About COCODEI

Country Community Development Initiatives (COCODEI) is a youth ran and led non governmental organization registered on 17^th October 2000 under the Society Ordinance, 1954, No 10609 and complying in 2011 with reg No 00001417. This is the typically youth led organization implement youth – targeted projects that also involve adults (parents, teachers, local government leaders and community in general as partners).

The organization’s programmes themes include; Advocacy in different issues, HIV/ AIDS, Entrepreneurship, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Youth Life skills, Gender, Environmental issues, Good governance, Youth Empowerment, culture, Capacity Building and access to information and education.

COCODEI has good experience and capacity in implementing young people’s projects for in and out of school and college, different groups (like women and children) in the community, and joint activities for young people, women and special groups to provide education, trainings and information.

COCODEI has a five years strategic plan which provides a road map for organization as well as its programs, different policies which guide organization operations are in place, we have skills in project management, monitoring and evaluation, financial management and advocacy. COCODEI employ more than 7 staffs in its different projects and have more than 25 volunteers from different high learning institutions who have wide and clear understanding on different issues relating to our Tanzania community.

COCODEI has a Technical team which voluntary support the process.

OBJECTIVES

1.       To address issues of young people’s development through advocacy, empowerment and mobilization approaches.

2.       To reinforce, promote and advocate for young people and vulnerable groups like women of sub-populations on the provision of assessable and affordable, friendly and improved quality of entrepreneurship, health care services and treatment of opportunistic infections and ART.

3.       To advocate for the social rights of young people and different vulnerable groups of sub-populations in collaboration with different stakeholders.

4.       To promote gender equality and empowerment of young people and vulnerable groups of sub-populations in all socio-economic issues and access to equality of health care.

GOALS

1.        Building Community Services Institutions and encourage set up of polices that promote community involvement in order to improve the quality of life and the wellbeing of the people.

2.        To mobilize society in cooperation with  prominent stakeholders and development partners to identify community  problems layout possible  strategic solution and act accordingly in the areas of health , education, policy making, legal, accountability, human rights, poverty alleviation, gender , vulnerable children and the disadvantages.