HakiArdhi

The Visit to HAKIARDHI


Today we went to the organization HAKIARDHI to learn more about biofuel and land rights in Tanzania. This we feel is important to share with you, so you also can increase your knowledge about why our campaign is important and what it is all about.

HAKIARDHI is a land rights research and resources institute. It is a nongovernmental and non profit sharing organization that was founded in 1994 to among other things, promote, advance, and advocate for the right to land and other resources of the majority small producers. HAKIARDHI has conducted researches in a wide range of areas, published a number of titles on land reforms and constantly advocates for a socially just and equitable access to ownership and control of land and other resources by Tanzania populace.

Mr. Myensi from the organization, told us, the students of Global Change Tanzania that his institution main interventions areas are:
Research, Publications and Researches:
- Make research on land acquisition, ownership, control and conduct rapid responds to solve land conflicts in many part of the country etc.
- Publication: Making publication on important statements made by people on land issues and printing calanders, leaf lets with messages on land issues etc.
- Documentation: Filed important documents on their intervention areas etc.
Public engagement and advocacy:
- They engage the public on land right trainings and many advocacy programmes with the government and the communities.

The discussion ended with question and answers session between us and the executive director for clearing the minds and droughts on the issues around land rights, acquisition, control, ownership and the coming of biofuels in Tanzania.

We were inspired by the work of HAKIARDHI and among other things we learn about, land ownership and control, the issues surrounding biofuels, laws on land in Tanzania. These motivate us to do more research in future on biofuels and land right in Tanzania to help us do our campaign and leadership course better.
We found the meeting very interesting and educative as we learn a lot from the discussion with Mr.Myensi, but we also gained the awareness about, that this is a very complicated subject. So many people are involved and so many things affect each other. That is why this education is so important for us to gain a greater understanding of the social problems in Tanzania.