Suleiman Mauly was a normal child, who liked playing football and was good in school. In school he felt bored and started to hang out with the “wrong” people and using drugs. After a while he became an addict. He says he ended up hurting himself and others more than he could ever imagine…
Art in Tanzania is a non-governmental organization registered in Tanzania, Zanzibar, Finland and in Ethiopia as Art in Ethiopia. The organization started in 2001 supporting local artists who did not have the resources to develop their talent…
Volunteers and staff from Art In Tanzania will this evening flex their muscles when they meet for a football match at Kondo grounds of Bahari beach.
In the last encounters, the volunteers overpowered their hosts winning two of the three matches they have played…
Over 30 people from Kunduchi village in Dar es Salaam are now aware of their HIV status thanks to a free HIV counseling and testing exercise organized by Art In Tanzania last Thursday.
A total of 38 villagers most of them youthful men took the bold step after a team of AIT staff and volunteers conducted a HIV and AIDS sensitization campaign at the beach village..
Pupils from One school of Tegeta in Dar es Salaam are a happy lot following the completion of a modern sanitation block at the school.
The toilets were constructed with funds from a volunteer at Art In Tanzania who saw the need for the school to have clean sanitation facilities…
As the world marks the World Toilet Day today, November 19, many families in the world still do not have access to sanitation facilities.
According to UNICEF, 1.1 billion people around the world defecate in the open, contaminating their environments and water sources besides spreading diseases like diarrhea, which kills 2,000 children less than 5 years old every day.
For the first time ever, the world will today, Thursday October 11th 2012 mark the International day of the Girl child.
The day was declared by the United Nations general assembly on December 19th 2011 following intensive lobbying by non profit organizations that felt there was need to set aside a day when the world can recognize girls’ rights while still reflecting on the unique challenges they face around the world.
We interviewed Rosie, from the UK, about her experience as she worked on the medical project in Dar es Salaam. Here are her views:
As your project draws to a close, what have you most enjoyed about medical volunteering?
“I like it because it differs from place to place, and it’s also good to see how a hospital is run here compared to the system in the UK…
The market tour is consisting of five different kind of markets. Tinga Tinga-market, fish market, the Wonder Workshop and the wood market. Tinga Tinga is a type of paintings that was developed in Dar Es Salaam…
Mzungu workout is a new project for Art in Tanzania. A group of volunteers from Denmark felt that there is a need for afternoon activities that would get also the women of Dar Es Salaam to get involved and to move…