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Contact us at:
Plot 14, Sembeti Road
Mikocheni B
P.O Box 38486,
Dar es Salaam,Tanzania
Phone: +255 22 2780200
Mobile: +255 782317434
Email: info@policyforum.or.tz
Website: www.policyforum.or.tz
Policy Forum Members 2012
policy forum
Making policies
work for
people in
Tanzania!
Picture by Mpoki Bukuku
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Who are we?
Policy Forum is a network of over 100
Civil Society Organizatons (CSOs) based
in Tanzania that have been brought
together in their interest on maters
relatng to poverty reducton, equity, and
democratzaton, with a specifc focus on
governance and accountability. The primary objectve of the network is to make
policies work beter for the people in Tanzania.
governance and accountability underpins
all aspects of our work
Vision
A future where policy processes
are partcipatory and involve
the broad base of civil society,
in an accountable, empowered,
informed and informing
manner, at all stages in the
policy process and at all levels
of society
Mission
As a network, Policy Forum
will encourage NGOs to work
together to open up and
infuence policy processes to improve the lives of all people in Tanzania, especially
the socially disadvantaged and impoverished, and to empower them to self-
organise and join together in a social movement for change.
OBJECTIVES
Independent and botom-up analysis for more efectve advocacy
More informed public debate on policy issues
Enhanced capability of CSOs to constructvely infuence natonal and
local policy processes
Strategic and selectve policy engagement for greater impact on a social
movement for positve change

Public Money
Local
Governance
Active
Citizens voice
Governance and Accountability
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Quarterly Meetings
Policy Forum members meet quarterly to consult,
strategize and share informaton about our work.
Thematic Working Groups
Policy Forum convenes 2 member working groups
that take forward its objectves, a Local Government
Working Group and a Budget Working Group. These
groups work with the secretariat to produce various
analyses, informaton briefs, publicatons, popular
versions of policy documents and various other
outputs. We engage with the public through various
methods, including print and broadcast media.
Who can join?
We invite all
r e g i s t e r e d
NGOs with a
specifc interest
in our areas of
focus to join
our network.
Me mbe r s hi p
requires commitment to Policy Forum values and
principles as described in our Memorandum and
Artcles of Associaton and our strategic plan. It requires
consistent and actve partcipaton in our actvites
at chief executve or head of policy level within your
organizaton.
Applicaton forms can be obtained from the secretariat
ofce or our website (see contact details overleaf)
Policy Forum also supports
and collaborates with several
independent sector working groups
to take forward sector-level issues
relevant to our goals.
Monthly Breakfast Debates
Policy Forum, with its members
convenes monthly debates on
various policy topics.
Purpose is to broaden the policy
dialogue, and bring together
diferent types of stakeholders
to promote frank discussion
and debate that facilitates the
exchange of knowledge and ideas
Social Accountability Monitoring
(SAM).
Through Policy Forums members,
on annual basis Policy Forum selects
two Social Accountability Monitoring
implementng partners from among
its members to implement SAM in
upcountry regions. The aim is to
enhance capacity of its members
to undertake social accountability
monitoring in the Local Government
Authorites (LGAs) regarding the
provision of social services.
Policy Engagement
Policy Forum members engage
in natonal and local consultatve
processes on a regular basis,
including the General Budget
Support review (GBS) process, the
MKUKUTA monitoring working
groups, and the Governance Task
Force of the Prime Ministers Ofce
Regional Authorites and Local
Governance.
We also partcipate in Parliamentary
public hearings on bills and
legislaton that may afect our work.
HOW DO WE WORK?
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S/N ORGANIZATION PROFILE CONTACTS
1 ABC FOUNDATION
(Acton Based
Community
Foundaton)
Promotes and
enhances social
and economic
development at
community, village,
ward, district and
regional levels in
Tanzania.
Eustace Nyarugenda
P.O Box 465
Musoma, Mara
Email :enyarugenda@
yahoo.com/
actonbasedfoundaton@
yahoo.com
Tel : +255 754246422
2 ACORD (Agency
for Cooperaton
and Research in
Development)
Commited to make
the rights to just
and equal society
a reality for those
marginalized African
society.
Donald Kasongi
P.O Box 1611
Mwanza
Email: acordtz@
africaonline.co.tz
Tel:+255 28 2500965
Fax:+255 28 2500965
3 ACTION AID-
TANZANIA
ActonAid is an
internatonal ant-
poverty agency
working in over 40
countries, taking sides
with poor people
to end poverty and
injustce together.
Aida Kiangi
P.O Box 21496
Dar es Salaam
Email:aida.kiangi@
actonaid.org
Tel: +255 22 2700699
/2700594
Fax: +255 22 2151003
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4 African Youth
Development
Foundaton
Initates, promotes
and facilitates
economic and social
development for
youths in Africa
through educaton,
mass media, publicity,
lobby and advocacy
with a view of
enabling them to
atain a beter quality
of life with peace and
stability.
Rashid Mngoi
P.O Box 16464
Dar es Salaam
Email:africanyouth
2008@yahoo.com
Tel+255 754471150/
0762 482889
5 AGA KHAN
FOUNDATION
Empowers
communites and
individuals, ofen
in disadvantaged
circumstances,
to improve living
conditons and
opportunites,
especially in Africa
and Asia.
Altaaf Hasham
P.O Box 125
Dar es Salaam
altaaf.hasham@
akdn.org/akdn.org
Tel: +255 222668651,
2667921/2667923
Fax: +255 22 2668527
6 AGENDA
PARTICIPATION
2000(AP)
Provides their target
groups and partners
with opportunites
to receive quality
informaton, to learn
and acquire new
skills and practces
which enable them
to practce fully in
Tanzanias democratc
and policy process.
Moses Kulaba
P.O Box 55756
Dar es Salaam
Email:Mkulaba2000@
yahoo.com/info@
agendapartcipaton.org
Tel: +255 22 2460036/39
Fax: +255 22 2460040
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7 AGRICULTURAL
NON STATE ACTORS
FORUM (ANSAF)
Advocates for
strengthening
coordinaton and
collaboraton of
joint eforts in the
agricultural sector
in addressing crucial
issues afectng
marginal and
smallholder farmers
by infuencing
government policies
through advocacy and
lobbying
Audax Rukonge
P.O BOX 6370
Dar es Salaam
Email:arukonge@yahoo.
com,
ansaf.tanzania@gmail.com
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Internatonal
Tanzania


Changing the World
through Educaton





Aide et Acton
Internatonal in
Tanzania contributes
to the improvement
of Basic Quality
Educaton.
To that end The
Organizaton
implements various
projects based on the
following thematc
areas in the Zones
of interventon
(especially in Mwanza
Region and Zanzibar):
Access and quality
of educaton
Early childhood
Inclusive educaton
Livelihood
educaton
Women and girls
educaton
Festus Mpita
P.O Box 76339
Kinondoni Morocco/
Bwawani Street/ Block 42/
Plot No. 78
Dar es Salaam
Email: tanzania.ofce@
aide-et-acton.org
Website: www.aide-et-
acton.org
Tel: +255 22 27 60879
Fax: +255 22 27 60936
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9 BOSEDA (Biharamulo
Originatng
Socio- Economic
Development
Associaton)
Mobilizes and
provides educaton
to Communites on
issues of human
rights, government
policies, democracy,
environmental
protecton and
disseminaton of
informaton to
support OVC, MVC
and widowers.
P.O Box 45
Biharamulo
Kagera
Email:boseda2005@
yahoo.com
Tel: 0789 236907/ 0756
581897
10 CADA (Community
Actve in
Development
Associaton)
Deals with community
development
actvites basing
on womens and
childrens rights,
vulnerable groups,
income generatng
actvites, policy
analysis and
implementaton of
Social Accountability
Monitoring
(SAM), and Public
Expenditure Tracking
Survey (PETS)
Peter A.M. Matonyi
P.O.Box 2472
Sukuma Street
Mwanza, Tanzania
Mobile:- 225 787 067 215
E-mail tacadatz@yahoo.
co.uk

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CADA
CADA is a non-governmental organizaton and a non-proft organizaton that has
been established since 20
th
June 2003 and registered 21
st
November 2007.

ACHIEVEMENTS
Since its establishment, CADA has implemented various community
development programs including;-
Supportng orphans and MVCs on access to educaton since 2006 up to
date
Advocacy on human rights especially women and child basic rights since
2003 up to 2009
Community awareness on fghtng against HIV/AIDS new infectons in
Mwanza City at Kirumba and Kitangiri wards by November 2007/2008
Conducted social Accountability & monitoring (SAM) and Public
expenditures tracking survey (PETS) in Mwanza City Council,
Mwaloni Internatonal Market and Nyamikoma ward, Magu District,
Mwanza Region for capital grants and public resources. Five schools
of Nyamikoma ward were consulted collaboratvely with Local
Authorites(Ward and District level)
In 2005 up to 2009, CADA has atended several training of Social
Accountability Monitoring (SAM), policy analysis and strategy on
MKUKUTA, Budget analysis, capacity building on how MKUKUTA related
with CSOs overall planning which was conducted by Policy Forum,
Mwanza policy Initatve (MPI) partnership with HAKI ELIMU in Dar es
salaam.
CADA also atended localised social Accountability Monitoring in 2011,
and fnally atended training on record keeping, fnancial management,
project planning and management which was conducted by Foundaton
for civil society (FCS) and TACOSODE
Currently, CADA is implementng capacity building to community basing
on Child policy analysis and child laws related to child basic rights in
Nyamagana and Ilemela District in Mwanza Region.
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11 CARE INTERNATIONAL
IN TANZANIA
Address the needs of
poor and vulnerable
people, dependent
on natural resources
in areas with scarce
food supply, and in
rural areas women of
reproductve age and
school-aged girls.
Paul Barker
CARE Tanzania
P.O Box 10242
Dar es Salaam
Email:barker@care.org
Mobile Phone: +255 754
324394
Ofce Tel: +255 22
2666775; 2668061,
2668048
12 CATHOLIC RELIEF
SERVICES
Helps those in need
by maintaining
strict standards
of efciency and
accountability.
Amy Rumano
P.O Box 1687
Dar es Salaam
Email:arumano@
crstanzania.org
Tel: +255 (22) 2773141
13 CDHRC (Campaign
for Democracy and
Human Rights Centre)
Sensitzes and raises
the level of citzen
awareness on maters
related with human
rights and democratc
partcipaton by way of
educatonal seminars,
training, workshops
and advocacy.
P.O Box 34001
Dar es Salaam
Email : campdehr@yahoo.
com
Tel : +255 754 387370
14 CHAVITA (Tanzania
Associaton of the
Deaf)
Works for a Tanzanian
community that
recognizes, accept
and cooperate with
deaf people and
ensure that they
are not aficted by
poverty, injustce,
segregaton and
any other kind of
discriminaton.
Lupi Maswanya
P.O Box 21591
Dar es Salaam
Email:chavita@raha.com
Tel : +255 (22) 2856829
Fax : +255 (22) 2856829
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15 CODEFA (Community
Development for All)
Deals with poverty
alleviaton,
environmental
and community
development based
in Kisarawe Coast
Region.
Eneza Sameji
P.O Box 28029
Kisarawe-Coast Region
email:ccodefa2@yahoo.
com
Mobile: 0713 460068
16 CONCERN
WORLDWIDE
Enables absolute
poor people to
achieve major
improvements in
their lives which are
sustainable without
ongoing support from
concern.
James Davey
P.O Box 6370
Dar es Salaam
Email:james.davey@
concern.net
Tel: +255 (22)
2700327/270067
Fax: 022 2700318
17 CVM (Community of
Volunteers for the
World Comunit
Volontari per il
Mondo)
Works for a more
human world through
the development of
the whole person
and of all persons
both in the north and
in the south of the
world. Implementng
integrated rural
livelihoods projects
including GBV
and HIV/AIDS
multsectoral
response, womens
rights promoton and
advocacy, microcredit,
agricultural skills,
malaria preventon,
vocatonal training
and educatonal
support in
collaboraton with
local NGOs.
Stefano Batain
P.O Box 276
Bagamoyo
Coast Region.
Email:stefanobatain@
yahoo.it
cvmeap@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +255 232440089
Fax: 0232440089
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CVM
CVM was established in 1978 to work for a more human world through the
development of the whole person and of all persons both in the North and
in the South of the World. CVM is an Internatonal NGO focusing on Gender
Empowerment, HIV/AIDS response and water sanitaton. CVM is currently
present in Tanzania and Ethiopia reaching over 12 million people. CVM is
has operatons in Tanzania since 2002 (in Unguja and Pemba islands) and is
currently implementng projects in the Pwani and Morogoro regions.
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18 [CYVA] Coastal Youth
Vision Associaton

Ensures youth
rights in promotng
their capacites
and potentals that
contributes to the
development of the
Coast Region
Jackson Mkango
P.O Box 113
Chalinze, Bagamoyo.
Coast Region
Email:cyvision2000@
yahoo.com
Mobile: +255 755 805 589
+255 784 444 684
+255 714 800 825
19 DARAJA Working on local
governance through
three programs;
mobile phone-based
citzen monitoring of
rural water supplies
(Maji Matone),
a chain of local
newspapers (Kwanza
Jamii), and research
and advocacy on good
local governance
Ben Taylor
P.O Box 736
Njombe
Email:bentaylor@daraja.
org/daraja@daraja.org
Tel: +255 026 2782197
20 ENVIROCARE
(Environmental,
Human Rights
Care and Gender
Organizaton)
Facilitates eforts
directed at wealth
creaton, Sustaining
the Natural
environment as
well as reducing the
gender gap in our
society
P.O Box 9824
Dar es Salaam
Email: envirocare@bol.
co.tz/
envirocare_2002@yahoo.
com
Tel: +255 22 2775592
/2701407
Fax: 2701407

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21 FAWACM ( Free
Ambassador Women
and Children Mission)
Works with the
government and
other insttutons
which deal with
children and women
by providing them
with aids and advice.
Rev. Abdiel- Rumishael
P.O Box 1265
Moshi ,Tanzania
Email:fawacm_tz@yahoo.
com, abdielmola@gmail@
com.
Mobile:255 754
604479,+255 785 194777
22 FHI (Family Health
Internatonal)
Improves lives
worldwide through
research, educaton
and services in family
health.
Ali bin Said Street
P.O Box 78735,plot 1270,
Oysterbay
Dar es Salaam
Email :info@fitz.org/
aomar@fitz.or
Tel : +255 22 2666922
Fax : +255 22 260 7819
23 FOGOTA (Forum
for Grassroot
Organizatons of
Tanzania)
Strives to create and
improve capacites
of grassroot
organizatons through
training, networking/
coaliton, lobbying
and advocacy.
P.O Box 34636
Dar es Salaam
Email:forumfogota@
yahoo.com
Tel : +255 022 2667730
Fax : +255 022 2667730
24 FORUM SYD TZ Deals with poverty
alleviaton, Social
Accountability
(human rights,
democracy, good
governance,
gender ,equity)
and environment,
based in Capri Point,
Mwanza
P.O Box 11850 plot 144
Capri point
Mwanza
Email :
info.tz@forumsyd.org
Tel: + 255 28 2501228
Mobile : 0754 211991
Family Health Internatonal
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25 GNRC-AFRICA (Global
Network of Religions
for Children Africa)
Works to ensure
that children and
younger generatons
in Africa grow up in
a peaceful, safe and
enabling environment
where their rights are
protected and their
voices are heard.

Elizabeth Mwase
P.O Box 1221,plot 144
Capri point
Dar es Salaam
Email: gnrcafrica@bol.
co.tz
Tel: +255 22 266 4449/50
Mobile: 068 447735
26 GULIKA-
KWALALA YOUTH
ENVIRONMENTAL
GROUP LTD
Develops
programmes that will
beneft the youth.
P.O Box 21202,
Ukonga
Dar es Salaam
Email : glkenv@yahoo.com
Tel : +255 755 849460
27 HAFOTA (Habitat
Forum Tanzania)
Partcipates in the
fght against poverty
in Tanzania in the area
of housing, land and
human setlement
development by
advocatng for
pro-poor policies,
by disseminatng
informaton to its
members and other
stakeholders in the
feld, and by unitng
eforts to address
issues related to
access to land and
afordable, adequate
and secure shelters.
P.O Box 79648
Dar es Salaam.
Email: HAFOTA@yahoo.
com
Tel: +255 22 276 0258
Fax:+255 22 276 0586
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28 HAKI MADINI Strengthens the
capacites of small
scale miners and the
local community to
engage, partcipate
and beneft from the
mineral wealth as
well as to defend and
promote basic human
rights.
Amani Mustafa
P.O Box 12536
Arusha
Email:amhinda@gmail.
com/t9@justce.com
Tel : +255 27 254 7013
29 HAKIARDHI Generates and sustain
a public debate
and partcipaton,
partcularly where it
maters in villages on
issues of land tenure.
P.O. Box 75885
Dar es Salaam,
E-mail: info@hakiardhi.org
Tel: +255 22 2771360
Fax: +255 22 2771362
30 HAKIELIMU Works to realize
equity, quality, human
rights and democracy
in educaton.
Elizaberth Missokia
P.O Box 79401
Dar es Salaam
Email: info@hakielimu.org
Tel : +255 22 2151852/3
Fax : +255 22 2152449
31 HAKIKAZI CATALYST
Social and Economic
Justce for All
supports vulnerable
people by facilitatng
a process that gives
them an efectve
voice, the Right
to a Say, which
enables them to
work towards:
Reducing poverty,
Achieving sustainable
livelihoods
through social,
civil and economic
rights,Enjoying
equality with others
at community,
natonal and
internatonal levels.
Director,
Hakikazi Catalyst,
Mawalla St. Plot.578/DD
Sombetni,
P.O.Box 781,
Arusha, Tanzania
Mobile: +255 768 100 246
Email: hakikazi@cybernet.
co.tz
Website: www.hakikazi.org
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HAKIKAZI - CATALYST
Hakikazi Catalyst is a non-proft, non-politcal and non-religious organizaton
commited to social and economic justce. Formed in 2000;
Promotes the rights of all people to fully partcipate in social, technical,
environmental and economic decisions that afect their lives.
Vision, Mission and Goal
Hakikazi Catalysts vision is of a Tanzania where people are informed,
knowledgeable about their rights and taking acton to infuence policies and
decisions for economic and social justce.
Mission: Is to act as a catalyst in empowering marginalised communites to
infuence policies and practces for economic and social justce.
Goal: Is for efectve partcipaton of marginalised and vulnerable groups in
policy processes to secure economic and social justce.
Objectves
Increase access to policy and decision-making informaton for citzens.
Infuence government to be more responsive to the rights of vulnerable
groups.
Enhance capacity of vulnerable groups for social protecton and change.
What is Our Programme Approach?
The broader aim from our mission and vision is to build knowledge competent
communites. We take three main approaches to our work in order to achieve
this. These are the following: -
Building the capacity of people to be aware of economic and social justce
challenges;
Building the capacity of people to be knowledgeable about how to address
the challenges
Facilitatng a change of attude at all levels to enforce rights, roles and
responsibilites
Facilitatng good practce in securing and protectng livelihoods in the face
of the challenges
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32 HDT (Human
Development Trust)
Pioneering new ways
to achieve substantve
equality for women,
children, youth
and older people
throughout the
country by working
with communites
and their
organizatons through
Service Delivery,
Policy Advocacy and
Capacity Building.
Peter Bujari
P.O Box 65147,Plot No. 16
Mikocheni
Dar es Salaam
Email:ed@hdt.or.tz;
advocacy@hdt.or.tz
Tel: +255 22 2772264
Fax: +255 22 2772299
33 HEMFA (Health and
Medicare Foundaton
for the Albinism)
Provides health
educaton to albinos
so they could be
able to deal with
the environment in
relaton to their skin.
Felician C. Lyimo
P.O Box 2039
Moshi
Email:Felician58@yahoo.
com/hemfa2000@yahoo.
com
Mobile: 0753 214711
34 ICD (Informaton
Centre on Disability)
Ensures the rights of
people with disability
are equitably
promoted and their
needs mainstreamed
in all developmental
pursuits and human
rights consideratons.
Kiganzi Rutachwamagyo
P.O Box 75576
Dar es Salaam
Email: Director@icd-
tanzania.org
Tel: +255 22 2400227
Mobile: 0754 095523
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35 IECA (Ileje
Environmental
Conservaton
Associaton)
Involves people and
other stakeholders
to take actve role to
create and promote
environment
conservaton
awareness to
community through
rooted advocacy
and lobbing.
Capacity building of
community groups
in order to ensure
reliable accessibility
of social services and
hence sustainable
of community
development
projects.
Kais A Kyamba
Ileje Environmental
Conservaton Associaton,
P. O. BOX 76, ILEJE
P. O. BOX 20978, Sub-
Ofce; Kibaha(PWANI)
Tel : 0754
383179/0713516890
Email: ilejeprojects2@
yahoo.com
IECA
Ileje Environmental Conservaton Associaton, which is abbreviated as IECA,
is an environmental non-governmental organizaton formed by community
of Ileje district in Mbeya region with the aim of bringing together villagers in
conserving environment for their sustainable development. It was registered
in 2004 under the Societes Ordinance and given Certfcate No.12555. IECA
formalizes its mandate on ensuring sustainable environmental management in
its areas of jurisdicton.
Our Vision
Efectve utlizaton of natural resources for sustainable community development
Our Mission
IECA is a Non Governmental Organizaton commited to achieve sustainable
development by promotng environmental conservaton through capacity
development, social accountability, public private partnership and networking
at the community level
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Achievements
In year 2011, Ileje Environmental Conservaton Associaton (IECA) managed
to successfully implement the planned interventons in the program areas
revitalized the organizaton as well as provided authority to organizaton to
foster her vision and objectves.
Therefore, IECA is celebratng for:
Impactng knowledge and skills to 269 people in good governance that
promoted accountability and responsibility of community leadership
and Local Government Authorites through Public Expenditure Tracking
Survey(PETs) and on Good Governance and Leadership training workshops
in Ileje, Chunya, Bukombe, Kyela and Mkuranga districts
Accessing fnance assistance of Tsh. 290,373,420/= from various partner
organizatons that enabled the implementaton of IECA strategic objectves
Maintained partnership and sound relatonship with 7 funding
organizaton(Pact Tanzania/USAID, WaterAid, SNV,WWF-Tanzania, Plan
-Tanzania, AMREF,LGA/World Bank,);13Local Government Authorites(B
ukombe,Shinyanga,Singida,Morogoro,Mvomero,Kyela,Ileje,Chunya,Mku
ranga,Mpwapwa,Kibaha Town , Kibaha and Karatu and 11 NETWORKs for
coordinated and concerted eforts towards promotng good governance for
sustainable development
IECA managed to develop her Strategic plan for a period of 2012-2015 that
include the specifc Advocacy Strategy on Water Governance.
Demonstratng a Tippy Tap technology
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36 INYUAT E
MOIPO ( Moipo
Integrated Peoples
Organizaton)
Sees a developed
agro-pastoralist
communites
which enjoy their
natural heritage
and sustainable use
for their individual
development.
P.O Box 12786
Manyara
Email:osikoi@yahoo.com
Tel: +255 754 768 808
37 JET (The Journalists
Environmental
Associaton of
Tanzania)
Promotes
environmental
awareness for
sustainable
development in
Tanzania through the
media, networking
and educatonal
programs.
P.O Box 15674
Dar es Salaam
Email:jet@africaonline.
co.tz
Tel: +255 222182240
Fax: +255 222180716
38 KCS FORUM
(Kiteto Civil Society
Organizatons Forum)
Strengthens networks
and linkages among
formal and informal
insttutons operatng
in Kiteto district
that can foster and
sustain the impact
of development
initatves.
Nemence Iriya
P.O Box 83
Kiteto
Email: kinnapa-dp@
habari.co.tz
Tel: 027 2552171
Mobile: +255 787 754002
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39 KEPA Brings together
Finnish civil society
to act towards
the eradicaton of
impoverishment.
Baker Khamis Bakar
Plot No. 559 Kalenga
Street,Upanga
Dar es Salaam
Email:Baker.khamis@kepa.
f/info@kepa.f
Tel: +255 222 151 582
Fax: +255 222 151 583
40 KET (Kibo Educaton
Trust)
Assists orphans
who passed their
standard seven exams
to contnue with
secondary school
educaton.
Robert P. Chuwa
P.O Box 63138
Dar es Salaam
Email:rchuwa2004@
yahoo.com
Fax: +255 22 2120181
41 KIVULINI
WOMENS RIGHTS
ORGANIZATION
Empowers women
by working with
the community
to eradicate an
environment of
safety, equality and
respect.
Maimuna Kanyamala
P.O Box 11348
Mwanza
Email: admin@kivulini.org
Tel: 028 2500961
Fax: 028 2500961
42 KNC ( Kibaha Network
of Civil Society
Organisaton)
Enhances the capacity
of CSO member
of the network
through training,
informaton sharing
and collaboraton
in various service
delivery and advocacy
initatves so as to
maximize efciency in
their organizaton
Hassanali
P.O Box 30260
Kibaha, Coast Region
Email:Kibahanet2007@
yahoo.com
Mobile: +255 713 174972

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43 KULEANA Enables and inspire
communites in
Tanzania including
children realize,
advocate and protect
childrens rights and
responsibilites.
Alphonce Mutaboyerwa
P.O Box 27
Mwanza
Email:ajmuta@kuleanatz.
org
Tel:028 2500911
Fax: 028 2500486
44 KIBWEGERE PEOPLE
LIVING WITH AIDS,
ORPHANS AND
WIDOWS
Assists the PLHAs,
orphans and widows
in equipping them
knowledge of
their rights and
responsibilites
according to human
rights stpulated in
the UTR consttuton.
Angela Swai
Tel:0755 725272
Dar es Salaam
45 KWIECO (Kilimanjaro
Women Informaton
Exchange and
Consultancy
Organizaton)
Transforms unequal
gender relatons
and stop abuse of
childrens rights in
Kilimanjaro Region.
P.O Box 376
Moshi
Email: kwieco@kwieco.org
Tel: +255 272751121
Fax: +255 272751068
46 LEAT (Environmental
Management Acton
Team)
Ensures that Africas
environment and
natural resources are
sustainably managed.
Emanuel Masawe
P.O Box 12605
Dar es Salaam
Email : info@leatz.org
Tel : +255 22 2780859
Fax : +255 22 2780859
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47 LHRC( Legal and
Human Rights Centre)
Creates legal and
human rights
awareness among
the public and
in partcular the
unprivileged secton
of the society through
legal, civic, educaton
and provision of
legal aid, research
and human rights
monitoring.
Kijo Bisimba
P.O Box 75254
Dar es Salaam
Email:lhrc@humanrights.
or.tz
Tel: 2773038/2773048
Fax: 2773037
48 MAARIFA NI
UFUNGUO
Advocates for
equitable, accessible,
afordable good
quality educaton,
which is ethically
managed, promotes
social integraton
and develops citzens
with the capacity
and motvaton to
address problems
of ignorance and
poverty.
P.O Box 15102
Arusha
Email:maarifa@ufunguo.
org
Tel: 255 27 2500298
Fax: 255 27 2500298
49 MACS-NET (Manyara
Region Civil Society
Organizatons
Network)
Facilitates
collaboraton and
networking among
development actors in
Manyara Region and
enhance members
capacity inorder to
create conducive
working environment
and infuence public
policies in favour
of needy people
through lobbying and
advocacy.
Nemence Iriya
P.O Box 515
Babat-Manyara
Email: mmacsnet@yahoo.
co.uk
Mobile : 0787 754 002
Fax: 027 2552201
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50 MBESO (Mbulu
Environmental
Society)

Promotes Suitable
and Sustainable
environment
through community
partcipatory,
Capacity building and
training to others
environmental actors.
Email: Mbeso_2000@
yahoo.com
Tel: +255 272533011/
0784724656
Fax: 0272533080
51 M.E.S (Mwanza
Environment
Sympathizers)
Works on
environmental
conservaton,
poverty reducton
and sustainable
development
P.O Box 11344
Mwanza
Email:mes2tz@yahoo.com
Mobile: 0746 447228
Fax: 0282503231
52 MIICO-(Mbozi ,
Ileje and Isangat
Consortum)
Improves livelihood
of poor and
marginalized
groups in Tanzania,
to develop
entrepreneurial
skills, access reliable
markets to their
produce and access
capital to increase
farm and non farm
products.
P.O Box 1241
Mbeya
Email :miico_cons@yahoo.
com
Tel : +255 25 2510352
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53 MOCUBA-CODEFO
(MOCUBA
Community
Development
Foundaton)
Helps the community
through fghtng of
poverty, ignorance
and eradicaton of
HIV/AIDS focusing
on the orphans and
street children so
as to support the
development of the
community.
Martn A. Mwasijengo
P.O Box 2121
Dar es Salaam
Email:
Mocubacodefo2005
@yahoo.com
Tel: 0754 479753
54 MUDUGU-WACOD
(Mudugu Women
and community
development)
Promotng/
Supportng income
generatng actvites
to women and youth
groups, also creatng
awareness among
the community
through Legal
counseling(Paralegal
unit)civic educaton,
Home based care for
PLHAs,etc.
Regina Katabi
P.O Box 28066
Kisarawe-Coast Region
Email:
MWACOD2@yahoo.com
Tel: 0748 315693
55 MVIWAMO
(Mtandao wa Vikundi
vya Wakulima wa
Wilaya ya Monduli)
Strives to
insttutonally
strengthen small
scale farmers
groups socially and
economically in
order to improve
their livelihood
by enhancing
communicaton
among farmers
themselves.
P.O Box 47
Monduli
Email: mviwata-monduli@
satconet.net
Tel: +255 27 253 8029/
253 8337/8
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56 MYDO (Mbeya
Youth Development
Organizaton)
Equips the
community, especially
the youth with
educaton and life
skills by Promotng
Good Governance,
environmental
protecton and
preventon of HIV,
thus making their
lives beter and more
secure.
Aggrey J. Kandonga
P.O Box 590
Mbeya
Email: aggreykandonga@
yahoo.tz.co/mydombeya@
yahoo.tz.co
Tel:0754 516579
57 MPC (Mwanza Press
Club)
Promotes ethical
and efectve media
reportng through
capacity building,
practce, unity and
advocacy.
P.O Box 2516
Mwanza
Email:mpcmwanza@
hotmail.com
Tel: +255 28 25 00829
Fax: +255 28 25 00829
58 NORWEGIAN
CHURCH AID
Ensures holistc,
integrated support
i.e. mental, spiritual
needs, assistance,
empowering the poor,
mobilizing people
in communites and
supportng local
capacites, building
alliances with actors
in civil society, state,
market.
Gunstein Insteford
P.O Box 3955
Dar es Salaam
Email : gin@nca.no
Tel : 22 27 00252
Fax : 22 27 00581
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59 NPA ( Norwegian
Peoples Aid)
Enhances democratc
governance and
improved quality
of people by
strengthening NGO
understanding and
engagement with
key policy processes
in an inclusive and
partcipatory manner
at all stages and all
levels.
P.O Box 3381
Dar es Salaam
Email : omarm@npaid.org
or agnesv@npaid.org
Tel : 022 2761698/99
Fax : 022 2761697
60 OXFAM Oxfam is an
internatonal
confederaton of
15 organizatons
working together in
over 90 countries
and with partners
and allies around the
world to fnd lastng
solutons to poverty
and injustce. We
work directly with
communites and we
seek to infuence the
powerful to ensure
that poor people
can improve their
lives and livelihoods
and have a say in
decisions that afect
them.
Country Director: Monica
Gorman
Associate CD: Justn
Morgan
Central Technologies
Building
(behind TBC1)
Mikocheni Light Industrial
Area
P.O Box 10962
Dar es Salaam
Email:mgorman@oxfam.
org.uk or
jmorgan@oxfam.org.uk
Tel : +255 022 2772726
61 PACT-TZ Helps build strong
communites globally
that provides
people with an
opportunity to earn
a dignifed living,
raise healthy families
and partcipate in
democratc life.
Theo M. Macha
P.O Box 6348,Uporoto
Street Victoria
Dar es Salaam
Email:theo@Pactworld.org
Tel:255 22 2761933/4/6/7
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62 PAMOJA TRUST
Pamoja Trust
( Foundaton )
Facilitates
collaboraton
between diferent
district actors,
through engagement
in the process that
transform mindsets,
attudes and
practces of interface
insttutons.
Peter Kangwa
Moshi
Email:
pamoja@kilionline.com/
pkangwa@pamojatrust.com
Tel: 027 2750447
Fax: 027 2754048
63 PELO (Promoton
of Educaton Link
Organizaton)
Analysis of local
government budget
related to girls
educaton which
focuses on reduced
pregnancy and
motvaton of female
teachers in science
and mathematcs.
Julius Muungano
P.O Box 15864
Dar es Salaam
Samora Avenue,
Kelvin House Plot 744
First Floor, near Daily News
Email:pelohq2000@
yahoo.co.uk/
Email:muunganojulius
2000@yahoo.com
website:
www.envaya.org/pelo
Mobile : 0754-271814/
0715-847004/0712-008700
64 PELUM Tanzania
(Partcipatory
Ecological Land
Use Management
Tanzania)
Promotes sustainable
ecological land
use through
capacity building,
documentaton,
networking and
advocacy.
Donat Alex Senzia
P.O Box 390
Morogoro
Email:
info@pelumtanzania.org
Tel/Fax : +255 23 2613677
www.pelumtanzania.org
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65 PINGOs
FORUM(Pastoralist
Indigenous Non-
Governmental
Organizatons)
Coordinates and
promotes solidarity
for the improvement
of the livelihoods
of indigenous
pastoralists, hunter
gatherers in Tanzania
through advocacy
for human rights
and sustainable
development.
P.O Box 14437
Arusha
Email: pingostz@yahoo.
com
Tel: +255 27 2508965
Fax: +255 27 2500231
66 RANGO (Rukwa
Associaton of NGOs)
Mobilizes and
empowers
member NGOs
so as to improve
and implement
their objectves
efectvely so as to
reach sustainable
development.
Stanley G. Mshama
P.O Box 748
Sumbawanga
Email:rangosba@yahoo.
com
Tel: +255 25 2802509
Mobile: 0787 701286
67 REPOA(Research on
Poverty alleviaton
Programme Ltd)
REPOA is an
independent
research insttuton
which creates and
utlises knowledge
to facilitate
socio-economic
development. REPOA
produces research,
provides training,
facilitates knowledge
sharing and promotes
the use of accurate
informaton in policy
development.
Prof. Samuel Wangwe
157 Migombani Street,
Regent Estate
P.O Box 33223
Dar es Salaam
Email: repoa@repoa.or.tz
Tel:+255 22 2700083
Fax: 255 2775738
RUKWA ASSOCIATION OF NON
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
R
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68 SADEF (Sakale
Development
Foundaton)
Deals with
poverty alleviaton
and improving
life standard
communites,
good governance,
environmental
management,
conservaton
and protecton
for sustainable
development.
Alex Mbwilo
P.O Box 96
Muheza,Tanga
Email: sadef100@yahoo.
com
Tel: +255 717 475914
69 SAHRINGON
(Southern Africa
Human Rights
Non-Governmental
Organizaton
Network)
Protects human rights
through capacity
building, lobbying
and advocacy.
Mobilizaton for
collectve acton,
coordinaton and
monitoring of human
rights.
P.O Box 11393
Dar es Salaam
Email:sahringontz@yahoo.
com
Tel: +255 22 2182981/2
Fax: +255 21 82983
70 SANGO NETWORK
(Same Network of
NGO/CBOs)
Facilitates growth and
development of NGO/
CBOs in the same
district, by enhancing,
sharing and exchange
of informaton,
resources and overall
coordinaton.
Essore Maregere Essore
P.O Box 108
Same, Kilimanjaro
Email:sangosame@gmail.
com
Tel: +255 27 2758097
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71 SAVE THE CHILDREN Ensures that children
live in a secure
environment that is
free of poverty and
guarantees their
rights to survival,
development,
protecton and
partcipaton.
Rachel Pounds
P.O Box 10414
Dar es Salaam
Email:r.pounds@
savethechildren.or.tz
Tel: +255 22 2701725
Fax: +255 2707126
72 Sikika Works to promote
equitable policy,
service delivery, and
governance in the
health and HIV & AIDS
sector in Tanzania.
Irenei Kiria
P.O Box 12183
Dar es Salaam
Email: irenei@sikika.or.tz/
info@sikika.or.tz
Tel : +255 22 2666355/7
Fax : +255 22 2668015
73 SNV ,Netherlands
Development
Organizaton
Provides advisory
services and
thematc expertse
in agriculture,
renewable energy,
Water Sanitaton and
Hygiene (WASH) and
local governance,
working with local
actors who shape
and drive their own
agenda, with the goal
to reduce poverty and
promote inclusive
economic growth
through sustainable
development
processes.
Julie Adkins
P.O Box 3941
Dar es Salaam
Email : JAdkins@snvworld.
org
Tel : +255 22 2600397/340
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74 TACOSODE (Tanzania
Council for Social
Development)
Promotes sustainable
development through
human resource
development,
capacity building
through skills
impartng and
training to members
NGOs and grassroots
communites and
facilitaton of
cooperaton among
various actors.
Theofrida Kapinga
Mikocheni B, Of Old
Bagamoyo Road,
Huruma Street, Block
B House Na. MKC/
MCB/1058
P.O. Box 63196,
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel/Fax +255 22 2772079
Emails:admin@tacosode.
or.tz;/tacosode@yahoo.
com
Website: www.tacosode.
or.tz
TACOSODE
TACOSODE is an abbreviaton for the Tanzania Council for Social Development.
It is a new name for what was formerly known as the Natonal Council on Social
Welfare Services registered in February 1965 as a voluntary coordinatng body
for NGOs in the country. It is thus a Natonal Umbrella Non Governmental
Organizaton with a status of a Council. The new name was adopted in
1987 when the Council shifed its focus from welfare orientaton to social
development. Thus since 1987, the Councils actvites and focus has been
on empowering local NGOs/CBOs, Local Government Structures especially
at lower levels and the communites to be able to master their environment.
Currently, TACOSODE has more than 250 member NGOs/CBOs spread all over
the country.
VISION
The vision of TACOSODE is to have capable CSOs working for social justce
MISSION
TACOSODE as an umbrella NGO aims at improving the capacites NGOs and
CBOs to deliver quality services through training, networking, policy analysis,
lobbying and advocacy.
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ACHIEVEMENTS
Increased number of actve NGO member afliates from 76 in 1990 to 250
in 2010.
Mobilizing and coordinatng the NGOs/CBOs in Civic partcipaton e.g in the
Natonal Consttutonal debate in 1998 (White paper No 1)
Promotng capacites of 89 district NGOs and CBOs on planning and
managing HIV/AIDS interventons and work in partnership with local
government authorites.
Promotng development and strengthening capacites of district based
NGO networks in order to enhance democracy and NGOs representaton in
various forums organized by their respectve District Councils.
Building the capacites of over 150 organizatons and groups of People
Living with HIV/AIDS between from 2005- to date.
Capacity development of 378 local NGOs and CBOs in various thematc
felds since 2000.
Withdrawal of 600 children from worst forms of child labour actvites and
enabling them to start and fnish primary educaton / vocatonal training
and or engage in beter non-hazardous and more productve actvites
between 1996 - 2002.
Contributng NGOs concerns towards the formulaton of NSPE, PRSP,
MKUKUTA I &II, PERs, NGO Policy and Acts.
Strengthening the capacites of CSOs and communites in 16 Districts of
Lindi, Mtwara, Mbeya (Kyela), Ruvuma and Rukwa regions to conduct
Public Expenditure Tracking and use the results to advocate for improved
service delivery, transparency and accountability and community
partcipaton in planning and budgetng in Health Sector and Agricultural
Sector form 2007 to date.
Strengthening the capacity of 40 Member organizatons on ethics
accountability and transparency as a way to build a strong CSO sector.
Globalizing Social policy by linking local Policies with Global Policy as a
way of ensuring that local policies from the grassroots are refected in the
Global Social Policies.
Building the capacity of Grantees of The Foundaton for Civil Society (FCS)
in Organizatonal Management, Financial Management, Project design and
Management, Public Expenditure Tracking and Coaching, Mentoring and
Facilitaton.
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75 TADESO (Tabora
Voluntary
Development Society)
Works with people
in enabling them to
liberate themselves
from chains of
ignorance, diseases
and other sources of
their current poverty
living status.
Sub natonal ofce
P.O Box 32345
Dar es Salaam
Email : tadesovoluntary@
yahoo.com
Tel : +255 754 386024
Mobile : 0754 323238
Fax: +255 7329292
Head ofce
P.O Box 1646
Tabora
Mobile: +255 754 074010
76 TAF (Tanzania Aids
Forum)
Represents members
and coordinates their
eforts to monitor
and advocate for
the improvement of
policy processes in
the HIV & AIDS sector
in accordance with
objectves stated in
the NMSF.
Heri Uisso
P.O Box 65147
Dar es Salaam
Email:info@tzaidsforum.
org
Tel:+255 255 509422
Fax: +255 222 772299
77 TANGO (Tanzania
Associaton of
Non-Governmental
Organizaton)
Acts as a watch-
dog in the natonal
governance and
democratc process.
P.O Box 31147
Dar es Salaam
Email: tango@bol.co.tz
Tel : +255 22 2774582
Fax : +255 22 2774581
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78 TAPHGO ( Tanzania
Pastoralist and
Hunter Gatherer
Organizaton)
Promotes networking,
coordinaton and
solidarity among
diferent stakeholders
in the development
of pastoralists and
hunter-gatherers
communites.
P.O Box 12568
Arusha
Email:taphgo2000@
habari.co.tz
Tel:+255 27 2505799
Fax: +255 27 2505799
79 TAWIF (Tanzania
Women of Impact
Foundaton)
Promotes initatvesof
the marginalized and
disadvantaged youth,
women and children
to design solutons
for social, economic
and politcal problems
afectng their life.
P.O Box 10754
Dar es Salaam
Email : tawif@hotmail.
com
Tel : +255 754 855 433
80 TAWLAE(Chama
cha Wanawake
Viongozi katka
Kilimo,Mazingira na
Maliasili)
Empowers women
in leadership,
agriculture sector,
and environmental
actvites.
Mary T. Liwa
P.O Box 76498
Dar es Salaam
Email:maryliwa@yahoo.
com
Tel:+255 22 2700085
Fax: +255 22 270090
81 TAYOA (Tanzania Youth
Aware Trust Fund)
Educates, through
practcal experience
in social enterprise,
adolescent sexual
reproductve health,
leadership and good
governance for
Tanzanians youths
and young adults who
want to take charge
of their own futures
for the beneft of
the society and their
personal fulfllment.
Peter Masika
P.O Box 77874
Dar es Salaam
Email:pmasika@
tayoafund.org/ info@
youthaware.org
Tel: 2667492
Fax: 266749
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82 TCDD (Tanzania
Coaliton on Debt and
Development)
TCDD is a Coaliton
of Civil Society
Organizatons in
Tanzania that has
dedicated themselves
to undertake various
lobbying and
advocacy actvites on
policy, budget, debt,
poverty eradicaton
and sustainable
development
Hebron Timothy
Mwakagenda
P.O Box 9193
Dar es Salaam
Email: tcdd@yahoo.com
Mobile: 0713612681
Tel: +255 22 286 6866
Web: www.tcdd.or.tz
Shaurimoyo Road
Ilala Area
Mariam Towers
8
th
Floor
Vision
Freedom from an unsustainable debt and abject poverty, characterized by pro-
poor people centred development based on full partcipaton of the people in
policy making, implementaton and monitoring from the grassroots to the natonal
level
Mission
Being a civil society platorm commited to capacity building and mobilizaton for
lobbying and advocacy for economic justce and pro-poor development through
efectve civil society involvement in the formulaton, implementaton and
monitoring of Government policies that impact upon the lives of poor people.
Achievements
Over 50 percent of the TCDD Members trained on poverty monitoring were able
to undertake monitoring of the implementaton of the primary School Educaton
delivery in their respectve districts independently.
Increased enthusiasm of community members and public in general in discussing
and partcipatng in various dialogues at districts and community levels. This has
resulted into improved transparent and accountability
Increased trust and collaboraton between the local Government Authorites and
TCDD Members at district level; and between TCDD Secretariat and Members of
Parliamentary Commitee on Social Services. etc.
TCDD
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83 TEN/MET (Tanzania
Educaton Network)
Works with NGOs
and CBOs to
infuence educaton
policies and
practces to promote
accountability
to communites,
to ensure that
meaningful learning
is enhanced to all
people without
discriminaton.
Helima Mengele
P.O Box 13547
Dar es Salaam
Email:helimamengele@
gmail.com
Tel : +255 22 2150793
Fax : +255 22 2152237
84 TFCG (TANZANIA
FOREST
CONSERVATION
GROUP)
Conserve and restore
the biodiversity of the
globally important
forests in Tanzania for
the benefts of the
present and future
generatons
Charles Meshack
TFCG
Plot no 323, Msasani
Village
P.O. Box 23410
Tel: +255 22 2669007
Email: cmeshack@tcg.
or.tz
www.tcg.org
85 TGNP(Tanzania
Gender Networking
Programme)
Facilitates the
process of achieving
gender equality and
equity womens
empowerment and
social transformaton
at all levels of the
society.
Usu mallya
P.O Box 8921
Dar es Salaam
Email:info@tgnp.org
Tel: +255 2443205
Fax: 255 22 2443244
86 THE LEADERSHIP
FORUM
Realizes and
encourages people
in the society with
the capacity and
commitment to
lead others through
sound infuence and
responsibility.
Hebron Mwakagenda
P.O Box 79450
Dar es Salaam
Email:theleadership
2000@yahoo.com
Mobile : 0713 612681
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87 TLB (Tanzania League
of the Blind)
Promotes equality
for all, including
people with visual
impairment in all
aspects of human
development.
P.O Box 22408
Dar es Salaam
Email : tanleb@yahoo.
co.uk
Tel : +255 22 2181887
88 TNCHF (Tanzania
Network of
Community Health
Funds)
The vision of the
TNCHF is to become
a highly competent
network that
facilitates access to
quality health care
for the majority.
The mission is to
facilitate capacity
development for
strong and efciently
working Community
Health Funds
and Health Micro
Insurance Schemes;
facilitate research,
development
and advocacy on
comprehensive
health care; promote
equity and access to
afordable health care
Bima ya Afya House, NHIF
HQ, Kurasini, Gate 3
P.O. Box 7146, Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania,
East Africa
Ms. Kidani Magwilla
Cell: 0782 549797
magwila69@yahoo.com
Mr. Tawa Meramba
TNCHF Social Health
Insurance Coordinator
Cell : 0653 389 194
mrmbtawa@yahoo.co.uk
Sr. Rita Toutant
Cell : 0787 085 283
ritatoutant@gmail.com
Tel: +255 22 2122063
Fax: +255 22 2122123
tnchf.afya@gmail.com
89 TNRF (Tanzania
Natural resource
Forum)
Improves
natural resource
management
in Tanzania
by addressing
fundamental issues
of natural resource
governance
Carol Sorenson
P.O Box 15605
Arusha
Email:c.sorensen@tnrf.org
Tel: +255 768427856
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90 TUSHIRIKI-MBEYA Helps the community
through fghtng
poverty, ignorance
and eradicaton of
HIV/AIDS, focusing
on the orphans and
street children, to
support development
of the community and
proving employment
having regard to
the environmental
friendly perspectve.
Jansi Daudi Sinkamba
P.O Box 3330
Mbeya
Email:jsinkamba@yahoo.
com/tushiriki@yahoo.
co.uk
Tel : 0713 495557/0766
972810
Fax : 022 2500202
91 UDI (Ubungo
Development
Initatve)
Enhances the socio-
economic status
of the people
through appropriate
empowerment
programmes
that facilitates
the realizaton
of the potentals
opportunites.
P.O Box 62066
Dar es Salaam
Email : ubungo2005@
yahoo.com
Tel : +255 756 895 737
92 UNA (United Natons
Associaton of
Tanzania)
Works on capacity
building, lobbying
and actvites to
increase stakeholders
infuence and
partcipaton in
implementng the UN
agenda.
P.O Box 9182
Dar es Salaam
Email:rmunisi@untz.org/
info@untz.org
Tel:+255 732 923154
Fax: +255 22 2668779
93 UNGO-MORO (Union
of Non Governmental
Organizatons)
Provides quality
services efciently
and contribute
to improve the
livelihood of the
people in Morogoro
region.
P.O Box 6075
Morogoro
Email:ungomoro@yahoo.
co.uk
Tel: +255 23 260 0362/
745681088
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94 VICOBA VICOBA is structured
in such a way
that poor people
especially those
in rural areas
are organized in
groups, trained
in various skills of
entrepreneurship,
and given loan to
fght against poverty.
Devota Likokola (MP)
P.O Box 62283,
Dar es Salaam.
Email:
tanzaniavicobango@
yahoo.com
Web site: www.vicobatz.
com
Mobile: +255 758 381 112
+255 716 479 459
+255 719 561 008
VICOBA
VICOBA means Village Community Bank. The Organizaton with registraton
Number 0714, originated in Songea, Ruvuma Region Tanzania. Now its
headquarter is in Dar es Salaam Kijitonyama, with branches all over the
country.
VISION:
Just to have an empowered gendered Community
MISSION:
To empower community with proper skills and adequate capital
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ACHIEVEMENTS:
Current VICOBA has about 177,000 members. (88% women 12% man.)
VICOBA has 22 VICOBA banks branches
VICOBA has 6233 groups in all 30 regions,
VICOBA has about 500 facilitators
VICOBA has about 30 regional group coordinators
VICOBA has about 30 regional bank coordinators
VICOBA has about 30 regional training coordinators
VICOBA has very commited professional management &staf
VICOBA has good dedicated matured board members
VICOBA has Training Centre at Songea
VICOBA got entrepreneurship award on the best performance.
VICOBA members increases trust, saving culture, loan repayment
enterprise, investments, gender, market, informaton and
communicaton.
VICOBA members aspire for beter life and to always be happy.
Members in one of our training
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95 VSO TANZANIA Fights against
poverty in Tanzania
by developing
the capacity of
government and civil
society groups.
Jean van Weter
P.O Box 6297
Dar es Salaam
Email : Jean.VanWeter
@vsoint.org
Tel : +255 22 2600053/
72/87
Fax : +255 22 2600066
96 WAT (Women
Advanced Trust)
Promotes adequate
and afordable shelter
with secure tenure
of low and middle
income earners,
partcularly women.
P.O Box 5914
Dar es Salaam
Email:
tsiwale@gmail.com/
jluhala2001@yahoo.com
Tel : +255 22 2760258
Fax : 2760586
97 WATERAID TZ Provides safe
domestc water,
sanitaton and
hygiene educaton to
the worlds poorest
people.
P.O Box 33759
Dar es Salaam
Email :ferdinandes
Axweso@wateraid.org
Tel : +255 22 2602803
Fax : 022 2775306
98 WISE (Women
in Social
Entrepreneurship)
Works with women
and youth in helping
to create and
nurture responsive
insttutons and
healthy communites.
P.O Box 31738
Dar es Salaam
Email : instgatngsocial
entrepreneur@yahoo.com
Tel : +255 757 065133
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99 WLAC (Womens
Legal Aid Centre)
Promotes and
protects women
and childrens rights
by helping to bring
about gender equality
in Tanzania through
legal aid, legal
research networking,
publicatons
and outreach
programmes.
P.O Box 79212
Dar es Salaam
Email : wlac@raha.com
Tel : +255 22 2183769
100 Womens Dignity Mobilizes actonfor
the preventon and
management of
obstetric fstula,
enhance the
dignity and rights
of those living with
the conditon and
promote gender
health equity.
P.O Box 79402
Dar es Salaam
Email : cmmatovu@
womensdignity.org
Tel : +255 22 2152577-8
Fax : 2152986
101 WORLD VISION TZ Based interventons
in the area of
primary educaton,
primary health
care, agriculture
and food security,
water , environment
protecton, advocacy,
emergency relief,
malaria and HIV/AIDS
Esther Mongi
P.O Box 6070
Arusha
Email:emongi@yahoo.
com /
esther_mongi@wvi.org
Te:l+255 22 260
1641/1622/1620
Fax:+255 22 260 1635
Mobile:0754 563 037/
0784 463 037
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102 YES (Youth
Empowerment
Society)
Empowers youth in
development and
poverty reducton.
Daud Juma Mwandalima
P.O Box 61049
Dar es Salaam
Email: dbrotherd@excite.
com
Tell: +255 (0) 712 508 331,
0753 508 331
103 YES DEVELOPMENT
(Youth Empowering
and Sustainable
Development
Foundaton)
Aspires to work
towards a society
where young
women and men
are empowered
to develop
their potental,
creatvity, aid skills
as productve and
dynamic members of
their societes.
P.O Box 7579
Dar es Salaam
Email :yesdevelopmentz
@yahoo.com
Tel : +255 754350752
104 YPC (Youth
Partnership
Countrywide)
Facilitates youth
improvement and
capacity building of
their organizatons
through partnership
in policy engagement
and civil, social and
economic life.
Israel Ilunde
P.O Box 9354
Kibaha
Email :ypcyouth@yahoo.
com.au
Tel : 0754 772212
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Plot 14, Sembeti Road
Mikocheni B
P.O Box 38486,
Dar es Salaam,Tanzania
Phone: +255 22 2780200
Mobile: +255 782317434
Email: info@policyforum.or.tz
Website: www.policyforum.or.tz
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