Transforming Lives in Inner-city Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

This year, our focus is on a new project in inner-city Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Dar es Salaam, one of the world's fastest-growing cities, houses over 5.5 million people. Nearly three-quarters of its citizens reside in 'informal settlements'-over 4 million people in tin huts with no electricity or running water.
There are 800,000 children under five in Dar es Salaam, and only 15% have access to any form of education.
Poverty is widespread - and it is extremely deep
With your support, we'll address the profound poverty and tackle its associated problems head-on.
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Children in Crossfire, founded in 1996 by Richard Moore, responds to the rights and needs of children and young people caught in the crossfire of global poverty, injustice and inequality.
In 1972, as a 10-year-old boy, Richard was blinded by a rubber bullet fired by a British soldier during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Amazingly from childhood to the present day, he has accepted the loss of his sight without any feelings of anger, bitterness or resentment.
In describing his remarkable acceptance of what, for most, would be a debilitating trauma, he says:
“I learned to see life in a different way, I may have lost my sight, but I did not lose my vision”.
The story of Children in Crossfire, therefore, has its roots in what began as a tragedy and ended as a triumph of the human spirit to overcome adversity. Just as Richard practised compassion in the face of challenge, Children in Crossfire pursues its vision through and with that same compassion.
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