Health
SHED Foundation works in partnership with Village Life Outreach Project and Roche Health Center to improve access to quality health care in rural northern Tanzania.
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Shirati · Rorya District · Lake Victoria, Tanzania
Health, education and development in northern Tanzania.
SHED Foundation (Shirati Health, Education and Development Foundation) is a Tanzanian nonprofit working in close partnership with Village Life Outreach Project and Roche Health Center.
Our Mission
Three pillars, one partnership with Village Life Outreach Project.
Education
SHED works with Village Life Outreach Project to support education and opportunities for children and communities in rural northern Tanzania.
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SHED partners with Village Life Outreach Project and local communities to support sustainable development, with a focus on clean water, health, education, and nutrition.
Learn about Development →Two decades of partnership in the Rorya District.
SHED was registered in January 2006 and granted NGO status in March 2006, with a mandate to work in health, education, and development in northern Tanzania.
2006
Official registration and NGO status
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Program areas: health, education, development
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Local mission centered in Shirati
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Principal partner: Village Life Outreach Project
In Partnership
Together with Village Life Outreach Project and local communities, SHED Foundation supports health, education, and sustainable community development for the people of the Shirati region.
SHED Foundation & Village Life Outreach Project
Working together in northern Tanzania
Our History
Registered in January 2006, granted NGO status in March 2006.
SHED Foundation began in Shirati, Rorya District, with a mandate to work in health, education, and development in northern Tanzania. Many of the programs described on earlier pages of this site are part of SHED's history, not its current activities.
Shirati base
Head office and community roots remain in a rural village near Lake Victoria and the Kenya-Tanzania border.
Long-standing partnership
One of SHED's most important and enduring partnerships has been with Village Life Outreach Project, which has worked with SHED in Tanzania since the early years of the Foundation.
Our Work
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SHED Foundation works in close partnership with Village Life Outreach Project and the communities of Shirati.
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