Good Neighbors Tanzania (GNTZ) is a Non-Profit organization established in 2005 with the mission of making the world a place without hunger, where people live together in harmony, respecting the human rights of our neighbors suffering from poverty, disasters and oppression, and helps them to achieve self-reliance and enable them to rebuild hope in Tanzania.

Good Neighbors Tanzania (GNTZ) opened its office in 2005 with NGO approval from Tanzania’s central government to carry out community development projects including education, water and sanitation, health, income generation activities, advocacy and humanitarian assistance for children and local residents.

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Since 2005, GNTZ has implemented socio-economic development projects in Dar es Salaam, Bagamoyo, Mwanza, Shinyanga, Dodoma, Songwe, Zanzibar and Kigoma providing comprehensive support through an inclusive and participative process denominated Community Development Programs (CDPs)

Through the Income generation and social economic development program, GNTZ is providing networks for promoting, advocating, conducting and facilitating sustainable agriculture through research, dissemination and application of findings. GNTZ’s goals are to provide appropriate information and guidance to farmers on technologies, innovations and practices that improve sustainable Income in a socially, economically and environmentally friendly manner.

Good Neighbors Tanzania Main Focus Under IGD

1. Agriculture and small livestock (Cooperatives (AMCOS)/Farmers societies/Unions)
2. Microfinance (MFIs, SACCOS)
3. Social Enterprise

The program also provides skills related to income generation and livelihoods for youth and women including financial literacy, access to financial services (e.g. negotiated interest loans), career pathway development (work readiness), entrepreneurship development, job search support, start-up support, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) for certified professional accreditation, facilitation of apprenticeships for income generation and on-the-job learning, support to savings groups, and support to women-led business hubs.

Knowing that Climate Change impacts the poor more than others and that the shifting weather patterns continue to threaten the survival of the very community we are targeting, with a reduction in household income and food production, mutually agreed initiatives have been designed and implemented based on the availability of funds. Climate Change has been considered a cross-cutting issue and will thus be integrated as much as possible into all other interventions.

Background of the Project:

Seaweed farming is an important industry in many coastal communities worldwide. Seaweed is used in various products, such as food, cosmetics, and fertilizers. It is also an important source of income for many small-scale farmers. However, the seaweed farming industry faces several challenges that affect its profitability and sustainability. These challenges include poor quality control, limited access to markets, and a lack of proper infrastructure and technology.

In order to address these challenges, a baseline survey and value chain analysis of seaweed farming are needed to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the industry and to propose recommendations to improve its competitiveness and sustainability.

Good Neighbors Tanzania (GNTZ) has designed a pilot project in Zanzibar to accelerate and increase the income level of poor women participating in seaweed farming resilience to climate change. Seaweed farming is potential economic means to support women in Zanzibar, but the same is confronted with several challenges.

The Seaweed Farming Project is aimed at promoting sustainable seaweed farming in Pemba and Unguja communities in Zanzibar. The project aims to empower small-scale farmers and increase their income while promoting environmental conservation. The project is being implemented in Zanzibar areas where seaweed farming has the potential to support livelihoods and contribute to the local economy.

The project needs to encourage women to engage in the production cooperatives which have collective power in the seaweed market to ensure a good price of cultivated seaweed and provide group training on modernized farming skills and other social skills as well as improving seaweed productivity, expanding its value chain, and providing microfinancing accessibility to enlarge margin.

In aspects of social change, the project ultimately expects to involve marginalized women in seaweed farming cooperatives based on the democratic decision-making process, freedom of participation in economic development, bundling existing groups and registering into official cooperatives, access to education, health, information, and resources as well as reducing domestic violence.

Activity Summary table.

Baseline Survey Summary