More than 40 years of partnership .
In 1964, Tanzania became independent and the Republic of Tanzania was founded. On the 19th August 1964, the agreement was signed, which paved the way for bilateral development co-operation between the German and the Tanzanian Government. One day later, the first group of German volunteers from DED arrived in Dar es Salaam. Thus Tanzania became one the first partner countries of DED (German Development Service). Since then a long-term thriving co-operation between the German and the Tanzanian government connects both countries with more than 800 development workers who have been working in projects all over Tanzania.
The programme .
The main objective of DED work in Tanzania is to contribute to poverty reduction and improve the living conditions of the people in rural areas, who mainly live below the poverty line of 1 US$ per day. Today Tanzania is one of the focal countries of DED. Therefore, DED Tanzania concentrates its activities on 3 different fields of co-operation:
- Health (including HIV/AIDS prevention)
- Local Governance
- Water supply and sanitation
At present the work of DED in Tanzania focuses on activities in the regions Kilimanjaro, Lindi, Mbeya, Mtwara, Tanga and Zanzibar. Currently about 30 development workers are working in Tanzania.
Partnership .
Tanzania is one of the best examples of a common alignment in the German development co-operation as aimed at by the German government. The so-called "German development cooperation of a piece" means the close co-operation between the different German governmental organisations in order to jointly strive in an effective manner for the objectives adopted by the governments of both countries.
Here, DED co-operates with GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit) and KfW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau), CIM (Centrum für internationale Migration und Entwicklung) and InWEnt.
Here, DED co-operates with GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit) and KfW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau), CIM (Centrum für internationale Migration und Entwicklung) and InWEnt.
