To accelerate improvements in community health and well-being through food and nutrition in Tanzania
Tanzania Nutrition Care Organization (TANCO) is a non-governmental organization established on December 14, 2022. TANCO is legally registered with the Registrar of Non-Governmental Organizations under the Ministry of Community Development, Gender, Women, and Special Groups with registration number ooNGO/R/4129.
The organization operates primarily from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with the mission to address food and nutrition-related challenges and enhance the health and well-being of communities across the country.
This is a cross-cutting activity in all the programs of TANCO. It is an integrated activity. TANCO is mitigating malnutrition and fighting with Non – Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
in the community by providing nutrition care services in respective areas such as schools,
Hospitals, Orphanage Center, Public and Private Offices etc.
The activity involve reaching out to the community through partnership with local
government, schools, universities, and community centers The activity includes public speaking engagements, interactive workshop, nutrition
assessments and awareness raising events that promote nutrition awareness. The activity aim to educate the public about nutrition and its impacts on individuals…..
Empowerment and training of women to be leaders in nutrition-sensitive approaches so as to improve their nutritional status and that of their children. Improvement in women’s empowerment is expected to lead to well-being of children inform of reduction in their nutritional status also, improving households dietary intake that result in good nutrition status
of their households.
Training parents and care givers on household hygiene such as clean water and sanitation that improving access to reduce infection and disease like diarrhea which is the basic cause of undernutrition. Washing caregivers and children’s hands with soap before preparing and eating foods …
Provision of series of trainings on sustainable and profitable means of livelihoods, training of Income generating activities and financial management such as home gardening intervention and poultry rearing. TANCO will open a demonstration garden which will be used as a learning center for gardens growers such students and environmentalists that will increasing food availability…
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