Hakizetu is a youth and women-led health and social justice non-profit with a simple mission: to empower economically special groups of women and youth, to protect legal and human rights, promote the health and wellbeing of children, women and youth and to advocate for gender equality and equity through sensitisation, and capacity-building. Hakizetu has implemented its activities in Geita, Shinyanga, Mwanza and Arusha regions of Tanzania with three offices in Mwanza and Arusha Tanzania. Hakizetu is a Swahili word which means ‘our rights’ in English.

Hakizetu also works on promoting accessibility to quality Sexual Reproductive Health services and information among women, adolescents and youth, including accessibility of youth-friendly health services. Hakizetu also works on empowering economically young women and youth, survivors of violence through the provision of vocational skills, entrepreneurship skills, business mentorship and seed capital for business start-ups and strengthening.

Living Better Today aims to support young mothers from disadvantaged backgrounds with skills of vocational training. Fifteen young women and girls will enroll to a one-year intensive training on garment making and designing and be supported to establish fashion business of ready-made garment cloths. Forty young women and girls will be supported with training on small business start-up while also supported to establish or strengthen their business with an opportunity to accessing six months business mentorship. Lastly, 3,200 young women will be trained on sexual reproductive health rights including family planning and violence prevention through the Process Oriented Approach or POA and self-defence approach. Self-defence gives women and girls power to choose how to respond to violence, without judgment or victim blaming. It empowers them to be in command of their minds, body, and spirit. It teaches them how to allow and to live their lives boldly and freely without fear. Hakizetu is planning to conduct those activities in order to give young women and girls an economic freedom and support them to engage direct in decision making especially on issues that affect their lives directly.