To support Tanzania’s 2007-2010 National Costed Plan of Action, the Capacity Project partnered with key stakeholders to launch programming, training and staffing to provide basic social welfare service delivery to Tanzania’s most vulnerable children (MVC).

These children, whether they have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS or other maladies, are frequently denied access to rudimentary health care, education, food and psychosocial support.

The Project is working with Family Health International, American International Health Alliance, the Department of Social Welfare, the Tanzanian Institute for Social Work, the Jane Addams College of Social Work and the Prime Minister’s Office for Regional Administration and Local Government as well as local government authorities (LGAs) to train and mainstream a new cadre of paraprofessional social workers into the existing local government structure. This volunteer cadre will work at the village level to provide MVC with basic social welfare services. LGAs will support and supervise these workers, ensuring sustainability and programmatic ownership by the Government of Tanzania.

March 2009