News & Updates
Honouring the Hands that Deliver Hope: Midwives Matter
According to DHIS statistics, in Tanzania, 85% of live births are delivered by a skilled provider. The majority of births (58%) were delivered by a midwife. By region, Manyara has the lowest percent of births delivered by a skilled provider (61%) and Kilimanjaro and...
Feeding the Future: Transforming Livestock Farming Through Sustainable Nutrition
Climate change is no longer a distant threat. It is a present reality that is already disrupting lives and livelihoods. In 2021 and 2022, a devastating drought struck Simanjiro District in Tanzania’s Manyara Region, leading to the death of over 92,047 livestock...
Environment Action For Change: JMKF Marks World Environment Day with Youth-Focused Action in Bagamoyo
On June 5th, in celebration of World Environment Day, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete Foundation (JMKF) in partnership with TAI Tanzania, we conducted a special school visit to Dunda Secondary School in Bagamoyo. The event was anchored on this year’s global theme: “Beat...
Building Businesses That Last: Training Tanzania’s Youth to Scale Their Businesses to New Heights
Across Tanzania, young people are bursting with ideas, and the entrepreneurial spirit is high. From tech innovators, artist’s and farmers to creatives turning talent and current gaps into income, their potential is powerful but too often...
Youth, Art, and Enterprise: A Two-Day Workshop Igniting Tanzania’s Creative Economy
Art has always been and will be central to African culture. The creative arts industry in Africa employs 5 million people. With the existing high youth unemployment rates, with East African unemployment standing at approximately...
Advancing Education Through Innovation: JMKF at the Forefront
Digital learning in Africa holds immense potential, but its development has been hindered by several challenges, including limited internet access, infrastructure deficits, and high costs of devices and connectivity. As of 2023, only 36% of Africa's population had...
JMKF Joins Hands with PetPro and TBL in the Fight Against Waste at the Zero Waste Initiative Workshop
In 2019, it was estimated that Tanzania generates about 1.2 million tons of solid waste per year, with major cities like Dar es Salaam contributing a significant portion of this figure. Plastic waste is one of the most significant environmental challenges. Tanzania...
Male Champions of Antenatal Care
Living 20 km away from Kizengi Dispensary, it was difficult for Vivian, a 26-year-old expectant mother, to attend antenatal care (ANC) during her previous pregnancies, resulting in home deliveries. However, on 17 March 2025, during her third pregnancy, she received...
Oral Health Referral
In her second pregnancy, 21-year-old Mwaju arrived at the Jamii Salama (Safe Communities) mobile antenatal care (ANC) outreach clinic in Igigwa Ward of Tabora Region for her fourth ANC visit on March 24, 2025. Unlike her previous pregnancy, she hadn’t missed a single...