WAKWETUPEOPLE'

SDEVELOPMENTORGANI
ZATI
ON(
WAPEDO)

NGOPROFI
LE

1.Nameoft
heNGO Wakwet
uPeopl
e'
sDev
elopmentOr
gani
zat
ion(
WAPEDO)

2.Addr
ess P.
oBox2Mpwapwa,
DodomaTanzani
a

3.Est
abl
ishedi
n 2016

4.Or
gani
zat
ionSt
atus Non-
Gov
ernmentOr
gani
zat
ion

5.Levelofact
ion Nat
ional

6.Regi
ster
edunderact Non-Gov
ernment
alor
gani
zat
ionAct
,2002

7.Regi
str
ati
onNo 00NGO/
0008856

8.Founder Rev
.Ander
sonMadi
mil
o

9.Count
ry Tanzani
a

10.Vi
sion,
Missi
on&Goal Vi
sion

Wear
ecommi
tt
edt
ocr
eat
east
rongsoci
etywi
thi
mpr
oved
economi
cst
atusandwel
l
bei
ng,
sust
ainabl
enat
uralr
esour
ces
andasust
ainabl
eandheal
thyenv
ironment
.

Mi
ssi
on

To pr
omot
e and par
ti
cipat
eful
l
yint
he dev
elopmentof
act
ivi
ti
esai
medati
mpr
ovi
ngeconomi
cst
atusofpeopl
eand
pr
otect
ing t
he env
ironment especi
all
y soi
lconser
vat
ion,
r
efor
est
ati
onwi
thi
nMpwapwaandot
herpar
tsofTanzani
a.

WAPEDONGOPROFI
LE
NGOPROFI
LE WAPEDO

Goal

To i
mpr
ovel
i
ving condi
ti
ons ofpeopl
ein Tanzani
a whi
l
e
ensur
ing conser
vat
ion oft
hei
rnat
iveenv
ironmentt
hrough
managementoft
hei
rnat
ural
resour
ces.

11.Hi
stor
y

Wakwet
u Peopl
e'
s Dev
elopment Or
gani
zat
ion (
WAPEDO)
came i
nto exi
stence as a r
esul
toft
he mot
ivat
ion and
per
sonali
nit
iat
iveofi
t'
sfounderRev
.Ander
sonMadi
mil
oto
enhance t
he soci
o-economi
c st
atus of t
he peopl
e and
pr
otect
ionoft
heenv
ironment
.RevAnder
sonMadi
mil
oisan
Angl
i
canpast
orwhowasr
aisedi
nrur
alf
ami
l
y,hei
snota
st
rangert
othehar
dshi
psf
acedbypoorr
uralf
ami
l
ies.He
gr
ew upwi
tnessi
ngt
hef
orest
sdi
sappear
ingasar
esul
tof
humanact
ivi
ti
es,peopl
ebecomi
ngmor
est
ressedandl
osi
ng
t
hei
rcul
tur
e.Hav
inganexper
ienceoft
hosechal
l
enges,t
he
f
oundersetoutt
odohi
sbestt
omakeaposi
ti
vedi
ff
erencei
n
t
hel
i
vesofpeopl
eandt
hei
renv
ironment
.

Wor
kingwi
that
eam ofcommi
tt
edpeopl
e,WAPEDOai
m has
beent
oimpr
ovel
i
vingcondi
ti
onsofpeopl
ewhi
l
eensur
ing
conser
vat
ion oft
hei
rnat
ive env
ironmentt
hrough peopl
e'
s
par
ti
cipat
ion.Thekeyar
easi
dent
if
iedf
ori
nter
vat
ionsi
ncl
ude
Env
ironment
alsust
ainabi
l
ity
,Nat
uralResour
ceManagement
,
Sust
ainabl
e Li
vel
i
hood, Agr
ofor
est
ry, WASH, Heal
th &
Nut
ri
ti
on,Ent
erpr
ise&Empl
oyment
,Educat
ionandWomen
Empower
ment
.Ouref
for
tshav
edev
elopedl
ast
ing

WAPEDONGOPROFI
LE
NGOPROFI
LE WAPEDO

associ
ati
onwi
thgov
ernment
,Non-
Gov
ernmentandCor
por
ate
Or
gani
zat
ionsasal
sowi
tht
hecommuni
ti
es&gr
oupswi
th
whom wehav
ewor
ked.

Wehav
ecameal
ongwayf
oll
owi
ngasmal
lbegi
nni
ngi
n
August2016 and hav
eimpl
ement
ed a v
ari
etyofpr
oject
s
r
elat
ed t
o env
ironment
al conser
vat
ion,nat
ural r
esour
ce
management
,Agr
icul
tur
e,beekeepi
ng,Communi
tycapaci
ty
bui
l
ding and Educat
ion & Awar
eness.Thr
ough ourpr
oject
named"
Msanir
ejuv
enat
ion"i
npar
tner
shi
pwi
thI
nter
nat
ional
Tr
eeFoundat
ion(
ITF),wewer
eabl
etober
ecogni
zedbyt
he
gov
ernmentt
hrough i
ts Agency named Tanzani
a For
est
ser
vices(
TFS)ast
hel
eadi
ngor
gani
zat
ioni
ntr
eepl
ant
ingi
n
t
he Mpwapwa di
str
ict and awar
ded a cer
ti
fi
cat
e of
appr
eci
ati
oni
nthey
ear2021.

12.Val
ues&pr
inci
pal
s Val
ues

WAPEDOencour
agest
hef
oll
owi
ngv
aluest
obepr
act
icalbot
h
ati
ndi
vi
dual
andOr
gani
zat
ional
lev
el

-Tr
anspar
ency

-Par
ti
cipat
ion

-Sol
i
dar
it
y

-Mut
ual
respect

-Gendersensi
ti
veness

-Costef
fi
ciency

-Cr
eat
ivi
ty

WAPEDONGOPROFI
LE
NGOPROFI
LE WAPEDO

Gui
dingpr
inci
pal

-Enhanci
ngcoor
dinat
ionandnet
wor
king

-Encour
agementofi
nnov
ati
onandcr
eat
ivi
ty

-Ut
il
izat
ionofl
ocal
wisdom &r
esour
ces

-Accept
ingChal
l
enges

-Pr
ior
it
izi
ngqual
i
ty

13.Or
gani
zat
ionBel
iev
es -I
ncl
usi
vepar
ti
cipat
ionoft
hecommuni
tyi
ndev
elopment

i
nit
iat
ives

-I
nequal
oppor
tuni
tyf
ormen&womeni
nthesoci
ety

-Fr
eedom f
orwor
k,educat
ion&dev
elopment

-I
nfr
eedom ofexpr
essi
on,
mov
ementandchoi
ce

14.Pr
ogr
ammes Fort
hepasty
ear
swehav
ebeenwor
kingi
n

-Env
ironment

-Sust
ainabl
eLi
vel
i
hood

-Agr
icul
tur
e

-Beekeepi
ng

-Educat
ion&Awar
eness

WAPEDONGOPROFI
LE
NGOPROFI
LE WAPEDO

15.I
ssuesofi
nter
est

pr
omot
ingt
heai
msandpur
poseoft
heOr
gani
zat
ionamong
t
he v
ari
ous soci
eti
es oft
he di
ff
erentar
eas i
n Tanzani
a.
Or
gani
zat
ion i
s act
ivel
y wor
king f
ort
he i
mpr
ovementof
peopl
e economi
c st
atus and pr
otect
ion of t
hei
r nat
ive
env
ironmentt
hroughsust
ainabl
emanagementoft
hei
rnat
ural
r
esour
ces wor
king wi
th l
i
ke mi
nded Or
gani
zat
ions l
i
ke
I
nter
nat
ionalTr
eeFoundat
ion(
ITF)i
nsust
ainabl
ecommuni
ty
f
orestpr
ogr
amme whi
ch has br
oughtchanges t
ovi
l
lage
f
orest
swher
ethepr
ojecti
simpl
ement
ed,t
her
eisnomor
e
dest
ruct
ionoft
hef
oresti
nthosear
easandnumberoft
rees
hav
ebeenpl
ant
ed.

I
ssuesofi
nter
est

-pr
omot
ingr
efor
est
ati
on

-Agr
ofor
est
ry

-Reduci
ngdef
orest
ati
on

-Reduci
ngl
anddegr
adat
ion

-Tr
eedomest
icat
ion

-Pr
eser
vingbi
odi
ver
sit
y

-Pov
ert
yreduct
ion

-Educat
ion

16.OurFocusar
eaf
orRur
alDev
elopment

Ourr
ural
dev
elopmentact
ivi
ti
eskeyar
easar
eAgr
icul
tur
e,

WAPEDONGOPROFI
LE
NGOPROFI
LE WAPEDO

Educat
ion,Sust
ainabl
eLi
vel
i
hood,Food nut
ri
ti
on & Heal
th,
WASH

17.Management&Pl
anni
ng

WAPEDOpr
ocesshasst
rengt
heni
t'
spl
anni
ng,moni
tor
ing&
ev
aluat
ionf
unct
ionand i
t'
shumanr
esour
ces,f
inanceand
admi
nist
rat
ive management
.Ithas bui
l
dthe capaci
ty of
member
s and pr
ovi
ding gui
dance on r
esul
ts based on
pl
anni
ngandmoni
tor
ing,
aswel
last
hegener
ati
onofl
essons
l
ear
nedandbestpr
act
ices,
wil
lrequi
ref
urt
heri
mpr
ovement
.

18.Deci
sionmaki
ng

WAPEDObel
i
evest
hatt
hedeci
sionmaki
ngi
sakeypar
tofan
(
admi
nist
rat
ion)Admi
nist
rat
ivebodi
esact
ivi
ti
es,i
tper
meat
es
t
hrough al
l manager
ial f
unct
ion such as pl
anni
ng,
or
gani
zat
ion,di
rect
ion& cont
rol
.Deci
sionmaki
ngi
nvol
ves
t
hinki
ng&deci
dingbef
oredoi
ngandi
t'
spar
tofourf
unct
ion.

19.St
ruct
ureandGov
erni
ngboar
d

Thegov
erni
ngboar
doft
heor
gani
zat
ioni
sresponsi
blef
ort
he
conductoft
heor
gani
zat
ion'
sgener
aloper
ati
ons,per
for
ming
dut
iesunderpowerdel
egat
edbyt
heboar
d.Aspr
ovi
dedi
nthe
Ar
ti
cleOfAssoci
ati
on.Thegov
erni
ngboar
dmeet
sregul
arl
yat
mai
n of
fi
ce i
n Mpwapwa Di
str
ict
.Boar
d ser
ve audi
tand
budgetf
orpr
ogr
ammed,
dev
elopmentef
fect
iveness,

WAPEDONGOPROFI
LE
NGOPROFI
LE WAPEDO

gov
ernanceandadmi
nist
rat
ivemat
ter
s.Theadmi
nist
rat
ion&
f
inanci
alcont
rolofWAPEDO i
svest
ed i
nthe execut
ive
commi
tt
ee whi
ch compr
ise oft
he f
ounder& chai
rman,
pr
ogr
amsmanager
,andf
inanceof
fi
cer
.Thef
ounderi
sthe
Chi
efExecut
iveoft
heor
gani
zat
ion.

20.Accr
edi
tat
ion

Mi
nist
ryofHeal
th,Communi
tyDev
elopment
,Gender
,El
der
ly
andChi
l
dren

I
nter
nat
ional
TreeFoundat
ion(
ITF)

Tanzani
aFor
estser
vices(
TFS)

Vi
l
lageFor
estGr
oups(
Kisokwe,
Chamhawi
)

WAPEDONGOPROFI
LE