Tanzania will soon embark on the second phase of a pilot project of HIV vaccine conducted by the Mbeya Medical Research Programme (MMRP). The programme’s director Dr Leonard Maboko said on Friday that the project would be implemented in Mbeya and Dar es Salaam regions. The vaccine known as ‘TaMoVac-1’ will be tested on 120 people, including 60 from Mbeya and 60 from Dar es Salaam,” he said, adding that results of the trial vaccination exercise would be announced after six months

ENVIROCARE through the support from Foundation for Environmental Education is implementing a project on Learning About Forests. Already, 50 pupils from Mlimani Primary School have started to learn about the forest. This is necessary for both teachers and pupils to understand forests, develop an awareness of forests and also respect the forests.

As the world marks International Women's Day, activists, politicians and diplomats have called on the government to channel its efforts of empowering women to rural areas where majority of them live in extreme poverty. The Tanzania Media Women Association (TAMWA) Executive Director, Ananilea Nkya, said Tanzania has made significant steps towards the liberation of women since the Beijing conference in 1995.

Addressing the sustainable use of mangrove forest ecosystems is very important to the people who rely on them for their livelihood in terms of food, health, income-generation and biodiversity conservation. This has been recognized by Envirocare who are implementing the project on Restoration of the Mangrove Ecosystem in Mkinga District, Tanga region.

President Jakaya Kikwete has declared malaria a national disaster. The disease kills 291 people in Tanzania every day. “This is the disease which kills more Tanzanians than any other,” said Kikwete on Saturday at the launching of a special campaign against Malaria in Dar es Salaam. He said the war against malaria was one which Tanzanians must fight and win.

President Jakaya Kikwete has directed Morogoro regional authorities to ensure that the over 25,000 people affected by floods in Kilosa District lead a normal life even while still sheltered at temporary camps. The President gave the directive last week while on a two-day tour of Morogoro Region to inspect the extent of damage caused by floods and console the victims.

Army offficers from the Tanzania People's Defence Force (TPDF) are accused of hitting to death a son of the late chief, Fundikira. According to the local media three TPDF officers punched Swetu Fundikira to death after he overtook the car they were driving, and he refused to give them the right of way. Various cases are reported from these fellows who are recruited specifically for maintaining peace, ensuring the security of people...

What a kind of life do young people in Tanzania have -- and maybe in East Africa if not Africa at large? Maybe Tanzanian youth symbolises all of them, in life styles and systems. Uneducated young people are looking for opportunities to study, and those who totally fail to get the chance for schooling are sick and worried about why they lacked a golden...

The Tanzanian development NGO TaTEDO implemented a number of projects in Sumbawanga District, Rukwa region, over the two weeks from from 27th November to 16th December 2009. This included the installation of a Multifunctional Platform/ Energy Service Platform (MFP/ ESP) at Laela Village, located at Laela ward in Sumbawanga District Council. This represents the continuation of a series of installation of MFPs for better access to energy and rural electrification systems

During Christmas day, our beloved ones living abroad used to send us some pair of shoes no matter what size fits you. It was like a comedy show as we walked to church. Everybody had a new walking style. Some would limp; some would walk as if they were preventing their shoes from leaving their legs. Some of us wore sandals for the first time.

The Kashasha Vocational Training Centre (KVTTC) is in need of an Internet connection, as it has received a donation of 30 used computers from a Danish woman and a Tanzanian fellow living and working in the United Kingdom. Talking to the citizen journalist who visited the Centre, the principal, Mr Jasson BM, expressed his happiness.

As we arrived at the MTN dinner for the opening of Highway Africa at the new Nelson Mandela stadium in Port Elizabeth, I was so excited about the opportunity to hear more about the 2010 FIFA world cup. Being a fan of soccer, I would not wish for more than the gift of a Vuvuzela, a South African plastic trumpet.

This morning as I was walking from a commuter bus stop to my normal business place I encountered a shocking though normal condition – it was somehow heavily raining. I cared not, and kept on walking to the office before my shirt became totally wet. It is raining in Dar es Salaam and it has not rained for a long enough period of time compared to the normal rainy seasons here. As the rains begin, the city of Dar es Salaam city and the nation of Tanzania at large needs some precautions.

TaTEDO is a development NGO based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania with more than seventeen years experience in facilitating access to sustainable modern energy services. TaTEDO undertakes activities in 10 regions and in more than 100 villages in Tanzania. TaTEDO’s vision is to ensure Poverty free and self-reliant communities in Tanzania ...