Empower people, Transform the community
Disciples Community envisions a community with an improved standard of living enjoying equal rights for both women and children.
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Success Stories
Voter Education Program
We are excited to announce that Disciples Community has been granted official permission by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct voter education program
Mkono wa Agape: Disaster Relief and Charity
Lugwadu Village located in Mkuranga District in the Coastal region, where the rains fell hard and left homes shattered. Meet Scholastica a woman of unwavering
Mkono wa Agape Program: Provision of Insurance to 16 Women and Children.
Mkono wa Agape is an empowerment and disaster relief program that aim to provide holistic support to children, women, and youth in the community, including
Youth Empowerment: Mental Health Awareness Session
In the process of educating the community about health issues, especially mental health, Disciples Community organized a seminar for young people held at the Disciples
Married Women’s Seminar: Faith and Femininity
Disciples Community in collaboration with Disciples’ Network conducted a seminar for married women focusing on Faith and femininity, this seminar was held at the Disciples
Disciples Community Improving the Living Conditions of Orphans
The Disciples Community work to improve the living conditions of orphans residing at Permanent Glory Orphanage Center in Bagamoyo district. In an effort to improve
about
Who we are?
Disciples Community is a non-governmental organization based in Dar es salaam as its headquarters, founded and registered in 2022 under the NGO Act No. 24/2002 with registration number 00NGO/R/2887.
what we do
Challenges we are Tackling
Poverty
Poverty entails more than the lack of income and productive resources to ensure sustainable livelihoods. . Its manifestations include hunger and malnutrition, limited access to education and other basic services, social discrimination and exclusion, as well as the lack of participation in decision-making.
Gender based violence (GBV)
Violence against women is now well recognized as a public health problem and human rights violation of worldwide significance, many women lack their rights, or fail to afford to pay for their service to claim their rights. Women may suffer isolation, inability to work, loss of wages, lack of participation in regular activities and limited ability to care for themselves and their children, depression, increases the likelihood of miscarriage, stillbirth, pre-term delivery and low birth weight babies.
Exclusion
Women and children are often denied rights, opportunities, and resources that are available to others, based on a variety of factors, including race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic status, and age. Exclusion has life long impacts on a child’s cognitive and physical development, affects child’s ability to learn in school, fight disease, a child’s self-esteem and self-confidence and a child’s lifelong economic success.
Youth unemployment
Unemployed youth are likely to commit crimes as they are unable to afford their daily expenses, they increase dependency on social grants, lead to youth’s mental health indirectly and increases the economic costs for the country.
