Development Training and Research Africa (DETRA-Africa)

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Development Training and Research Africa (DETRA-Africa) is a registered NGO, Training, Consultancy and Institute in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda specializing in development programme delivery, building capacity of the workforce in the development and private sector and providing unique consulting services to clients all over Africa.
DETRA Africa also works with rural communities through NGO partners to provide rare field research and training in participatory field programs.
We mainly focus in the areas of health, enterprise, agriculture, environment and natural resources, specifically to undertake training, documentation, environmental impact assessments and audits, project management, strategic planning, resource mobilization, monitoring and evaluation.

Our aim
To empower and strengthen local institutions and communities´ capacity to eradicate poverty, hunger and disease.

Our mission
To fight poverty and disease in Africa. We seek to network people, organizations and resources in Eastern Africa for sustainable development and work in partnership with community based groups and organizations in Eastern Africa assisting them acquire technical, human and financial resources from all parts of the world.

Our objective and long term goal
Promote grassroots community development through building the capacity of local people in the area of
• Environment and climate change;
• Health and livelihoods improvement;
• Infrastructure and enterprise and through promotion of voluntary action.

DETRA-Africa has successfully implemented projects in Kenya (around Mt Kenya, in Kitui, Nairobi, Naivasha and Nakuru); in Uganda (around Mpigi, Masaka and Masindi); and in Tanzania (in Arusha and Mwanza). Projects have been in the area of health, information and communications technology, environment conservation and entrepreneurship.

Projects:
Featured Environment and Climate Change Projects
• Forest Conservation
• Integrated Water Resources Management
• Environmental Actions
Health and Livelihoods Improvement
• Malaria treatment and control
• Provision of drugs for AIDSand TB patients
• Mt. Kenya Beekeeping and Tree farming
Infrastructure and Enterprise
• Water Infrastructure Development
• Building Latrines
• Harvesting of Honey

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.