Travel with Marcus to Tanzania and see what life is like in the deep field. Visit nutrition centres, see school kids showing up for their daily meals and get a taste of original Masai goat. Welcome to 'On the road' in Tanzania.
Marcus Prior
Spokesperson for East Africa
I have lived in Africa for the past 12 years, with the last 6 as WFP spokesman in East, Central and West Africa. I hate flying, but always seems to be on planes. I think I am probably a bit too old to be videoblogging, but you can make up your mind for yourself.
See the green field of onions that has recently appeared in the dry Rift valley thanks to a new irrigation system. Needless to say, WFP had a hand in it. Go with Marcus as he learns how the system has delighted the local community and as he samples some Masai goat meat.
Get a taste of what it’s like going to a primary school in rural Tanzania. Marcus finds that some kids, after walking to school each day, then walk 6 km more just to get the water needed to cook their lunch. But, on the plus side, he also finds that WFP school meals mean many more kids move on to secondary education.
At any given moment, 800 trucks, 70 planes and 30 ships are transporting WFP food somewhere or other. Marcus explores the port in Dar Es Salaam, where much of the food for east Africa arrives, and see how much food is needed to feed a million people for a month.
Marcus goes to Tageta, north of Dar Es Salaam. Here he meets Prisca, a woman living with HIV who a few years ago was so weak she couldn't even lift a bucket. Now, she is perfectly able to farm her land and care for her son. Find out how.
Discover how WFP nutrition programmes work as Marcus goes to a village where drought has made the daily struggle against malnutrition even harder. He shows you how choosing crops wisely can make all the difference in these situations. And finally, if you’re interested, he is also chased by a tortoise.
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I just cannot believe how people still survive in such type of areas wherein even the basic necessities i.e., food and health system is not in place. The irrigation project by WFP will definitely be a turnaround for such communities and definitely reduce lot of their sufferings and bring cheer to them.
It is tough to know how people still survive in such conditions wherein even the basic things i.e., food & health system is not in place. it is amazing how WFP's irrigation project has brought a new turnaround in their life. It is just too good.
We think you are doing a good job !
Keep it up & best wishes for the future,
The team
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You are doing a great work. I appreciate your work a lot. It is very inspirational video. Keep it up.
Hi Marcus, it's quite elating to see people like you being so active in trying to address poverty and hunger wherever they may be. I'm sure guys like you are gonna be blessed with good karma a thousand fold. Alvin
have never thought about it like that before. Thanks so much for the depth and understanding at which you covered the topic. it's a useful piece of information not only for me but for many others. have read a lot on the topic at different blogs and books but this piece really gives food for thought. what you do is a great job and I really appreciate that with your help more and more people get to know about many problems and try to find solutions
thank you for clearing my doubts.
great work. i really like it. thank you.
This is so great. Look at how excited they get towards the end of the video! We were able to sponsor a well in zambia late last year. Always great to be able to help.
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i also saw a documentary on this article. nice.
This is pretty inspirational stuff. That's a great video and I have a great deal of appreciation and respect for the World Food programme and its members
Bravo UNWFP!You are doing very good and commendable work and as such, i want the whole world to recognize and appreciate the humanitarian assistance that you are offering to better the lives of millions of people world wide.I am very interested in joining and devoting my entire life in serving the world's disadvantaged people together with you. Please continue and do not get tired of assisting the world's populations that need such assistance.
Thank you.
OBARO AMOS KYLE
Social Worker
Maindi - Uganda.
e-mail: kyle.edgar@gmail.com
Thank you for article
keep doing all the great work. good to see all's well!
you are definitely doing a great job. This is so good to do. I would love to be a part of this. You are definitely a great inspiration.
GOOD JOB THANK YOU
WFP is doing VERY GOOD PROGRAMMES.
Ur work is excellent.cont' saving lives
You guys have a great job there. I hope i can be part of your inspiring activities. I've supported you all with adding this site's banner on my blogs.
wow. its sad to see that some people have it so bad. :( it was nice to see that one woman so happy about a minute and 24 seconds in, though.
Thanks, very inspirational.
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takes a while to load, but worth it :) great ending, with energy and excitement and great to see a positive look at Africa
A lot of Tanzanians abroad and at home visit blog MICHUZI
Post your link to him and it will reach thousands.
Will be in touch
Thank you for serving humanity in this most important way.
Are there employment opportunities with WPF in Tanzania?
Paulette
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This is an amazaing task done by WFP. i never realized this untill i had seen this article. Thanks a lot Marcus for this and i am sure now to be a part of this program in one way or the other.
First and foremost, thank you for what you're doing. Secondly, I'd like to know if there is a need for teachers in Tanzania? Perhaps at the school that is discussed in the video clip. I am currently a teacher in Oregon (U.S.), but I'm looking to do something more meaningful and rewarding. Is the WFP hiring?
Thank you.
Garrett
Regardless if people should be bearing these children or not, they are here, and they are children of God. I think it is wonderful that there are a few people in this world who care enough to donate their time and efforts to making a difference. Thank you WFP. Keep up the good work!
Wow! This is an amazing cause! Keep going, you guys are wonderful people. Making a difference, to make the world a better place.
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Big up to WFP for feeding well our school kids. I still doubting with our reproductive behavior. Why do we bear good number of children whom we can’t feed? Well, through the WFP they have managed to increase performance by higher attendance levels and better academic performance, what about the rest of the country? The day before yesterday Mheshimiwa Mizengo Pinda was launching something and he expressed his feelings about our dependence behavior. Let’s think critically; is this appropriate? Why do people in developed nations bear few kids as compared to us while they can afford to bear more than they have?
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THe task done by WFP is just amazing. hope i could be of any help to them. i am somewhat attached to this site.
GREAT new movies which I will be sharing with my elementary school students when I show them the FREE RICE game. Thank you for what you do.
Mrs. Sisco
Librarian
Blue Grass School
Knoxville, Tennessee
USA
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Keep up the good work of feeding people. Without food none can exist.
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I found your videos very insightful. Thank you for the necessary and very important work that you do to combat hunger.