Society and Culture

Dedicated to masacred people of Zanzibar on 26th27th January 2001 by government forces.

Investigative files on the >>popo bawa<< (human demon) tales that plagued Zanzibar in 1995.

The Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation was established in June 1996, as a permanent tribute to Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere’s contribution to improving sustainably the quality of human relations. The Foundation is not affiliated with any political party or government. It is an intellectually and politically independent body. The Foundation works to promote Peace, Unity and People Centred Development throughout the World, and particularly in Africa.

The Foundation For Civil Society : Tanzania

An intellectually and politically independent non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Tanzania and named after the country's first president and "father of the nation" Julius Kambarage Nyerere, affectionately called Mwalimu (the Swahili word for teacher), who was also the first chairman of the Foundation. The vision is for the Foundation to become a "regional centre of excellence and advocate in the promotion of peace, unity and people-centered development in Africa and the world through justice for all."

MS Tanzania has been present in Tanzania since 1963, and since 1993 we have partnered with local civil society organisations (CSOs). At present MS Tanzania works in partnership with 25 local civil society organisations and participates in local networks to follow and discuss national policies.

LAWYERS' ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION TEAM The Lawyers' Environmental Action Team is the first public interest environmental law organization in Tanzania. It was established in 1994 and formally registered in 1995 under the Societies Ordinance. Its mission is to ensure sound natural resource management and environmental protection in Tanzania. LEAT carries out policy research, advocacy, and selected public interest litigation. Its membership largely includes lawyers concerned with environmental management and democratic governance in Tanzania.

The KCB Foundation is registered under the Companies Act of the Republic of Kenya and is governed by a Board of Trustees. This board is answerable to the KCB Group Board. The KCB Foundation supports community programmes in the markets where the bank operates in Kenya, Uganda, Southern Sudan, Tanzania and Rwanda. The Foundation supports the community in the following areas; Environment Education Enterprise Development Health Humanitarian Intervention

Report on the January 2001 attack on peaceful demonstrators.

Supporting a rights based approach to developing civil society organisations (CSO) in Tanzania through information sharing for capacity building