Record

LevelSub-sub-series
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)SCF/OP/4/TAN
TitleTanzania, formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar
Extent74 files
Date1963-2005
DescriptionContains reports, correspondence, and papers, principally concerning funding for Mvumi Hospital. Also contains papers concerning Save the Children run projects, including health services in Zanzibar and Pemba, work with poor urban children in Dar Es Salaam, and the development of long-term food strategy.
NotesFiles have been titled in relation to the original file name and the name of the country at the time.
Access ConditionsThere are files in this series which have been closed for 25 years in accordance with Save the Children's policy.
There are files and items in this series which contain personal information covered by Data Protection regulations. These files and items have an extended closure period.
Further information about the closures can be found in the relevant file level catalogue description.
Access StatusPartially closed
Closed Until01/01/2078
Administrative HistoryProgramme spending in 1993/94, 1994/95

Between 1965 and 1969 SCF had a small medical team of a doctor, a health viasitor and a nurse working in the Domoa area. The team was based in the paediatric department of the Mvumi Hospital, which was run by the Church Missionary Society. They were successful in training a number of local epoepl in basic aspects of child care and nutrition. SCF built and staffed a small nutrition unit. After that date, Save the Children continued to fund the work of the nutrition unit, and the hospital more widely.

Between 1966 and 1968 Save the Children provided support for Manga Arab Zanzibaris who needed to leave the country due to the political situation.

In 1986 Save the Children established a programme in Zanzibar, focusing on peadicatric work and support for Mother and Child Health Services at V.I. Lenin Hospital. This work as later expanded out to Pemba.

By the ealy 2000s, Save the Children had a number of projects established across Tanzania, including: Poor Urban Children at Risk, Dar Es Salaam; Support to District Health Workers, Health Services and Communities in Lindi rural district; Community Health Promotion, Zanzibar; and Development of Long-term Food Security Stragegy in Tanzania.

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