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Population: 40.4 million
Life Expectancy: 69 years
Under-5 Mortality: 74 per 1,000 live births
Illiteracy rate: 76.2% of young females ages 15-24
UN development index: 152nd out of 179 countries
Number of Orphans:
2.5 million children; 40% as a result of HIV/AIDS

Childreach International works with local communities within the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania, implementing initiatives to develop primary and further education since 2004. Our country office opened in April 2009 and is working on 3 programmes; Vocational Training Centres, School Improvement Projects and a Carbon Offsetting Programme.

Vocational Training Centres develop the potential of vulnerable and socially excluded youths through the provision of training in skills such as carpentry, tailoring, IT, Maths, and Basic English, which enables them to play an active role in society.

Childreach International has funded renovations to 6 government primary schools to improve the learning conditions for primary school children and provide a safe atmosphere for children to learn, which increases the rate of retention.

Childreach International conducts future building and challenge events throughout the world to raise funds for projects. The Carbon Offsetting programme is a tree planting programme in Tanzania to offset the carbon emissions from flights for our projects to remain carbon neutral and avoid increasing environmental degradation.