Who we Are
Pamoja Youth Initiative is an
independent youth led non-governmental, non-partisan and non-profit making
organization dedicated toward empowering Zanzibar youth to realize, utilize talents
and potentials in propelling socio-economic and political development in
Zanzibar.
Pamoja Youth Initiative
was officially registered as a non-profit organization on January 21, 2015 with
registration number L.2344 under Zanzibar’s Societies Act Number 6 of 1995.
Pamoja Youth Initiative
searches for collective efforts to engage, empower, and transform youth to have
active role in developing themselves and support positive changes in Zanzibar.
What we want
Young
people in Zanzibar realize and use their potentials and talents to transform their
lives and contribute towards socio-economic and political development in the
country.
What we believe
Young
people have POWER, and if meaningful investment is made to
them they can be part of transforming the world into a better place for
everyone to live.
Vision
We envision the
strong society where by youth are able to use their potentialities in
developing the society
Mission
Pamoja Youth Initiative is dedicated to strengthen youth involvement and participation to realize and utilize their potentialities through youth capacity building towards the development of the society
Our Core-Values
Our core values make us unique from other
organizations and drive our work, policies, and strategies and in our
relationships with our beneficiaries, partners and stakeholders.
- Accountability: We take personal accountability in all our actions and we want our partners, stakeholders to reflect accountability in their works
- Leadership: We want to impart leadership mindset to the young people so that they can make positive changes in themselves and to the society.
- Sustainability: We are striving to see how our work can sustain by creating sustainable solutions that can create lasting impact.
- Voluntarism: We believe in the power of voluntarism and we want to cultivate that mindset to the young people and to the community.
- Empowerment: We seek to build a society whereby young people are empowered to create positive changes.
- Collaboration: We believe in working together to create changes and spearhead positive transformation.
- Diversity: We strive to create an inclusive culture in which differences are recognized, valued and celebrated.