Tusonge Community Development Organization

About us

Tusonge Community Development Organization is a nongovernmental, non partisan vibrant organization of like minded individuals with a commitment of encouraging and promoting community development initiatives at grassroots levels.
Tusonge is a Tanzanian NGO who work with marginalized groups in grassroots communities of Kilimanjaro region. The organisation started her work in 2011 in Moshi Municipality and the Majengo ward in six hamlets.

The main focus of Tusonge´s work is to offer comprehensive support and promote equal participation and access to the socio-cultural, economic justices and human rights education, and safeguarding and protection of children in the communities as well as families.

Tusonge Vision: A society where people enjoy equal right to sustainable livelihood, well-being, and play developmental roles as committed citizens.

Tusonge Mission: To enable disadvantaged women and youth entrepreneurs to create prosperity, health, freedom and contribute to a vibrant and sustainable economy.

Overall Goal: Livelihood of the marginalized communities of Kilimanjaro region improved.

Tusonge’s projects focus on three key areas:
• Women’s Economic Empowerment,
• Human rights Education and
• Child protection.


Projects:
• Human Rights Education Project: To build safer and more equitable communities where key actors, including children and youth, are participating and taking leadership in promoting democracy and greater respect for human rights.
• Economic Empowerment: Offer entrepreneurship training to most marginalized groups as a means towards improving their livelihoods.
• Human Right Education: Conduct participatory awareness raising sessions and training as a means to influence people to command and respect human rights values which restore their dignity as stated in various UN instruments and local.

Aginatha Festo Rutazaa is the Managing Director of the Tusonge Community Development Organization.

For other net participants we can offer an expert guidance through trained staff, give an expert opinion, procure expert information and establish new contacts in the field of our work.