Karagwe Rural Development and Environmental Conservation Agency (KARUDECA)

About us

Karagwe Rural Development and Environmental Conservation Agency (KARUDECA) is a local registered non-governmental organisation (NGO) in the United Republic of Tanzania, which deals with environmental conservation, disability, education promotion, micro-finance, agriculture, health and women and youth empowerment. The organisation was formed to alleviate poverty in Tanzania. The organisation was registered in December 2007 to operate in the Karagwe District of Tanzania and has since expanded its activities to mainland Tanzania following good performance.
Our main projects include vocational education for Microfinance Institutions (MFI’s, Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR), the construction of rain water harvesting tanks in secondary schools and financial education projects in primary and secondary schools in Kagera region Tanzania.

Organisational Vision
KARUDECA aspires to be the leading organisation in Tanzania enabling marginalised communities to become empowered and self-sustainable in order to improve their standard of living.

Mission Statement
KARUDECA aims to improve the living standards of students, peasants and entrepreneurs and to strengthen their institutions in Kagera through providing micro-finance services and capacity building in financial literacy, entrepreneurship, agriculture and environmental conservation.

Projects:
• Financial Education: KARUDECA is partnering with SBFIC to implement a financial education project to young Tanzania in schools to learn basic financial and saving principles.
• Microcredit Project: KARUDECA has been in partnership with Wabia Network, a UK based organization, in implementing a micro credit scheme project for vulnerable woman.
• Poultry Project: KARUDECA in partnership with SBFIC is implementing a poultry pilot project with school children. The aim of the project is to build entrepreneurial and saving skills among young children
• Water Tanks: In partnership with Tanzania Development Trust (TDT), KARUDECA constructed a water tank to enable both teachers and students get water to drink and use when at school.
• CBR Project: With support from Lillian Foundation-Netherlands through KCBRP Tanzania. KARUDECA is implementing the CBR project in Kyerwa district, Kagera region Tanzania. So far the project is supporting 18 children with disabilities and their families in the district.
• Disability friendly classrooms: This project is funded by Lillian Fondation Foundation-Netherlands through KCBRP Tanzania. KARUDECA is implementing this project in cooperation with CIBIDIO Kagera and KESUDE Group.
• We are currently planning an ambitious environenmental conservation project in the lake zone regions of Tanzania. The regions include Kagera,Mwanza,Geita,Simiyu and Mara. We plan to implement this project through mobilizing environmental conservation clubs in secondary and primary schools so that we can teach children about the importance of the environment when they are still young. We believe implementing the project through children is sustainable since they are the future citizens and therefore responsible for taking care of the environment now and the future.

Steven Revelian, is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Karagwe Rural Development and Environmental Conservation Agency (KARUDECA).

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