MVIWANYA, in collaboration with Vi Agroforestry and partners under the ASILIB-CC Program, cordially invites you to participate in the 11th Agroforestry Symposium, scheduled to take place in Bweri, Musoma, Mara – Tanzania, from October 19–21, 2026. This symposium will convene farmers, entrepreneurs, researchers, extension officers, policymakers, private sector representatives, government leaders, organizations, and other stakeholders to engage, exchange knowledge, and explore innovations in agroforestry, value chains, youth inclusion, and climate change adaptation
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Regional Administrative Secretary of Mara, together with senior leaders from Vi Agroforestry, officiating the opening of the 10th Annual Agroforestry Symposium held in Musoma on November 13, 2025, at the Agroforestry Training Center. The symposium seeks to advance sustainable agroforestry practices, strengthen environmental conservation, safeguard biodiversity, and build resilience to climate change, while promoting market development and strengthening agricultural value chains to ensure lasting impact for farmers , communities, and stakeholders both nationally and internationally.
A peaceful march, themed around the 10th Annual Agroforestry Symposium 2025, proceeding before the Guest of Honor with the objective of imparting knowledge to participants and stakeholders on agroforestry practices, environmental conservation, biodiversity protection, and climate change resilience.
The official guest of honor visited Vi Agroforestry partners, including MVIWANYA and other collaborators, with a visit to their exhibition booths during the 10th Annual Symposium. The event highlighted the transformative role of agroforestry in advancing sustainable livelihoods and resilient value chain and markets.
The District Commissioner of Butiama, representing the Regional Commissioner of Mara, has officially closed the 10th Annual Agroforestry Exhibition held in Bweri, Mara. In his closing remarks, the Commissioner commended Vi Agroforestry and its partners, including MVIWANYA, for organizing a landmark event that has delivered significant value to the nation. The exhibition attracted 6,873 participants, who engaged in hands-on learning sessions covering agroforestry practices, value addition, market development, agricultural policy, and climate change adaptation strategies.
Our current and Completed Projects
MVIWANYA is a Non-Government non-profit making organization (NGO) established in 2006 and registered 2008 purposely to work in one district Rorya and in 2018 the organization registered to perform their works in National wise. The organisation is registered with all the relevant bodies and fully complies to all regulatory requirements. The organization is dedicated for capacity building and strengthening of the communities’ on poverty reduction, Nutritional food security and sustainable farming through agroforestry technologies.
| No. | Project Name | Objective Area | Donor | Timeline | Community Experience / Impact Made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | FOA (Farmers Organization of Agroforestry) | Sustainable agriculture | Vi Agroforestry | Past | Strengthened farmer groups, improved soil fertility, and increased crop yields. |
| 02 | FOF (Farmers of the future) | Sustainable agriculture | Vi Agroforestry | Past | Empowered youth in farming, promoted modern agroforestry practices, and reduced rural unemployment. |
| 03 | Radio help projects | Agroforestry awareness & outreach | Vi Agroforestry | Past | Raised awareness through school Environmental programs, improved knowledge sharing, and reached remote communities. |
| 04 | ESREA-ALIVE | Sustainable rural economy through agroforestry | Vi Agroforestry | On-going | Enhanced income diversification, reduced poverty, and built resilience among vulnerable farmers. |
| 05 | Education Quality Program (EQUIP) | Education | UKAIDS | Past | Past Improved teaching standards, boosted literacy rates, and increased school retention. |
| 06 | MCSP | Maternal and child health | USAID | Past | Reduced maternal and child mortality, improved access to health services. |
| 07 | TWAWEZA East Africa | Education improvement | SIDA | Past | Strengthened accountability in schools, improved learning outcomes. |
| 08 | USAID Boresha Afya | Health program | USAID | Past | Expanded healthcare access, improved disease prevention, and strengthened local health systems. |
| 09 | Mentorship program | Coaching & capacity building | Vi Agroforestry | Past | Built leadership skills, enhanced farmer confidence, and improved adoption of new practices. |
| 10 | PKL Project | Agroforestry & livelihoods | Vi Agroforestry | Ongoing | Supporting sustainable farming, increasing household incomes, and promoting climate-smart practices. |
| 11 | ASILI-B | Agroforestry & community resilience | Vi Agroforestry | Past | Strengthened community resilience to climate change, improved biodiversity conservation. |
| 12 | ASILIB-CC | Sustainable livelihoods, biodiversity & climate change | Vi Agroforestry | Ongoing | Promoting climate adaptation, conserving biodiversity, and improving food security. |
Empower Vulnerable Small-scale Farmers to Access the right to food security through Agroforestry Practices and biodiversity in Tarime and Serengeti Districts.
About the project
MVIWANYA in partnership with Vi agroforestry, Government and other implementing the project namely ''Empower Vulnerable Small-scale Farmers to Access the right to food security through Agroforestry Practices and biodiversity in Tarime and Serengeti Districts''. This project is a three years project that benefit women, youth, men and children with the overall objective of contributing towards the development of sustainable and productive farming through empowering local communities to adopt food security and sustainable livelihood.The immediate objectives are:
- To strengthened capacity of organisations members to improve access, quality and equitable services deliver to their members and wider community, increased participation of women, youth and other underrepresented groups in leadership and management of functional democratic farmer organisations
- To enhanced capacity of farmers and community to address attitudes, norms and practices that advance gender equality and women’s empowerment, improved incomes, food security and diversified livelihoods of smallholder farmer families through agroforestry and sustainable agriculture technologies and advocate for citizens collectively engaging to hold the states accountable.
Funder: Agroforestry
Scope: Tarime and Serengeti Districts.
USAID Boresha Afya Comprehensive report
Background
USAID Boresha Afya Lake and Western Zone is a five-year Project implemented in seven regions of Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar. The goal of the Project is to improve the health status of all Tanzanians - with a focus on women, youth and children - by improving the availability of, and access to, quality, respectful and integrated health services. A consortium of three partners, led by Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, with partners Engender Health and PATH, implements the Project.
The purpose of this Cooperative Agreement is to support the Government of Tanzania (GOT) to increase access to high quality, comprehensive and integrated health services, with a focus on maternal, newborn, child and reproductive health (RMNCH) outcomes in Mara, Kagera, Kigoma, Shinyanga, Geita, Simiyu and Mwanza and five districts in Zanzibar. To support this goal and objective USAID Boresha Afya engaged MVIWANYA to implement project activity in Rorya Districts.
USAID Boresha Afya program in the District of Rorya managed to performed various activities that create community demand to access and up take of RM2NCAH services through Community score card, CHWs, were CHWs managed to visits 11728 Hh (98%) with key messages including, ANC, FP, Malarial, iCHF, organize and conducting Group Gender dialogue to 15 groups with 491 members,14 (100%) integrated monthly supportive supervision conducted during the implementation period where 95% of CHWs managed to record data through client reporting register and are well in the implementation of their work. 15 village (100%) had a community score card and action plans developed are in place and use where 65% of each plans implemented and 14 (100%) CHWs monthly meeting done in 3 H/facilities namely Kibuyi and kuruya Dispensaries and kinesi H/facility. Also 1514 SBCC with difference massages distributed to the 20 CHWs and community level purposely for creating awareness and sensitization the importance of ANC, community involvement and participation in RM2NCAH services, male involvement in RCH services, community FP and behaviors change. Apart from that another activities done were Gulio la afya day, outreach program, cinema show and gender advocacy and RMC meeting
Program Name: Agroforestry for Livelihood Empowerment (ALIVE)
About the project
MVIWANYA Organization was implemented ALIVE program for five consecutive years2018- 2022 the project were fouces to Empowered Vulnerable Small-scale Farmers on Sustainable Rural Economy through Agroforestry (ESREA).
ALIVE Programme Objective
Create societal changes enabling the realisation of human rights and economic empowerment of small-holder farmer families through market-led, sustainable agriculture based on agroforestry
For that period of 2018 to 2022 MVIWANYA targeted groups strengthened more on agroforestry and climate change where right holders strengthened more on sustainable Agriculture through the application of SALM practices that enabled the targeted groups to haveincreased yield and income, Strengthened on HRBA where farmer groups trained on various HRBA aspects human rights and how they can demand it and who is responsible to deliver such rights , Gender issues and strengthening community on farming as a business to make them transformed from subsistence agriculture to agribusiness farmers,and on Organization development for the aim of assuring the intended objective of the program and results is achieved to the targeted group where MVIWANYA grown up gradually year by year by having more projects, and increment of membership after farmers discovered that there are some changes for those who joined the Organization before and decided join the organization in order to benefit with services provided by MVIWANYA.
On the other side Vi Agroforestry use much of its effort to build capacity to MVIWANYA Organization staff mainly on most components of ALIVE program including, M&E, Agroforestry, climate change mitigation and adaptation, Gender mainstreaming, Farming as a business specifically on Value chain analysis and improvement microfinance services through VSLA where 90% of those groups who members of MVIWANYA are VSLA groups where they save their money and having loans for doing different profitable activities, SALM, and Transformative leadership in Agribusiness training were among the issues addressed to the right holders for the period of 2018 to 2022. We are proud of the development of the targeted group during that implementation period of Five yearwhere impacts have been noted previously and shows that deliverables provided to the targeted group/right holders resulting into an increased inyield and foodsecurity, income through selling agroforestry products, and farmers affording essential services like education, health services, shelters and clothes.
Other farmers involved in VSLA and IGA purchased bodaboda (Motorbikes) as a means of transport for both home use and as a business and the major event/challenge for the five year were weather condition in the area changed abruptly and characterized by dry spells. Through ALIVE challenges that face peoples living with poverty capacitated and addressed on the use of modern technologies of Agroforestry, utilization of SALM practices and sustainable agriculture so as to increase production per unit area and having food security as well as increased home income.
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