Solidarity for Her Education and Empowerment Organisation – SHEEO is a girl-centered non-profit and non-governmental organization striving to help rural adolescent girls thrive and become autonomous in rural Tanzania. Solidarity for Her Education and Empowerment Organisation – SHEEO formerly known as “Awakening Horn for Inclusive Rural Development – AHIRD” is a grassroots feminist non-profit organ
ization striving to help rural adolescents’ girls and young women thriving and become autonomous in Tanzania. After 3 years of its operation under its former name Awakening Horn for Inclusive Rural Development, its founder members in the Annual General meeting held in February 13, 2024 decided unanimously to change the organization’s name and become “Solidarity for Her Education and Empowerment Organisation – SHEEO” purposely to make the organisation focusing on the work it has been doing and give a clear understanding of what we want to achieve specifically to young women and adolescents girls in rural Tanzania. In its new direction, SHEEO shall be known and stand in the following pillars: VISION STATEMENT:
S.H.E.E.O interventions want to see rural Tanzanian adolescents’ girls and young women thrive, become autonomous and lead their own development in an equitable society. MISSION STATEMENT:
To empower and support rural adolescents’ girls and young women in Tanzania to fight poverty, illiteracy, gender-based violence and discrimination through education assistance and mentorship, socio-economic empowerment, advocacy and capacity building on women’s rights, sexual and reproductive health and rights. OBJECTIVES:
• Supporting the access to education and provide education mentorship to impoverished rural adolescents’ girls to help them achieve their dreams, build self-esteem, change both their lives and communities;
• Providing vocational, entrepreneurship and business skills training, foster innovation and creativity to help impoverished rural young women generate income to improve their lives, support their children and communities;
• Building capacities of rural adolescents’ girls and young women on Women’s rights and raise voices to abolish gender-based violence, discrimination, social-cultural beliefs and practices undermining their values;
• Raising community awareness on gender equality and equity, good and equitable parenting and socio-economic inclusion of rural adolescents’ girls and young women to create a society giving them equal opportunities to fulfill their dreams without coercion;
• Fighting early marriages and pregnancies by empowering rural adolescents’ girls and young women with life skills, building their capacities on sexual and reproductive health and rights to help them make informed decisions on their bodies and future. THEMATIC AREAS:
Girls’ Education Support and Mentorship (G.E.S.M);
Young Women’s Socio-Economic Empowerment (Y.W.S.E);
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR);
Gender-Equality and Justice (GES);
Building Healthy, Resilient and Thriving Families (B.H.R.T.F). TARGET GROUPS:
SHEEO interventions benefit the following groups in the community:
• Direct target groups for the work of SHEEO are:
- Poor, rural adolescents girls
- Poor, rural young women
- Poor, rural families
• Indirect target groups for the work of SHEEO are:
- The entire community at large
- Local community development stakeholders, women’s groups, community based organisations, traditional and cultural leaders, feminist advocates and policy makers.
