The Imunyi Foundation is a non-governmental organization (NGO) and a non-profit organization, operating at both the grassroots and national level in the United Republic of Tanzania. It is registered under the NGO Registration Act, 2002 with registration number 00NGO/R/2624.
The Imunyi Foundation seeks to work with the Government, communities, and other local and international stakeholders to support education and to preserve and protect Tanzania’s rich nature, to enhance healthy habitats, where people and wildlife can survive together in prosperity for the nation, for the world and for the future generations.
Imunyi is a Maasai word that means “rhinos,” one of the African wildlife species threatened by extinction due to a number of reasons including habitat loss and poaching.
We believe that community empowerment and engagement into holistic approaches to conservation and education will create a positive dynamic change to reverse conservation and educational challenges, especially these challenges related to human behaviours and practices.
Let’s help it remain beautiful
We aim to support the United Republic of Tanzania Government and rural communities in building Tanzania’s future, one in which people live more in harmony with nature and have better access to education and improved living standards. We are founded in the belief that, educated and empowered communities can use their surroundings effectively to conserve their wildlife and wild places, improve their health and environment as well as alleviate poverty through improved livelihoods opportunities to better their wellbeing and for effective conservation in Tanzania. Improving access to education for Tanzanian youth can be a very strong tool toward alleviating the existing key conservation challenges such as human wildlife conflicts, habitat loss, biodiversity loss and poverty.
Help build a great Tanzanian future
To envisage a society with wide education opportunities and preserved nature for healthy habitat survival.
Children are the future
The Imunyi Foundation’s mission is to enhance community livelihoods through fostering education and environmental conservation for sustainable development in Tanzania.
Have a natural affinity with nature. Evidence is growing of how regular contact with nature boosts new born children’s healthy development, supports their physical and mental health and instils abilities to assess risk as they grow. It even underpins their informal learning and academic achievement.
For children and adults alike, daily contact with nature is linked to better health, less stress, better mood, reduced obesity – an amazing list of features no other product can ever match.
This affinity tends to get knocked out of them as they grow. They come under pressure to put away childish things in favour of passing exams and getting a "proper job".
