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About Tanzania
The east African country of Tanzania was ranked second lowest in 2013 on the Global Hunger Index, with a proportion of undernourished persons worse than any other country after Burundi. In addition to hunger, issues with water contamination have led to disease and health problems among it’s people. Lack of housing scarcity of jobs and limited funds for educational tuition also afflicts this underserved country. While both public and private schools are offered in this country, the public schools are often very low in quality education, resulting in poor test scores. Low test scores has resulted in students not being able to continue to secondary education.
$1 USD = 2318 Tanzanian Shillings
- In 2015, Tanzania population was estimated at 53.5 million, of which 69 percent is rural. The vast majority of the population lives inland, far away from the coastline.
- The economy is largely based on services and agriculture. Despite its importance, agriculture is vastly affected by unreliable rainfall and periodic droughts. The main food crops grown are maize, dry beans, rice, sunflower, cassava, sorghum, groundnuts, sweet potato and coconuts.
- From 2009- 2011 the main agricultural products exported was green coffee, tobacco, cashew nuts, cotton, sesame, and tea. Imported are soybeans, wheat and palm oil.
- Tanzania has eight river basins. The country is also riparian to the three largest freshwater lakes in Africa- Tanganyika, Victoria, and Nyasa.
