ORGANIZATION PROFILE
ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY
AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT (ACED)
P.O.BOX 33, MULEBA –
KAGERA, TANZANIA.
Introduction
Alliance for Community and Environmental Development
(ACED) is a non -governmental and non-profit organization being registered in
Tanzania under the Non Governmental Organization Act, 2002 with the registration number 00NGO/00007327. It is committed to offer environmental and social
development programmes to Tanzanian communities. The organization provides
technical, educational and material assistance to communities. It was
established by six founder members in 2014
with the main purpose of fostering community and environmental development
activities. The head office is located in Muleba district Kagera region.
Organization Background
Alliance for Community and Environmental
Development (ACED) was formally known as Muleba Environmental Rehabilitation
and Conservation Cooperative Society (MERCCOS) being registered as a community
based organization. MERCCOS was registered under Union of Cooperative Society Act N0. 15 of 1991, section 30 with the registration number 5527. It was established in 1999 with the main objective of
promoting environmental rehabilitation and conservation in Muleba district. The
organization had ten founder members being working with communities in 5
division of Muleba District supporting their strategies towards conserving and
rehabilitating the degraded areas since 1999
up to 2013. The head quarter was located in Mbunda Ward
before it was shifted to Muleba Township in 2013. In 2010 the team of ten founder members disintegrated and
remained with only four members. Thereafter, in 2011 two more new members
joined the four members to make a total of six members. In July 10 2013 MERCCOS was officially transformed into ACED to become
an NGO with the authority of operating in Muleba and other Districts in
Tanzania mainland. The organization operated as NGO for 12 month since July 10 2013 to July 2014 when it was officially registered as a non -governmental and
non-profit organization under the Non Governmental Organization Act, 2002 with the registration number 00NGO/00007327.
Organization’s
Vision
The
vision of the organization is to have a developed community that recognizes the
importance of environmental conservation.
Organization’s Mission
The
Mission of the Organization is to create a social network that educates and
raises awareness in terms of social development and environmental conservation
for the benefits of the current and future generation.
Organization Motto
“Help
the Community to save the Environment”
Organization’s Objectives
·
To develop, identify
and integrate vulnerable groups through their groups from the county level,
divisional districts and build capacity to interact in the course of their
development.
·
To create small groups and various income
generating activities for enabling them to lift their income.
·
To develop programs
and provide entrepreneurship training to the community members and special
groups engaging in income generating activities.
·
To provide advice and support to children
living in high-risk settings and enable the access to education, health care
and better living standards.
·
To educate on the
importance of environmental protection and the effect of damage to the
environment.
·
To provide
education, advice and management of tree plantations.
·
Awareness raising,
provide education, monitoring and support of the establishment of a wide range
of beekeeping practices.
·
To prepare
professionals to educate the community about the importance of the use of
standardized cooking Stoves and constructing standardized stoves to reduce the
use of wood / charcoal.
·
Capacity-building for
environmental committees at the village level to increase the efficiency of
environment protection.
·
To identify forest
areas affected by human activities in order to rehabilitate to their original
state.
·
Additional, focusing
on conservation of water sources around the protected areas.
·
To provide knowledge
about the planning and management of agro-forestry practices in the community.
·
To provide
education, advice and cooperation to tree farmers in improving their farms
together with finding a guaranteed market exposure for their tree plantations.
·
To consolidate various
sectors in the community to achieve a better preservation of the environment.
ORGANIZATION
OPERATION STRUCTURE
AREAS OF OPERATION
The organization operates in Tanzania mainland. Currently, it is operating in Muleba district Kagera region with the expectations of reaching three more districts at the end of 2016. The organization has worked with four divisions of Muleba district including Kimwani, Muleba, Nshamba and Kamachumu. Four projects have been implemented in these areas where 15 groups and 450 individuals have been reached.
Ongoing Projects
ACED
is currently supporting 3 projects in Muleba District.
1. Beekeeping project
ACED is working with
five beekeeping groups from different wards of Muleba district. These groups
include ABEMAHAMO group, UMOJA WA WAZEE KAKINDO group and UMOJA NI NGUVU group from Burungura
ward, UHIMANYU group from Mbunda
ward, REDES group from Kimwani ward
and UPENDO group from Rutenge
–Kamachumu. The groups are implementing beekeeping projects under the support
and supervision of ACED. They have a total of 673 beehives, 423 being
traditional and 250 Modern beehives.
The project has been
implemented as part of ACED’s strategies in conserving the environment by
involving and working with local
communities especially the rural poor whose life mostly depend on the Forestry
resources. ACED has been assisting the
groups by providing trainings to equip them with beekeeping skills and
knowledge, Trainings on environmental related matters, Entrepreneurial studies,
Organizing market for their bee products like honey, bee wax and propolis etc,
Preparing packaging equipments for their bee products and assisting the groups
during harvesting period in order to ensure good quality of bee products. The
Six groups are expecting to harvest 2000
Kg of honey and 1200 Kg of bee
wax from 200 modern and 350 traditional beehives with colonies
at the end September 2014.
Beekeeping
activities are important measures to environmental degradation and also are
environmental friend economic activity providing alternative source of income
to rural families contrary to charcoal making and lumbering activities. It
provides a sustainable alternative form of income generation to more damaging
activities and encouraging conservation of forest resources. Income generated
from the sales of honey, beeswax and other bee products help to improve the
standards of living to the adjacent communities while on the other hand proving
them with alternative economic activity.
2. Efficient Cook Stoves project
ACED has started implementing the Efficient Cook Stoves project to some of
the families in Muleba District. 20
stoves have been built in Muleba ward in the period between January and June
2014, while other 20 stoves are
expected to be built in Bureza ward at the end of year 2014. This will make a total of 40 households having benefited from the
project. The project has been implemented to achieve the conservation aspect of
the Organization’s objectives as the stove
reduces wood demand and pressure on
forests & slowing deforestation,
cooks food more quickly, Saves money for families by reducing fuel
needs, Improves users’ health by
reducing exposure to hazardous air pollutants
and finally the stove requires less fuel and is less smoky.
3. Tree nursery project
In the implementation of the project,
ACED is supporting both individuals and groups engaging themselves in tree
nursery activities. 30 individuals
and 10 groups have been supported
since January to date. They have received technical support on nursery
management, tree planting and other silvicultural operations like pruning,
thinning and fertilizer application. The project has been implemented as to
equip people with relevant knowledge and skills on tree nursery management and
emphasizing the participation of the community in tree planting programs. This
will help to reduce the consequences of forest degradation, soil
and water degradation, low agricultural productivity, wood fuel shortage and
flooding in the near future. The activity will also
help to improve the states of forests and provide excellent
resources for bees and beekeeping, as bees are a vital part of forest
ecosystems. Indigenous bee species are natural forest resources, and beekeeping
enables their exploitation by humans for valuable products like honey, beeswax
and propolis.
CORE VALUES
Our organization’s core values will include;
Teamwork
Listening
to and respecting each other whilst working together to achieve mutually beneficial result
Honesty
Being
open and honest in all our dealings and maintaining the highest integrity at
all time
Excellence
Always doing what we say we will and striving
for excellence and quality in everything we do.
Commitment
Working with urgency and commitment to be
successful from individual and organization’s perspectives
Recognition
Recognizing and rewarding each other’s
contributions and efforts.
Contact
Person
Name: Bonavitha Burchard Gahaihi
Title: Programme Officer
Phone No. +255787955503/753815464
Email: gbonavitha@yahoo.com
Physical Address
P.O. Box 33,
Muleba,
Kagera.
I appreciate your work you guys,Weldone
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