MILK PROCESS PROJECT

Namnyaki Maasai girls and women organization (NAMGWO) is a modern technology challenges solver in economic opportunities for Nomadic Indigenous Pastoralists women together with the communities, our organization is coming with a solution of this challenge by construction of small and modern Kitchens near Maasai Nomadic Indigenous Pastoralists areas so that they can be able to collect, store and process the milk and produce yogurt and transport them to town areas for sale,is like Market center.

Pastoralists Maasai aandd  Barbaiqw women are allowed to milk cows and use the milk and sale for their needs and family needs. Our organization need to support these women groups to have new 8 Modern Kitchens for milk processing ,which is collecting , boiling and process and produce yogurt.

Two groups already have the processing knowledge from Heifer International Organization but other women groups did not have the knowledge, but we can continue go and teach with Heifer international organization to the groups if we can be supported .

When Nomadic Indigenous Pastoralists Maasai women can be supported in economic opportunities they will be able to solve some of challenges facing their girls at schools like in Namnyaki girls secondary school.

5,000$ USD grant can help make one each small Modern kitchen plus trainings so for  8 kitchens it cost 5000x8 = 40,000$ USD grant needed for Nomadic Indigenous Pastoralists women project for Milk processing project.

When Nomadic Indigenous Pastoralists Maasai women can be supported in economic opportunities they will be able to solve some of challenges facing their girls at schools like in Namnyaki girls secondary school and care their families and have their person need.

Through this project we believe together with the community and the government that the economy of the women shall be raised and be able to support their families and support education for their children especially for girls where the men do not support much education for Maasai Nomadic Indigenous Pastoralists girls.

The organization Namnyaki Maasai girls and women organization ( NAMGWO) has enabled and mobilized   8 women groups in 8 regions in Tanzania which are  three groups in Iringa , 3 groups in Mbeya and 2 groups in Morogoro to be like pilot project groups so that others can learn from them as phase one.

Gender based violence ( GBV) has-been practiced in these Nomadic Indigenous Pastoralists Maasai and Barbaig communities this is because women are not allowed to own any wealth in these Nomadic Indigenous Pastoralists communities like Barbaig ,all cattle and land and other properties are owned by men, women fails to do their own and family activities. 

Our Organization NAMGWO working hard to be a problem solver by supporting Nomadic Indigenous Pastoralists Maasai women in economic opportunities and girls in education.

Namnyaki Maasai girls and women organization (NAMGWO) is a modern technology challenges solver in economic opportunities for Nomadic Indigenous Pastoralists women together with the communities, our organization is coming with a solution of this challenge by contraction of small and modern Kitchens near Maasai Nomadic Indigenous Pastoralists areas so that they can be able to collect, store and process the milk and produce yogurt and transport them to town areas for sale.

when the Morden Kitchen  shall be contracted , the women shall have a good place to process thier milk and store them during the dray and rain season and through  this work it shall increase sales and income to the women groups and the community

the lives of women shall positivily change economically and reduce the gender based violence cause by poverty to women and family improvement in education especially for girls who are vulnerable

when other groups see good example to these once and start new groups it means they learned through other groups that the milk processing is a good work and increase and improvement of cattle breed to have more milk to sale. and increase of number of students girls at schools and have good performance

CHANGE BEGIN WITH NAMGWO

• Better pastoralists communities with understanding of national rules and regulation and rights to education to all genders and equal economic opportunities and stop gender based violence (GBV).
• Linked with the nomadic pastoralists societies
• Linked and engagement with government entities
• Having god network with regional and national NGO networks and umbrellas.
• Engagement with research entities and organizations to understand the situation in the ground.   
• Living on the core values of the organization for change affirmation.
• Networking with the community at large via social media engagements, Radio programs and newspapers.
• Staff having mindset hunger of observing change is happening in the society.

NAMGWO CORE WORKS

• To empower pastoralists women and girls on entrepreneurship skills and education and engage in economic activities for their livelihood improvement.
• To support nomadic pastoralists societies girls to secure education and avoid early marriages.
• To empower women to understand the process of value chain addition on their produced products like milk project and their hand works, hand crafts jewelries

METHODOLOGIES

• Advocating the nomadic pastoralists societies to understand the importance of education to all genders especially to girls in their societies.
• Linking the women and girls with respective organizations, private sectors, government officials, financial institutions and authorities adding knowledge to their activities like SIDO, TMDA and TBS.
• Training to women and girls to understand their rights to education, right to engage in economic activities and righst to participate in decision making organs.
• Dialogues and awareness rising via public meetings, one to one interventions and group discussions in their formal and informal groups formulated.

SHORT TERM GOALS

• Increased number of girls attending to schools Nanyaki Sec and other schools.
• Increased number of women and girls with knowledge on their rights.
• Increased number of women and girls engaging in economic activities and value chain addition activities.
• Increased number of women linked with government agencies, and financial institutions.

LONG TERM GOALS

• Increased number of educated girls in nomadic pastoralists societies.
• Decreased number of early marriages and early pregnancies.
• Improved livelihood of the Indigenous pastoralists  societies.
• Increased number of women and girls who managed to secure their right of ownership of land and other properties.

NAMGWO VISION

• To be beacon of hope and knowledge in building a better future for the Nomadic Pastoralists’ girls and women.

NAMGWO MISSION

• To empower the Nomadic Pastoralists girls and women in Tanzania through education and economic opportunities.

NAMGWO OBJECTIVES.

• To promote, facilitate and encourage education, life skills and self-awareness to the Pastoralists girls through supporting their studies and providing educational and learning materials.
• To ensure that Pastoralist's women and girls empowered to understand the role of the women in the society and hence become initiators of cultural change in their communities.

PASTORALISTS' NEED SOCIAL SERVICES.

• Water
• Rights Education.
• Health care
• Education on Environmental Protection.

Traditional the Indigenous Pastoralists process milk   for five tp seven days to get sour and make yogurt for sale ,but through the new technology of used some Materials adding to milk one 24 hour the milk get sour and ready to process them and ready for sale.

Already practiced through training by Heifer International Organization

Participatory Approach was the best way to interact with the indigenous pastoralists , as among the Pastoralists community i was able to identify their real need especially the women need and the   root of the problem, through this project of Milk processing culturally is acceptable and the men shall know exactly the source of the income of their wive , because if the husband do not know exactly the source of the income of their wives , some conflict may raise.

We provide training for on land rights, and   environmental protection and entepreneyrship training but we provide  secondary education to Indigenous Maasai and Barbaig girls because our organization won Namnyaki girls secondary school, because our goal is to empower indigenous pastoralists girls and women in education and economic opportunities

The organization to have it own income generation projects . like agriculture or livestock keeping, plants trees and also if our school shall be improved can be another source of income to our organization.

recently we till depend on grants and donation for direct project to community and for school fees support for the girls.

we expect the community also to have some contributions for an organization

Segal family foundation has funded us 10,000USD last year.

Namnyaki Project Organization in USA provided scholarships for 20 girls students.10,000USD last year and this year

First Lutheran Church in Minnesota  funded scholarship for 10 girls 5,000USD this year

The Parents pay school fees students about 7,000USD this year

and contribution from the community 1300 last year