Miinjeni Women Organization
- INTRODUCTION:
Miinjeni Women Organisation formerly Minjeni Women Group is a non-profit organisation registered in 2005. However, in 2019 it achieved the status of an NGO and expanded its role from within the Region of Kilimanjaro to Tanzania main land. Miinjeni head quarter office is located in Moshi town in Mfumuni ward at Ushirika Street. The founder and present director of Miinjeni is Romana Sudi Puka Olomi who grew up in Uru Shimbwe.
Miinjeni originates from Chagga language meaning shadow. The shadow is the philosophy of having good shaded trees that are well watered and cared. After the trees have grown bear fruits of which members enjoy the fruits of those trees. This is because the shadow is a cool place and safety where marginalized groups are welcome to visit, feel supported and relieve their social stress. Therefore, the philosophy of shadow brought women together, sat under the tree and figured out what were the main problems in their community and how they could be solved under the Moto of “Together we can”.
The vision of Miinjeni is to have well-educated community that can take appropriate measures to fight poverty. To achieve the vision, Miinjeni integrates programs that empower communities to obtain knowledge and skills in respective of gender equity and equality. Miinjeni believes that this will contribute to economic empowerment and social transformation for sustainable development.
Miinjeni working approach is highly characterized by massive grassroots mobilization to ensure that people at low levels of communities understand and take appropriate measures to fight poverty. Miinjeni is a membership organisation where members are women who pay entrance and annual fees. To date the organization has 100 members. The membership of Miinjeni is highly characterized by volunteerism.
MIINJENI VALUES:
The essential and enduring core values of Miinjeni Women Organization (MWO) are:
- Volunteerism – Is a first priority to all members who are directly working with MWO
- Transparency –Promotion of transparency in all stages.
- Accountability – All stakeholders should be accountable for MWO to succeed.
- Integrity – Commitment to being honest, accountable and open minded
- Team working – To achieve the intended goal, working in collaboration will be much emphasized
- Love – Love one another
- Respect – Admiration of each of the MWO members and beneficiaries.
- Professionalism – Different professionals in the different sectors.
Romana Sudi Olomi
My name is Romana Sudi Olomi, a mother married, blessed with one daughter. I am a licensed nurse, a medical social worker in Tanzania, just retired but worked at the Tanzanian government as a Nursing Officer, and the founder of the Miinjeni Women Organization.
Miinjeni friends and Donors representatives
