by Rosemary Olive Mbone Enie, Executive Director, SHE Tanzania. Session is part of a series of sessions presented at Humentum's Capacity for Humanity conference in Arusha, Tanzania February 2018. How can African communities promote the SDGs and Africa Agenda 2063? What roles can NGOs play in this process?

1. Rosemary Olive Mbone Enie
Geologist/Gender Ambassador/PEN Coordinator
Executive Director, SHE , Tanzania
shetanzania2015@gmail.com

2. PRESENTATION OUTLINE
 Introduction
 The Challenge
 Why NGOs’ Contribution to the SDGs is important
 What is needed for NGOs’ empowerment to achieve
sustainability
 The Way Forward
 Photos

3. INTRODUCTION: WHY NGOS &
SUSTAINABILITY
 Promote linkages between NGOs & other stakeholders
for the building of community-based resilience of
globally significance
 Encourage sustainable livelihoods & development
through a holistic approach of ecology, economy, cultural
and social concerns.
 Empower NGOs as agents of change in natural resource
management for the building of dependent communities
& resilient societies

4. THE CHALLENGE
 Provide technical Know-how & funding opportunities to
empower the Most Vulnerable Groups (MVGs) to achieve
the following;
 Build their capacity in climate change adaptation,
mitigation, technology & technology transfer
 Promote sustainable livelihoods & development
especially for rural communities
 Building communities’ capacities for natural resource
management and resilience

5. WHY NGOS’ CONTRIBUTION TO THE SDGS IS
IMPORTANT
 The Most Vulnerable Groups (MVGs) / NGOs play or can play
an essential role in the following;
 Institutions development within the areas of research,
natural resource management, climate change etc
 Establish Institutions / organizational concerned with capacity
development, monitoring and evaluation
 Promote groups / communities that need to build their
capacities for better natural resource management
 Encourage groups / communities to improve their livelihoods
& promote sustainable development through the wise use of
their forest and natural resources
 Act as agent of change creating resilient societies through the
establishment of eco-communities/ ecovillages.

6. WHAT IS NEEDED FOR NGOS’ EMPOWERMENT TO
ACHIEVE SUSTAINABILITY
 A platform through which NGOs can gain knowledge,
ideas, experience as a tool to achieve sustainability
 Participation of NGOs from grassroots (local) through
national and international levels to share their skills/
voices
 Promoting knowledge sharing and networking
opportunities at all levels
 Encourage the replication & scaling up of best practices

7. THE WAY FORWARD
 Establishment of the Women Environment and Climate Action
Network (WECAN) Initiative as powerful tool to ensure that women
play an active role in sustainable livelihoods/ development &
combating the negative effects of CC within their countries &
communities.
 Promote their roles as carers of the sick, family & community,
natural resource managers and home makers /community builders
is key to encourage environmental conservation & promote
sustainable development.
 Through effective environmental conservation & climate action,
women shall be able to alleviate poverty, combat cc, promote
sustainable livelihoods & build resilient communities

8. THE WAY FORWARD II
 NGOs can be primary educators for sustainability & can
ensure that their children start from a young age to live
sustainable lives & help conserve, protect, manage &
preserve their natural resources & total environment.
This has been achieved through the Green School
Program/Tunza Afrika Program (TAP) , Tanzania working
with children as agents of change
 Participation at the International Women Earth and
Climate Initiative (IWECI) Summit, New York, 20-23 Sept
2013 (www.iweci.org)

9. THE WAY FORWARD III
 The First Ladies Action on Climate Change (FLACC) Africa
Initiative works in collaboration with African First Ladies
at all levels to raise the awareness of women and climate
change in Africa and become powerful agent of change in
the transition from the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) to the Post 2015 Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs)
 South-South Technology Transfer Program (SSTTP)
 Tunza Afrika Program (TAP)

10. Our Model Green School

11. Launch of the Green School
Program

12. Maasai Landscape

13. Income Generating Activities

14. WOMEN FARMERS

15. Simgas- Using kitchen waste to
produce cooking gas

16. WOMEN GARRI COOPERATIVE

17. KENKE FAMILY INDUSTRY

18. BOX SOLAR COOKER

19. Solar Cooking Demonstration,Sieben
Linden, Ecovillage Germany, EDE 2012

20. Sustainable Water Technologies

21. IMPROVED FIRE PLACE

22. Fireless Cooker

23. GREETINGS FROM MOUNT MERU
TANZANIA