Policy Dialogue - East Africa

General Information

Country: Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania
Number: P-19-357
Sector: Human Rights & Civil Society
Start: 01.01.2019
End: 31.12.2022

Partner organisation: Horizont3000 Regional Office

Budget: 188,404 EUR
Co-Financed by: ADA, DKA
Cross-cutting issue Environment: General relevance

Cross-cutting issue Gender: General

Project desk officer: Jonathan Job Bua
Regional Director: Franz Eichinger

Project Partner

HORIZONT3000 is an Austrian Organization for Development Cooperation i.e an Austrian Non-Government Organization working in the field of development cooperation with its Head Office in Vienna, Austria and field offices in various countries including Uganda.

The organization supports its partners to implement projects with funding from mainly Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC) and contributions from the member organisations. In East Africa country of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, HORIZONT3000 regional program focuses on three main sectors: Sustainable Use of Natural Resources; Integrated Rural Development and; Peace building, Conflict Resolution and Human Rights.

Short Description

HORIZONT3000 is implementing the Policy Dialogue – East Africa Project running from 2019 – 2022. The Project is currently working with 12 partners in the region: Tanzania -Mama’s Hope for Legal Assistance (MHOLA), Human Life Defence – Rulenge, Women’s Economy and Gender Support (WEGS), Mbeya, Ileje, Isangati Consortia (MIICO), Justice & Peace Commission – Kigoma, Hakiardhi. In Kenya - Community Education and Empowerment Center (CEEC), Jesuit Hakimani Center (JHC), Diocese of Lodwar and in Uganda - Resource Rights Africa (RRA), Caritas Mityana and Pathway Initiative for Development (PID).

Project Objectives

To strengthen the capacities of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in East Africa to engage effectively in Policy Dialogue with more attention put on strengthening research and advocacy skills of CSOs to influence policy processes and reforms at different levels.

Expected Results

The expected results include that:

• Capacity of CSOs strengthened to effectively engage in Policy dialogue
• At least 8 organisations have institutionalised and streamlined Policy Dialogue in their organisations
• Knowledge transferred experience and best / worst practices in Policy Dialogue work shared and documented.

Enabling Rural Innovation (ERI), Tanzania

General Information

Country: Tanzania
Number: P-19-346
Sector: Rural development
Start: 01.01.2019
End: 31.12.2022
Partner organisation: One World Sustainable Livelihood (OWSL)

Budget: 200,000 EUR
Co-Financed by: ADA, DKA and WHG
Cross-cutting issue Environment: general relevance

Cross-cutting issue Gender: general relevance
Project desk officer: Ulrike Bey
Regional Director: Franz Eichinger

Project Partner

One World Sustainable Livelihood is a Non–Government Organization, Not for Profit, officially registered in 2015 by the Ministry of Women, Gender and Children affairs with registration number ooNGO/08155 under the NGO Act No.24 of year 2002. Mara office is located in Musoma municipal at Nyasho area along FFU road.The organization has mandate to operate in all areas of mainland Tanzania with a thematic focus of food security, water, environmental conservation, health, and adaptation to climate change technologies. Target group includes poor and disadvantaged communities especially farmers and livestock keepers.

Short Description

ERI approach is a human resource and learning intensive approach. In the first project phase, a pool of Community Development Facilitators was fully trained in all modules and cross cuttings issues; however, during the course of project implementation, it became so clear that farmer groups need more support and guidance which the current number of CDFs can’t match across all the cycles and later the phase. For the project to be sustainable, more training is still needed to the farmer groups themselves and also the Farmer facilitators who are very important in facilitation and mentoring at group level.

Project Objectives

This project is an effort to continue bringing individual farmers and strengthening farmers groups using ERI Approach through the CDFs and FFs. It is intended to form farmer groups for promoting farmer-driven innovation processes at their vicinity. Through learning and applying the Enabling Rural Innovation Approach and methodology, they will have a common ground to effectively share and exchange experiences across daily agricultural routines, and thus make a tangible difference to agricultural development in the operational and beyond Districts of Mara region of Tanzania. The project seeks to contribute to building climate change resilience of the poor farmers and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate- related

Expected Results

• To improve the livelihood of target farmers households through sustainable environmental conservation practices and profitable agro-enterprise.
• Farmer groups are established and operational.
• Farmer groups increased food production and are engaged in profitable enterprises.
• Farmers apply natural resource management practices to sustain a productive natural resource base.
• CDFs’ and Farmer Facilitators (FFs) capacity strengthened to apply ERI approach.

ERI Joint Activities, Uganda and Tanzania

General Information

Country: Uganda and Tanzania
Number: P-19-350
Sector: Rural development
Start: 01.01.2019
End: 31.12.2022
Partner organisation: HORIZONT3000 Regional Office East Africa

Budget: 158,337.86 EUR
Co-Financed by: ADA, DKA Austria, BSI and Welthaus
Cross-cutting issue Environment: specific relevance

Cross-cutting issue Gender: general

Project desk officer: Nobert Luiji Banio, Ulrike Bey (Vienna)
Regional Director: Franz Eichinger

Partner organization

The ERI Joint activities is part of the broader ERI East Africa programme focused on supporting the 4 ERI implementing partners who work directly with farmers in East Africa. They include; One World Sustainable Livelihoods (OWSL)-Tanzania and our Ugandan partners namely Caritas - Masaka Diocesan Development Organization (MADDO), Youth Association for Rural Development (YARD) and Caritas Tororo Archdiocese. This project is therefore part of the program, Enabling Rural Innovation (ERI) in Eastern Africa in which the ERI approach is being used. With the expertise of a Programme Coordinator based at the HORIZONT3000 regional office Kampala, the partners are supported through monitoring, training, mentoring in addition to further developing and spreading the ERI approach.

Project goal and target groups

The overarching goal of the broader ERI East Africa programme is to contribute to the improved living conditions of small farmers in East Africa by working for market-oriented, climate-friendly agriculture. The specific aim of the intervention is to enable 5,875 farmers and their organizations to operate successfully market-oriented, climate-friendly agriculture using the ERI approach in order to achieve income and food security. The "Enabling Rural Innovation" (ERI) approach applied is implemented by four local project partners in Tanzania and Uganda via farmers' groups in their catchment area.

Background information

Agriculture is the livelihood of 65% of the Tanzanian and 69% of the Ugandan population, which is mainly made up of small-scale farmers. The agricultural sector accounts for 25% of GDP in Tanzania and 23% in Uganda, with this proportion falling steadily and reflecting the slow growth of the agricultural sector in poverty and food supply problems for the rural population. The challenges in rural areas include inadequate productivity and market orientation of agricultural production, a lack of sustainable management of natural resources as well as poor organization and networking between farmers. The Enabling Rural Innovation (ERI) approach addresses these challenges with a holistic approach that promotes an entrepreneurial culture and is both learning-intensive and participative. The third phase of the project builds on the experience and lessons learned from the previous phases, in which ERI has proven itself as an appropriate approach to the needs of the region, which has successfully increased confidence, production, productivity and income of smallholder farmers.

Activities and expected results

The ERI Joint activities project contributes to the overall ERI EA targets through its 5 result areas. These include; 235 farmer groups are actively working together, 212 farmer groups increase production of nutritious food crops and pro-actively connect to agro markets, 5,366 farmers apply climate smart agriculture oriented production methodologies, strengthen the capacity of the 4 partner organisations in implementing and monitoring the ERI project, experiences of the 4 project partners are documented and shared among partners and with relevant stakeholders to enhance spread of good practices and innovations at various levels. While the first 3 results are cumulatively contributed to by the 4 implementing partners, results 4 and 5 are the focus of the ERI Joint at HORIZONT3000, supporting partners.

Activities that will aid the achievement of the above results include; training of the farmer groups in the ERI modules and agroecology, lobbying and advocacy, mentoring of the supported farmer groups, exchange and learning visits, training courses on the management of natural resources and agro-forestry, a baseline study, networking and capacity building of the project staff, integration of more gender aspects and further development of the ERI approach.

MHOLA: Tanzania

Strengthening of women’s rights in Muleba, Tanzania

General Information

Country: Tanzania
Number: P-19-344
Sector: Human rights
Start: 01.01.2019
End: 31.12.2022
Partner organisation: Mamas Hope Organisation for Legal Assistance (MHOLA)

Budget: 199,000 EUR
Co-Financed by: ADA and KfbI
Cross-cutting issue Environment: general relevance

Cross-cutting issue Gender: specific relevance

Project desk officer: Ulrike Bey
Regional Director: Franz Eichinger

Project Partner

Mamas’ Hope Organization for Legal Assistance (MHOLA) is a nonprofit and nongovernmental organization which was legally registered under the Societies Ordinance of 1954 in October 2006 (granted certificate of registration no. 14550) , and later under the NGO act no 24 of 2002, with  certificate no 00NGO00008006 in June 2015. MHOLA aims to empower women and children by providing professional legal and health care services through rights education, the provision of legal aid support, guidance on referral procedures, and court representation. The organization is also deeply engaged in provision of good Health Education and Health Promotion, especially to vulnerable groups in rampant children pregnancies, women, older and people living with HIV/AIDS by engaging in Primary Health Care and Community Based Health Care (PHC/CBHC)

Short Description

Due to social norms and practices, gender based violence against women and girls is a widespread phenomenon in Tanzania, especially in rural regions. A high numbers of child marriages exist, and 3 out of 10 women were exposed to sexual violence before reaching their 18th birthday. According to a Demographic Health Survey (2015-2016), 67% of women in the age of 15 – 59 are victims of domestic violence in Kagera, with 15% sustaining grievous bodily harm. Traditionally a woman has no right to possess marital goods such as land from the husband’s family, and even children often have no access to land. When a husband dies or leaves his family, wife and children are left without any social security and are exposed to poverty. Such human rights violations in the rural communities of the Kagera region affect the daily life of women, whose weakened position is reduced to a mere labour force. This situation contradicts different international conventions on gender based violence, which Tanzania has signed. 2017 MHOLA has supported 3,729 women with legal assistance.

Project Objectives

The objective of the project is to contribute to the reduction of gender based violence in the fishing communities of ten wards in Muleba district. The project aims to strengthen the treating and mediation of cases on community level to prevent and protect women and vulnerable groups from human right abuses. The direct beneficiaries are 10 paralegals and 40 religious leaders and the leaders of 500 women groups, which are trained in legal questions. Furthermore, 36,150 inhabitants of the ten wards in Mulebe district on Lake Victoria get direct access to legal aid

Expected Results

The project fights gender based violence by raising awareness of gender based violence, women rights and contact points in public forums and publications. Victims are offered an improved access to legal advice. Through trainings, the capacities of community members, paralegals, religious leaders and MHOLA staff are strengthened. Paralegals and catechists are educated and monitored throughout the projects in questions of gender based violence, women rights, land rights, mediation, conflict resolution. Dialogue and conflict resolution mechanisms within the communities are strengthened. MHOLA actively networks with relevant actors in the area of women and human rights.

Rulenge Ngara Diocese - The Department of Human Life Defence, Justice and Peace Section - Tanzania

Information on and and obligations, Tanzania

General Information

Country: Tanzania
Number: P-19-345
Sector: Human rights
Start: 01.01.2019
End: 31.12.2022
Partner organisation: Rulenge Ngara Diocese - The Department of Human Life Defence, Justice and Peace Section

Budget: 180,000 EUR
Co-Financed by: ADA and BSI
Cross-cutting issue Environment: general relevance
Cross-cutting issue Gender: general relevance
Project desk officer: Ulrike Bey
Regional Director: Franz Eichinger

Project Partner

Rulenge Diocese is a faith based organisation that was established in 1960.  It is situated in Kagera region covering an area of 13,004 sq. kms of administrative districts of Ngara, Biharamulo and Chato ecclesiastically referred to as deaneries. It is serving a population of 1, 275,917 people (625,370 men and 650,547 women). The diocese shares boarders with Karagwe, and Muleba districts as well as Rwanda and Burundi countries. It is a registered Faith Based Organisation with Registration of incorporation No.08 under the Trustees Incorporation Act, Chapter.318 of the Laws of Tanzania, Revised Edition 2002.

Short Description

Human rights and good governance issues are huge socio-economic challenges in the target region, denying certain groups their civic rights. Due to cultural prejudices and ignorance of entitled rights, most women and people with disabilities in Ngara, Biharamulo and Chato districts are victims of mistreatments. Not only do they suffer from physical, social, psychological and economic violence but are also prohibited to engage in development opportunities. These attitudes are not only passed on through generations, but have been adopted by contemporary social systems including the public authorities. Communities need to fight social tolerance to GBV and strenghten the protection of women and people with disabilities. Apart from basic knowledge imparted in school, there are no interventions for civic education and god governance in the region. Therefore, this project addresses the urgent problem of violence against women and people with disabilities and sensitizes people on human rights and their responsibilities. The Justice and Peace Section of the Diocese seeks to empower community members through mobilization, trainings, promotion of social harmony and advocacy.

Project Objectives

The overall objective aims to promote responsible civic engagement and good governance. The project aims to promote justice and peace, good governance and an inclusive society for sustainable development and to ensure the survival, protection, Gender Equality, end all forms of Discrimination against women and development of vulnerable social groups. 34,546 people in Ngara, Biharamulo and Chato districts, especially women and youths, will directly benefit from the trainings, facilitation and advocacy for their social, political, economic rights as well as the provision of direct relief services in form of legal assistance and counselling to the survivors of gender based violence. Young people will directly benefit from project interventions through the provision of civic and integrative education. The indirect beneficiaries will be the 1.2 million community members of the project area in the districts of Biharamulo, Chato and Ngara, which benefit from the free development of women, reduced incidences of Gender Based Violence and improved civic education

Expected Results

The activities of the intervention combine the strengthening of marginalized groups and the awareness rising of civil rights and obligations with the provision of legal services and advocacy. To integrate marginalized social groups in civic life, ward development committees are taught on accountability and good governance in seminars, the capacities of decision makers are strengthened in trainings, and pupils are educated in responsible citizenship. To reduce incidences of gender based violence, justice and peace committees and ward tribunals are trained on human rights and monitored. A legal clinic is established to provide legal aid and counselling through trained paralegals to victims of human rights abuses.  To increase the peaceful participation in the 2019 local and 2020 national elections, promotional materials are developed and female candidates and candidates with disabilities are promoted. Policy dialogue with authorities is conducted to defend the rights of vulnerable people 2012 National Census and 2017 National Bureau of Statistics Projection.

ADP Mbozi - Strengthening food security in Songwe, Tanzania

General Information

Country: Tanzania
Number: P-19-341
Sector: Natural Resource Management
Start: 01.01.2019
End: 31.12.2022
Partner organisation: Actions for Development Programmes - Mbozi (ADP-Mbozi)

Budget: 390,000 EUR
Co-Financed by: ADA and DKA, and WHG
Cross-cutting issue Environment: general relevance

Cross-cutting issue Gender: general relevance

Project desk officer: Ulrike Bey
Regional Director: Franz Eichinger

Project Partner

Actions for Development Programmes – Mbozi (ADP-Mbozi) is an autonomous Non- Governmental Organization (NGO) being a grouping of individuals who are members and it is non-profit sharing and non-partisan.  The organization is established under and subject to the exclusive jurisdictions of the laws of the United Republic of Tanzania.

Short Description

In Songwe District the three agro-economic zones Gold Mine, Miombo Woodland and Rukwa Basin can be distinguished. Lake Rukwa Basin, the project implementation area, is characterised by flat lowlands with rivers draining into Lake Rukwa. The predominantly cultivated field crops are sesame, sun flower, millet, maize, beans, cassava, potatoes and ground nuts. Additional activities include animal husbandry, fishing and forestry. Although agriculture is the region’s main occupation, food production is on a low level and the population is affected by chronical malnutrition. This decline is rooted in outdated agricultural tools, lacking knowledge about agricultural practices, plant and livestock diseases, and a weak purchase power. Due to a lack of proper land use plans, half of the arable land lies fallow. Lacking land titles prohibit smallholder farmers the access to credits. Not even a quarter of the population has access to clean drinking water. This integrated food security project tackles the problems of food scarcity and malnutrition.

Project Objectives

The overall objective is to promote food security and sovereignty for the wellbeing of the people in Songwe District. The project aims to improve the food security and nutritional status of 1,404 farm households through increased agricultural production and improved post-harvest management and food utilisation, at the same time it aims to strengthen the resilience of farm households against the effects of climate change and social injustice. 1,404 smallholders with scarce resources and their 7,722 household members are the direct targets of the intervention, with 720 smallholder farmers coming from previous project phases. Furthermore, 38,610 people are indirectly reaches, as they participate in some project components as the neighbours of the direct beneficiaries.

Expected Results

The project activities include especially trainings and demonstrations in agricultural practice, poultry management, kitchen gardens, storing techniques and food budgeting, but also the establishment of farmer field schools the distribution of seeds and breeding animals, the organisation of field days and exchange visits, and the access to agricultural input markets. Gender and HIV are included as cross-cutting issues. In this way, the productivity, food security and nutrition status of the agricultural households will be improved.

CHEMA - Sustainable livelihood of smallholder farmers, Tanzania

General Information

Country: Tanzania
Number: P-19-342
Sector: Natural Resource Management
Start: 01.01.2019
End: 31.12.2022
Partner organisation: Catholic Diocese of Kayanga, Community Habitat Environmental Management  Programme (CHEMA)
Budget: 360,000 EUR
Co-Financed by: ADA and BSI
Cross-cutting issue Environment: general relevance

Cross-cutting issue Gender: general relevance

Project desk officer: Ulrike Bey
Regional Director: Franz Eichinger

Project Partner

CHEMA- Community Habitat Environmental Management Programme is an environmental non-profit organization established under the Diocese of Kayanga and operating in Karagwe and Kyerwa districts. The main focus of CHEMA is on natural resources management and sustainable agriculture. CHEMA empowers communities to manage their own natural resources and increase productivity by promoting activities in natural resource management addressing all three pillars of sustainability - social, economic and environmental.

Short Description

The population of the project is lives in the district Karagwe and the 2014 newly founded district Kyerwa in the border region to Ruanda and Rwanda, far away from the economic enter Dar es Salaam. This border region struggles with grave economic, social and political challenges and was badly affected by the troubles in Uganda and Rwanda over the last decades, leading to an influx of refugees. The majority of the population of the two districts practices subsistence farming. Inadequate agricultural practices and the degradation of the natural resources leave the agricultural sector far behind its potential. The small harvests do not meet the basic needs of the population.  No access to markets, missing storing capacities and a lack in additional sources of income lead to low household incomes. The missing access to financial services due to insecure land titles leads to usury and distress sales and further deepening poverty. Insufficient sanitary, health care and educational services increase the economic pressure. Women have no voice and no property in the households

Project Objectives

The overall objective is the promotion of sustainable livelihoods with regards to food security, income and health, and securing the fair access to natural resources for selected rural communities in the Karagwe and Kyerwa districts. The project aim is the improvement of the basic environmental and living conditions of smallholder farms through the management of natural resources and sustainable agriculture in the project area. The direct beneficiaries comprise of 2,515 farmers, bee keepers and students, with 7,500 further family members being indirectly reached.

Expected Results

The intervention will increase the agricultural production, productivity, quality and profitability and improve the access to markets and capital by training farmers in agricultural practices and processing, delivering seeds, and organising saving groups. Through trainings and demonstrations and the distribution of modern equipment and plant material, farmers and beekeepers will practice improved environmental management via bee keeping, reforestation and the use of energy saving stoves. To improve the knowledge of farmers and students about hygiene, water filters are distributed, sanitary facilities constructed, trainings conducted and environmental clubs founded. Through trainings and monitoring and participatory evaluation systems, the capacities of CHEMA staff will be further strengthened.

Strengthening the land rights of smallholder farmers, Tanzania

General Information

Country: Tanzania
Number: P-19-343
Sector: Human Rights
Start: 01.01.2019 End: 31.12.2022
Partner organisation: Land Rights Research and Resources Institute (LARRRI / HAKIARDHI)
Budget: 390,000 EUR
Financed by: ADA; DKA and WHG
Cross-cutting issue Environment: general relevance

Cross-cutting issue Gender: general relevance
Project desk officer: Ulrike Bey
Regional Director: Franz Eichinger

Project Partner

HAKIARDHI is a non-governmental not for profit organization that was established in 1994 in recognition of the need to facilitate realization of a socially just and equitable national land tenure system that promotes and advances the rights to land of majority rural based small producers such as peasants, pastoralists, artisan miners and other related groups. In order to achieve this noble objective the organization has since its establishment embarked on; promoting land rights of small producers through research, advocacy, public dialogues, legal advice and counseling of land rights victims, broad based awareness raising and outreach programmes.

Short Description

Along with high population growth, land grabbing worsens the existing land scarcity and leads to high land prices. National and international agribusinesses displace smallholder farmers and pastoralists from their ancestral lands. They are forced to search for new farmland and pastures, leading to new land conflicts. The project areas Morogoro and Kilindi are in such a conflict zone. Transparent land allocation and management exists at no level of the Tanzanian government und an opaque system of corruption, ignorance about the legal situation and administrative shortcomings work in favour of the richer conflict party. HAKI ARDHI fights for social justice in this area. The current project phase builds on the experiences and learning’s of the prior phases

Project Objective

The project wants to promote an inclusive society with equal rights to access, use, control and ownership of land and natural resources for sustainable development. Its objectives are an enhanced knowledge base of small scale producers, women, girls and disables participation in policy and decision making processes and to hold leaders accountable for sustainable use and management of land and natural resources through land use plans.  The specific project objective is to secure small-scale producers, women, girls and disables access, use and ownership of land and natural resources and benefits for sustainable development in Kilindi and Morogoro. The beneficiaries are the political and administrative leaders on all levels of the two districts Morogoro and Kilindi, the representatives of civil society organisations and grass roots organisations, and the population in general. 458.720 people shall be reached through radio broadcasts, public debates and specific trainings. The direct beneficiaries of the various project activities include 23.036.

Expected Results

The basis of those interventions has always been to enhance the knowledge base of the small producers and their capacity to participate in decision making processes in order to protect their rights and influence changes in the land tenure system in their favour. Other specific objectives of the organization include:

• To offer advice, counselling and related assistance on land tenure issues to small land users in rural and peri-urban areas and in this relation to undertake (or assist in undertaking) occasional test cases on pro bono basis before relevant judicial, quasi-judicial and administrative bodies
• To make available on request arbitration services for resolving land disputes consistent with the Institute’s objective
• To research into, construct and suggest amicable means of resolving land disputes among and between small land users and villagers
• To provide and organize on request short courses on land tenure and land rights
• To provide on request consultancy services to government and non-governmental organizations provided it is within the spirit of social and educational objectives of the Institute
• To raise funds for the purposes of the Institute on such terms as compatible with the autonomy of the Institute and within the spirit of its social and educational objects.