A few words
About Us
History
Background
Established in 2001, Education Development and Facilitation Organization (EDFO) was initially registered as trust in (June) 2002 and then in (January) 2013 was re-registered as a company limited by guarantee with no. 97259. Due to some changes in respective laws, it is now registered as an NGO with no. 00NGO/R/0454 since 2019. EDFO‘s main role (among others) is to build the capacity of individuals, groups, communities and organizations. The initiative for its formation was spearheaded by four dedicated people who felt that it was desirable to form a learning collaborative alliance as a strategy to jointly respond effectively to global development challenges especially to marginalized groups/communities in the South. We seek to create a legacy of improved skills and economic opportunities at the individual, community, national, regional and global levels. All this time EDFO has managed, in collaboration with its partners to undertake projects/programs in different areas. EDFO is based in Mwanza, Tanzania.
Vision
“Envision a society free from ignorance, unemployment, and poverty”
We envisage an ignorance, unemployment and poverty free society. We see a democratic community in which its members know and exercise their rights without any fears. It is a community free of injustice and corruption where people enjoy their freedom in which they are working towards the development of their community. We see now hopeless children, youth, men and women putting off their rags and dress in new clothes, well fed, valued and cared for. We see them feel important and able to transform their generation into great future full of hope. We see them unleashing their full potential for the benefits of the community in which they live. They are noble people making great impact; they hold various positions in public and private sectors. We see men and women in leading positions that are strong enough to fulfill their responsibilities with integrity and have a great impact in alleviating poverty. We see organizations thriving and making great impact to their beneficiaries and clients.
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Mission
“To facilitate community livelihood through knowledge and information sharing, skills development, innovative approaches and networking for education development and sustainable development”
We aim to give our contribution to the following social needs (according to the MKUKUTA II strategies):
- Improving human resources capacity, in terms of skills, knowledge, and efficient deployment
- Fostering changes in mind-set toward hard work, patriotism, and self-reliance;
- Providing selective and customized investment in human capital to inculcate appropriate skills (production, processing, quality, and marketing) and entrepreneurship, promotion and development of skills for productivity enhancing employment and self-employment especially for women and youth
- Address population dynamics challenges and create human capital out of a learning population
- Attitude toward hardworking, self-confidence, and self-esteem, creativity, innovation and moral integrity promoted and enhanced
- Supporting children and youths to develop a habit of reading and learning
- Promoting spirit of daring, to support young men and women to enter and participate in business, explore opportunities and develop their own strategies to maximize the benefits of a globalized economy
- Linking individuals, men and women, to productive and decent employment
- Motivating talented people to innovative and produce goods and services
- Promoting spirit of daring, to support young men and women to enter and participate in business, explore opportunities and develop their own strategies to maximize the benefits of a globalized economy
- Ensuring democratic participation in the monitoring of public resources, rule of law, human rights and in total, a conducive business environment for attracting investments.
Objectives
- To promote and improve education skills and knowledge for children, youth and adults by enhancing education facilities in collaboration with other education development stakeholders
- To promote awareness of the community on issues concerned with health, human rights, nutrition, literacy, peace, and development
- To promote and enhance community livelihood through economic strengthening and development
- To promote community awareness on area of environmental management and sustainability of the natural resources available
- To carry out research activities in the areas of health, education and economy in order to effectively meet people’s needs
- To facilitate community to identify their felt needs and empower them to address them for their holistic development
- To strengthen the capacity of organizations to be able to carry out their services more effectively!
- To carry out income generating activities with the aim of topping up donor funds and seeking to be sustainable
Core Values
All our activities aim to create a Win-Win situation that seeks mutual benefit. We believe there’s plenty for everyone, our solutions are mutually beneficial and satisfying. We are empathic but also confident; we are considerate and sensitive but also brave. We seek creative cooperation. We interact together genuinely, and are open to each other’s influence.
We are sticking with our true feelings, values, and commitments. We speak and act honestly. The resources at our disposal are not our own. We are open and factual in our dealings with donors, project communities, governments and the public at large. We demand of ourselves high standards of professional competence and financial accountability.
We seek to reach beyond effectiveness toward fulfillment, contribution, and greatness.
We act in ways that respect dignity, uniqueness, and intrinsic worth of every person. We celebrate the richness of diversity in human personality, culture and contribution. We believe that the mental, emotional, and psychological differences among people are what really drive synergy and innovation.
We believe that life doesn’t just “happen.” The choices are ours and every situation provides a new choice and it gives us a perfect opportunity to do things differently to produce more positive results. We are responsible for our life and we don’t blame genetics, circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for our behavior. We behave anticipatory, change-oriented and self-initiated. We focus our time and energy on things we can control and we make things happen rather than just adjust to a situation or wait for something to happen.
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PAST PROJECTS
SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECTS
STOP (Sensitize, Train, Observe and Publicize): The STOP program aims to promote equity and justice in primary education by promoting good governance and accountability. It empowers communities to make a difference in education. It works at bridging the gap between policy and practice and enabling communities to be better informed, sensitized, organized and engaged to contribute towards quality primary education.
The program is being carried out in Musoma district for three years targeting 30 communities in the concerned district. Selection of these communities based on presence and/ or involvement of Terre des Hommes Netherlands partner organizations in that particular community. The Community Audit Groups (CAGs) contain, alongside members of the particular community, members of Terre des Hommes Netherlands partner organizations.
COWSO (Community Owned Water Supply Organizations): This project is being implemented in Musoma and Bunda in partnership with SNV (The Netherlands Development Organization). The main objective of the project in registering seeks “to strengthen the capacity of the communities towards increased ownership of water supply facilities while the expected outcome is to have a full ownership of water points by getting registered and improved their planning, development, operation and maintenance of water supply facilities.
SWASH (School Water Sanitation and Hygiene): This project is being implemented in Mwanza city (8 schools) in collaboration with SNV (The Netherlands Development Organization). The main objective is to strengthen the capacity of key actors (school committees, councilors, local leaders, pupils and CWST (Council Water and Sanitation Team) towards increased accountability in improving SWASH facilities in schools.
MALARIA & MAMA NA MTOTO: This program is being implemented in collaboration with THAT-Tandabui Health Access Tanzania (and TANAMM-Tanzania National Malaria Movement) in Ilemela district. Its main objective is to create awareness and sensitize communities on health issues especially on maternal health and malaria.