Today the 15th March is the world social work day and in Tanzania it is commemorated in Arusha with the theme "Promoting the Dignity and Worth of Peoples" along side with Social Work and Social Development.
This day creates another opportunity for the profession to express international solidarity and to bring common messages to governments, regional bodies, and to our communities, to understand this profession and what the serviced offered.
To commemorate the day, the marching starts from Arusha Regional Commissioners Office towards Sheikh Amri Abeid Karume Stadium. Social welfare officers from different Districts and Regions attended in the event, including students and Lecturers from the universities that provide social work curriculum that is the Institute of Social work Dar es salaam, Mwenge University - Moshi, Zanzibar University, Hubert Kairuki Memorial University and Open University of Tanzania.
Also participants from East African countries and Regional wise were attended from Congo - DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Austria and the Host Tanzania.
The guest of Honor was expected to be a Arusha Regional Commissioner but he was represented by the Commissioner for Social Welfare, and the special remarks was presented by the president of Associations of School of Social Workers in Africa Dr. Gidraph Wairire (the first on the left who sited in the first row)
The events was followed by the East Africa Regional Students Summit to discuss the role of students in the NASW and Development and share the testimonies from DRC Congo, Rwanda and Burundi on how the social work was started, and how they succeed to motivate students to participate on social work activities through their own contribution.
The themes for this year comes form the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development, when social work practitioners, educators and development workers over three thousand, meet in Hong Kong in June 2010 and decide to launch a global movement that addresses the major challenges of our societies.
Based on the decisions reached at the Hong Kong conference, the leadership of the three International Organizations that is International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), and the International Council of Social Welfare (ICSW) representing the entire spectre of Social Work Practice, Social Work Education and Social Development work globally, have agreed on a set of objectives to meet our joint aspirations for social justice and social development.
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