustainability is particularly poignant in the context of one of the oldest known continuously inhabited areas on earth – Tanzania*. This low income country has witnessed six major droughts in the last 30 years. The spread of disease and the threat to power generation caused by water shortage top Tanzania’s list of climate-related concerns. A test case examining the drought-prone central region of the country fullfilled the vital objective of analysing the scope and severity of the threat, defining targeted prevention and treatment measures. It also highlighted an urgent need for further research into climate change in Tanzania and other African countries.

A strategy to reduce food-stress and drought-related disease
The population of Tanzania’s central region, comprising Dodoma, Singida and Tabora, is exposed to a range of serious drought-related diseases, in addition to the nutritional impact of lack of rainfall. Prevalent illnesses include malnutrition, trachoma (a sight-threatening eye infection), dysentry, cholera and diarrhea. New research shows that by 2030, even if the drought frequency and intensity remain stable, 5% of the region’s population will go hungry. In addition, 5% of the population will suffer from trachoma and almost 200,000 children under five from diarrhea. This would be accompanied by many serious cases of cholera and dysentry. More severe climate change would inevitably have a far greater negative impact. The study concluded that a portfolio of prevention and treatment measures could significantly reduce drought-related illness in future, while effective insurance could protect against crop failure.

 

[MK254]

So so sad nchi kubwa yenye kila kitu lakini njaa na umaskini. Afrika tuna laana.

 

[MOTOCHINI]

Wakenya wanalo mwaka huu
Wao kila kona ni ugomvi na Watanzania

Ukienda Fb ugomvi
Ukienda Insta vilevile
JF ndio usiseme

Sasa hivi wameamia hadi kwa wasanii

Huu wivu wakenya utawamaliza
Kila jambo zuri mnataka liwe kwenu
Hahaha

 

[Juakali1980]

Over 1.3 million affected by drought, says Kiunjuri

A boy returns from fetching water during a severe in Ukambani. /FILE

More than 1.3 million Kenyans have been affected by drought, the government has said.

Kilifi, Kwale, Garissa, Wajir, Mandera, Isiolo and Samburu are some of the worst affected counties.

Devolution CS Mwangi Kiunjuri on Friday said they have established several inter-ministerial interventions to ensure no lives are lost as a result of the drought.

"These people are in need of relief food, cash transfers, water related interventions and health interventions," he said.

Speaking during a press conference in Nairobi, Kiunjuri said the ministry has mobilised 20 extra water bowsers for emergency water supply in the most affected areas.

"We would like to assure them that the government is on top of this. There should be no alarm," he said.

"We will meet again in a week's time to take appropriate measures following the recommendations of the team," he said.

Over 1.3 million affected by drought, says Kiunjuri

A boy returns from fetching water during a severe in Ukambani. /FILE

More than 1.3 million Kenyans have been affected by drought, the government has said.

Kilifi, Kwale, Garissa, Wajir, Mandera, Isiolo and Samburu are some of the worst affected counties.

Devolution CS Mwangi Kiunjuri on Friday said they have established several inter-ministerial interventions to ensure no lives are lost as a result of the drought.

"These people are in need of relief food, cash transfers, water related interventions and health interventions," he said.

Speaking during a press conference in Nairobi, Kiunjuri said the ministry has mobilised 20 extra water bowsers for emergency water supply in the most affected areas.

"We would like to assure them that the government is on top of this. There should be no alarm," he said.

"We will meet again in a week's time to take appropriate measures following the recommendations of the team," he said

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    It is difficult to believe that large quantities of people could go hungry in a country that relies heavily on agriculture to sustain its economy, but that’s exactly the case in Tanzania. Not only does agriculture account for a quarter of Tanzania’s GDP, but also approximately 75 percent of Tanzanians (most of whom are women) are employed by that sector. Yet nearly half of households don’t have access to adequate amounts of food, and Tanzania’s malnutrition levels are among the highest in Africa. Something isn’t adding up.
    
    What is the problem? It isn’t that Tanzania is exporting all of its food, leaving its own people to starve. Tanzania is actually considered “food self-sufficient,” meaning that it makes most of the food its people need to live. The problem is poverty. Classified as a low-income country and ranked in the bottom fifth of countries in terms of human development, Tanzania simply hasn’t yet developed the infrastructure necessary to get the food from the fields into the hands of those who need it most.
    
    The future is bright, though. Tanzania’s economy has been growing for several years and has the potential for continued growth. Targeted agricultural infrastructure investments could radically reduce the number of hungry Tanzanians, as Tanzania already has excellent land and water resources, in addition to international access via a major port city (Dar es Salaam.) The climate disposes itself to a wide variety of crops, and simply improving the quality and amount of seeds available to Tanzania’s agriculture sector and building the rural roads necessary for the distribution of food could vastly increase Tanzania’s food yield.
    
    International aid organizations like USAID are already working to make hunger in Tanzania a thing of the past. The Tanzanian government is also taking steps to eradicate poverty in its country by instituting policies and programs such as Kilimo Kwanza (which means “agriculture first”) and the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania, which aim to eliminate hunger and reduce poverty by promoting agricultural growth. Motivated to feed themselves, the Tanzanian people simply require the capital to make prosperity a reality.
    
    — Elise L. Riley
    
    

Over 1.3 million affected by drought, says Kiunjuri

A boy returns from fetching water during a severe in Ukambani. /FILE

More than 1.3 million Kenyans have been affected by drought, the government has said.

Kilifi, Kwale, Garissa, Wajir, Mandera, Isiolo and Samburu are some of the worst affected counties.

Devolution CS Mwangi Kiunjuri on Friday said they have established several inter-ministerial interventions to ensure no lives are lost as a result of the drought.

"These people are in need of relief food, cash transfers, water related interventions and health interventions," he said.

Speaking during a press conference in Nairobi, Kiunjuri said the ministry has mobilised 20 extra water bowsers for emergency water supply in the most affected areas.

"We would like to assure them that the government is on top of this. There should be no alarm," he said.

"We will meet again in a week's time to take appropriate measures following the recommendations of the team," he said.

 

[Mgagaa na Upwa]

Mungiki land oyeeee

dodoma hoyeeeee!!!

 

[Juakali1980]

Mungiki land oyeeee

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Tanzania: Why Beggars Flock to Mwanza City
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Mwanza — While there are beggars in virtually in all parts of the country, this city might soon become a leading home to this segment of Tanzanian society, if our observations are anything to go by.

"Nisaidie, naomba, naomba, ubarikiwe baba, Mungu akuongezee"(Help, help, be blessed, God will reward you).

These are common echoes heard in Mwanza city corners.

A quick survey by The Citizen around Nyerere Road, Uhuru streets in Mwanza revealed a high concentration of beggars who have accepted begging as their mode of earning a living.

Mwanza, unlike other cities in Tanzania, receives a huge number of newcomers who are either in search for jobs or with unknown missions.

Most of the vagrants on different streets of Mwanza are aged 55 years and above and a few are children.

For instance, Liberty Street, one of the biggest and congested lanes in the city centre is normally inundated by beggars hanging their hands and small vessels up asking for offerings.

Tens of beggars interviewed by The Citizen revealed that, Mwanza is a better place to stay because life is cheap. They said that food is plenty and rentals bills are affordable.


"If one cannot survive in Mwanza they may not lead any life style in Tanzania.

There is almost everything here and people are very generous compared to other places." One of the beggars at Bantu Street said.

Ms Pendo Madereke, 68, is one of the well-known beggars in Mwanza. She said she started to traverse the city asking for help after her husband died some years ago.

"I come from Kabange Village, Butiama District in Mara Region. I gave this career a test in Musoma Town but no one seemed to care about my destitution. I came to Mwanza after being briefed by a colleague that the city had sympathetic people." Said Ms Madereke.

She claims to have been collecting almost Sh5, 000 a day. She said when the day goes well she collects Sh10, 000.

The mother of three spends the all-day fighting to earn a living.

"I have a boy in secondary school and another one will be enrolled next year. They were delayed for studies because in the past we had no hope for the future." She said



Rufiji Street is also full of beggars but they are not as many as the ones in the Bantu Street.



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He added that they are a group of people who narrate to you stories of how their wallets were stolen or had run out of cash and were stranded in a particular location with no cash for transport.

He noted that some beggars claim to be unfortunate tourist looking for funds to get on with their journey.

"If the amount you offer them is not up to their expectations, they get on with repeating their story, really emphasizing on the sad nuances of that tale, coaxing you to give them more money," he said.

According to one of the welfare officers in Mwanza who didn't want to mention his name for fear of reprisal said Mwanza receives a huge number of vagrants but not all of them belong to the same status.

The child on the street that runs after you, tugging at your clothing, asking for handouts or financial assistance is a beggar as well.

He said usually their parents sit not too far keeping a watchful eye waiting for children to bring fortune. It is hard to ignore these children as their styles of begging have a way of appealing to almost all kinds of people.

It is best to give this kind of beggar food or clothing rather than cash because the money one gives them has been benefiting their parents.

 

[Juakali1980]

Mungiki land oyeeee

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Tanzania

23 million people have no choice but to drink dirty water from unsafe sources.

23M
people in Tanzania don't have access to safe water.

44 million people don't have access to adequate sanitation in Tanzania.

4,000
Over 4,000 children die every year from diarrhoea due to unsafe water and poor sanitation in Tanzania.

Tanzania is the largest country in East Africa, home to over 52 million people. Due to the hot, dry climate, safe water is scarce and growing enough food is often difficult for the mostly rural population.
The crisis
23 million people in Tanzania do not have access to safe water. Typically, women and children spend over two hours a day collecting water, and up to seven hours in remote areas.

Access to toilets is even lower – at around 15% of the population. This is particularly problematic to health in densely populated, unplanned settlements.

These issues have a big impact on health, with over 4,000 children under five dying each year from preventable diarrhoeal diseases caused by poor water and sanitation. There are wider impacts too – on education, livelihoods and wellbeing.

Our approach
We have been working in Tanzania for three decades, providing communities with life-changing safe water and toilets. During this time, we have engaged with decision-makers to influence policy and encourage investment.

As in all the countries where we work, we use simple, low-cost technologies that will be more sustainable long-term. These include a new type of pump designed to tackle the problem of emptying latrines in slums.

We have also used innovative mapping technology to record the location and condition of water points across the country. This will provide valuable data for use in both our service delivery and advocacy work.

Our impact
In Tanzania last year we reached:

 

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23 million people have no choice but to drink dirty water from unsafe sources.

23M
people in Tanzania don't have access to safe water.

44 million people don't have access to adequate sanitation in Tanzania.

4,000
Over 4,000 children die every year from diarrhoea due to unsafe water and poor sanitation in Tanzania.

Tanzania is the largest country in East Africa, home to over 52 million people. Due to the hot, dry climate, safe water is scarce and growing enough food is often difficult for the mostly rural population.
The crisis
23 million people in Tanzania do not have access to safe water. Typically, women and children spend over two hours a day collecting water, and up to seven hours in remote areas.

Access to toilets is even lower – at around 15% of the population. This is particularly problematic to health in densely populated, unplanned settlements.

These issues have a big impact on health, with over 4,000 children under five dying each year from preventable diarrhoeal diseases caused by poor water and sanitation. There are wider impacts too – on education, livelihoods and wellbeing.

Our approach
We have been working in Tanzania for three decades, providing communities with life-changing safe water and toilets. During this time, we have engaged with decision-makers to influence policy and encourage investment.

As in all the countries where we work, we use simple, low-cost technologies that will be more sustainable long-term. These include a new type of pump designed to tackle the problem of emptying latrines in slums.

We have also used innovative mapping technology to record the location and condition of water points across the country. This will provide valuable data for use in both our service delivery and advocacy work.

Our impact
In Tanzania last year we reached:

Wanafunzi 2 milioni kupewa viatu kuzuia uvamizi wa funza



SHIRIKA la kupambana na funza hapa nchini—Ahadi Kenya—Jumatano limetangaza kuwa litasambaza viatu kwa wanafunzi milioni mbili hapa Kenya.

Mradi huo utazinduliwa mwezi ujao huku watakaonufaika wakiwa ni wanafunzi katika shule za msingi za umma.

Akiongea Jumatano mjini Murang’a, Mkurugenzi wa Shirika hilo Bw Stanley Kamau alisema tayari ameahidiwa viatu hivyo na wahisani mbalimbali wa hapa nchini na pia wa kutoka ng’ambo.

“Kwa vile asilimia 80 ya waathiriwa ni wale wa umri wa kwenda shuleni, watoto takriban 4 milioni wameathirika.

Tusipojitokeza kwa hali na
mali kupambana na hali hii, malengo ya masomo katika mpangilio wa milenia tunafaa tuyasahau kwa kuwa hatutayaafikia,” akasema.

Alisema hatua hiyo ni ya kuwahakikishia wanafunzi hao hali njema ya afya ili kuepukana na uvamizi wa funza ili wawe na umakinifu wa kusoma badala ya kuchukua wakati mwingi wakijikuna miwasho ya funza viungoni.

“Aidha, hata ikiwa watakaonufaika hawamo hatarini ya kuvamiwa na funza, ni wajibu wa kila Mkenya aliye na nia njema kwa maendeleo
kuwatunuku wasio na uwezo vifaa vya kuwainua kimaisha,” akasema.

Alisema kero la funza limekuwa jinamizi kubwa mashinani ya hapa nchini hasa mashuleni.

“Hili sio jinamizi ambalo limewakamba watu wa Murang’a pekee kama ilivyo dhana ya wengi. Ni kero la kitaifa ambalo hata linafaa
kutangazwa kama janga la kitaifa. Kila pembe ya nchi imeathirika,” akasema.

Alisema kwa sasa watu 5 milioni kote nchini wameathirika na janga hili.

Kuaga dunia

Alisema tayari watu 2.6 milioni wametibiwa kote nchini tangu mwaka wa 2007 huku wengine 300 kufikia Mei wakiripotiwa kuaga dunia
kufuatia uvamizi wa funza.

Bw Kamau alisema viatu hivyo vitasambazwa katika kila Kaunti ili kuwapatia afueni wahasiriwa wa janga hili.

Alipendekeza pia serikali itenge hazina ya wahasiriwa wa funza katika makadirio yake ya bajeti kupitia kwa Wizara ya Afya.

Alisema uvamizi wa wadudu hao kwa wanafunzi ni tisho kubwa la kuafikia malengo ya Milenia kuhusu masomo na pia Ruwaza ya Kiuchumi ya 2030.