Our partners

Segal Family Foundation

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Segal Family Foundation partners with outstanding organizations improving the well-being of communities in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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They are Umoja’s first major funding partner and support our work by providing flexible funding to help strengthen our programmes.

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ELMA Foundation

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The ELMA Foundation, the main foundation of The ELMA Group of Foundations, is focused on improving the lives of children in Africa by investing in initiatives that transform health, education, and the wellbeing of children and the families and communities that support them.

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YES! Tanzania

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Founded in 2009, YES! Tanzania is a small international development organisation based in Edinburgh and registered as a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (number SC041604). YES! Tanzania helps to build the capacity of organisations in Tanzania to transform the lives of the most disadvantaged and vulnerable young people through sport.

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Global Development Group

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Umoja is a partner for project J602 with Global Development Group (ABN 57 102 400 993), and Australian Non-Government Organisation approved by the Minister for Foreign Affairs to carry out quality humanitarian projects with approved partners and providing aid to relieve poverty and provite long term solutions. Global Development Group takes responsibility of the project according to OAGDS guidelines providing a goverance role and assisting in the areas of planning, monitoring, evaluating and auditing to ensure projects are carried out to OAGDS requirements.

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Taswira Africa Safaris

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Taswira Africa Safaris are a Tanzanian travel company, who support our programmes through donations and training. Join Taswira Africa for an unforgettable trip to East Africa. They provide quality, safe, ethical safaris and tours to the most breathtaking places. Let them show you the plains of the Serengeti, the abundant wildlife of the Ngorongoro Crater, the highest peak in Africa, Mt Kilimanjaro or the exotic spice islands of Zanzibar and so much more.

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Days for Girls

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Days for Girls is an International NGO that works to keep girls in school by providing menstrual health kits and education. They recognise that menstruation, STIs, and early pregnancy are significant barriers to girls completing school and ultimately to ensuring gender equality in education. Days for Girls has been supporting Umoja in building our social enterprise by lending their resources, product designs, expertise, and networks.

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Braunton Caen Rotary

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Braunton Caen Rotary is a small but very active club in the UK. We have been supporting Umoja for several years, enabling the establishment of a social enterprise programme “Stitching Lives Together”, and sponsoring students with their studies. Education is one of Rotary’s areas of focus, and in the UK, we employ a literacy teacher in a school in our home village which enhances and improves literacy for children who need a more intensive approach to learning. We are proud to be able to support Umoja in its work

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Accounting for International Development

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Accounting for International Development offers accountants from around the world the opportunity to use their skills to support a broad range of non-profit organisations globally. Volunteer assignments of between 2 weeks and 12 months, or longer permanent placements form part of an ongoing strategy to build the financial management and reporting capacity of charities in over 30 countries. The main focus of all assignments is to enhance the skills, confidence and potential of local people, enabling their organisations to deliver more effective and sustainable programmes to their many beneficiaries. 

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University of East Anglia

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Before they founded Umoja Tanzania, Caroline Goody and Emma Wagner both studied International Development at the University of East Anglia in the UK. Current undergraduates from the School of International Development at UEA have the option of volunteering with Umoja as part of their degree.

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Australian Volunteers Program

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The Australian Volunteers Program is an Australian Government-funded initiative that matches a broad range of skilled Australians with partner organisations. Since 2013, Australian volunteers have supported Umoja Center to achieve its development goals, sharing their skills with our Tanzanian staff to help build their capacity in various fields.