CURRENT PARTNERS

GANAKO WOMEN’S COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION

GWOCO empowers women to improve their communities through small business loans. It is the result of a partnership between entrepreneurial Tanzanian women who've shown an aptitude for business, Maasai Partners and Women's Microfinance Initiative. A community-based organization located in Karatu, GWOCO allows women to simply receive loans, pay them off, gain savings, expand their businesses, and repeat the process. Learn more about GWOCO by clicking here.

MAASAI HONEY

Beneficiaries of the Maasai Honey project receive both beekeeping training and the equipment to start their own apiary. Each beneficiary participates in hands-on education during a two-week beekeeping training course, plus they each become the owners of a high-quality protective suit, a bee smoker, hive tools, not to mention their very own Tanzanian Top bar hive. As soon as their hives have reached the point of harvest, we support the beekeepers by buying their honey at a fair market price. In this way, even residents of rural Tanzanian villages can earn a sustainable income through beekeeping. Learn more about Maasai Honey by clicking here.

RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AFRICA FOUNDATION

Resilient Communities Africa Foundation (ReCAF) is an African civil society organization registered since 2021 under the Tanzania’s Non-Governmental Organizations Act No. 24 of 2002 to operate in Mainland Tanzania with a focus on pastoralist communities in Northern Tanzania. ReCAF envisages to address socio-economic and environmental challenges facing local and marginalized communities in northern Tanzania to adopt resilient mechanisms and thrive through community-oriented sustainable development initiatives. ReCAF’s key thematic areas of operation include the economic empowerment of women, climate change mitigation and adaptation, food security for pastoralists, maternal and child health, education and land rights. ReCAF works with Maasai Partners and Women's Microfinance Initiative (WMI) to champion women economic empowerment programs among the Maasai community in Ngorongoro.

SISTERS FOR PEACE

Comprised of a group of women volunteering in order to better the lives of females around the world, Sisters for Peace is a nonprofit organization based in the US. This grassroots group focuses on, raises money for and supports projects surrounding poverty, women’s equality and health, human rights and social justice for women and girls in the States and internationally. Learn more about the Sisters’ project promotion, fundraisers and site visits throughout the world by clicking here.

Also, read about our partnership activities with them here.

WESTON TURVILLE WELLS FOR TANZANIA

Our name ‘WTWT’ stands for ‘Weston Turville Wells for Tanzania’. It came from our village ‘Weston Turville’, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire (not far from London), UK and from our first water project ‘Wells for Tanzania’. We support the Maasai in and around the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. These determined and resilient people, with their rich culture, have historically led sustainable lives in harmony with the wildlife of East Africa. Since being moved off their wide ranging lands of the Serengeti in 1959 their lives have become increasingly difficult. Strict conservation practice and the ever increasing effects of the climate crisis limit their ability to care for their families and livestock. We support them with their work finding solutions to their current issues which are causing widespread hunger and ill health. Projects include different methods of accessing clean water, year round food availability, sponsoring child and adult education, improved health care facilities, health education and microfinance loans with training for women opening up business opportunities. Learn more about Weston Turville Wells for Tanzania by clicking here.

WOMEN’S MICROFINANCE INITIATIVE

With its patient approach to development, WMI has created a village-lending model that provides reliable financial services to rural women in East Africa in a structured format that is 100% self-sustaining. Their flexibility to address rural women's business needs is unparalleled, resulting in significant improvements in financial inclusion. Learn more about Women’s Microfinance Initiative for Tanzania by clicking here.