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The Tanzania Sanitation Project is a non-profit mission aimed at creating a healthier, stronger, greener future of Tanzania.

Established by students and faculty of the United Nations International School in New York City, our project aims to implement a waste management system in Tanzania, one country where improper waste management uncontrollably affects and burdens the population’s daily lives.

The improper management of waste triggers severe environmental and health problems, with the consequences of poor waste management on human health and the environment becoming more noticeable each day. Garbage is piled in the open, posing health threats to children who play and live in the area. What is not collected is dumped is usually on the near street. These polluting wastes are breeding sites for insect-vectors, pests, snakes, and vermin that augment the likelihood of disease transmission. Additionally, studies prove that the majority of diseases in Tanzania are partly due to the failure to dispose of garbage correctly, which have resulted in many devastating and easily prevented diseases such as dysentery, diarrhea, scabies, skin diseases, eye problems, typhoid, and intestinal parasite becoming widespread among poorer communities.

Our objective will be achieved by taking a number of steps to improve not only the waste management in Tanzania but additionally to educate the citizens of the importance of environmental health. By implementing a sustainable waste management system in each village, enabling the community to recognize the damaging consequences their present improper waste management situation imposes on their environment and everyday lifestyles in addition to the awe-inspiring benefits that await a solution, and by recruiting local participation and efforts to dispose of their wastes properly, we will successfully achieve our goal.

In addition, the Tanzania Sanitation Project aims to ensure long-term sanitation sustainability and proper hygiene in Tanzania by educating the locals on environmental sanitation through garbage collection and disposal. Through the education, the project also aspires to provide numerous opportunities for those in the community. The implementation of a waste management system in each village should also open many doors to the locals, as they will be offered the chance to be apart of this beneficial project and maintain its system.

Aims:

• Sustainable waste management systems in targeted areas including collection, transportation and land filling.
• Prevention of pollution and littering
• Educating locals on environmental sanitation and the need for a proper management of waste
• Involvement and participation of the Tanzania community
• Employment opportunities

Anticipated Impacts of Tanzania Sanitation Project

• Efficient waste disposal and collection system
• A cleaner, healthier environment
Each year over 200 million tons of human waste and huge quantities of solid waste are uncollected and untreated around the world. This fouls the environment and exposes million of children to disease and squalor. Improved environmental sanitation leads to less environmental degradation, increased sustainability of environmental resources, and a safer atmosphere for children.
• Lower mortality rates
due to decreased rate of diarrhea and other diseases transmitted through wastes
88% of all diarrhoeal deaths are due to poor hygiene and lack of access to sanitation
Diarrhea: 2nd highest single cause of child mortality
Ratio by which improved sanitation reduces diarrhea-related deaths: 2/3
• Awareness of the significance of proper sanitation
• Long-term sanitation sustainability
• Decreased rates in unemployment

For additional information, please contact:

Katie Simon, ksimon@tanzaniasanitation.org or
Ms. Maria Kerins, mkerins@unis.org

• Or you can visit our website: www.tanzaniasanitation.org