When the project started in 2004, this remote rural community in Tanzania was facing multiple challenges. Many families suffered from a lack of food and often got sick from diseases caused by poor sanitation. Children, particularly girls, did not have access to quality education and families struggled to earn enough income from farming to meet their children’s needs.
Thanks to your support, children in the Simbo community have improved access to quality education, sanitation, healthcare and nutritious food. Families have skills and opportunities to earn reliable incomes and invest in their children’s future. This would not have been possible without the generosity of child sponsors.
Disclaimer: The before and after achievements are from World Vision reports and other related government documents. The achievements represent change over various time periods within the program lifecycle when our work to address each specific development challenge took place.
Nearly 4,000 people gained access to clean water close to home
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New water systems were installed with fountain terminals so families have easy access to water close to their homes.
This will lower the rate of preventable waterborne disease well into the future and allow children more time to study and play now that they don’t have to walk long distances to collect water.
Households with clean water all year round rose from 9 percent to 51 percent.
Families are growing nutritious vegetables and can irrigate their land so they don't go hungry in a drought
557 farming households can now irrigate their land to grow crops even when there’s a drought.
Households learned about nutrition and have benefited from tools and agricultural training to boost livestock rearing and beekeeping.
Families are growing a range of vegetables to feed their children.
More families can provide for their children's basic needs such as food and healthcare
8 producer groups with 239 members were formed to help farmers work together to share improved farming techniques and collectively sell their produce in order to gain higher prices and increase their incomes.
34 village savings groups, with 521 members including 390 women, learned how to save money and access small loans to invest in their farms and businesses, raising their incomes.
The number of households able to provide for their children's basic needs such as clothes, school fees and medical care increased by 33 percent.
- Joakim, Head Teacher