 |
| Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF) |
AJIRA MPYA TANZANIA 2020 / NAFASI MPYA ZA KAZI 2020
Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF) is
currently implementing Productive Social Safety Net Program which aims
at protecting the vulnerable poor households from severest consequences
of poverty by implementing interventions that will lead to increased
household incomes and opportunities while increasing consumption.
Read Also:
Introduction
The
Government has put in place a number of policies and strategies on
poverty reduction. These include the National Strategy for Growth and
Poverty Reduction which was finalized in 2000. The Strategy has enabled
the government to make many achievement including increasing the
coverage of education and health services, investing in infrastructure
and supporting agricultural development.
Recommended:
However,
one-third of the population of Tanzania lives below the basic needs
poverty line. People living in poverty struggle to provide their
families with the things they need. They can’t invest in improved seeds
or fertilizer and therefore increase the amount of food their families
have to eat, and there is very little access to local employment
opportunities which might help them to earn enough money to purchase
food, buy other necessities and find it difficult to afford basic health
care and haven’t adopted a routine of taking children regularly to
clinics.
Recommended:
This
situation highlights the need for interventions focused specifically on
poverty reduction and an effective and robust safety net which will
protect the poor from the immediate effects of poverty, helping them to
meet consumption needs and prevent further irreversible losses in
assets; and also enable poverty-stricken households to invest in their
futures and improve their livelihoods in the long-term.
Recommended:
Deadline: 09th July, 2020
DOWNLOAD PDF FILE HERE!
No comments:
Post a Comment