Built from the community.
Driven by resilience
For over 20 years, Uzima has walked alongside families in Mwanza — transforming vulnerability into lasting stability for families across Tanzania.
Karibu Uzima Centre!
Uzima Centre is a nonprofit organization that works with households facing health challenges and unstable livelihoods, helping them rebuild stability by strengthening income, improving physical and mental health, and ensuring children and youth remain on a continuous education path.
Building on the 20 years impacts of Uzima Centre, its predecessor, Uzima works towards a community where families lives healthy have sustainable income, and children access education and career pathways.
Our Impacts
Since 2007, Uzima has been supporting households affected by HIV to gain hope, access health services and children getting the education they deserve. From ARV adherence trainings, medical support, nutrition support, to school supplies and vocational training, we uplift our community and help individuals thrive.
Below is our Reach and Impact in numbers.
140 guardians and adults living with HIV joined in saving and loans groups
130 vulnerable children and teens attending different levels of education (including children and teens living with HIV)
50 youth gaining market and income earning skills
Our Beneficiary Stories
At Uzima Centre, we strive to empower individuals, families, and entire communities to live life to the fullest. Here’s some of the stories from our beneficieries.
At 24, Esther rewrote her story
In only 24 years, Esther Sigore, she had completed standard seven, failed, was forced to be married, given birth to three children and divorced. She initially learned how to sew clothes, but could not continue because she did not have a sewing machine. To earn an income and meet her family’s needs, she began helping Mama Ntilie, a local street food vendor, by selling food. This work allowed her to support her children however, it was not enough to supply all needs.
Through the Learn and Earn Program, Esther has been able to develop her creativity and expand her skills in traditional cultural crafts, including making African-style bags and handicrafts, as well as learning about small-scale business management. She now earns approximately TZS 50,000 per month from selling her handmade items, which helps her support her children.
How Maguge turned a rented farm into a thriving household
Maguge Deogratius is a married father of two primary school children living in Lumala, Mwanza. Each year, he rents a small farm for TZS 150,000 where he grows vegetables and maize to feed and support his family. Hardworking by nature, Maguge was held back by one persistent gap — he could not afford the seeds and fertilisers needed to make his farm truly productive.
As a member of the Ilemela Guardian Group, Maguge now accesses affordable loans to buy farming inputs each season. Through this support, he has harvested three bags of maize for family consumption and expanded his vegetable gardens to generate additional income. Today, Maguge meets his household expenses, pays his children’s school needs, and runs a farm that grows year after year — on his own terms.
