GM mikoko Ujamaa Tanzania, or GMMU
GM mikoko Ujamaa Tanzania, or GMMU, is a community-based organization focused on the socio economic wellbeing of women and girls living in vulnerable conditions around Mdimini, magogoni, and Mjimwema -Kibugumo, Tanzania. Their work includes sourcing school supplies for students, providing education on public health and environmental issues, and investing in local infrastructure projects. Their current mangrove restoration initiative, which includes the planting of 5000 mangrove saplings, employs about ⅔ women and ⅓ unemployed youth. By creating green jobs in their local communities, Women Against Poverty is giving the next generation the tools they need to become mangrove champions! The Dar es Salaam area of Tanzania offers emblematic mangrove forests, huge areas of seagrasses and some of the most beautiful coral reefs in the world. In contrast to the incredible richness of marine biodiversity and natural resources, communities are extremely impoverished with limited access to educat