As part of COINS' ongoing commitment to the COINS Three Peaks Challenge and CARE, a trip to see CARE in action in Tanzania has been organized.  The delegates for the trip are made up from those who contributed the most to this year's record breaking COINS Three Peaks Challenge when a total of over £250,000 was raised. 

It is the perfect way to recognize the hard work of those who completed the Challenge and who raised fantastic sponsorship:

• Tim MacLeod and Paul Costa from Multiplex
• Niall Southwell from Simons Group
• Sue Cooper from Connaught
• Dave Huxley from Kier Wallis
• Andy Powell from Moss Birmingham
• Helen Stoddard from CARE International
• Steve Jones and Richard Vale from COINS

The trip is more than just a reward for those attending, it is a chance to see first hand an example of CARE's work and where their efforts are going to help.  It is hoped that champions will be created for both the COINS 3 Peaks Challenge and for the work that CARE does.

The trip will include visits to CARE's urban sanitation project in Dar es Salaam plus their HIV and AIDS projects where they are working with people who live with AIDS and the issues surrounding access to anti retroviral treatment.  A visit is also planned to the Jozani-Chwaka Bay Conservation Project in Zanzibar where CARE and their partners are working to improve the livelihood security of 2500 households by generating income through activities such as bee-keeping, vegetable cultivation and handicrafts. Delegates will end the trip with an insight into how a country based office operates and the day to day issues it faces.

CARE began operations in Tanzania in response to the influx of hundreds of thousands of Rwandan refugees into the country in 1994. From 1994 through to 1996, CARE Tanzania provided food, water and sanitation, shelter, and health care to 500,000 refugees. Since 1996, CARE Tanzania has built a large development program in several areas of the country and works in civil society strengthening, education, nutrition and food distribution, health, HIV and AIDS, integrated conservation, education, and agricultural development.