About Hope For Tanzania
Hope
for Tanzania is an organization registered under the Non-Governmental
Organizations Act,no. 24 of 2002, under registration No. 07NGO/00007443 .Hope
for Tanzania’s head office is situated in Same town some 105 km from
South East of Moshi the Headquarters of Kilimanjaro Region.
Brief description of Same district.
Same
District lies between 4S – 4.45S and 37.5E – 38.5E (South – Eastern).
It covers an area of 5186 square km equivalent to 39% of total area of
the region (13309km2). It is administratively divided
into 6divisions, 31 wards, 91 villages and 471 registered sub village
among of them there are 12 sub villages which make Same Township
Authority. The district also has two parliamentary constituencies Same
East (which has 14 wards, 49 villages and 266 sub village and Same West
(which has 1 Township Authority, 17 wards, 42 villages and 205 sub
villages). The council has established the provisional Same Township
Authority and it is in operation.
Geographical Setting and Climate
The district has three ecological zones comprising the upland, the middle and lowland plateaus.
The upland plateau.
This
zone lies between altitudes of 1,100 – 2,462 above sea level, with
rainfall ranging from 1250 – 2000mm per annum. Temperature ranges
between 15 - 250C. The arable land in the upland zone is
fully utilized where by farming is the main economic activity of the
people. The crops grown include coffee, timber trees, bananas, maize,
beans, cardamom and various fruits such as pears, pawpaw, and avocados
and vegetables such as tomatoes, onion, spinach, lettuce, okra and
pepper.
The Middle Plateu.
The
zone lies between an altitude of 900 – 1100m above the sea level, and
experiences rainfall between 800 – 1250mm per annum. The temperature
ranges from 25 - 300C. Crops produced in this zone include maize, coffee and timber-trees.
The Lowland Plateau Zone
This
zone is between 500 – 900m above sea level and it experiences rainfall
between 500 – 800mm per annum. This zone is semi-arid and is dominated
by pastoralist. However some crops produced here include paddy maize,
cotton, sisal, vegetables, sim-sim, labalab doricas, millet, sorghum,
groundnuts, beans, sunflower, sugarcane and fruits such as pawpaw and
mangoes. There is some water harvesting and irrigation along Pangani
river Basin
Our Mission
Organization
Mission Statement is strengthened partnership and involvement of
communities, partners and stakeholders in the promotion of environmental
conservation and improved living standard of the people.
Our Vision
Our Vision
The organization vision statement is “Sustainable
environmental conservation, through socio-economic empowerment of the
community, strong political will, collaboration between the organization
and active involvement and participation of various stakeholders,
development partners and the community by 2034.
Our Values
Core values of Hope for Tanzania Organization include Good governance, Accountability, Transparency, Teamwork, mutual respect, cooperation, active community and partners, and stakeholder’s involvement.
Our Values
Core values of Hope for Tanzania Organization include Good governance, Accountability, Transparency, Teamwork, mutual respect, cooperation, active community and partners, and stakeholder’s involvement.
