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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!
Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Taking Hand Sanitizer “the Extra Mile” to Enhance Health in Tanzanian Villages

A central component of Global Volunteers’ Reaching Children’s Potential Program (RCP) is proper handwashing with soap and water. It’s proven that cleaning hands this way reduces diarrhea by half and is than 300 times more effective than a single vaccine. In the Ukwega Ward, Global Volunteers equips families with outdoor handwashing “stations” which dispense clean […]

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November 12, 2021/by Michele Gran
https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/hand-sanitizer-in-Tanzania-7.jpg 853 1280 Michele Gran https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2014-GlobalVolunteersLogo-Web.png Michele Gran2021-11-12 13:40:002021-11-25 21:55:28Taking Hand Sanitizer “the Extra Mile” to Enhance Health in Tanzanian Villages
Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

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

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, Makalanga, Lulindi, Ukwega, and Makungu. Specifically, families obtain the nutrition, health care, knowledge, technology, […]

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November 6, 2021/by Maggie Bjorklund
https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/10-October-New-RCP-Moms-Featured-Photo.png 571 1500 Maggie Bjorklund https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2014-GlobalVolunteersLogo-Web.png Maggie Bjorklund2021-11-06 12:00:002021-11-25 21:55:28Reaching Children’s Potential in Tanzania: Welcoming New Moms to the Program in October
Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Welcoming the October 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 ten babies born in October 2021. Their moms joined the program to provide them a healthy start at life, and the nutrition and care […]

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November 3, 2021/by Maggie Bjorklund
https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/10-October-RCP-Newborn-Featured-Photo.png 570 1500 Maggie Bjorklund https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2014-GlobalVolunteersLogo-Web.png Maggie Bjorklund2021-11-03 10:28:372021-11-25 21:55:29Welcoming the October RCP Newborns in Tanzania
Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Happy Healthy Birthdays for These RCP Children in October 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 50 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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October 21, 2021/by Maggie Bjorklund
https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/October-Birthdays-resized-Copy.jpg 205 800 Maggie Bjorklund https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2014-GlobalVolunteersLogo-Web.png Maggie Bjorklund2021-10-21 11:05:422021-10-21 11:05:46Happy Healthy Birthdays for These RCP Children in October 2021!
Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

International Community Development Profile: Olesta Chuma 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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October 15, 2021/by Maggie Bjorklund
https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Olesta-Chuma-2-cropped.jpg 634 1425 Maggie Bjorklund https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2014-GlobalVolunteersLogo-Web.png Maggie Bjorklund2021-10-15 10:00:002021-10-15 08:50:27International Community Development Profile: Olesta Chuma Family
Development Impact Tanzania

Celebrate 2021 Global Handwashing Day With Us!

October 15 is Global Handwashing Day, a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of hand washing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. This week, we celebrate Global Handwashing Day to convey the message that washing hands with soap and water is […]

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October 13, 2021/by Maggie Bjorklund
https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Global-Handwashing-Day.jpg 744 992 Maggie Bjorklund https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2014-GlobalVolunteersLogo-Web.png Maggie Bjorklund2021-10-13 10:00:002021-10-13 14:33:39Celebrate 2021 Global Handwashing Day With Us!
Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Welcoming the September 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 three babies born in September 2021. Their moms joined the program to provide them a healthy start at life, and the nutrition and care […]

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October 7, 2021/by Maggie Bjorklund
https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/9-September-RCP-Newborn-Featured-Photo.png 570 1500 Maggie Bjorklund https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2014-GlobalVolunteersLogo-Web.png Maggie Bjorklund2021-10-07 10:00:002021-10-05 21:30:13Welcoming the September RCP Newborns in Tanzania
Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

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

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, Makalanga, Lulindi, Ukwega, and Makungu. Specifically, families obtain the nutrition, health care, knowledge, technology, […]

Read more →
October 5, 2021/by Maggie Bjorklund
https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/9-September-New-RCP-Moms-Featured-Photo.png 571 1500 Maggie Bjorklund https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2014-GlobalVolunteersLogo-Web.png Maggie Bjorklund2021-10-05 10:29:122021-10-05 10:29:15Reaching Children’s Potential in Tanzania: Welcoming New Moms to the Program in September
Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

International Community Development Profile: Husia Kisese 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 […]

Read more →
September 23, 2021/by Maggie Bjorklund
https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Husia-Kisese-6.jpg 661 1419 Maggie Bjorklund https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2014-GlobalVolunteersLogo-Web.png Maggie Bjorklund2021-09-23 10:00:002021-09-23 00:01:53International Community Development Profile: Husia Kisese Family
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