Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation (Hospital) in Tanzania (CCBRT)

Health Programs


Each year in Tanzania, 11,000 women die due to complications of pregnancy and childbirth and 66,000 babies do not survive their first month of life.

In 2022, WAF has supported the CCBRT Maternity & Newborn Ward which aims at providing specialist care for high-risk and emergency maternity cases, including mothers with disabilities, histories of fistula, and adolescents. Our support, helps CCBRT’s efforts to prevent disability, increasing access to emergency obstetric care; preventing disability in newborns and minimize long-term disability for babies born with impairment, or mothers who suffer childbirth injuries. By providing prompt diagnosis and immediate referral to CCBRT’s Disability Hospital for treatment.

As a super specialist zonal referral hospital, CCBRT Maternity & Newborn Ward will care for women and babies with high risk pregnancies and obstetric emergencies.

The hospital will deal with referrals of high risk and complicated pregnancies, emergency referrals of complicated deliveries, and women with vulnerable pregnancy. This includes pregnant women with disabilities, past history of fistula and pregnant women younger than 16 years old.

WAF is proud of the partnership with CCBRT and plan to continue supporting the hospital in the years to come.


Muhimbili National Hospital – Tumaini la Maisha: Children’s Cancer Ward

Health Programs


At the Muhimbili National Hospital, WAF has partnered with Tumaini la Maisha (TLM ‘Hope for Life’), a non-governmental organisation that is dedicated to caring for children with cancer.

TLM provides chemotherapy and psychosocial therapies, and we support the organisation so that it can continue providing its services free of charge.

Our support will help to train the next generation of Tanzanian pediatric oncology specialists in Palliative Care. The objective being to improve the quality of life of paediatric cancer patients and that of their families who are caring for them. WAF’s funding will also support TLM to provide chemotherapy drugs free of charge to patients. The majority of patients and families who attend TLM’s childhood cancer services across the country cannot afford the cost of cancer treatment for their child. Although many sites across the country provide free services through government and faith-based centres without the support of TLM, chemotherapy would not be reliably available and free to all children.


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Supporting Childhood Cancer in Tanzania

Statistics from Tumaini la Maisha

WAF is also supporting TLM to expand its network by funding TLM’s National Children Cancer Network (NCCN) expansion program.

The program’s aim is to reach every child in Tanzania suffering from childhood cancer. The goal is to ensure treatment is available within 4 hours drive from the child’s home.

As part of our ongoing collaboration with Tumaini La Maisha, we plan to annually support this program and continue to bring hope to children in cancer in Tanzania.