About Organization

a)      Address ( Physical address)

b)      Mailing address

BEHIND DISTRICT COMMISIONER’S AND MAGISTRATE COURT’S OFFICE, 

FORMERLLY: MTWARA DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT COOPORATION LTD (MTWADECO) BUILDING

P.O. BOX 247, MTWARA – TANZANIA

TEL. +255 23 233 4379

FAX +255 23 233 4379,

MOBILE +255 755 100 266 and +255 713 501 804

E-mail : mtwara.paralegal@hotmail.com

        i.            Organization name

The Organization name is Mtwara Paralegal Center Company Limited, this organization is registered on 06^th November 2008, under company Act number 12 of 2002. Is registered as a company limited by guarantee and not having share capital (refer section number 15), with registration number 68511.

      ii.            The organization Vision:-

Women and children access and enjoy their rights in the community

    iii.            Mission

To educate the community members on combating, stigma, discrimination, corruption, HIV and AIDS infections, legal aid provision (advises and assistance), lobbying and advocacy on human rights (to women, children, disabled, PLWHIV AIDS, widows, MVC and orphans), participating in cross cutting issues, empowering vulnerable groups on life skills and income generating activities and encourage women to participate on social, economy, political and various leadership posts in the communities

    iv.            Goals

• To bring equal opportunities to all gender
• To empower and promote women’s confidence and competence on social matters
• To ensure women, children and other vulnerable to access their rights in the communities
• To manage day care centers and schools for vulnerable children
• To maintain social disciplinary, solidarity, love and peace through justice
• To alleviate poverty financially/academically and improve life standard

      v.            Objectives

• Creating awareness to communities on various tangible policies, laws, by-laws, regulations and rules upon constitution, laws and legal
• Providing legal aid services, advises and assistance to women, children and vulnerable groups in the communities
• Combating corruption, HIV and AIDS infection, early pregnancies and marriage, gender discrimination, stigma, violation and cross cutting issues in the communities
• Discouraging outdated norms, customary laws and traditional behaviors
• Establishing day care centers and schools for education, care, support and maintenance to vulnerable groups in the communities
• Uniting and linking vulnerable groups with other community members to share knowledge and experiences concerning social matters (ie. Establishing savings and credits foundations, formation of economic groups for income generating activities, disseminating and transfer life skills technologies)
• Lobbying and advocacy to women’s and children’s rights and inheritance rights to family properties and liabilities  
• Capacitating women to develop self-confidences on social and political matters in the communities
• Capacity enhancement and empowering legal aid providers to deliver the legal services to communities member
• Establishing sub centers in district level to bring the legal aid services near to rural communities
• Creating outreach programme monthly, to visit rural communities for capacity building to Village Land Tribunal and Ward Council to enable solving land conflicts accordingly at village and ward level to minimize number of Land Dispute cases at District land and Housing Tribunal, which is distant for rural communities members to attend frequently while to manage daily farm operation activities.

    vi.            Location

Mtwara Region is situated in the Southeastern corner of Tanzania. It is a coastal Region lying between Longitude 38° and 40° 30’ East and Latitude 10° 05’ and Ruvuma river and Mozambique in the South, Ruvuma Region in the West and Lindi Region in the North.

  vii.            Land area and administrative units

The Region has an area of 16,720 km2 of which 14,170 km2 (85%) is available for Human settlement and agricultural production. Administratively the Region is divided into five Districts namely, Mtwara, Masasi, Nanyumbu, Newala and Tandahimba. This is further subdivided into five rural District Councils such as Mtwara, Masasi, Newala, Nanyumbu and Tandahimba district councils and one municipal council Mtwara/Mikindani. Villages distributed as follows:

Table 1: Land area and Administrative units

        i.            Population

In 2002 the Region had a population of 1,128,523 (2002 census), of which 52.6% were women. Between the 1988 and 2002 censuses there was an average population growth rate of 1.7%. Most of the people live, in the Region’s 651 rural villages. The population densities of the Region have increased from an average of 53.0 to 67.5 persons per square kilometer between the two censuses. The region is one of the most densely populated regions, which ranks fourth in the Country. Either geographically the region has rough surface roads to interiors (were many villages are allocated) from hard surface (Tarmac) roads

Table 2: District Population

Kuhusu Shirika

a Address) (Physical anwani)

b) Mailing address

Nyuma WILAYA COMMISIONER NA OFISI Hakimu mahakama,

FORMERLLY: MTWARA WILAYA MAENDELEO COOPORATION LTD (MTWADECO) KUJENGA

PO BOX 247, MTWARA - TANZANIA

Tel. +255 23 233 4379

FAX +255 23 233 4379,

MOBILE 255 755 100 266 255 713 501 na 804

E-mail: mtwara.paralegal @ hotmail.com

i. Shirika jina

Jina Shirika ni Mtwara Paralegal Center Company Limited, shirika hili imesajiliwa ^tarehe 6 Novemba 2008, chini ya sheria namba 12 ya mwaka 2002 kampuni. Imesajiliwa kama kampuni na dhamana na si baada ya kushiriki mtaji (rejea sehemu namba 15), na idadi ya usajili 68,511.

ii. shirika Dira -

Wanawake na watoto kufurahia kupata haki zao katika jamii

iii Mission.

Kuelimisha jamii juu ya wanachama wa kupambana, unyanyapaa, ubaguzi, rushwa, VVU na UKIMWI, kutoa msaada wa kisheria (ushauri na msaada), ushawishi na utetezi juu ya haki za binadamu (wanawake, watoto, walemavu, PLWHIV UKIMWI, wajane, MVC na yatima ), kushiriki katika masuala mtambuka, kuwawezesha wanyonge juu ya stadi za maisha na shughuli za uzalishaji na kuhimiza wanawake kushiriki kwenye jamii, uchumi posts, kisiasa na mbalimbali za uongozi katika jamii

Malengo iv.

• Kuleta fursa sawa kwa jinsia zote
• Kuwezesha na kukuza kujiamini ya wanawake na uwezo juu ya masuala ya kijamii
• Kuhakikisha kuwa wanawake na watoto, na wengine walio katika mazingira magumu ya kupata haki zao katika jamii
• Kusimamia vituo vya siku na shule kwa watoto walio katika mazingira magumu
• Kudumisha nidhamu ya kijamii, mshikamano, upendo na amani kwa njia ya haki
• Kupunguza umaskini kifedha / kimasomo na kuboresha hali ya maisha

v. Malengo

• Kujenga uelewa kwa jamii juu ya sera mbalimbali yanayoonekana, sheria, na-sheria, kanuni na sheria juu ya katiba, sheria na taratibu za kisheria
• Kutoa huduma za msaada wa kisheria, ushauri na msaada kwa wanawake, watoto na wanyonge katika jamii
• Kupambana na rushwa, VVU na UKIMWI, mimba za mapema na ndoa, jinsia, ubaguzi, unyanyapaa, ukiukaji na msalaba masuala ya kukatwa katika jamii
• Kukatisha tamaa kanuni za zamani, sheria za kimila na tabia ya jadi
• Kuanzisha vituo vya siku na shule kwa ajili ya elimu, afya, msaada na matengenezo ya makundi ya wanyonge katika jamii
• Kuungana na kuunganisha makundi ya wanyonge na wanachama wengine wa jamii na maarifa na kubadilishana uzoefu kuhusu masuala ya kijamii (kv Kuanzisha akiba na misingi ya mikopo, kuanzisha makundi ya kiuchumi kwa ajili ya shughuli za uzalishaji mali, kusambaza na stadi za maisha kuhamisha teknolojia)
• Ushawishi na utetezi kwa wanawake na haki za watoto na haki ya kurithi mali ya familia na madeni
• Kutoa uwezo wa wanawake na kuendeleza kuharibu binafsi juu ya masuala ya kijamii na kisiasa katika jamii
• Kukuza uwezo na kuwapa watoa msaada wa sheria kwa kutoa huduma ya kisheria ya mwanachama jamii
• Kuanzisha vituo vya ndogo katika ngazi ya wilaya ya kuleta msaada wa kisheria huduma karibu na jamii za vijijini
• Kujenga mpango kuwafikia kila mwezi, kwa ziara ya jamii za vijijini kwa ajili ya kujenga uwezo wa Mahakama ya Ardhi ya Kijiji na Kata Baraza ili kuwawezesha kutatua migogoro ya ardhi ipasavyo katika ngazi za vijiji na kata na kupunguza idadi ya Ardhi katika Wilaya ya kesi za migogoro ya ardhi na Mahakama ya Makazi, ambayo ni mbali kwa ajili ya jamii za vijijini wanachama wa kuhudhuria mara kwa mara wakati wa kusimamia shughuli za kila siku kazi za kilimo.

vi Location.

Mkoa wa Mtwara iko katika kona ya kusini ya Tanzania. Ni pwani ya Mkoa wa uongo kati ° Longitude 38 na 40 ° 30 'Mashariki na Latitude 10 °...

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