Deaf’s Sustenance and Development Organisation (DSDO) was found in 2016 and registered as a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) under the Non-governmental Organisations Act of 2002. DSDO was established to serve the interests of the most vulnerable and marginalised groups, mainly people with disabilities. The organisation’s goal is to improve the livelihood of the people they serve, by improving access to resources, social services, and participation.

Since its establishment, DSDO has worked with several stakeholders, including the Local Government, donors, and local partners. In the past five years, DSDO has worked in cooperation with other stakeholders in building the capacity of the deaf community in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania. DSDO has focused on improving skills, boosting economic status, raising awareness about human rights, and building the confidence of their rightsholders.

The Let’s Go! project has been designed to promote equal access to employment opportunities and resource endowments for people with disabilities in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania, through agriculture. The focus is on capacity building and skill development and linking them with markets, to engage in income-generating opportunities and self-reliance, thereby promoting their self-esteem.

The project also strives to end hunger and achieve food security for all, to ensure that everyone in society has access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs. Including persons with disabilities by boosting their food production, improve employment opportunities and income generation.

This initiative will be achieved through various strategic objectives, including facilitating the acquisition and accessibility of land; acquisition and accessibility to finance; acquisition of agricultural inputs; and linkage between persons with disabilities and other agriculture support services. Enhancing of marketing of agricultural products and promotion of technical and entrepreneurial skills for people with disabilities.