The Hesabu na Elimu Jumuishi (“Arithmetic and Inclusive Education”) activity is designed to improve arithmetic instruction for children in the early grades and address the need for inclusive education for children with disabilities. The activity builds upon USAID’s Tusome Pamoja (“Let’s Read Together”) activity to support inclusive education in targeted regions and provide technical assistance, instructional materials, and student aides to schools and classrooms.
Forty-nine-year-old Babeli is a mason in his village. He is also a peer educator for those who, like him, are living with HIV. His calling to become a peer educator was borne from a deep sense of empathy toward others.
Private sector engagement is an essential component of the economic development of Tanzania and the country’s efforts to reach middle-income status by 2025. Businesses in Tanzania are at the forefront of growth through job creation, innovation, generating tax revenue, and fair competition. Currently employing about 70 percent of the youth in Tanzania, the private sector provides a critical pathway to self-reliance. In Tanzania, USAID seeks more sustainable and enterprise-driven outcomes from our activities.
The Government of Tanzania has made a commitment, both to its people and to the international community, to improve democratic governance. Even though Tanzania still ranks above neighboring countries in terms of transparency, accountability, and civil rights, rapid democratic declines in recent years pose an ongoing concern.
USAID programs in Tanzania are consistent with U.S. foreign policy and the Government of Tanzania’s national development goals. By empowering Tanzanian women and youth, achieving inclusive, broad-based, and sustainable economic growth, and improving effective democratic governance, these programs aim to advance Tanzania’s socioeconomic transformation toward middle-income status by 2025.
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Last updated: December 04, 2019
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