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The Reaching Children’s Potential Program (RCP) is a child-focused, parent-driven, family-centered, and community-led comprehensive effort. It begins with pregnancy, and continues through the 18th birthday, with a focus on the first 1,000 days of life. In Tanzania, parents participating in RCP have successfully reduced childhood stunting by 57% through volunteers’ efforts.

Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Happy Healthy Birthdays For These RCP Children In April 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 21 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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April 21, 2021/by Global Volunteers
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Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

International Community Development Profile: Aglina Myumbo Family in Tanzania

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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April 17, 2021/by Global Volunteers
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Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Virtual RCP Workshops Conducted in Tanzania During Pandemic

A cornerstone of the Reaching Children’s Potential Program (RCP) is the series of workshops with mothers who are RCP members, providing essential information on topics related to child development, health, nutrition, hygiene, and technologies. In the absence of volunteers on the ground in Tanzania, Global Volunteers has worked with Regis University in Colorado to facilitate […]

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April 13, 2021/by Global Volunteers
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Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Welcoming the February & March 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 seven babies born in February and March 2021. Their moms joined the program to provide them a healthy start at life, and the nutrition […]

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April 3, 2021/by Global Volunteers
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Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Reaching Children’s Potential in Tanzania: Welcome to Pelagia Kindole

International community development

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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March 29, 2021/by Global Volunteers
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Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Happy Healthy Birthdays for These RCP Children in March 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 35 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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March 21, 2021/by Global Volunteers
https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/March-Birthdays-resized-1.jpg 202 800 Global Volunteers https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2014-GlobalVolunteersLogo-Web.png Global Volunteers2021-03-21 12:00:002021-03-19 09:49:20Happy Healthy Birthdays for These RCP Children in March 2021!
Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

International Community Development Profile: Aika Kiungo Family in Tanzania

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 →
March 17, 2021/by Global Volunteers
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Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Welcome to the RCP Family – Newborn Photo Gallery – 2020

In 2020, Global Volunteers welcomed 57 babies to the Reaching Children’s Potential Program (RCP) family. The RCP Program is a child-focused, parent-driven, family-centered, and community-led comprehensive approach that begins with pregnancy and continues through the 18th birthday. The program invests in children’s and mothers’ nutrition, health, and education, focusing on the first 1,000 days of life to […]

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March 15, 2021/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

Reaching Children’s Potential in Tanzania: Welcome to Lina Mhando

International community development

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 →
March 11, 2021/by Global Volunteers
https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Lina-Mhando-1-e1615476109885.jpg 940 1430 Global Volunteers https://globalvolunteers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2014-GlobalVolunteersLogo-Web.png Global Volunteers2021-03-11 10:00:002021-03-11 09:31:58Reaching Children’s Potential in Tanzania: Welcome to Lina Mhando
Reaching Children's Potential Tanzania

International Community Development Profile: Tenida Duma Family in Tanzania

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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March 5, 2021/by Global Volunteers
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