{"id":71361,"date":"2025-11-28T10:52:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T09:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/en\/?p=71361"},"modified":"2025-11-28T10:52:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T09:52:49","slug":"pride-and-sense-of-belonging-tanzania-annual-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/pride-and-sense-of-belonging-tanzania-annual-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"PRIDE AND SENSE OF BELONGING TANZANIA ANNUAL MEETING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"158\" data-end=\"678\">\u201cIt was truly moving to meet each other in person.\u201d This is how <strong>Elia Msigala, Senior Accountant<\/strong> from Iringa, begins as he describes the CUAMM Tanzania Annual Meeting, held in Dodoma on 11\u201312 November 2025.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"158\" data-end=\"678\"><br data-start=\"365\" data-end=\"368\" \/>\u201cBefore, we only knew each other by name,\u201d he continues, \u201cbut meeting in person made a real difference and strengthened our mutual cooperation within the organisation. We discussed both our current situation and our expectations, with optimism and commitment, looking toward a promising and prosperous future.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"680\" data-end=\"1218\">Annual staff meetings are a cornerstone of CUAMM&#8217;s operational approach in Tanzania and hold particular importance for an organisation whose staff members work across different regions and projects. Team members from Iringa, Shinyanga, Dodoma, Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar gathered to<strong> reflect, align, and move forward with renewed energy toward shared goals.<\/strong> The meeting provided a valuable opportunity to exchange ideas, experiences, best practices, and lessons learned across various projects \u2014 a key element of CUAMM&#8217;s working method.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"680\" data-end=\"1218\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71363 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TZ.jpg\" width=\"670\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1220\" data-end=\"1693\"><strong>The first day<\/strong> focused on activities led by the Dodoma office, particularly those under the \u201cDiverse Food System\u201d project, which addresses issues related to malnutrition and early childhood development. Participants visited the Dodoma Regional Referral Hospital, where they observed CUAMM&#8217;s support to the malnutrition unit and explored the new Early Childhood Development Corner \u2014 a space designed to stimulate cognitive and neuromotor development in malnourished children.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1220\" data-end=\"1693\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71364 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tanza.jpg\" width=\"670\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1695\" data-end=\"2434\"><strong>The second day<\/strong> was dedicated to the formal staff meeting, coordinated by Country Manager Riccardo Buson and Country Administrator Ilaria Di Nunzio. The programme included interactive sessions aimed at increasing awareness of ongoing initiatives in the country, highlighting challenges encountered, and celebrating the significant progress achieved. It also created opportunities for staff members to connect, fostering collaboration and the development of new projects.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1695\" data-end=\"2434\">\u201cThis meeting allowed me to catch up on current and future projects,\u201d explained <strong>paediatrician Martina Borellini<\/strong>, \u201cnot only in my region but across the whole country. It helped me see the people I work with every day from a new perspective and in a different context.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"2436\" data-end=\"2821\">The meeting concluded with a session on mental health awareness led by Paul Ndemanisho \u2014 psychologist, mental health expert, and trainer in corporate well-being. His session emphasised the essential link between mental health and overall well-being, offering valuable insights to strengthen personal resilience and improve the quality of services delivered to the Tanzanian population.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tanzania Annual Meeting held in Dodoma gave CUAMM staff the opportunity to connect, reflect, align, and move forward with renewed energy.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":89712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1172,2493],"tags":[1083,1179],"argomenti":[],"protagonisti":[],"luoghi":[2510],"class_list":["post-71361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-homenews","tag-tanzania-5","tag-annual-meeting","luoghi-tanzania"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71361"},{"taxonomy":"argomenti","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/argomenti?post=71361"},{"taxonomy":"protagonisti","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/protagonisti?post=71361"},{"taxonomy":"luoghi","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/luoghi?post=71361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}