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Tanzania, United Republic of
Health
Access to HIV/AIDs Treatment in Tanzania
More Information About this ProjectProject Needs and BeneficiariesThe majority of people living in Tanzania live outside the 50km radius known as having access to healthcare. 6% of people living in Tanzania have HIV/AIDS. Trans Tanz works in Bagamoyo - an area of Tanzania with one of the highest prevalence rates - to provide transportation for people living with HIV/AIDS to testing, CD4 machines and significantly the anti-retroviral drugs they need to stay alive. ActivitiesA regular free bus service services 15 villages in rural Tanzania, increasing ARV uptake from 0-100% in many cases. As a result of the project, lives are prolonged and the impact of the disease is mitigated in individuals, families and communities. Funding InformationTotal Funding Received to Date: £991 Additional DocumentationThis project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc). ResourcesWhy this Project is ImportantPotential Long Term ImpactIncrease life expectancy of people living with HIV/AIDS so they are able to work and raise their children. This limits the wider socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS on Tanzania's labour productivity and reduces the number of orphans. Project Message
Many congratulations on ‘inventing’ this project. It is helping us a lot because before we couldn’t get any medicine but now we can! Thank you very much. Who is Running This ProjectContact
Duncan Skelton, Project SponsorOrganisation
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For more information about Tanzania, United Republic of, read the Human Development Report on Tanzania, United Republic of or the Wikipedia entry for Tanzania, United Republic of. When this Project was UpdatedLast UpdatedThis project was last updated on November 06, 2009. Date Added to GlobalGivingThis project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 18, 2008. Latest Update from the FieldProject HandoverBy Dubcan Skelton - Project Manager, September 21, 2009 02:02 PM
 GG Final Update
As some of you are no doubt aware I am leaving Tanzania and Trans Tanz, at the end of September. It has been a challenging but rewarding two years during which we have managed to help over 250 patients access health care services for HIV/AIDS. Without our work and your support there is no doubt that a large number of these patients would no longer be with us, leaving broken families and communities behind. We are still a small organisation but the plans have been put in place for our continuation after I leave. We have employed a highly capable Tanzanian Project Manager, Rosemary Sokile, hired office space and formalised our relationships with our partner organisations in anticipation of a successful funding application to provide mobile testing and treatment of HIV in rural Tanzania. This expansion and the simultaneous drop in funding has hit our plans hard however. With less money available in the UK there is a chance that we will not be able to continue with our work due to lack of funds. This would be tragedy, both for the patients we support, most of whom would not be able to access treatment and would therefore die more quickly than if they had not started the treatment in the first place, and for the organisation which has made really strong progress in establishing itself over the last couple of years. Trans Tanz has a budget per year of just £13,000, most of which goes directly to supporting patients (and definitely not into over paid charity workers’ pockets), any amount you can give on a one off or regular basis will really help us get through this transition and emerge stronger in 2010. If you’re doing any running/swimming/dancing etc over the next few months please consider us as a recipient. You could do a lot worse. There will be a ‘fun’draiser on Dec 5th in London to which everyone is invited to attend. (Check the website for details) Please if you haven’t already done so, pledge as much as you can spare by visiting the website and donating through Global Giving. Pictures: Read 4 more "Updates from the Field" | Comment on this update How Else You Can HelpSpread the Word on your Profile, Blog, or WebsitePut a widget for this project on your profile, blog or website to turn your friends into givers. Using our widget, it's quick and easy to add this widget to your profile or blog! Get this widget on: |
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