Farkwa Project, Tanzania

See the progress you helped make happen in your sponsored community

When the project started, only one in three children attended primary school. Most families had to walk long distances to collect water or reach healthcare and farmers were struggling to grow enough food to last all year round.

Thanks to your support, your sponsored child and other children in the Farkwa community have improved access to education, clean water, healthcare and nutritious food.

Together we've achieved so much

82 percent of children were enrolled in primary school in 2016

This is up from 38 percent in 1996.

  • Infrastructure improvements to local primary schools included the construction of 35 classrooms, 25 teachers’ homes and 22 teachers’ offices in 17 primary schools.
  • Functional literacy amongst students rose to 93 percent in 2016, up from 60.7 percent in 2013, helping them meet the reading and writing demands of their studies and assist illiterate family and community members.
  • The project emphasised the benefits of education for girls amongst community members, and this helped to prevent young girls from being forced into early marriages.

Child immunisation coverage reached 90 percent in 2016

This is up from 60 percent in 1996.

  • Medical facilities were built, including three dispensaries, one health centre and nine staff houses. This has brought healthcare much closer to many families.
  • Construction and rehabilitation of water sources has helped to increase the proportion of families who can access clean water within 400 metres from home to 65 percent, an increase from 11 percent in 1996.
  • 36 Village Health Workers were trained on best feeding practices for infants and young children so they can guide and support mothers and caregivers to improve their children’s nutrition.

300 ox-ploughs are now available to help farmers grow more food

This is up from 19 ox-ploughs in 1996.

  • Construction of water pans (dams) has helped farmers to increase crop production and incomes.
  • Local farmers produced twice the number of bags of maize and sorghum per acre in 2016 than when the project first began. The project supported them with training and improved farming equipment.
  • Savings groups comprising 542 members now provide families with access to basic financial services. Through these groups, members save money and can take out small loans to support income generation activities or cover their children’s education and healthcare costs.

"… Thank you World Vision for the constructed health centre and staff houses."

- Abeid, medical officer