More than 30 percent of children in Tanzania suffer from stunting, an indicator of prolonged poor nutrition, repeated infections, and inadequate psychosocial stimulation. A large proportion of children and women of reproductive age suffer anemia, which affects 59 percent and 48 percent of children below 5 years of age and women of reproductive age respectively. Tanzania is still far

Tanzania is home to 1.7 million people who have been affected by HIV/AIDS, with approximately 860,000 children (ages infant to 17 years) orphaned because of this disease. Ostracized by society, many of these children are abandoned to the streets, leaving them vulnerable to sexual abuse and to being controlled by drug dealers. Others have been taken in by caregivers