KILIMANJARO HOPE ORGANIZATION (KIHO)
Kilimanjaro Hope Organization is located in Kilimanjaro Region Tanzania. It is a non-profit organization with Government Registration as NGO Reg. No.07ngo/00004043. The organization is formed to address critical issues faced by most vulnerable groups of children, youth and women. The group of children especially those who are physically challenges are the most suffering group in rich highlands and low-land areas. Prolonged drought in same district especially at the low land area make the life of the people to be very hard. Most of the children especially disabled one live a miserable lives. It is absolutely impossible for such poor families to afford a balanced diet for this special group of children.
VISION
To create a sensitive society where by the youth, women, children, poor men and other disadvantaged groups empowered and have access and control over resources hence improve their living standard.
THE MISSION:
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1. To ensure that children have access to education, health services, clean water and sanitation, food/nutrition.
2 .To facilitate children to identify their talents and develop them
3. To create an enabling environment for the children especially most marginalized and vulnerable to meet their needs for quality education and health.
4. To stop all factors such as child violation, child marriages, sexism, child labour which prevent children from education.
5 .To enable children meet the costs for education.
6. To stop child prostitution.
2 .To facilitate children to identify their talents and develop them
3. To create an enabling environment for the children especially most marginalized and vulnerable to meet their needs for quality education and health.
4. To stop all factors such as child violation, child marriages, sexism, child labour which prevent children from education.
5 .To enable children meet the costs for education.
6. To stop child prostitution.
YOUTH
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· Develop a frame-work that clearly identifies and reduces the gapes limiting the youth, marginalized women, poor men, children and other disadvantaged groups in participating and discussion making in development activities.
· Facilitating the youth to identify and make use of their potentials for their own development.
· To create an enabling environment which will enable the youth to implement their responsibilities depending on their respective needs to active development and fight against poverty.
· To increase democracy among the youth based on peace and social justice.
· Facilitating the youth to identify and make use of their potentials for their own development.
· To create an enabling environment which will enable the youth to implement their responsibilities depending on their respective needs to active development and fight against poverty.
· To increase democracy among the youth based on peace and social justice.
WOMEN
Maasai is one of the tribes found in Kilimanjaro Region. They appear in their traditional way of dressing.
· To stop all kinds of violence against women in the community.
· To create enabling environment that will enable women to implement their activities in the community depending on their needs to achieve development.
· To facilitate women to identify and make use of their potentials for their development.
· To fight against patriarchal system that is exploitative to the women.
· To build the capacity of women and empower them for fighting against poverty.
· To fight against sexism where women are considered inferior to men.
· To increase democracy among women based on peace and social justice.
EDUCATION FOR THE CHILDREN IS VERY IMPORTANT
POVERTY
This is when the basic needs of human beings cannot be met such as food, shelter, education, and health services. 75% of the world’s poor people live in rural areas. The approach to rural development is mult-sectoral and focused on improving the wellbeing of rural people by building their productive, social and environmental asserts. New innovations in agricultural sector are needed in rural areas to keep the youth in the rural area where they can engage themselves in agriculture.
Kilimanjaro Hope organization has been working with the youth in agricultural sector where cultivation using terraces was introduced in Tae, Mamba-Miamba in Pare highlands. This has improved the standard of life for the people in these areas. More capital is needed to expand this project all over the highland area for sustainable agriculture.
Kilimanjaro Hope organization has been working with the youth in agricultural sector where cultivation using terraces was introduced in Tae, Mamba-Miamba in Pare highlands. This has improved the standard of life for the people in these areas. More capital is needed to expand this project all over the highland area for sustainable agriculture.