Child Sponsorship Report 2011, from Arusha, Tanzania
SOS Children in Tanzania
Overview of Tanzania
Tanzania is the largest country in East Africa. It is world famous for the Serengeti National Park with its enormous variety and abundance of game species, the great African lakes such as Victoria and Tanganyika and Africa's highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro.
The United Republic of Tanzania is one of the few countries in the conflict-ridden Great Lakes Region that continues to enjoy uninterrupted peace, but its socio-economic development is being threated by HIV/AIDS. The number of orphans due to the epidemic is estimated at almost two million. The quality of education and health care remains low. Over three million seven to 13-year-olds are not in school and intake and transition rates are very low. One in six children die before their fifth birthday.
Our Work in Tanzania
Zanzibar
We began working in Tanzania in 1988 with the construction of a community on the island of Zanzibar, south-east of Zanzibar Town near the airport in a newly developed residential district. 11 family houses provide a home for 120 children and there are three SOS Youth Homes, one in the Village and two in Zanzibar, for older children and 
young people taking their first guided steps towards independence. An SOS School (primary and secondary) provides for the children's educational needs as well as those of children in the local community. We have also built an SOS Nursery and a health care centre which caters for the local population as well as the families in the SOS community. With its sports fields and mosque, the site has become a real neighbourhood centre.
Arusha
In 2000 the second SOS Children's Village in Tanzania opened in Arusha, a major town in northern mainland Tanzania. SOS Children's Village Arusha is about 13 km from the town centre, on the Nairobi Road, in the Ngarmantoni urban area. The village has ten family houses, a nursery school, and a school for both primary and secondary pupils.
Dar Es Salaam
A third SOS Children’s Village opened in Dar Es Salaam in 2006. There are 13 family houses for 130 children and a SOS Nursery School for 100 children. This includes a classroom for children with special needs.
Aids Orphans in Tanzania
Local Contact
SOS Children's Village of Tanzania Trust
P.O. Box 80462
Plot No. 47, Uporoto Street
Dar es Salaam
Kinondoni
Tanzania
Tel: +255/ 22 2760794
Fax: +255/ 22 2760795
e-mail: national.office@sos-tanzania.org
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