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Foundation for Community Driven Development is a registered grassroots NGOs. Founded by youth’s women and men with objective to enhance sustainable development goals in rural in Tanzania, by working on the interconnected issues of issues of social justice, good governance, inequality, socio-economic, environmental, and health.

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Foundation for Community Driven Development (CDD) is a non-governmental organization with registration numbers 00NGO/R/0472 and LAP-2022-0011. The organization was founded in 2015 as a women youth initiative as a community-based organization (CBO) to support community that are affected by mining activity. In 2019 was officially registered as a NGO and expanded its activities according to the needs assessment carried out in an early state of its operation.

The organization strives to achieve sustainable development goals (SDG) in rural Tanzania, by working on the interconnected issues of social justice, good governance, environment, socio-economic, health, and peace.
Our Mission
To have inclusive sustainable development through capacity building, empowerment, technical skills and support use participatory approach for sustainable development.
Our Vision
To envision a community embed with own self development spirit.

MAIN OBJECTIVE

To improve the socio-economic development of poor rural communities through promoting human rights, good governance, legal, civic, and policy advocacy, and enhancement of access to justice and peace through the provision communitybased approach to the vulnerable and marginalized groups.

BENEFICIARIES

Beneficiary’s vulnerable and marginalized groups: Women, Children, PWDS, Small scale Miners, local leaders, fishing communities, Poor communities, and journalists.

GOALS

Create and enhance the abilities of young people in rural specifically: women, children, smallholder farmers, small-scale miners, fishers, teachers, local leaders, and journalists to actively engage in inclusive sustainable development through capacity building, empowerment, technical skills, and support.
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What we do.

Social Justice

Social justice is the view that everyone deserves equal legal, economic, political and social rights and opportunities. We promote Access to Access, Equity, Diversity, Participation/civic and Human Rights to women, youths, PWDs, and poor communities.

Livelihood skills

We actively support women and PWDs with a lower socioeconomic status as a result have less access to financial, educational, social, and health resources than those with a higher socioeconomic status.

Environment

CDD is focuses on the relationships between people and their environment; promotes human health and well-being; and fosters healthy and safe communities by raises awareness of local communities, Local Government Authorities (LGAs), public and private institutions and members of the public on the importance of adhering to good governance practices in environmental and natural resources management through theatre for development performances, media (radio, television and social media).

Health rights

The right to health is an inclusive right, extending not only to timely and appropriate health care, but also to the underlying determinants of health, such as access to safe and potable water and adequate sanitation, healthy occupational and environmental conditions, and access to health-related education and information; some of the activities: sexual and reproductive health, and oral.

Inclusive Education

Poverty, Poverty and gender-based preference are two of the main challenges which impact girl child education and women life through a kind of knowledge given to women for enhancing their self-respect and self-dignity. This knowledge can be in form of formal, non-formal and informal education, it can also be in form of Adult Education, Community Development, Workshops, Seminars, Conferences and Training. Increased knowledge, self-confidence and awareness of gender equity are indicators of the empowerment process. These components get develop through education. Empowered woman aware about their rights and when women aware about their rights then she/her will not face discrimination.

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CORE VALUES

CDD members, staff, and associates have to adhere to a set of shared core values that guide our work and relationships with colleagues, stakeholders, and partners. Our work will be driven by and based on the following rephrased values:

  1. QUALITY:

    2. We will apply well-considered methodologies to our work to ensure rigor and excellence.

  2. INTEGRITY:

    3. We shall conduct all activities in a manner that maintains the good reputation of our organization by being truthful and honest.

  3. INCLUSIVENESS:

    4. We will accept and value contributions from all people regardless of the differences in gender, ethnicity, religious background, or political affiliations.

  4. INNOVATION:

    5. We will exercise optimal intellectual capabilities to learn and improve the way we do things, applying innovative solutions to fulfill our mission in the most efficient and effective ways.


OUR APPROACH

KNOWLEDGE MOBILIZATION

Strategic dissemination of knowledge products with a focus in driving change through the dissemination of information and data that are the result of different research and learning activities and are made openly available to the public for further use, re-use or re-distribution

IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH/RESEARCH-TO-CHANGE

Knowledge Mobilization

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GESI

an approach that help us to understand the importance of equal rights and opportunities for all individuals regardless of their social identity. This concept addresses unequal power relations between different social groups that cause exclusion.

PROTECTION

understand and prepare for protection concerns related to Youth Excel, which can be digital, physical and psychosocial so as to take local protection measures to prevent, mitigate and respond to risks and threats that Youth Excel can unintentionally exacerbate risks associated with programs, operations, and people).

ADVOCACY

Undertaking joint advocacy for implementing policies that provide opportunities for young people to build their capacity and contribute to development in the context of the region’s social, political, economic and environmental challenges; for removing legal barriers to youth access to education, decent work and adequate health care and their leadership and participation in decision-making and peacemaking processes; for enforcing the laws that intend to eliminate harmful practices with regards to youth such as child, early and forced marriage, gender-based violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

KNOWLEDGE GENERATION AND ANALYTICAL WORK

Undertaking joint analytical work and collection of information on policy options and on the status of young people in the region, including issues relating to inequality and vulnerability, for evidence-based advocacy to benefit governments and other stakeholders related to the specific objectives defined by the coalition.

INFORMATION SHARING AND NETWORKING

Contributing to a better understanding and development of a common approach related to the specific objectives defined by the coalition by strengthening mechanisms for sharing best practices. Establishing and maximizing the use of new and existing virtual platforms for dialogue and information sharing of experiences, tools, practices and evidence among coalition members and other stakeholders.

ENHANCING COOPERATION AND COORDINATION

Enhancing cooperation among members of the community in order to promote a unified regional voice, enhance synergies and minimize duplication of programs and initiatives at the regional level.

OUR PROJECTS

Great Lakes Youth Network for Dialogue and Peacev

This project seeks to build on this momentum through dialogue and opportunities of exchange for youth’s initiative and other key actors in Tanzania, DRC Congo, Rwanda, and Rwanda.

Health Community Young Leaders

This is an opportunity that assists youth’s leadership growth and creates a dialogue among a group of change makers in the oral health community of East and Southern Africa.

Harmful practice caused by extractive industry affecting multi – sector

Harmful practice caused by extractive sector affecting different sector such as business, environment and social development conducted to SHPI. Goal was to build capacity to SHPI staffs to identify negative impacts raised by mining sector across other sector.

Civic Engagement for Women in Rural Communities

The consortium of 3 organizations seeks to address the challenges posed by land conflicts which have a negative effect on young women as well as their low participation in governance and political leadership. The project aims to improve young women’s involvement in management of conflicts related to land and improve their participation in leadership in Uganda and Tanzania by October, 2024.

Management Team

The organization is comprised with four major structures that is The Annual General Meeting (AGM), Board Members (BM), Secretariat, Chairperson of the Organization, Executive Director, Accountant, M& E and Volunteers.

Benjie Alphonso

Founder

Ivor Herbert

Manager

Merlin Judson

Ground Person

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Postal Address 210, Opposite Hospital, Kabahelele road, CCM Street, Katoro-Tanzania,

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