Poland in Tanzania

The Embassy of Poland in Dar es Salaam encourages everyone to read the below message by the President of the Republic of Poland on the anniversary of the Russian aggression against Ukraine.

Temporarily, from January 16th 2023 (Monday) the consular section of the Embassy will be open for the consular clients in visa and legalization matters in new office hours.

There will be no visa appeals on January 6th and 13th, 2023 (Fridays).

Ambassador Krzysztof Buzalski visited Udzungwa and the Kilombero Valley, where, as part of small grants financed within Polish Aid, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Dar es Salaam has been supporting for several years the activities of a non-governmental STEP organization to protect Tanzania's biodiversity and achieve a state where people and wildlife may coexist without conflict. This is one of the challenges of our time.

Katarzyna Sobiecka, a representative of the Polish Embassy in Dar es Salaam, visited a laboratory of the APOPO non-governmental organization, whose mission is to train and use southern giant rats in order to provide innovative methods i.a. in the fight against tuberculosis, one of the infectious diseases causing the highest number of deaths in the world.

On December 4-6, 2022, Deputy Minister Paweł Jabłoński visited Rwanda, where the MFA delegation was also accompanied by: a delegation of the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology with Deputy Minister Grzegorz Piechowiak and a delegation of the Ministry of Finance with Deputy Minister Artur Soboń, as well as an economic mission co-organized by Polish Investment and Trade Agency with Vice-President Zdzisław Sokal. During the visit, a Business Forum was held with the participation of 20 Polish companies and an Educational Forum with the participation of 7 Polish universities.

As part of the European Film Festival, which joined forces with the Zanzibar International Film Festival, on October 27 - November 18, 2022, movies from 11 European countries, including Poland and Ukraine, were screened.

During the gala reception on the occasion of the 104th anniversary of regaining independence, organized in the gardens of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Dar es Salaam, Ambassador Krzysztof Buzalski read a letter from Minister Piotr Wawrzyk with wishes for the Polish community in the world and recalled the history of regaining independence. During the celebrations, a joint Polish-Ukrainian exhibition "Mom, I don't want war!" was also presented.

As part of the cooperation of the EUNIC (European Union National Institutes of Culture) cluster in Tanzania, we participated in the implementation of the "Umoja"/Unity” project, supporting the interaction of artists from East Africa and Europe, realized by the embassies of: France, Spain, Germany, Italy and Poland and the EU Delegation, Alliance Francaise and Goethe Institut, as well as local partners: Muda Africa, Nafasi Art Space, Nantea Dance Company and Dar es Salaam University.

Thanks to Polish Aid funds and the support of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Dar es Salaam, the Pendo Surgical Consulting Clinic in the Tanzanian city of Mtwara has just completed a several-month project implemented in 2022, devoted to developing an early breast cancer diagnosis program in the region.