MEECO is a non-governmental Organization based at Mwanakwerekwe in West region of Zanzibar, it’s under the guidance of Minister of Work in Zanzibar Horn. Haroun Ali Suleiman. MEECO was established in 2009 and official register on 22^nd of March 2011, under the Society Act No. 6 of 1995.

MEECO is a membership organization that aim at working with community in Mwanakwerekwe in addressing environment ethical and Cultural change that emerge within Mwanakwerekwe area particularly among the youth, Current MEECO has 45 members including 20 male and 25 female, among whom 20 are youth.

Among the objective of MEECO is to educate community members on environmental, ethics and cultural issue that impinge their community development.

Apart from Environment, MEECO deals with protect, conserve and educate the society on it. MEECO conduct study tour in rural and urban area to educate and facilitate the society on importance of environmental issue in the world.

In Cultural issue, MEECO supervises and protect the nature of Zanzibarian cultural value.MEECO has planed to make various programs such seminar,film,debate with student to discuss on the rules of Zanzibarian Cultural.

Incase of Ethics MEECO provides ethical knowledge to the society. Some of activities here is to collect youth in difference task in order to remove bad concentration or bad things such as drug abuse, HIV/AIDS, stealing and other illegal issues in their life activities. For example MEECO has sport team, sarakasi and drama

Apart from sport teams, MEECO has Santiago Football Club and Wagumu Football Club.As we said early MEECO has Sarakasi team is known as “ MEECO TALENT GROUP”

What is MEECO TALENT GROUP?

This is the group which established by Mwanakwerekwe Environmental Ethics and Cultural Organization (MEECO) for the purpose of developing the Mwanakwerekwe youth’s talent and keeping them in good behavior by removing bad concentration or bad things such as drug abuse, HIV/AIDS, thief and other illegal issues in their daily life activities.

As we know Mwanakwerekwe is a semi-urban locality located 5 km from Zanzibar Town in west district. The locality stretches itself in 1 km distance north and south of the main road that leads to East Coastal tourism belt of Unguja south region. Being in western district of Urban west region of Zanzibar, the 16760 Mwanakwerekwe inhabitants live in a semi-urban life that has complete flavor of urbanization while the sometime exposed to climate and environment that signals rural settings.

Under these circumstances, youth particularly those who are less successful in their secondary education found them selves in dilemma when come to choice of carrier. Instead many youth have failed to make appropriate choice and have found them selves recruited in gangs that mostly engage in un-authorized activities such as stealing and environmental destruction to earn their living. These activities as result make them to be highly inclined to illicit behavior such as alcoholism, drug abused and unprotected sex.

MEECO TALENT GROUP has consist youth under 15 ages who are currently students in different Primary and Secondary Schools in Unguja the target is to keep them in good behavior. To end up, MEECO has very glad to invite you in this program your contribution, ides and other technical assistance are valuable for us. Local and Foreigners are welcome to join Membership

WELCOME TO SUPPORT MEECO

MEECO ni asasi isiyokuwa ya kiserikali yenye makao yake katika Mwanakwerekwe katika mkoa wa Magharibi ya Zanzibar, ni chini ya uongozi wa Waziri wa Kazi katika Pembe ya Zanzibar. Haroun Ali Suleiman. MEECO ilianzishwa mwaka 2009 na kujiandikisha rasmi juu ya ^nd 22 Machi 2011, chini ya Chama cha Sheria Namba 6 ya mwaka 1995.

MEECO ni shirika uanachama kuwa lengo la kufanya kazi na jamii katika Mwanakwerekwe katika kushughulikia mazingira ya kimaadili na Utamaduni mabadiliko ambayo zinajitokeza katika eneo la Mwanakwerekwe hasa miongoni mwa vijana, MEECO sasa ina wanachama 45 ikiwa ni pamoja na 20 wanaume na 25 wanawake, kati ya hao 20 ni vijana.

Miongoni mwa malengo ya MEECO ni kuelimisha jamii juu ya mazingira, maadili na suala la kitamaduni impinge jamii yao ya maendeleo.

Mbali na Mazingira, MEECO mikataba na kulinda, kuhifadhi na kuelimisha jamii juu yake. MEECO kufanya utafiti ziara katika maeneo ya vijijini na mijini na kuwezesha kuelimisha jamii juu ya umuhimu wa suala la mazingira katika dunia.

Katika suala la Utamaduni, MEECO kusimamia na kulinda asili ya utamaduni Zanzibarian value.MEECO ina planed kufanya mipango mbalimbali ya vile semina, filamu, mjadala na wanafunzi kujadili juu ya sheria ya Zanzibarian Utamaduni.

Incase ya Maadili ya kimaadili MEECO hutoa elimu kwa jamii. Baadhi ya shughuli hapa ni kukusanya vijana katika kazi tofauti ili kuondoa ukolezi mbaya au mambo mabaya kama vile madawa ya kulevya, VVU / UKIMWI, wizi na masuala mengine ya haramu katika shughuli zao za maisha. Kwa mfano MEECO ina mchezo wa timu, sarakasi na maigizo

Mbali na mchezo wa timu, MEECO ina Santiago Football Football Club na Wagumu Club.As sisi alisema MEECO mapema ina timu Sarakasi inajulikana kama "MEECO vipaji GROUP"

Nini MEECO vipaji GROUP?

Hii ni kundi ambalo imara na Maadili Mwanakwerekwe Mazingira na Shirika la Utamaduni (MEECO) kwa madhumuni ya kuendeleza vipaji vijana Mwanakwerekwe na kushika yao katika tabia nzuri kwa kuondoa ukolezi mbaya au mambo mabaya kama vile madawa ya kulevya, VVU / UKIMWI, mwizi na mengine kinyume cha sheria na masuala katika shughuli zao za kila siku maisha.

Kama tunajua Mwanakwerekwe ni eneo nusu ya mijini ziko 5 km kutoka Zanzibar Town katika wilaya ya magharibi. eneo stretches yenyewe katika umbali 1 km kaskazini na kusini ya barabara kuu iendayo Mashariki ya Pwani utalii ukanda wa kusini mkoa wa Unguja. Akiwa katika wilaya ya magharibi ya mkoa wa Mjini magharibi ya Zanzibar, 16,760 Mwanakwerekwe wenyeji kuishi katika maisha ya nusu ya mijini kwamba ina ladha kamili ya miji wakati wakati mwingine wazi kwa hali ya hewa na mazingira ambayo ishara mazingira ya vijijini.

Katika hali hii, vijana hasa wale walio chini ya mafanikio katika elimu yao ya sekondari akawakuta nafsi katika mtanziko wakati wa kuja kwa uchaguzi wa carrier. Badala yake vijana wengi wameshindwa kufanya uchaguzi sahihi na kuwa kupatikana nafsi yao wameajiriwa katika makundi ya kwamba wengi wao wakiwa katika shughuli un-mamlaka kama vile wizi na uharibifu wa mazingira kwa kuendesha maisha yao. Shughuli hizi kutokana na kuwafanya kuwa yenye kupendelea tabia kama vile ulevi haramu ya ngono, madawa ya kulevya vibaya na bila kinga.

MEECO vipaji GROUP ina wajumbe vijana chini ya miaka 15 ambao kwa sasa wanafunzi katika shule mbalimbali ya msingi na sekondari katika Unguja Lengo ni kuwaweka katika tabia nzuri. Kuishia, MEECO ana furaha sana kuwakaribisha katika mpango huu mchango wako, ides misaada ya kiufundi na nyingine ni muhimu kwa ajili yetu. Za Mitaa na kuwakaribisha wageni ni kujiunga na Uanachama

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