01Nutrition & dietary diversity
Promoting optimal nutrition, healthy behaviours and dietary diversity for children, pregnant women, adolescent girls and young women.
Rooted in Tanzania. Since 1998.Promoting
Promoting
optimal
nutrition.
Empowering communities through nutrition, health, and sustainable development.
Women-led. Community-driven.
OUR COMMITMENTCare is
Our Duty.
Our Duty.
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25+Years of community impact
1998Our journey began
Women-ledLocally rooted leadership
Discover our story ↗Who we areBringing change
Bringing change
through community
involvement.
COUNSENUTH is a women-led Tanzanian NGO established in 1998, committed to improving nutrition, health, and community well-being.
COUNSENUTH is an indigenous, prominent, women-led, national, non-governmental organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for women, children, adolescents, youth and vulnerable groups in Tanzania.
More about COUNSENUTH ↗Our interventionsOne community.
One community.
Many paths to well-being.
Connected actions across nutrition, health, education and livelihoods — with people at the centre.
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02Maternal & child health
Strengthening nutrition counselling and community health, including the integration of nutrition services into antenatal care.
03Water, sanitation & hygiene
Promoting WASH practices and access to water through community interventions and school-based life skills.
04Education & youth development
Improving education performance through a participatory approach, alongside life skills and opportunities for young people.
05Gender equity & community participation
Mainstreaming gender into nutrition and engaging women, men, local leaders and service providers in community action.
06Sustainable agriculture & climate adaptation
Supporting sustainable agricultural practices, local food production and climate change adaptation.
What we doPeople first.
View all programs ↗People first.
Lasting change.
Lishe Kijinsia – Dodoma
A community-based gender equity driven nutrition program, implemented in collaboration with the Chemba District Council.
Resource partner
Irish Aid · Government of Ireland
Explore program ↗Irish Aid · Government of IrelandSTRONG – Kigoma & Mbeya
Sustainable Targeted Responsive Approach to Optimize Nutrition and Growth for Adolescent Girls and Young Women.
Resource partner
Latter Day Saints Charities
Explore program ↗Latter Day Saints CharitiesKijana Jiongeze
A participatory education performance improvement project, implemented in partnership with Tunduru District Council.
Resource partner
Mastercard Foundation
Explore program ↗Mastercard Foundation25+ years of successesWorking together.
Working together.
Growing stronger.
We work together bringing out the best in each other.
Community health & nutrition
Initiated and successfully implemented Village Health and Nutrition Days (VHNDs) in the project regions, which were then adopted by the government and scaled-up through the National Nutrition Compact.
Stronger local systems
Contributing to improved regional performance on nutrition compact indicators at project regions. Strengthening LGAs and human resources (RNuOs, DNuOs and RDMT) capacity in planning, implementing and reporting of interventions at facility and community level.
Water, sanitation & maternal health
Contributed to the improvement of WASH indicators in the community through the promotion of WASH practices. Improved maternal and child nutrition outcomes.
In our communities
Care in action.
Care is Our DutyTransforming lives through
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