Who We Are
Enduata Community Initiative Organization (ECIO) is a Non-profit, Tanzanian registered nongovernmental organization dedicated to empowering the vulnerable, marginalized, voiceless, underprivileged or disadvantaged groups, including women, youth and children with disabilities in Maasai communities. The organization focuses on the areas of conservation, education and economic empowerment programs. ECIO founded in by Tanzanian experts from different disciplines, operates in northern Tanzania particularly in Arusha, Kilimanjaro and Manyara to promote conservation, education and community empowerment.
Our Impact
Empowering Communities, Conserving Nature, Enabling Education
Our Projects
Community Empowerment
We work with local communities to increase their capacity to develop sustainable livelihood options that reduce poverty by improving the economic status of vulnerable women through income-generating programs and reducing the marginalization of women by enabling them to become self-reliant.
Wildlife Conservation
Education
The Pastoralist Maasai Community has an illiteracy rate of approximately 75% due to restricted educational opportunities, particularly for women and girls. The aim of ECIOs education programs is to improve education access and increase girls’ school enrollment.
Supporting Children with Disabilities
The Maasai community believes the disability is a curse. This misconception about the cause of disabilities results from cultural beliefs. We work to eradicate this misconception through various initiatives.
Climate Change
In this programme, ECIO empowering communities with knowledge that would help to control climate change effects, by establishing climate change adaptation strategies that would help affected communities be resilience to climate shocks.
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Support Our Work
We depend on the generosity donation of private individuals, grants from other organization as well as ECIOs members Fee. Any kind of donation, large or small, will contribute directly to the community empowerment, environmental conservation and education. We are happy to accept donations for particular, specified activities or equipment.
Our Partners
