Swahili
OSHA REACHES MORE THAN 500 SMALL ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN KILIMANJARO
Tanzania's Occupational Safety and Health Authority (OSHA) has extended its community outreach programme in Kilimanjaro Region, donating supplies to schools and a hospital while providing safety and health training to more than 500 small-scale entrepreneurs.
The campaign benefited communities in Mwanga District and Moshi Municipality. Activities included planting 200 fruit trees at primary and secondary schools in Mwanga, donating 100 bedsheets to Mwanga District Hospital and distributing sports equipment.
OSHA also provided safety and health training and protective equipment to groups of entrepreneurs with disabilities and motorcycle taxi operators, known locally as bodaboda.
Speaking at the climax of the OSHA CSR Bonanza 2026 at the Police College grounds in Moshi, the guest of honour, Siha District Commissioner Christopher Timbuka, said the initiative aimed to improve the lives of groups with specific needs in society.
Among the beneficiaries were 200 motorcycle taxi operators from Mwanga and Moshi, 70 members of the Federation of Organisations of People with Disabilities (SHIVYAWATA), schools in Mwanga and Mwanga District Hospital, Timbuka said.
OSHA Executive Director Khadija Mwenda said the campaign reflected the authority's commitment to giving back to communities while continuing its core mandate of promoting compliance with workplace safety and health standards across Tanzania.
Mwanga District Administrative Secretary Mpampalika Mfaume and other beneficiaries thanked OSHA for allocating resources to support basic needs in the communities.
Judika Allen, one of the training participants, said the sessions had helped her understand that workplace safety was relevant not only to formally employed workers but also to self-employed people.
“I am pleased with today's training because I have learned about OSHA's work and, more importantly, that safety is not only for employed workers. Those of us who are self-employed also need to observe workplace safety and health principles,” she said.
The outreach programme forms part of OSHA's efforts to raise awareness of occupational safety and health among groups whose work may fall outside conventional formal employment settings.