The Institute for Orkonerei Pastoralists Advancement (IOPA) aims to enhance the living standards of Maasai pastoralists in Northern Tanzania through social entrepreneurship, education, and community empowerment initiatives. Established in 1991, IOPA engages in various programs such as livestock development, water management, and community broadcasting to reduce poverty and foster economic growth. The Terrat Smart Village serves as a model for social enterprise and community development, featuring successful projects in energy, water supply, and education that have significantly improved livelihoods in the region.

1. A short Presentation
Institute for Orkonerei Pastoralists Advancement (IOPA)
SMART VILLAGE INITIATIVE WORKSHOP, THE
TERRAT VILLAGE EXPERIENCES;
WORKSHOP IN KUCHING MALAYSIA
25-29/01/2015

2. Martin Kariongi ole Sanago
Founder & Director General of IOPA.

3. Martin Kariongi Ole Sanago
• A Tanzanian Maasai Elder born in Simanjiro district,
Manyara Region of northern Tanzania around early
sixties.
• Ashoka Fellow-Innovators for the Public
Since -2003.
• I have Community Environmental Awards by the Ministry
of Natural resources & Tourism 2003 & 2004.
• Social entrepreneur of the 2014 by Schwab foundation in
partnership with World Economic Forum.
• A number of other Awards on Human Rights & Land
• Master of Science in Community Economic Development
and other various professions.

4. Social Entrepreneur of the year 2014

5. Ashoka Fellowship Award 2003

6. Institute for Orkonerei Pastoralists Advancement
(IOPA)
BRIEF SUMMARY PRESENTATION
Nov. 2014.
• IOPA is a Hybrid Social Development Organization based
and operates in the northern regions of Tanzania of
(Arusha, Kilimanjaro and Manyara); It has both social
programs and a number social business/enterprises.
• Established in December 1991 and legally registered with
the government of Tanzania in February 1993 and re-
register in 2004 with the registrar of companies (cap; 212)
as a Company limited by Guarantees. With over one
thousand and eighty members (1084) pastoral men and
Women and working with over 126 self-help and
Community Economic development groups, which are
affiliated and identified themselves with IOPA in Simanjiro,
Same and Loongiito districts.

7. IOPA Terrat Community Centre

8. IOPA is Member of Global Social
entrepreneurship:
- Part and member of Ashoka Global
association of Social entrepreneurs.
- Member & Partner of Schwab Foundation and
World Economic Forum

9. The IOPA Vision:
- Reduced poverty among Pastoralists people.
- Community Economic empowerment of the
Pastoral Communities through Unlock their
economic strategic potentials within livestock
sector development and Natural Resources.
-Awaken the Social entrepreneurship spirit &
Innovations among and with Pastoralists
Peoples.
-Environmental Conservation.
- Promotes & Protects Community Economic Rights
through Lobbying and Advocacy.

10. IOPA Mission Statement:
IOPA aims at building and improving the
standards of living of pastoral Maasai
communities of Northern Tanzania through
social and Economic Advancement through
Social business, Social entrepreneurship &
innovations by facilitating, Mobilizing and
organizing communities through providing and
supporting Pastoral Education. Promote
Community Broadcasting, Livestock production,
Natural Resource Management and
Environmental Conservation that entails
Community Economic Rights .

11. The IOPA Strategy:
• IOPA facilitates and promotes transformation
and diversification of the economic system of the
Maasai through facilitation of social business,
Social entrepreneurship , innovations and
Creativity, by helping villages both diversify the
pastoral economic base and meet their local
needs and markets potentials for local income
generation. Livestock production, Land and
Natural Resource Management are key to this
economic empowerment of the Maasai peoples.

12. IOPA Strategic Objectives.
-Institute for Orkonerei Pastoralists Advancement develops a regional network,
consisting of organizations that are using Social business as transformative force
for social change, institutions and individuals that identify themselves with the
organization vision.
-Development and coordination of a regional network of local initiatives, applying
existing knowledge, evaluation and quality standards.
-Development of strategic projects for specific investment opportunities for
global partners onsite.
-Development of global partnerships to create access to employment for
disadvantaged Pastoralists Communities.
-Creating public attention for social change through Social business and social
entrepreneurship
-Advocates Social business to creates social empowerment and foster relationship
for a regional and global partnership that secure social change

13. IOPA Social Programs & Activities:
IOPA runs and operates three major Social
advancement programs
(i). Pastoral Education & Child Rights development;
a) CRISP- Child Rights and School Improvement
Plans.
b) Aflatoun sub-program on Child Savings and
Financial Education.
c) Vocational Education & Training for the Maasai
youth.

14. Child Savings and Financial Education
in Schools.

15. School Children & Police Participating in villages
environmental cleaning works.

16. Secure & Improved Pastoralists Livelihoods.
(ii). Pastoral Livelihood program
a) Livestock Sector Development,
b) Community Economic groups Development (eg. Hides
& Skin processing, small businesses).
c) Community Water Supply and Management.
d) Maasai Enterprise Diary Initiative
.

17. Livelihood program
livestock sector Development

18. Watering Livestock in one of the water
Dams constructed by IOPA.

19. IOPA Social Businesses .
IOPA Terrat Social Business Center;
- Conference and Training Facilities;
- Hostel Accommodation & Catering Services.
- Shopping & Supermarket businesses.
- Veterinary Pharmacy & Laboratory Investigation Facility.
- Community Water Supply & Management.
- Community library & internet services.
- Staff renting houses
- Gardening & Vegetable production.
- Maasai Biogas & Organic Manure Production.

20. IOPA Terrat Community Social business
Centre

21. TERRAT SMART VILLAGE

22. TERRAT, SMART VILLAGE
• The village has been established in 1976
• Has a population of over 7000 people.
• The Terrat township has a population of 1262 people.
• The village has 12 sub-villages (Vitongoji).
• Its in Simanjiro District in Manyara region in Northern
Tanzania.
• Its an off-grid village 90 km south of Arusha City.
• Its Mainly a Pastoralists inhabited villages and their main
occupation is livestock keeping.
• It has become a business hub for the surrounding 12 villages
in the region

23. 2. Energy & Water Supply Social
Enterprise.
• Produce 368 kw of Electricity. (Through 4 Bio –Diesel Generators)
• Jatropha & Croton oil pressing and Refinery to make bio –diesel to
runs generators and public vehicles.
• Connected 246 household with electricity including Schools, Health
centre, Churches and Mosque as well as 8 water boreholes in Terrat
village and the surrounding villages.
• 8 Boreholes that produce approximately 400,000 of water per day
for domestic and livestock as well as wildlife.
• Supply electricity to a Community Radio station, Milk processing
Plant and boreholes.
• Provide electricity to small businesses in the Terrat village owned by
individual entrepreneurs.

24. Energy & water Supply

25. Electricity Supply in Terrat.

26. Maasai Elders participating in
generators maintenance.

27. Mr. Silas Electrician doing
Maintenance on the service line.

28. Jatropha Ripe seeds.

29. Jatrohpa Tree in Terrat Village.

30. Bio-gas Facility

31. Bio-gas Facility Cont’

32. Bio-Gas Pumping Valve

33. Bio-Gas Outlet Valve

34. 1. Engitengs Milk Processing &
Marketing Social Business.
• We had Established 5 Milk Processing Plants in five villages in
Simanjiro, Loongiito and Same districts.
• These Milk processing Unit Can process 1000 -1500 litres of milk
per day in each processing plants.
• Milk products produced are Cheese, Yogurt, Butter and Ghee as
well as Juice made out of WEY products.
• We Buy Milk from local Maasai women in the surrounding
villages.(Over 500 in each village on daily basis.
• Marketing of Milk products in towns and cities like Arusha, Dar-es
Salaam, Zanzibar and Nairobi.
• Women income has increased fairly highly, just last year there was a
circulation of about 400 million in Terrat village due to Milk
business.(On Social Return on Investment report on Milk processing
alone shows women income double for last three years) .

35. Maasai Women Selling Milk to the Milk
Centre

36. . Maasai Cheese in Terrat.

37. Cheese Storage in Terrat

38. Overall Winner 2014 Dairy Products
Competition

39. Gold Certificate Gauda Cheese

40. Gold Certificate Vanilla Yogurt

41. Silver Certificate Gauda Spice Cheese.

42. 3. Community Broadcasting Social
Business in Terrat.
• Orkonerei Radio Station is Community Radio established in
1995 and went on air in 22nd June 2002.
• We Broadcasting at a radius of 100 km space distance at
Frequency MHz 94.4. broadcasting for 18 hours a day.
• Estimated reached listeners population of Maasai people
and other Tanzanian of 2 million listeners.
• Local rural Internet café.
• Video/TV program for Production of development &
entertainment documentaries.
• Mobile TV Show for Community consumption for education
and Community organising (Public Addressing systems).
• We have established and runs 4 Community Libraries and
Documentation centres.

43. ON AIR STUDIO.

44. Martin Kariongi Ole Sanago
Presenting a Special Radio program on Orkonerei radio Station.

45. Community Broadcasting in Terrat
(Baraka Ole Maika Radio Presenter)

46. Orkonerei FM Radio On Air Studio

47. Orkonerei Radio Station Transmission Mast.

48. Local Businesses owned by local Entrepreneurs,
Mushroomed out of availability of Electricity
• Computer business and training Centre.
• Welding and Metal workshop.
• Woodwork and Carpentry workshop.
• Mobile phone charging and Communication in the local
region.
• Water supply for domestic and livestock as well as wildlife.
• Improved health service provision.
• Improved quality of primary and secondary Education in the
village and the surrounding region.
• Education and Community organizing through radio and TV.

49. 1. Sekei New World Computer Centre

50. Naserian learning Computer Skills

51. A Maasai Youth Learning Computer Knowledge

52. 2. Charging Mobile Phones In Terrat
Village.

53. Charging Mobile Phones on Queuing

54. 3.Terrat Primary School connected to
Electricity.

55. 4. Welding & Metal Workshop in Terrat

56. Welding & Metal workshop

57. 5. Water Supply Provision in Terrat
village

58. Water Supply
IOPA operates 12 water boreholes in seven
villages in Terrat, Sukuro, Orkesumet (Simanjiro
district); Emugur (Same District); Oltepesi and
Ranchi villages in Loongiito district. Its has also
constructed four Water Dams for rain –water
harvest one in Simanjiro plains, One in Loongiito
district, and two in Same district. These water
dams provide large numbers of livestock, wildlife
and human with water supply.

59. Water Supply Cont’
• The water project at Orkesumet alone which is
the biggest water point provides water to
more 3,765,325 livestock and more 1, 256,000
people on yearly basis.

60. Provision Medical and Health Services
improved in Terrat village

61. Improved health Services in Terrat
cont’
• Vaccination for the under-fives children has
reduced death for over 64%.
• Maternal child health has improved greatly.
• Skin diseases; scabies, fungal and others has
greatly reduced due to availability of water
supply to Maasai people.
• Eyes diseases esp. Trachoma has gone down
drastically because of availability of water.

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