The document summarizes the work of Mboni Ya Vijana ("Eyes of the Youth"), a community-based organization founded in 2012 in Zeze Village, Tanzania by Benedicto Hosea. The organization's projects support over 57,000 beneficiaries through activities like tree planting, farmer training and loans, microfinance, water boreholes, fuel-efficient stoves, and school gardens. Key initiatives include planting over 67,000 trees, with 9,100 being fruit trees, and a climate stewardship project planting 13,500 native trees. Challenges to tree planting include landowner resistance and lack of awareness about trees' value, while lessons learned include encouraging trees that provide food and planting strategically.

1. Mboni Ya Vijana
“Eyes of the youth”

2. “I dream of a village where people are self-sufficient in food, have good
access to water and a change of clothes, have access to education and
medicine and a positive attitude to innovation and protecting the
environment…
“I want people to be willing to try new ideas that will help their lives,
such as more efficient cooking stoves, water harvesting, and a diversity
of cash crops.”
Benedicto Hosea

3. • founded by Benedicto Hosea in
2012 to support the community in
his home village of Zeze, where he
has lived all his life.
• registered as a Community Based
Organisation in Kasulu in 2014
• 3 staff, 11 volunteers
• Over 57,000 beneficiaries

4. • Tree Planting
• Farmer Training and loans
• Microfinance
• Hand drilled water boreholes
• Fuel efficient stoves
• Agricultural Processing
• School gardens
• Adult literacy
Projects

5. • Up to now we have planted 67,000
trees of which 9,100 were fruit trees
• Climate Steward project involves
planting total of 13,500 native trees at
2 locations, MVG site and the
secondary school.
Tree Planting

6. • Land ownership by individuals who rely
on such plots to feed their families
aren't always willing to plant trees.
• Unawareness among communities on
the value of trees can restrict tree
planting.
• Drought and termites can cause trees
to die.
• Illegal logging
Challenges

7. • Land owners plant trees around the farms as
wind break.
• Continue training to communities and
government leaders about the value of trees but
also encourage trees that provide additional food
to their families.
• Planting at the beginning of the rain season, near
water sources, and drought tolerant trees
• Plant Myaa near to the tree species we want to
protect from termites.
• Site Bee hives at critical locations to protect the
forest
Lessons Learnt

8. Thank you for your support enabling us to start
to transform our community!