Meet Godfrey Massay, Landesa’s Tanzania Program Director based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Godfrey began working for Landesa in 2017 as Landesa’s first on-the-ground employee in Africa.
Learn more about Our Work in Tanzania.
Monica Magoke-Mhoja was interviewed about Landesa’s partnership with Sheria Kiganjani to create a mobile application that provides women living in remote areas with legal advice about their land rights and information on how to seek redress if these rights are violated. Over 20 community paralegals are now registered to use the Women and Land segment, 400 women have already been provided legal assistance, while 50 widows got their land rights formalized.
Landesa’s Community Smart Consultation and Consent (CSCC) project was profiled by IPP Media. The 5-year project seeks to survey land and issue customary certificates as a way of accelerating land ownership among men, women and other groups in the community.
Dr. Monica Mhoja joins award-winning poet and activist Hellen Bulugu to give voice to the millions of women who are calling out for the one thing they need most: a piece of land of their own.
Landesa’s land use planning work, in collaboration with Pelum Tanzania and the Government of Tanzania, is profiled in an article about addressing land conflicts between farmers and herders in Ifakara and Kilosa districts.
Landesa Tanzania Program Director Godfrey Massay was interviewed for an International Women’s Day article on global action for advancing and recognizing women in the quest for gender equality in land ownership.
We are pleased to share our 2022 Annual Report with you. This year’s report provides a look back at a watershed year for Landesa – and a look ahead to what’s on the horizon.
To help widows like Imelda, Landesa launched an innovative, gender-responsive land use planning process. The participatory program increased the awareness of women like Imelda regarding their land rights, helping to accelerate gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Because youth constitute the majority of the population across Africa, investing in youth access to land is recognized as a key strategy for both economic and agricultural development. A number of countries have embraced this strategy, with Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania among others advancing efforts to improve youth land rights.
Hear from Landesa’s Tanzania Program Director Godfrey Massay about our strides to build an inclusive, sustainable land sector in Tanzania alongside civil society.