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Date Published : August 6th, 2023
‘Uraia Wetu’ partners receive Manage Your Grants training
The Foundation for Civil Society (FCS) conducted Manage your Grants (MYG) training for 15 civil society organisations implementing a 36-month project dubbed “Uraia Wetu” funded by the European Union (EU) and which aims to promote meaningful participation of civil society in multi-stakeholder policy processes and strengthen CSOs’ capacity to promote public accountability. FCS launched the “Uraia Wetu” project in early May 2023. As part of the project’s implementation, FCS issued sub-grants to CSOs in both Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar to undertake activities that will contribute to an improved and…
Date Published : August 6th, 2023
Breaking Generational Gender Patterns | Women Landowners in Meru
On Ndekusura Urio’s wedding day, she received a gift from her mother-in-law that she knew would transform her life. Her mother-in-law lovingly calls her Ndeku and considers their bond indistinguishable from that of a blood daughter. That day, she gave Ndeku a two-acre parcel of farmland to grow food for her new family near their home on the slopes of Mount Meru, Tanzania’s second-highest mountain. She had been using the land since her own husband’s death. And while indeed this parcel of land transformed Ndeku’s life, it was not in…
Date Published : June 13th, 2023
CSO Resource Centre: Over 600 CSOs receive training on compliance with laws and regulations governing NGO operations in Tanzania
More than 600 civil society organisations (CSOs) in 15 regions across Tanzania have received capacity-building training on compliance with laws, policies and regulations governing NGOs operations in Tanzania. Mr Nicholaus Mhozya, FCS senior programme officer, revealed this at the organisational compliance clinic and capacity strengthening workshop conducted during the Zanzibar Annual NGO Forum (ZANGOF2023) with the Zanzibar Registrar of NGOS, Mr Ahmed Abdulla. “We have made deliberate efforts to build the capacity of NGOs with regard to the NGO law and tax requirements. We are working with the registrar's office…
Date Published : June 13th, 2023
Capacity Building : | 158 participants attend the Manage Your Grant Session in Dodoma
158 participants attend the Manage Your Grant Session in Dodoma * Let’s work in unity, build resilience: Kiwanga The Foundation for Civil Society (FCS) conducted the Manage Your Grants (MYG) Training in Dodoma from May 29 to 31 for 158 stakeholders from 79 partner organisations from various regions in Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar. The training, which aimed to build the capacity of civil society organisations (CSOs) that are recipients of grants from FCS, highlighted factors that should be considered in the implementation of projects to achieve the intended results. In…
Date Published : May 17th, 2023
Closer engagement for increased community impact: 59 FCS partners trained in Financial Management, Compliance, ICT, Monitoring and Evaluation
The Foundation for Civil Society (FCS) conducted a 2 day capacity-building training on April 4 and 5, 2023 for its 23 partners from the Coast and Central zones and a 2 day capacity-building session on the 12 to 13 April to our 36 partners from southern highlands and lake zone that are implementing interventions in Social Accountability Monitoring in the water, agriculture, education and health sectors; social inclusion of youth and people with disabilities, and gender equality in various regions in Tanzania. The training centred on Financial Management; Information…
Date Published : May 17th, 2023
How citizens’ faith in the government was rebuilt through social accountability and monitoring in Tanga
Major strides are being made in Tanzania’s education sector. Following the introduction of a fee-free education policy in 2015, enrolment in primary schools increased sharply. However, there was still a notable lack of the resources and facilities needed to ensure the provision of quality education. Many local authorities therefore took the initiative to build classrooms and purchase desks, tables and other items to ensure that children received quality education. At Mkata Village in Tanga Region in eastern Tanzania, local authorities asked residents to contribute money and resources towards the…
Date Published : March 6th, 2023
FCS hosts Directors from 15 countries under the Change the Game Academy initiative.
*CSO Directors changing Communities across the globe meet to strategize for greater community impact. 6 February 2023. Foundation for Civil Society (FCS) in collaboration with Change the Game Academy (CtGA) initiative under Wilde Ganzen Foundation, hosted the Directors’ Meeting- an annual or biannual meeting of CtGA National partner organizations (NPOs) representing various countries from across the globe in Zanzibar. The meeting aimed to discuss the CtGA programme initiative's progress at the global and country-level and set a roadmap for the future of the programme. Speaking during the meeting, Kees de…
Date Published : March 6th, 2023
Zero Tolerance for FGM| The fight for every Girls’ Rights
The International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is February 6 . Commemorated globally, the day advocates for the end of female genital mutilation practices - a human rights violation. This year’s theme Partnership with men & boys to transform social and gender norms to end FGM, seeks to translate political decisions into concrete actions at the national and grassroots level to reach the goal of zero tolerance to female genital mutilation by 2030. The day is a call to action to end FGM and to…
Date Published : March 6th, 2023
Life and Light: Installing electricity and decreasing mortality rates in Rukwa
It is thought that one has to be in a position of power to bring about positive change. Citizens of Mkole village in Rukwa region attest differently - after witnessing the change that midwife Esther Elidius, advocated for and effected in their community. Esther is a member of Public Expenditure and Tracking Survey (PETS) committee who received PETS training through Life Change Rukwa Development Organization (LCRDO). LCRDO, a local development organization, was granted funds by Foundation for Civil Society (FCS) to conduct the project in 3 wards and 9…