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Caritas Tanzania provides clearing and forwarding services as business to its customers (mainly Dioceses and Religious institutions) through its Clearing and Forwarding Unit. While the unit falls under the direct supervision of the Executive Secretary, the day-to-day activities are undertaken by a team of 5 staff including In-charge/Team leader. The business of clearing and forwarding is authorized by Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA), Department of Customs and Excise with Licence No. 11102 of 2013. Therefore, Caritas Tanzania acts as general/transit agents in East Africa subject to TRA conditions as stipulated in the licence.

1. Caritas Tanzania is a social pastoral expression of the Church and will continue to make efforts to promote the social mission of the Church.

2. Caritas Tanzania listens to the voice of the silent poor, speaks on their behalf when it is necessary and above all enables them to speak for themselves.

3. Caritas Tanzania practices the principle of subsidiary, by respecting the local autonomy for activities implemented at Diocesan level while at the same time, wills all Caritas Diocesan Offices to work together effectively and harmoniously in the pursuit of our common mission.

4. Caritas Tanzania places emphasis, as a learning organization, on the sharing of experience and ideas and on transforming this learning into more effective action.

5. Relief and emergency work are provided in the context of integral human development concerns. This forms part of the promotion of the dignity of the human person.

6. Caritas Tanzania has close relations with Catholic and other Inter-faith and secular organization which share our own vision.

7. Caritas Tanzania always strengthens its capacity for effective delivery of services and programmes to, or on behalf of the poor.

8. CT witnesses faith not only in words but in deeds, the way we act in the country. This witnessing to the wider nation implies openness, transparency and visibility.

3. Partnership and Stewardship. Caritas Tanzania fosters relationships at national and diocesan levels, especially regarding the transfer of resources, based on mutual respect, trust and goodwill. Partnership implies a long-term commitment to agreed objectives, based on shared values, strategies and information. It is further characterized by feedback and joint planning, display of transparency and accountability by both sides and genuine openness and sensitivity to the other’s needs, feelings, expertise, experience and wisdom.

1. Dignity of the Person. The dignity of the human person is our foundation of moral values; Caritas Tanzania regards the poor not as objects of pity but subjects of their own development and agents of change.

2. Option for the Poor. Caritas Tanzania commits itself to analyze the underlying causes of poverty, combats social economic inequalities, which deprive people of decent and sustainable livelihood.

partnership implies a long-term commitment to agreed objectives, based on shared values, strategies and information. It is further characterized by feedback and joint planning, display of transparency and accountability by both sides and genuine openness and sensitivity to the other’s needs, feelings, expertise, experience and wisdom.

Our core value

Vision

Mission

Caritas Tanzania is committed to the promotion of pro-poor sustainable and equitable integral human development

Based on the Social Teaching of the Catholic Church, Caritas Tanzania envisions a society with love, justice and peace

The Emergency & Relief Section deals with humanitarian response to relief and emergency, i.e. the organization and management of responsibilities and resources for addressing natural and man-made disasters, in particular preparedness, response and initial recovery steps. In situations of emergency (disaster),