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
Anna and Peter Shine in Exams, Against All Odds
We are bursting with excitement to share some incredible news with you, our esteemed partners! Two of our remarkable students, Anna and Peter, have not
Empowering Women through Breakfast Delights: A Disciples Community Training Success Story
In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where unemployment poses a significant challenge for many, especially women, recognizing the profound connection between unemployment and societal challenges like
Empowering Widows and Orphan Children in Tanzania
Widows with children often bear the weight of both emotional and financial burdens. The loss of a spouse can leave families grappling with grief, and
How Disciples Community Rewrote the Lives of Two Elderly Women Accused of Witchcraft in Dar es Salaam
In the bustling city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, two elderly women, Tifina and Zamda , were accused of witchcraft and ostracized by their community.
The Next Move
Utangulizi Ripoti fupiThe Next Move ni mradi wenye lengo la kumjengeauwezo kijana anaye jiandaa kwenda chuoni na kwenyesoko la ajira ili kukabiliana na changamoto mbalimbaliatakazo
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.
