CCBRT would like express its thanks to all partners and individuals for their support for our work. It is only with the reliable support, trust and generous contributions of our partner organisations that CCBRT has been able to improve the quality of life for thousands of people with disabilities in Tanzania. By joining hands we can achieve more. Thank you!

CCBRT works in close collaboration and in partnership with the Government of Tanzania.  The Government donated the land on which CCBRT Disability Hospital is situated and has donated more land for Baobab Maternity Hospital.  In November 2007, CCBRT and the Government entered into a public-private partnership under which the Government provides a bulk grant for CCBRT staff salaries and the disability hospital and for some equipment and supplies. (http://www.tanzania.go.tz/government)

Through its Seeing is Believing initiative, Standard Chartered Bank is supporting eye care at CCBRT for some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the country. Over the course of three years, thanks to funding from Standard Chartered Bank, CCBRT will be able to prevent avoidable blindness and improve or restore sight for over 40,000 people. It will also be able to invest in surgical equipment for the long term and offer comprehensive training to over 20 people in different areas of eye care and hospital management. (http://www.seeingisbelieving.org.uk/ www.standardchartered.com/tz )

CBM is a global disability and development organisation providing technical, material, managerial and advisory support to its partners in developing countries with a special focus on capacity development in the coming years. Since its foundation in 1994, CCBRT has worked in close partnership with CBM, receiving technical, advisory budgetary and human resource support. In exchange, CCBRT provides advisory support through key staff to cbm's regional implementation structures. cbm is CCBRT's largest partner. (www.cbm.org)

Irish Aid is the Government of Ireland's programme of assistance to developing countries. In 2008, Irish Aid committed three years of block grant funding to cover a wide range of activities including: support for hospital consultations; surgeries; community based rehabilitation; supporting children with a disability in accessing education, and human rights activities such as advocacy and improving access to economic empowerment initiatives. CCBRT also receives core funding from Irish Aid, which supports our strategy through to 2011. (http://www.irishaid.gov.ie/)

Light for the World is an Austrian, Belgian and Czech Republican development organisation, focussing its support on elimination of avoidable blindness, rehabilitation of persons with disabilities and advocacy for the rights of persons with disabilities. Light for the World supports the services of CCBRT with a special focus on eye services, community based rehabilitation and vesico-vaginal fistulae surgery. (www.light-for-the-world.org)

The European Union (EU) is one of the largest donors in Africa. It provides budgetary support to partners in developing countries. With the support of the EU, CCBRT was able to strengthen and extend its rehabilitation services in 2004-2007. For 2008-2010 the EU will support the CCBRT community rehabilitation programme, extension of outreach services as well as human resource development in its programme structures.

The EU is also supporting the first phase of the Baobab Hospital, the construction is due to commence in 2010. The EU granted a major four year grant. The aim of the grant is to reduce the occurrence of disabilities and mitigate the effects of impairments by strengthening maternal and newborn care, by increasing community awareness on the causes of disability and by providing comprehensive early intervention services. (www.ec.europa.eu/europeaid)

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN's' global development network. It advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. UNDP is on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges.

UNDP is supporting CCBRT's community programme in Moshi with a solar panel project which began in 2010. Click here

Vodafone Foundation has been supporting CCBRT since September 2011 with the launch of its worldwide Moyo Challenge. The campaign calls upon Vodafone staff globally to fundraise for women with fistula and the Boabab Maternity Hospital and aims to raise USD 12 million by June 2012. The partnership follows the successes that CCBRT has had in using mobile phone money transfer systems to access patients in more remote parts of Tanzania and to remove the barrier of transport costs. http://www.vodafone.com

NBC Bank is funding safe drinking water and medical services for children with physical deformities and has provided support for refurbishing classrooms. In addition, NBC Bank funding has also financed two water sterilisers and surgeries for rehabilitation patients.(www.nbctz.com)

Caritas Internationalis is a confederation of Roman Catholic relief, development and social service organisations working worldwide. Between 2008 - 2011, Caritas Luxembourg is funding increased access to education for children with disabilities, and salaries for teachers in deaf units. (www.caritas.lu/)

The Smile Train is an international charity dedicated to helping millions of children in the world who suffer from cleft lip and palate through free surgery. It funds cleft lip and palate surgeries at CCBRT through ongoing, long-term support. (www.smiletrain.org)

The Dar es Salaam based Charity Goat Races is an annual charitable event initiated by the business community of Dar es Salaam to raise funds for development organisations in Tanzania. In 2009, the Goat Races supported the work of the Mabinti project - a CCBRt supported project, which provides training and life skills to women recovering from fistula surgey at CCBRT. (www.goatraces.com)

Johnson & Johnson's mission is to strengthen and support  the provision of health services in developing countries. For 2009 and 2010, Johnson & Johnson have generously donated funds for awareness raising and mobile outreach for fistula.
(www.jnj.com)

Livit Orthopedie Inc. is the largest provider of orthotic and prosthetic devices in the Netherlands with the vision that 'everybody has the right to move without limitations'. Its mission is to improve the quality of life of its clients by empowering them with greater mobility and related independence. In 2011, Livit joined hands with CCBRT for a minimum three year partnership for the exchange of knowledge, skills, and orthopaedic products and equipment and to support CCBRT's work to improve the quality of orthopaedic care in Tanzania.

www.livit.nl/tanzania

AMREF (African Medical and Research Foundation) is an international African NGO with the vision of 'Better Health for Africa'. AMREF supports CCBRT's fistula surgeries through a long-term partnership. (www.amref.org)

The Rotary Club Dar es Salaam is a charitable association of Tanzanian Members whose purpose is to provide 'service above self' to those in need. The Rotary Club has been a strong supporter of CCBRT's orthopaedic services, especially the provision of Jaipur prosthetics.

(http://www.darrotary.org/home.html)

Tigo, the first company to set up a cellular network in Tanzania, started supporting CCBRT in 2010.   As a component of its corporate social responsibility programme, Tigo, which is part of Millicom International Cellular S.A (MIC), will be supporting CCBRT’s activities in detecting and treating childhood eye problems (mainly cataract) during its twice yearly outreach clinics in Mwanza.  Tigo is also funding the training of 10 midwives on a two week course in basic emergency obstetric and neonatal care (BEmONC). This forms part of CCBRT’s programme (principally funded by the EU and CBM) to lower the prevalence of disability and reduce the effects of impairments by strengthening maternal and newborn care and providing comprehensive early intervention services.   www.tigo.co.tz.

The Lions Club Dar es Salaam is a charitable service club. All funds raised by Lions Clubs from the general public are used for charitable purposes in Tanzania. The Lions Club Dar es Salaam has been a strong support to medical and rehabilitative services in Tanzania. CCBRT has been supported by the Lions Club in the provision of cataract surgeries during outreach campaigns. (http://dsmhostz.lionwap.org/)

Liliane Foundation is a Dutch fund that provides budgetary support for medical treatment, devices and social rehabilitation with a special focus on children with disabilities in developing countries. Through local partner organisations, Liliane Fonds strengthens children's personal growth and furthering their integration in society. With the reliable support from Liliane Fonds, CCBRT has been able to provide rehabilitation for children with epilepsy, hydrocephalus and spina bifida. (www.lilianefonds.nl)