Tanzania

Main sectors: Agriculture, land use, rural development

Target groups: Three organizations in the Arusha area that support their members’ climate resilience and green economy. This directly benefits 5,000 members and affects 60,000 hectares of managed land.

Partner organisations:

Pastoral Women’s Council (PWC): A women‑led organisation that supports pastoralist women and girls. The organisation has 6,500 members.
MVIWAARUSHA: A regional support network for farmers, with 11,000 members.
Ujamaa Community Resource Team (UCRT): Works with 40 communities to secure traditional land rights.

Other cooperating actors:

TRIAS: An international civil society organization specialized in strengthening member‑based organizations of family farmers and small entrepreneurs.

Donor: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Budget: 530,509 euros
Duration: 2023–2026

Project interventions and expected results:

The population in the project area consists mainly of small‑scale farmers from the Maasai community. Climate change affects them significantly: the area shows clear signs of environmental degradation and declining productivity. The project focuses on two main objective areas:

Strengthening the organisations and their services to support members’ climate resilience in an inclusive way.
Supporting members’ livelihoods in the green transition.

Strong organisations are able to respond to their members’ needs regarding climate resilience, which enables the adaptation of services to better meet these needs. Through the project’s activities, farmers’ capacities are strengthened, and the most climate‑critical activities are mapped, laying the foundation for supporting green livelihood opportunities.

Land rights are crucial for the Maasai people, and the rights‑based interventions focus on clarifying the traditional land‑use rights (Customary Right of Occupancy). Particular attention is paid to women through forums on women’s rights and leadership.