Stories From Tanzania
View All Stories »Battling HIV to Save Orphans
A veteran HIV and AIDS expert explains the plight of orphans and families affected by AIDS. »»
Help for Orphans Creates Hope
Free school supplies, supplemental food, bedding and medical care turn life around for two orphaned brothers—one living with HIV—in Tanzania. »»
Making Life A Little Easier for Orphans
Used to growling stomachs and being chased from school, orphans in Tanzania and across Africa are desperate for the help CRS and our partners provide. »»
Savings Plans the Poor Can Bank On
Community-led savings and lending groups are helping East Africans lift themselves out of poverty penny by penny. »»
Washing Away Poverty in East Africa
By integrating water projects with health, finance and other services, CRS is helping East African communities lift themselves out of poverty. »»
Fighting A Food Crisis
By educating farmers and distributing disease-resistant cassava plants, CRS is helping to prevent a food crisis in Africa's Great Lakes region. »»
Continuing Food Crisis Plagues World's Poorest
Though food and fuel prices have fallen, the global food crisis is not yet over. We are now in an environment of price volatility and uncertainty. »»
HIV Diagnosis Inspires Life of Service
Antiretroviral therapy re-energizes a Tanzanian woman living with HIV to give back to others. »»
Making A New Kind of Difference
A CRS staff member taps his medical background to help orphans and other children impacted by the AIDS pandemic in Tanzania. »»
Poor Farm Families to the Rescue
Poor farm families can become part of the solution to the global crisis of rising food prices, increasing supply while increasing their own incomes. »»
A Helping Hand, A New Life
Through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), miracles happen for hundreds of thousands people affected by HIV. »»
2007 Year in Photos
Our year-end roundup salutes the work of our dedicated staff and beneficiaries, whose resiliency rises above the most challenging circumstances. »»
Farmers Break Cycle of Poverty
Agricultural assistance, market connections, and support for savings and loans are enabling thousands of Tanzanian farmers to improve quality of life. »»
HIV Medicines Offer Chance to Support Others
When antiretroviral medications gave a Tanzanian man his health back, they inspired him to teach others to live positively with the HIV virus. »»
A New Twist On An Old Crop
Improved varieties of orange-fleshed sweet potatoes are making life sweeter for farmers and residents in Tanzania's Lake Victoria region. »»
A Life Less Ordinary
Former Masai cattle herder Daniel Laiser brings a unique perspective to his community-based mircofinance work with CRS Tanzania. »»
Parish Social Ministries Director Visits Tanzania
Scott Cooper, director of parish social ministries for Catholic Charities in Spokane Washington recently traveled to Tanzania with CRS. »»
