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Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

International Community Development Profile: Estida Mlengela Family

International community development

In this series, families in the Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) Demonstration Program in Tanzania explain how their participation improves their lives. Global Volunteers’ RCP Program engages short-term volunteers to help parents deliver essential services improving health, eradicating hunger, and enhancing cognition – with the goal of eliminating child stunting in the Ukwega Ward and throughout […]

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January 24, 2022/by Maggie Bjorklund
https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Estida-Mlengela-2.jpg 1073 1430 Maggie Bjorklund https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2014-GlobalVolunteersLogo-Web.png Maggie Bjorklund2022-01-24 10:00:032022-01-24 10:00:06International Community Development Profile: Estida Mlengela Family
Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Reaching Children’s Potential in Tanzania: Welcoming New Moms to the Program in December

Every month, Global Volunteers’ caregivers in the Ukwega Ward of Tanzania meet with families who wish to participate in the Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) Demonstration Program. The goal of RCP is to eliminate childhood stunting in all five of the villages served: Ipalamwa, Mkalanga, Lulindi, Ukwega, and Makungu. Specifically, families obtain the nutrition, health care, knowledge, technology, […]

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January 21, 2022/by Maggie Bjorklund
https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/12-December-New-RCP-Moms-Featured-Photo.png 571 1500 Maggie Bjorklund https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2014-GlobalVolunteersLogo-Web.png Maggie Bjorklund2022-01-21 11:00:002022-01-21 10:18:27Reaching Children’s Potential in Tanzania: Welcoming New Moms to the Program in December
Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Welcoming the December RCP Newborns in Tanzania

What’s more fun than BABIES? In this series, we focus on the newest members of the Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) Demonstration Program in Tanzania — newborns. In this post, we welcome four babies born in December 2021 — including twins! Their moms joined the program to provide them a healthy start at life, and the […]

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January 13, 2022/by Maggie Bjorklund
https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/12-December-RCP-Newborn-Featured-Photo.png 570 1500 Maggie Bjorklund https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2014-GlobalVolunteersLogo-Web.png Maggie Bjorklund2022-01-13 16:02:012022-01-13 16:02:03Welcoming the December RCP Newborns in Tanzania
Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Reaching Children’s Potential in Tanzania: Welcoming New Moms to the Program in November

Every month, Global Volunteers’ caregivers in the Ukwega Ward of Tanzania meet with families who wish to participate in the Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) Demonstration Program. The goal of RCP is to eliminate childhood stunting in all five of the villages served: Ipalamwa, Mkalanga, Lulindi, Ukwega, and Makungu. Specifically, families obtain the nutrition, health care, knowledge, technology, […]

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December 23, 2021/by Maggie Bjorklund
https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/11-November-New-RCP-Moms-Featured-Photo.png 571 1500 Maggie Bjorklund https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2014-GlobalVolunteersLogo-Web.png Maggie Bjorklund2021-12-23 12:47:352021-12-28 08:40:27Reaching Children’s Potential in Tanzania: Welcoming New Moms to the Program in November
Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Happy Healthy Birthdays for These RCP Children in December 2021!

The Reaching Children’s Potential Program (RCP) of the Ukwega Ward in central Tanzania measures its success by the growth and development of the children in the program. Read about 47 girls and boys who reached their first, second, third, and fourth birthdays in good health and on target to reach all their development milestones in […]

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December 18, 2021/by Maggie Bjorklund
https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/December-RCP-Birthday-banner.png 845 1500 Maggie Bjorklund https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2014-GlobalVolunteersLogo-Web.png Maggie Bjorklund2021-12-18 11:55:132022-01-26 08:50:41Happy Healthy Birthdays for These RCP Children in December 2021!
Reaching Children's Potential, Staff Worldwide Tanzania

Tanzania Country Director Nayman Chavalla Leads RCP Expansion Effort in Tanzania

Nayman Chavalla joined the Global Volunteers Reaching Children’s Potential staff in 2020 as Tanzania Country Director. Having served as General Secretary to the Bishop of the Iringa Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, Global Volunteer’ host partner, from 2006 to 2020, Nayman was well-acquainted with Global Volunteers and CEO and Co-founder Bud Philbrook. […]

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December 16, 2021/by Maggie Bjorklund
https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Nayman-Chavalla-5-Copy.jpg 401 638 Maggie Bjorklund https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2014-GlobalVolunteersLogo-Web.png Maggie Bjorklund2021-12-16 15:18:262021-12-16 15:18:29Tanzania Country Director Nayman Chavalla Leads RCP Expansion Effort in Tanzania
Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Welcoming the November RCP Newborns in Tanzania

What’s more fun than BABIES? In this series, we focus on the newest members of the Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) Demonstration Program in Tanzania — newborns. In this post, we welcome four babies born in November 2021. Their moms joined the program to provide them a healthy start at life, and the nutrition and care […]

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December 4, 2021/by Maggie Bjorklund
https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/11-November-RCP-Newborn-Featured-Photo.png 570 1500 Maggie Bjorklund https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2014-GlobalVolunteersLogo-Web.png Maggie Bjorklund2021-12-04 12:00:002021-12-01 17:04:56Welcoming the November RCP Newborns in Tanzania
Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

International Community Development Profile: Teulina Wihale Family

International community development

In this series, families in the Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) Demonstration Program in Tanzania explain how their participation improves their lives. Global Volunteers’ RCP Program engages short-term volunteers to help parents deliver essential services improving health, eradicating hunger, and enhancing cognition – with the goal of eliminating child stunting in the Ukwega Ward and throughout […]

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November 26, 2021/by Maggie Bjorklund
https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Teulina-Wihale-4.jpg 1073 1430 Maggie Bjorklund https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2014-GlobalVolunteersLogo-Web.png Maggie Bjorklund2021-11-26 11:33:582021-11-26 11:34:01International Community Development Profile: Teulina Wihale Family
Volunteer Voices Tanzania

“My Thanksgiving Wish: Go, See, Serve,” says Grateful Global Volunteer

Our Thanksgiving gift to you: First-time Global Volunteer Courtney Curran wrote she couldn’t let the holiday season pass without acknowledging the transformative power of our Tanzania Service Program experience in her life in July, 2021. She participated on the first volunteer team on the Reaching Children’s Potential Program (RCP) since the onset of the pandemic. […]

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November 23, 2021/by Michele Gran
https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/courtney-and-friends.png 320 427 Michele Gran https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2014-GlobalVolunteersLogo-Web.png Michele Gran2021-11-23 16:53:272021-11-25 21:55:27“My Thanksgiving Wish: Go, See, Serve,” says Grateful Global Volunteer
Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Happy Healthy Birthdays for These RCP Children in November 2021!

The Reaching Children’s Potential Program (RCP) of the Ukwega Ward in central Tanzania measures its success by the growth and development of the children in the program. Read about 41 girls and boys who reached their first, second, third, and fourth birthdays in good health and on target to reach all their development milestones in […]

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November 20, 2021/by Maggie Bjorklund
https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/November-RCP-Birthday-banner.png 845 1500 Maggie Bjorklund https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2014-GlobalVolunteersLogo-Web.png Maggie Bjorklund2021-11-20 12:00:002021-11-25 21:55:27Happy Healthy Birthdays for These RCP Children in November 2021!
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