Working Together for Change (New Gunvor) About the Project
Improving Networth Ubderserved Actors (INUA/HILT IV Project)
The main goal of this project is to support 12,500 entrepreneurs, 80% of whom are women, to establish 8,750 businesses and create 11,376 jobs, thereby increasing income while promoting systematic change in gender equality and inclusion in the Singida and Manyara Regions of Tanzania.
The project is planned to run for 41months, from July 19, 2023 to December 31, 2026. This project will provide evidence that when communities are empowered with entrepreneurial skills by establishing and strengthening their businesses, gaining access to credit and working together in groups such as cooperatives or producer groups it can help increase their income and ultimately improve their livelihoods.
The Future Entrepreneurs (Future Entr)
The main goal of the project is to reach 900 form three students in government secondary schools across Manyara Region in Northern Tanzania by providing them with training in entrepreneurship, business, financial management, climate resilience and ICT. These students will be supported to initiate projects and activities that can generate sustainable income within their communities.
This is a five-year project, running from September 2024 to September 2029. The project will demonstrate that introducing and providing entrepreneurship skills to young people during their school years will help them tackle the global unemployment challenge. By acquiring competitive skills in the job market and creating employment opportunities within and beyond their communities, students will be better prepared rather than waiting to complete their studies and only begin learning about business if they fail to find employment.
Working Together for Change (FID Project)
FTF: The Building Livelihoods Project
Field To Fork Tanzania “The Building Livelihoods Project” based at Meatu District around Maswa Game Reserve is being co-funded by Friedkin Conservation Fund (MWIBA Holdings Limited) and TUI Care Foundation.
From December 2024 to November 2027, the project will provide comprehensive business and technical training, create new businesses, support jobs, promote sustainable practices in agriculture, and drive systemic change for gender equity and inclusion.
Over 36 months, the programme will train 2,700 members (80% women) in Hand in Hand’s four-step job creation model with additional training on planet friendly agriculture practices. The programme members will create / expand1,890 micro enterprises which support 2,475 jobs.
The project will: enhance the ability of members to generate income, increase their financial resilience, equip them with new farming techniques, improve their quality of life and contribute to their ability to exit the poverty cycle.
Empowering Rural Women Enterprenuers
This is a three-year project (May 2025 to April 2028) that will empower 10,000 members particularly women in the Arusha and Kilimanjaro regions to advance long-term sustainable development through an integrated approach combining entrepreneurship training, gender equality, and climate-change resilience.
The project will strengthen members’ capacity to generate income, promote positive attitudes toward gender equality, increase their financial resilience, improve their overall quality of life, and enhance their ability to break the cycle of poverty.
The Scaling up Rural Entrepreneurs Project
The project will be implemented over a five-year period (May 2025–April 2030) in the Arusha and Kilimanjaro regions of Tanzania. Its overall goal is to build the capacity of 2,000 members from the Empowering Rural Women Entrepreneurs project and 1,000 members from previous HIH initiatives by equipping them with the tools, skills, and knowledge needed to grow sustainable businesses, strengthen financial literacy, and advance gender equality as well as resilience to climate change.
A central component of the project will involve strengthening agricultural value chains with high potential to increase incomes and transform rural economies. In this context, the poultry, dairy, and banana value chains have been identified as key sectors due to their availability, market demand, and importance to rural livelihoods in the targeted areas.
Empower Young Generations with Digital Enterprises – Phase II
Two-year project (October 2025- July 2027) and the project aims to equip 2,800 students (1,400 from Arusha and 1,400 from Kilimanjaro) with digital skills and environmentally friendly entrepreneurship knowledge.
It seeks to increase awareness of green entrepreneurship, improve access to the internet and technology, and encourage young people to engage in agriculture and other enterprises as alternatives to formal employment.
The project will establish and support 80 after-school clubs, each comprising 35 students, focused on capacity building, environmental stewardship, and information sharing.