Tanzania

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Sponsors have helped Tanzanian children since 1999, when Compassion teamed up with churches in Tanzania to fight poverty.

eastern Africa

sports: soccer, netball, boxing

foods: rice, coconut milk, ugali (maize porridge), chapati bread

celebrations: Wanyambo Festival, Unification Day, Christmas, Eid ul-Fitr

home to Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa

elephants, black rhinos, hippos, cheetahs

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Poverty Pitfalls


Many people don't get enough food or clean water.	Sponsored children eat nutritious meals and drink clean water at their Compassion centers.
Mosquito bites make many kids sick.	Many get bed nets to keep out mosquitoes.
Children ages 5 and younger are at a high risk of dying.	Compassion gives medicine, food and love to babies and moms in the Survival program.

a little bigger than two Californias put together

money: shilling

Most storytelling is done by mouth - not in books.

Artists are known for a painting style called tingatinga. They usually make the art using hardboard and bicycle paint.

Tanzania's film industry is called Swahiliwood.

One of its volcanoes, Ol Doinyo Lengai, oozes lava that looks like oil.

The capital is Dodoma, but Dar es Salaam is the biggest, busiest city.

Stats	Tanzania ??	United States 🇺🇸
Population	53,950,935	326,625, 791
People Living in Poverty	22.8%	15.1%
Languages	Kiswahili or Swahili, Kiunguja, English, Arabic, local languages like Maasai	English 79%, Spanish 13%, Indo-European 3.7%, Asian and Pacific Island 3.4%, other 1%
Religions	Christian 61.4%, Muslim 35.2%, folk religion 1.8%, unaffiliated 1.4%, other 0.2%	Protestant 46.5%, unaffiliated 22.8%, Roman Catholic 20.8%, Jewish 1.9%, Mormon 1.6%, other Christian 0.9%, Muslim 0.9%, Jehovah’s Witness 0.8%, Buddhist 0.7%, Hindu 0.7%, other/unspecified 2.4%
Typical Family Income	$3,300 per year	$59,500 per year