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Caritas-DSM focuses on key areas in the long-term development philosophy and the goals of the Development Vision 2025 Tanzania. To learn all about our programs, projects, and our staff, just click away.
Agriculture is the backbone of Tanzania. 75% of all Tanzanians are farmers. 90% of the population in the Coast Region farm for a living. Most of the Coastal Region farmers are engaged in subsistence farming. The Coast Region is part of the Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam.
Health services are increasingly beyond the financial means of most Tanzanians. Life expectancy in Tanzania has declined to from between 45-50 years while infant mortality rates are on the increase. Preventative measures are given priority. Primary Health Care coupled with improved agriculture output leading to good nutrition is key to better health.
Savings and Credit Scheme (SCS) is helping to alleviate abject poverty by making access to Credit available to the poorest members of society. Abject poverty in Tanzania is characterized by an insufficient food supply, insufficient access to health, water, education and lack of access to credit facilities for the vast majority of the population. 51% of Tanzanians live below the poverty line but 75% of the Coast Region’s population lives below the poverty line. Tanzania is the 7th poorest country in the world with a GNP (total earnings per person) of $210 per year. Half the population is living below the poverty line with $180 per year.
Women in Development (WID) is empowering women through education and access to Credit in our SCS. Women are marginalized and discriminated against in almost every sphere of society. Although they contribute greatly to the socio-economic development of the country they get very little share of its wealth, property and other resources. Empowering women economically and educationally develops and strengthens their self-confidence and improves the lives of their families.
Artisanal Fishermen is a group in society being exploited by rich boat owners who hire them at very low daily wages. They live in villages along the coast and are members of traditional fishing families. Lack of access to credit schemes and extension services keep artisanal fishermen from increasing their production and lift themselves out of poverty. The small boats some own cannot manage to sail into deep waters where large schools of fish at legally accepted size can be harvested. By extending our SCS to them they can achieve an income that will lift them out of abject poverty.
Social Welfare is assistance to those members of society who are outside the economic system and unable to care for themselves. They are also members of society who for one reason or another need material assistance at a particular time, e.g., widows without an ability to earn an income. How does society assist? Are we our sisters/brothers keepers? According to Christ, yes, we are responsible for one another.
Emergency and Relief is giving aid in the form of food, mainly, to people who are in emergency situations and who have no food resulting from drought, relocation, some climactic disaster or other. These occur in various places in the Archdiocese and, if possible, we respond with the assistance of Caritas Tanzania.
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