The Eyes of the Youth
In July 2024, Mboni ya Vijana organized a two-day workshop to train farmers to exploit local resources to produce three types of organic fertilizer: 18-days composite, fish hydrolysate, and lactobacillus. The 47 trainees came from 5 regions of Tanzania and included smallholder farmers, farmer trainers, and young entrepreneurs. The participants actively participated in the discussions…
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Young people growing up in rural areas tend to lack confidence in their abilities and avoid taking risks, which hampers community development. To overcome this and help them realise their full potential, MVG has trained over 620 young adults in skills such as welding, carpentry, borehole drilling, beekeeping, soap production, and other income-generating activities compatible…
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We have been very busy this year! From July 2023 to March 2024 Mboni ya Vijana has; mobilized 623 farmers, trained 54 youths in entrepreneurship and income-generating activities, provided business-starting seed money to 102 families, distributed high-quality cassava seeds to 173 farmers, provided high-quality sunflower seeds to 61 farmers, planted and supplied 6120 indigenous and…
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95% of agriculture in Kigoma – the western Region of Tanzania depends on natural rainfall. This means it has to be grown in the rainy season which runs from October to May. The farming season for 2023/2024 started in October 2023 when rainfall started. Every farmer has been busy with farming work since then learning,…
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Better life is about better food, income, friendly and pleasant environments and love in the entire population. We all aware that, all the needs we are of; comes from our environmental resources and human knowledge, skills and collaboration. According to Worldmeter, 62% of world population lives in cities while 38% only lives in rural areas…
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We are excited to announce that after extensive investigation plus site visits Segal Foundation have approved us as a partner, with an initial grant of $20,000 to build our capacity. We are delighted to join an organisation with such amazing partners and are looking forward to learning from this amazing family.
Our Founding Story Benedicto Hosea, Tanzania Development Trust’s (TDT) local representative for Kigoma Rural, has direct experience with many of the problems faced by villagers in Tanzania. Born in 1986 into a family of poor farmers with seven children, he often had to make do with one meal a day. In spite of this most…
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Having partnered with the team at Plant Village in early 2022, introducing AI technology to farmers to allow for the identification and tackling of crop pests, we are excited to announce our latest joint venture. Kick-starting in January 2023, we are introducing an initiative targeted at increasing the use of biochar alongside clean seed usage.…
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One natural resource that is plentiful in Zeze is sunlight. While the sun is great for nourishing crops and providing natural light, there are so many ways that we could use solar power to boost the Zeze community: Solar pumps In August 2015, Mboni Ya Vijana fixed a water well by using a solar-powered water pump…
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It’s the rainy season in Zeze so everyone is busy in the fields making the most of the precious water to try and grow enough to sustain their families over the dry season. The unpredictability of the rainfall and lack of any storage is not without it’s problems. The roads quickly turn to inpassable mud and…
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