Vijana Pambana Pata Maendeleo Rukwa (VIPAMARU)

About us

Vijana Pambana Pata Maendeleo Rukwa (VIPAMARU) is a youth leading and serving as Non-governmental organization with its head office at Sumbawanga Municipality in Rukwa region. The organization was registered on 2/12/2011 under the Act of non-governmental organization of 2002 with the registration No. 16NGO/00005058 in operating their work in Rukwa region and on 30 July 2021 issued new registration under the Act of non-governmental organization of 2002 with the registration No. 00NGO/R1/0025 in operating their works in Tanzania mainland.

Vision
To be a vibrant youth organization in Tanzania where youth stand front line in national development programmes with efficiency, creativity, awareness, being accepted in their community.

Mission
To nurture, empower and transform youth to be self relient.

The core services areas offered by VIPAMARU are categorized in threes domains which include youth empowerment, children’s issues and Gender Based Violence.
• Youth empowerment; focus on economic empowerment and health promotion; Health issues in particularly Sexual and Reproductive Health’s (SRH) through offering the youth education; Advocating legal frame works and inclusion of youth on nation and international program.
• Child Rights, including Early Childhood Development (ECD) and advocating legal framework patterning to children rights.
• Gender Based Violence, in particularly strengthening the system of responding, refer and protecting Incidents of Gender Based Violence affecting women and child and fighting against cultural and institutional inequality that acerating the gender-based violence.

Activities:
• Vijana Pambana Pata Maendeleo Rukwa since its establishment in 2011 have implemented the several programme/project; In year 2012 VIPAMARU implemented the project of mobilizing the youth particularly the women and men in participating in the Constitution making processes project. VIPAMARU implemented this project in the Rukwa region in the Sumbawanga Municipal under the funder of the Foundation For Civil Society (FCS) which makes the project to be implemented in the high performance on engaging in the constitution making processes.
• VIPAMARU organization in May 2019 implemented the project of advocating the 4% of the funding allocated to the youth groups in the Sumbawanga Municipal to the 19 wards under the project of Data Driven Advocacy (DDA) funded by Pact Tanzania and Freedom House. The achievement of project included: Government leaders adhere the regulation and rule towards provision of funding for youth groups, Youth groups get understanding on the important of making the groups of youth for loans, Youth understand the rules and regulation that guide toward the provision of the loan. Increased awareness to the youth on the procedures on accessing the loans provided to them and all matters related to the loans.

Anania Mlalila is the Chief Executive Officer at Vijana Pambana Pata Maendeleo Rukwa (VIPAMARU).

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.