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The
Kiswahili word Kivulini means “in the shade”. It implies a place of safety,
under a tree or otherwise, where people meet for discussions and offer support
to one another.
Kivulini was
established in 1999 to create opportunities for community members to come
together, talk, organize and work towards preventing domestic violence so that
women and girls are able to enjoy their rights as stipulated in the Constitution
of The United Republic of Tanzania, African Charter and various human rights
conventions.
Governance and
Accountability Structures
The Board of
Directors, Executive Director and senior programme team provide strategic
direction for the organisation (see organizational chart as indicated herein).
The programme teams focuses
on delivering the strategy, while learning from and building on each other’s
work. The whole organisation remain focussed on domestic violence prevention and
the organisation retain its integrity as a community based women’s rights
organisation.
The
organisation has a Board of Directors who govern the business of the
organization and that enables
the organization to access key government departments while also reflecting its
community identity and focus. Kivulini has selected board members who have good
links with the government of Tanzania and will help Kivulini to engage in its
advocacy work.
Kivulini
currently has 16 staff members who are committed to creating positive change in
the lives of women and girls in our communities. The diverse backgrounds and
experiences of staff build a strong team. Our staff has been responsible for
project planning, management and facilitating community mobilization through
awareness campaigns, capacity building and trainings for the staff of CSOs and
for local government leaders. Additionally, they have engaged in consultancy
work with national and international agencies and CSOs. Our expertise ranges
from: Project Design & Management; Gender Mainstreaming; Community Governance;
Community Approach to Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction; Policy Advocacy;
Participatory Research; Peace building; Fundraising; Monitoring & Evaluation;
Results-Based Orientation; Organizational Development, and Financial Management.
The work experience of staff members ranges from 3 years to 15 years in the
field of development work. This practical experience forms the basis of our
broad compliment of competencies.
All staffs are based in
Mwanza.
Organisation Culture
The Kivulini mission
affirms the values of democratic governance, human rights, gender equity and
meaningful public participation in
decision-making. Consistent with our beliefs and ethics, Kivulini is also
Committed
to the core purpose of our work of preventing violence
against women and girls,
Equality and Justice for men and women,
Tolerance
to differences and diversity, Respect and dignity of the rights of
women and girls and Accountability and transparency to
our actions and to our partners and stakeholders. We strive to to practice these
values in our programs, in relations with partners and affiliates and in
internal processes. Where possible Kivulini attempts to reach decisions through
a process of consensus that encourages voicing of dissent viewpoints.
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