Water contamination, inadequate sanitation infrastructure, poor hygiene behaviours, and lack of knowledge around good hygiene practices are commonplace in rural Tanzania with diarrheal diseases and cholera outbreaks as leading causes of death. Raleigh Tanzania and RB’s ‘Healthier lives, Happier homes’ project sets out to tackle this issue.
June 13, 2019
For two weeks, 30 employees from our corporate partner RB are collaborating with 30 young Raleigh Tanzania Society (RTS) volunteers through our ‘Healthier Lives; Happier Homes’ project. Volunteers will be utilising their skills and knowledge of the local context to help RB employees find ways to boost the uptake of healthy hygiene and sanitation behaviours and stop the spread of easily preventable illnesses in rural communities.
June 3, 2019
Raleigh Tanzania and RB have joined forces in a two-year partnership which will help create healthier communities in rural Tanzania. As part of the company’s Global Volunteer Challenge programme, RB employees will be working with current Raleigh Tanzania volunteers to prevent the spread of easily preventable illnesses in communities by finding ways to boost the uptake of healthy hygiene and sanitation behaviours.
May 9, 2019
Raleigh Tanzania WASH Project Officer Tino Dickson and Deputy Operations Coordinator Mica Lam joined the Raleigh volunteers in Mkamba village where the atmosphere is palpable. The school grounds are overrun with excited children and school teachers in colourful matching katange, who, despite being on their Easter break, have all remained in village to show support for the opening ceremony of the newly completed sanitation facilities at Juhudi Primary School.
May 2, 2019
Since 2018 Jersey Overseas Aid (JOA) and Raleigh Tanzania have been working in partnership to deliver school water, sanitation and hygiene (SWASH) projects at rural primary schools in the Morogoro region.
April 15, 2019
A team of volunteers from Jersey Overseas Aid (JOA) have been taking part in a Raleigh Tanzania school water, sanitation and hygiene (SWASH) project in Mkamba village for 18 days.
April 8, 2019In the rural village of Zombo, where Raleigh ICS volunteers are currently delivering a development project, affordable access to adequate healthcare is an issue for many in the community. World Health Day 2019 is a day dedicated to raising awareness about the need for full coverage of essential health services across the world.
April 7, 2019
Currently, volunteers from Jersey are taking part in SWASH projects alongside Tanzanian volunteers as part of Raleigh’s long-term partnership with Jersey Overseas Aid (JOA) and the people of Jersey.
April 1, 2019
Water is an essential building block of life. It is more than just essential to quench thirst or protect health; water is vital for creating jobs and supporting economic, social, and human development. The theme for World Water Day 2019 is ‘Leaving no one behind,’ which is the central promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: as sustainable development progresses, everyone must benefit. Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) aims to ensure availability and sustainable management of water for all by 2030. By definition, this means leaving no one behind. Here we look at how Raleigh Tanzania water, sanitation and hygiene projects are putting this into practice.
March 22, 2019
The focus for this year’s International Day of Forests is forest and education surrounding them. Raleigh Tanzania’s work is closely connected to this, especially in Kibao, Tanzania where volunteers are working on the NRM (Natural Resource Management) project.
March 21, 2019
