Tanzania: In Support of Struggle Against Challenges Facing Rural Girl Child

IN the course of my duty at Muheza in Tanga Region, I just returned from a burial of an eight months old baby which passed on due to, largely what villagers view, as a result of child neglect.

It was a well attended burial ceremony, a thing that drew my interest to the irony of how the local community feels sad about a child they hardly shared a life with and the glaring realities that perhaps, prevent them from giving the required care to such young innocent souls when still alive.

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