Kwa Iddi, Arusha, Tanzania

+255 737 656 523

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P.O.BOX 11706 ARUSHA

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WHAT WE DO

For decades, CORDS has worked alongside Tanzania’s pastoral communities to address gender inequality, livelihood challenges, environmental conservation, and inclusive education creating transformative impact through women’s empowerment, economic resilience, and sustainable development.

INVITATION TO TENDER – CONSTRUCTION WORKS

CORDS is excited to announce an invitation to tender for essential construction works in Longido District, Arusha Region. An opportunity for qualified contractors to contribute to the development of local communities through the construction of an Early Childhood Development (ECD) Classroom and Toilet. Don't miss your chance to be part of this impactful project! For more details, including tender documents.
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Youth Empowerment

Eighty youth in Longido and Ngorongoro received start-up kits from CORDS, in partnership with Stromme Foundation, to help them turn vocational skills into sustainable self-employment and improved livelihoods.
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Financial Growth

Through a Community Managed Savings Group (CMSG), Nalari Julius transformed a small loan into a thriving grain business, improving his family's income and demonstrating how community savings empower sustainable livelihoods.
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Talking Classroom

The Talking Classroom transformed learning for 65 COBET (Complementary Basic Education in Tanzania) pupils with desks, books, and hope restoring confidence, dignity, and dreams through inclusive education at Longido Primary School.
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Bonga participant, in a vocational training center.

Meet Nangaimug Luka, a 14-year-old girl from Longido in Tanzania. Nangaimug is a proud participant in the Bonga program, where she completed a comprehensive 6-month life skills training.
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Global Leaders Learn Land Solutions in Longido

CORDS Executive Director leads a delegation from Liberia, Zimbabwe & Sweden to study Longido’s pastoralist land-use model, witnessing conflict reduction and sustainability gains through community-led planning.
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Economic Emancipation

From grinding poverty to grinding maize how CORDS' innovative microloan program empowered Maasai women to break cycles of deprivation and build sustainable livelihoods in rural Tanzania.
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Investing in Change

For Tanzania’s Maasai communities, small-scale investments in infrastructure and microloans are rewriting the story of survival one family at a time.
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Seeds of Change

In Tanzania's drought-stricken Maasai region, a simple school garden is feeding 752 students, reducing absenteeism by 40%, and teaching climate-resilient farming proving small seeds can yield big change.
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