ACT Alliance Appeal: Drought Response in Northern Tanzania, REVISION 1

08 Feb 2012 11:09

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Appeal

Tanzania

Drought Response in Northern Tanzania – TZA111 – revision 1

Appeal Target: US$ 312,919

Balance Requested: US$ 74,853

Geneva, 7 February 2011

ACT appeal TZA111 (issued on the 20^th December 2011) has been revised to address a potential overlap of activities with the Presbyterian World Service & Development (PWS&D) supported food assistance project in Shinyanga region of Tanzania, a collaboration between Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) and Africa Inland Church of Tanzania (AICT). The overlap was in four villages of Kishapu district including: Kalitu, Mwaweja, Miyuguyu and Kiloleli. This revised appeal will instead target 7 needy villages in the same district including: Mwamanota, Mwamashele, Inolelo, Idushi, Ngofila, Busongo, Bunambiyu, Itongalile, Mwanghili, Mwasubi. As a result of this change, the Tanganyika Christian Refugee Service (TCRS) has also reviewed the planning figures for the appeal TZA111 and has aligned the budget accordingly. All changes made in this 1st revision are indicated in blue colour.

The northern Tanzania region is in the same ecological zone with the drought-stricken regions of the Horn of Africa. It is dependent on rain-fed agriculture, with more than 80% of its population depending on subsistence agriculture. Like most of the countries of Eastern and the Horn of Africa, the effects of the last prolonged drought are indeed, the worst drought in memory. More than 53 districts in the northern regions have been declared by the Tanzanian government as facing critical food shortages. This hunger gap between now and the next harvest is the most critical period. The disaster management department in Tanzania has been distributing food to hunger-stricken families in these regions, but the supplies are not enough.

The ACT Tanzania forum is supplementing the existing efforts through provision of emergency supplies of food (maize, beans and cooking oil) to protect the lives of the affected households from hunger and starvation, targeting the most vulnerable families in the drought affected Kishapu district in the Shinyanga region.

The ACT Tanzania forum comprises of the Christian Council of Tanzania (CCT), Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT), Church World Service (CWS), Norwegian Church Aid (NCA), Tanganyika Christian Refugee Service (TCRS), Lutheran World Relief (LWR), Christian Aid (CA) and Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission (FELM).The appeal funds are requested by TCRS who will implement activities by itself in collaboration with AFTZ members in the targeted areas.

For the full appeal document, please click here.

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