African project
KWIECO Shelter House
PLACE
REFUGE
Kilimanjaro Women Information Exchange and Consultancy Organization
(KWIECO) was founded in 1987 to provide advice on legal, health, social and
economic issues to women. Just as in the rest of Africa, women in Kilimanjaro
are highly vulnerable to violations of their rights to life, liberty and security.
KWIECO outlined a project to develop the concept of, and eventually found, a
Shelter House.
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n Tanzania, violence against women is permitted by social and cultural attitudes; the
law has failed to provide adequate safeguards against violence, nor has it been able to
promote attitudes conducive to women’s enjoyment of their fundamental rights.
Together with Ukumbi NGO, KWIECO introduced the project to the Ministry for
Foreign Affairs of Finland, and was awarded funds for setting up the necessary
operations and infrastructure for the first phase. The completion time for the
construction of the first phase was May 2015. Ukumbi and KWIECO are currently
trying to raise funds for the second and final phase.
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