ABOUT US
Community Support Initiatives Tanzania (COSITA) is a local non-governmental organization registered under NGO Act, 2002 in the year 2010 to operate in Tanzania Mainland. The organization started as an idea from a group of people with a common purpose mainly to serve poor, marginalized, and vulnerable communities confronted by lack/shortage of hygiene and sanitation services, land degradation/natural resource destruction, child right abuse, gender inequality/inequity, and food and Nutrition insecurity.
Our Vision
The community is getting better living standards by accessing high-quality social services sustainably.
Our Mission
To contribute to the improvement of the quality of life for the community by ensuring their involvement in; development projects, gender balance, social accountability, and Sustainable resource management.
Our Values
Teamwork, Equality, Ethics, Dignity, and Integrity.
General Objective
To improve the quality of life for Pastoralists, Smallholder farmers, hunter-gatherers, and other low-income communities by contributing to the development opportunities towards poverty alleviation.
Specific Objectives
- To promote Women, Youth and children's rights.
- To promote food and Nutrition security.
- To promote community Health, Hygiene and sanitation practices.
- To promote environmental conservation.
- To enhance COSITA’s and its Partners' (CBOs/NGOs) capacity to effectively achieve its objectives.
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OUR PROGRAMS
WASH PRACTICE
Promote good hygiene and sanitation through the use of tippy tap technology and information dissemination.
FOOD SECURITY
Promote Good Agronomic Practices (GAP) in improving livelihood through crop value chains in the Babati district.
EDUCATION
Supporting children to enjoy their education rights through making them achieve their full education dreams.
LIVELIHOOD
Pastoralists in the Babati district are aware of existing land legislative frameworks and legal rights in grazing areas.
OUR TEAM
COSITA is a membership-based organization where the Annual General Meeting is a supreme organ in the decision-making level, followed by the Board of Directors and finally the management team which undertakes the daily implementation of the organization duties. Our team are operate from the head office of the organization is located in Babati Township - the head quarter of Manyara region and sub-offices in the nearby districts and regions.
Patrice Gwasma
Executive Director
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Paul John
MEL Officer
Ms. Regina Amandi
Accountant
Ms. Mary Sulle
Administrative Assistant
Agustino Balohho
Project Officer
Child Rights
Child Rights
Dahaye Siay
Project Officer
Youth Empowerment
Youth Empowerment
Jackline Ferdinand
Project Coordinator
Child Right To Education
Child Right To Education
Francis Clemence
IT Office
REPORTS & DOCUMENTS
Strategic Plan
Success Stories
Others Documents
SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS
Since its registration in the year 2010, below are some of the achievements:
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schools fully supported by providing handwashing facilities to schools as preventive measures for COVID-19
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Copies of extra curricula books supplied, for capacity built for 4RRR teachers and 4Youth volunteers in 4 primary schools in Nkaiti Ward.
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households adopted good hygiene and sanitation through the use of tippy tap technology as well as extensive dissemination of nutritional messages via Peer Support Groups meetings, IEC materials and school nutrition.
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Farmer business groups (FBGs), each 25 farmers supported in Good Agronomic Practices (GAP) in improving their livelihood through crop value chains in Babati district.
15
girlsstudents successfully supported to achieve their full education dreams.
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Pastoralists men and women in Babati district are aware and are applying the existing land legislative frameworks and legal rights towards allocation and managing village grazing areas.
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Pregnant women were reached through nutrition program, exclusive breastfeeding and complementary feeding through 1000 Days Campaign/parent kit has become a practice in Mbulu and Babati families.
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Dormitories are well built at Sigino ward Secondary school Sigino Community are well sensitized for the school dormitory building contribution.
ORGANOGRAM
General Meeting
The general meeting is the supreme organ in any decision regarding the organization. The general meeting compose all members required to attend a meeting. The quorum of the general meeting is made up of two-third (2/3) of all the members required to attend such particular meeting.
The Organization holds once in each calendar year an annual general meeting.
Extra Ordinary general meeting can be convened to discuss the matters that do not wait the normal annual general meeting schedule.
Management Team
The management team implements the daily activities of the Organization. It composes of Organization Executive Director, Finance & Administrative Manager, Programs Manager, M&EL Coordinator, Accountant, Projects Officers, heads of units and other support staffs.
It meets every first week of the months or any time the need arises to discuss and make sure that the set objectives are achieved.
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