Tanzania Media Women's Association (TAMWA) Tanzania Expand view P O Box 8981 Dar es Salaam Visited Oct 94 Aims to use the media to sensitise society on gender issues, to advocate and lobby for policy and legal changes which promote human rights of women and children, and ultimately to break free of gender violence. The resource centre is not open to the public
Kuleana Centre for Children's Rights Tanzania Expand view PO Box 27 Mwanza Promotes awareness and advocacy about children's rights, with particular emphasis on the girl child. Facilitates children's right to self-expression, strengthens programming capacity in child rights in Tanzania, provides essential services to and supports the rights of street children in Mwanza, and promotes universal (basic) primary education in Tanzania. Kuleana has a resource centre
Walio Katika Mapambano na AIDS Tanzania (WAMATA) Tanzania Expand view PO Box 33279 Dar es Salaam WAMATA deals with HIV transmission. AIms include: the reduction of social, pathological, psychological, legal and humnan rights problems for people living with HIV/AIDS; An increase in the institutions capacity in counselling and home based care services; Institutional support; Monitoring and evaluation of performance facilities with WAMATA branches. The WMATA resource centre is open to the public
Tanzania Council for Social Development (TACOSODE) Tanzania Expand view P O Box 63196 Dar Es Salaam Its goals are networking and partnership, capacity building, advocacy and lobbying, fundraising, and project planning and management. Its resource centre is open to the public
Tanzania Public Health Association (TPHA) Tanzania Expand view PO Box 7785 Dar es Salaam TPHA's goal is to promote health and prevent disease in Tanzania through sound public health practices. To achieve its mission TPHA undertales to address the following programme objectives: (1) To provide forums for persons interested in public health activities to exchange knowledge and info; (2) to address health related issues affecting the community and to disseminate info relating to public health; (3) to facilitate the development and dissemination of culturally relevant health promotion info to vulnerable groups (4) to promote research in public health related problems; (5) to influence public health policy in Tazania.
Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania (CCBRT) Tanzania Expand view P O Box 23.310 Dar Es Salaam They have trained 120 CBR Managers for programmes in 25 African countries and 10 Asian countries. The CCBRT resource centre is open to the public http://www.ccbrt.co.tz
Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC) Tanzania Expand view PO Box 977 Ocean Road No 22 Dar es Salaam This is an autonomous institution under the umbrella of the Ministry of Health. It has the mandate of initiating and coordinating nutrition interventions, as well as carrying out research and advising the government and related institutions on all matters concerning food and nutrition. Resource Centre open to the public http://www.tfnc.or.tz/
AIDS NGOs Network in East Africa (ANNEA) Tanzania Expand view P.O.Box 6187 Arusha AIMS To promote networking and experience sharingamong ANNEA members for the purpose of improving and strengtheding their efforts To facilitate networking among AIDS related NGOs in the other 8 countries of Eastern Africa To strengthen the capacity of AIDS NGOs to design and impliment task focused, result orientated, cost effective and sustainable programmes To strengthen the organisational development and capacity of ANNEA To facilitate the greater involvment of PLHAs in HIV/AIDS prevention and care To advocate for Human Rightd in relation to HIV/AIDS http://www.habari.co.tz/annea
Ministry of Health Tanzania Expand view PO Box 9083 Dar Es Salaam Formulates policy and health legislation. Plans and implements public health related interventions including proper hygiene and sanitation, immunisation of children under 5, health services for women of child-bearing age, and helath education to ensure healthy lifestyles and health practices. Provides training to key health workers. Coordinates and oversees the provision of clinical services
Centre for Educational Development in Health, Arusha (CEDHA) Tanzania Expand view PO Box 1162 Arusha http://www.cedha.ac.tz/
African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) Tanzania Expand view PO Box 2773 Dar es Salaam Dr Jaffery is the programme coordinator for AMREF Tanzania's workplace programme, which also works with people with disabilities with a focus on HIV/AIDS/STIs
Amani Early Childhood Care and Development (Amani ECCD)|Amani Trust Foundation Tanzania Expand view PO Box 11245 Dar es Salaam Amani ECCD advocates for and facilitates integrated, multisectoral approaches to supporting women, families, carers, educators and communities, in their roles of nurturing Tanzania's socially and economically disadvantaged young children. It calls for a commitment from government, donors and communities to ensure the basic foundation stones for the optimal development of the child. Amani's "Early Childhood Care and Education : Foundations of Development Progamme" aims to improve the commitment to holistic ECD support at all levels to inform the development of integrated and multisectoral support to national ECD policies. Its "Building the Foundations of Development : Tanzanian ECD IEC programme" raises awareness of ECD issues with key stakholders and the wider community through a targeted ECD IEC programme. Amani ECD is also the Secretariat of the Tanzania ECD network, a national network of government and non-government ECD related organisations
Global Vision Tanzania (GTV) Tanzania Expand view PO Box 32880 Dar es Salaam 255 The aim of the organisation is to enable as many people as possible to improve their lives and lifestyles for their sustainability without depending on others. The objective of the organisation is to involve community participation in tackling their health and social-economical problems.
