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Active Community Development Organization (ACDO) is a not-for-profit, membership-based Non Governmental Organization (NGO) established on 14 December 2020 and re-registered in 2021 under the Societies Act No. 9 of 1995, with Registration Number Z0000135592. ACDO was founded to respond to youth challenges and to advance inclusive, rights-based, and climate-resilient sustainable development in Tanzania, including Zanzibar. ACDO works in close partnership with communities to promote environmental conservation and climate action through sustainable, climate-smart skills and technologies that mitigate the impacts of climate change while addressing inequality and vulnerability. The organization adopts a community-led approach that places youth and marginalized groups at the center of development planning, implementation, and decision-making. In addition to climate and environmental programming, ACDO strengthens community health and wellbeing through awareness, prevention, and support services related to HIV/AIDS, TB, and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), with a strong focus on youth, women, and marginalized populations. Guided by principles of gender equality, human rights, and social justice, ACDO supports the empowerment and protection of women, girls, gender and sexual minorities, Human Rights Defenders (HRDs), and persons with disabilities. Over the years, ACDO has collaborated closely with government institutions, national and international partners, donors, and organizations of persons with disabilities to implement inclusive programs, including initiatives that empower blind and visually impaired communities.
Mission, Vision & Core Values.
Vision Statement
A resilient, just, and inclusive Tanzania where youth and marginalized communities lead sustainable
development, enjoy full human rights and gender equality, live healthy lives, and thrive in harmony with a protected
environment and climate-resilient economy.
Our Mission:
To address youth challenges by empowering young people and marginalized communities in Tanzania
through environmental conservation; inclusive climate action; and the promotion of sustainable, climate-smart skills
and technologies that mitigate the impacts of climate change. We advance equitable access to health and Sexual and
Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), gender equality, human rights protection, and sustainable economic and
digital opportunities. Through community-led solutions, we strengthen resilience, bridge inequality gaps, and
promote dignity, justice, and sustainable development for all through awareness raising, training, capacity building,
and advocacy.
OUR ORGANIZATIONAL CORE VALUES:
- Accountability
- Hard – working,
- Commitment,
- Equality,
- Integrity are underlying values shared across the organization.
- These values will underpin the way ACDO implement the key strategies.
Priority Areas of Intervention
Who We Work With/for:
OUR SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:
To engage youth and women through blue economy by support them through local aquaculture’s entrepreneurship.
To improve healthy lives, providing psychological support and promote well-beings through sexual health & rights (SHRs) for all-at all ages.
To empower youth and women in social economic development aspects through live skills, entrepreneurship.
To prevent new infection of fight against HIV/AIDS, TB, and promote effective prevention, treatment, care and support for Key affected populations (KPs) and people with disabilities.
To provide education to students and people with disabilities through seminars and workshops.
Organizational Objectives
- • To improve access to clean and safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). • To improve environmental conservation and promote sustainable smart agriculture that is resilient to the impact of climate change. • Ending gender based violence (GBV) and empowering and advocating youth, women and children to development aspects by promoting gender equality through equal opportunities for all. • To engage youth and women through blue economy by support them through local aquaculture’s entrepreneurship. • To improve healthy lives, providing psychological support and promote well-beings through sexual health & rights (SHRs) for all-at all ages. • To empower youth and women in social economic development aspects through live skills, entrepreneurship. • To prevent new infection of fight against HIV/AIDS, TB, and promote effective prevention, treatment, care and support for Key affected populations (KPs) and people with disabilities. • To provide education to students and people with disabilities through seminars and workshops..
Accountability
While holding the nation to account on promises made to improve SRHR, HIV and Gender and organization and its community also hold themselves to a high standard of accountability and transparency in their individual and collaborative advocacy and empowerment effort in Zanzibar
Our Commitment
All partners of ACDO including community are passionately committed, in both voice and action, to improve the health of key population and youth in Zanzibar. Community, institutions, individuals, partners contribute to the ACDO vision and mission through empowerment, advocacy, technical assistant, networking and financial and in-kind support
Our Integrity
Organization staff act with honesty and integrity, strictly adhering to a human rights based approach and offering the respect due to all stakeholders in SRHR, HIV and Gender from national leaders to communities across Zanzibar
Partnership
Our organization staff and community led work as a team in partnership to improve health among youth. This is by empowering and coordinating the unique strengths of organization and community led, ACDO maintains a highly effective partnership for empowerment and advocacy on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights and HIV
Our Nature
