Launched in 2009 with joint funding from the Gatsby Foundation ‘Chai – Kwa Maendeleo ya Tanzania’ (Tea – for the development of Tanzania) was the first TWF programme in East Africa.
With additional funding from the UK Department for International Development, Chai currently comprises a $17 million industry program in Tanzania. Chai has adopted a portfolio of interventions which include matching grants to buy-down risk and encourage innovation with the private sector, co-investment with lead investors in greenfield development, and technical assistance with the broader industry to improve competitiveness of the market system.
Chai in numbers
![17million £17 million](https://woodfoundation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/17million.png)
Total investment in project, jointly funded by TWFA, Gatsby and DFID (UKAid).
![19000 19,000 smallholders](https://woodfoundation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/19000.png)
The number of smallholder tea farmers supported through Chai interventions.