Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF)
Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF)
About

The Government has put in place a number of policies and strategies on poverty reduction. These include the National Strategy for Growth and Poverty Reduction which was finalized in 2000. The Strategy has enabled the government to make many achievement including increasing the coverage of education and health services, investing in infrastructure and supporting agricultural development.

However, one-third of the population of Tanzania lives below the basic needs poverty line. People living in poverty struggle to provide their families with the things they need. They can’t invest in improved seeds or fertilizer and therefore increase the amount of food their families have to eat, and there is very little access to local employment opportunities which might help them to earn enough money to purchase food, buy other necessities and find it difficult to afford basic health care and haven’t adopted a routine of taking children regularly to clinics.

This situation highlights the need for interventions focused specifically on poverty reduction and an effective and robust safety net which will protect the poor from the immediate effects of poverty, helping them to meet consumption needs and prevent further irreversible losses in assets; and also enable poverty-stricken households to invest in their futures and improve their livelihoods in the long-term.

The objective of the Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF) is to enable poor households to increase incomes and opportunities while improving consumption.

Vision

To empower the poor households graduate out of poverty and have sustainable social and economic development.

Mission

To build capacities of key stakeholders involved in poverty reduction initiatives with emphasis on community driven development, accountability, transparency and full participation in social and economic development aspects.

Core Values

Core values that guide the organizations’ work include: 

  • 1. Respect for communities supported , exercising integrity and accepting responsibility for actions taken and decisions made
  • 2. Accountability to stakeholders as well as those who support TASAF
  • 3. Committed to acting honestly, truthfully, and with integrity in all transactions and dealings
  • 4. Committed to avoiding conflict of interest and to appropriately handling actual or apparent conflicts of interest in their relationships
  • 5. Committed to treating their partners fairly and to treating every individual with dignity and respect
  • 6. Committed to treating their employees with respect, fairness, and good faith and to providing conditions of employment that safeguard their rights and welfare
  • 7. Committed to being a good corporate citizen and to complying with both the spirit and the letter of the laws of the United Republic of Tanzania
  • 8. Committed to acting responsibly towards the communities in which they work and for the benefit of the communities they serve
  • 9. Committed to being responsible, transparent and accountable for all of their actions.
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Company Offices

  • Tanzania (headquarters)
  • Dar Es Salaam
  • Kilwa / Mailindi Rd.,P.O. BOX 9381