Poland in Tanzania

During his visit to Dar es Salaam, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland Jakub Wiśniewski met with the Tanzanian Deputy Minister of the Presidential Office for Planning and Investment Stanslaus Nyongo, as well as the Executive Director of the Tanzania Investment Center (TIC) Gilead Teri, Ambassador John Ulanga - Director of the Economic Diplomacy Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation of Tanzania, and the ambassador of Tanzania to Germany, also accredited to Poland - Hassan I. Mwamweta. The representative of the Polish government emphasized that Tanzania belongs to the group of Poland's priority partners under the Polish Aid program. We work closely with Tanzania in the health, biodiversity, climate change, education and vocational training as well as entrepreneurship sectors, with a particular focus on providing young people with the skills needed in the Tanzanian labor market. For the Tanzanian side, the meeting was an opportunity, among others, to present to the Polish delegation the priorities of the Tanzanian government for the coming years, including development in the agricultural sectors, health, natural resources management, entrepreneurship and biodiversity protection.

During the visit to Tanzania, Deputy Minister Jakub Wiśniewski also held a meeting with the Head of the EU Delegation in Dar es Salaam, Ambassador Christine Grau, regarding further possibilities of Polish involvement in the activities of Team Europe in the field of development cooperation with Tanzania. The issue of Tanzania’s huge potential in terms of cooperation with foreign investors was also discussed.

Moreover, Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Jakub Wiśniewski visited the "St. Angels Day Care Center” kindergarten run by the Congregation of the Sisters of Mary Immaculate (including Polish sisters) in Kurasini in Dar es Salaam, which in 2021 benefited from a small grant from the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Dar es Salaam for the purchase of a means of transport to improve the safety of its students, as well as the Educational Center of St. Maximilian Kolbe in Segerea run by Polish Franciscan Fathers. The latter brings together over 1,800 children and young people at various stages of school education - from kindergarten to secondary and vocational schools – and has found itself among the beneficiaries of Polish development assistance several times in recent years, receiving funds for the construction and equipment of a kindergarten and a vocational school, and also for the purchase of computers for the IT lab.

In addition, the deputy head of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs visited the site of the project financed by Polish Aid and entitled "Climate Action for Food and Education Project for People with Albinism) that has been conducted by ADRA Poland in cooperation with ADRA Tanzania. The idea of ​​the project is to improve the living conditions of women from the albino community in Tanzania by supporting them in acquiring and developing skills that allow them to obtain employment or run their own business in the field of agriculture, in particular the cultivation and sale of vegetables and fruit. Deputy Minister Jakub Wiśniewski had the opportunity to talk not only with ADRA representatives, but also with representatives of the Tanzania Albinism Society and a group of project beneficiaries.

The stay in Tanzania was also an opportunity to visit the Mwananyamala Regional Refferal Hospital in Dar es Salaam, which has been benefiting from the equipment and trainings for staff in the field of emergency medical services as part of a three-year project entitled “Support for the emergency medicine sector in the Dar es Salaam region” implemented by the Polish Center for International Aid (PCPM) Foundation in cooperation with the Aga Khan Health Service Tanzania (AKHST) and the government of Tanzania, financed by Polish Aid, as well the Tanzania-Poland Emergency Medical Training Center, which was created thanks to financing under the above-mentioned project as well. The Tanzania-Poland Emergency Medical Training Center is a pioneering facility in Tanzania that stands out from other facilities of its kind due to its state-of-the-art training equipment, innovative teaching methods, and strategic alignment with national and global health priorities. It is worth adding that emergency medical services in Tanzania is a new profession, the framework of which is still being formed, and the entire emergency medical system in this country is still taking shape.