About Us
Empowering Communities, Transforming Lives. Discover our mission, vision, values, strategic priorities, and commitment to building inclusive, resilient, and sustainable communities.
Organisation
A Commitment to Community Transformation
OGAST Community Development Organisation (OCDO) is a community development organisation dedicated to promoting inclusive, participatory, and sustainable development.
The organisation seeks to improve the well-being of communities and vulnerable populations, including youth, women, children, older persons, and persons with disabilities.
Our programmes address interconnected challenges in education, health, mental health, economic empowerment, environmental sustainability, child protection, gender equality, water, sanitation, and community development.
Guided by our 2026–2030 Organisational Policy and Strategic Framework, OCDO promotes accountable leadership, evidence-based programming, strategic partnerships, and measurable development outcomes.
Our Vision, Mission & Strategic Goal
Our institutional direction is guided by a long-term commitment to inclusive development, organisational excellence, and sustainable impact.
Our Vision
To be a trusted, innovative, and internationally recognized community development organization that contributes to inclusive, self-reliant, resilient, and sustainable communities where every person—particularly vulnerable and marginalized populations—has equitable opportunities to live with dignity, safety, health, education, and social and economic well-being.
Our Mission
To empower communities and vulnerable populations, including youth, women, children, older persons, and persons with disabilities, through inclusive, innovative, and evidence-based programmes in education, health, mental health, economic empowerment, child protection, gender equality, water and sanitation, environmental sustainability, and community development; while strengthening institutional and community capacity, mobilizing resources, and building strategic partnerships to deliver measurable outcomes and sustainable impact.
Our Strategic Goal
To strengthen OCDO as a sustainable, accountable, innovative, and evidence-driven community development organization capable of designing and implementing inclusive programmes that improve community well-being and generate measurable, scalable, and sustainable impact.
Our Organisational Values
Our work is guided by principles that promote responsible leadership, community participation, inclusion, and sustainable development.
Trustworthiness
Building confidence among communities, government, partners, and stakeholders.
Innovation
Developing appropriate solutions to complex community challenges.
Inclusion
Promoting meaningful participation of vulnerable and marginalized groups.
Resilience
Strengthening the capacity of communities to respond to challenges and shocks.
Sustainability
Promoting lasting social, economic, institutional, and environmental gains.
Our Nine Strategic Objectives
OCDO's strategic objectives provide a structured framework for strengthening institutional performance and delivering meaningful community development outcomes.
Institutional Governance, Accountability and Organisational Excellence
Strengthening governance, leadership, accountability, transparency, compliance, risk management, and institutional systems.
Sustainable and Participatory Community Development
Strengthening community capacity to identify, prioritise, and address social, economic, environmental, and developmental challenges through locally owned solutions.
Youth and Women Economic Empowerment
Increasing access to entrepreneurship, skills development, enterprise formation, financial opportunities, markets, and sustainable livelihood pathways.
Education, Skills Development and Child Protection
Improving educational participation, life skills, skills development, child protection, and prevention of substance abuse.
Community Health, Mental Health and Psychosocial Well-being
Promoting community health, mental health awareness, psychosocial well-being, prevention, appropriate referral, and recovery support.
Environmental Sustainability and Climate Resilience
Strengthening community-based environmental management, green livelihoods, ecosystem restoration, climate adaptation, and resilience.
Inclusion, Protection and Social Well-being
Promoting dignity, participation, protection, and equitable access for vulnerable and marginalized populations.
Strategic Partnerships and Resource Mobilisation
Diversifying strategic partnerships and sustainable resource mobilisation mechanisms that strengthen OCDO's capacity and programme reach.
Research, Innovation, MEAL and Institutional Learning
Strengthening research, evidence generation, monitoring, evaluation, accountability, innovation, knowledge management, and organisational learning.
Six Strategic Pillars for Sustainable Impact
These six strategic pillars provide the institutional foundation for OCDO's governance, programme implementation, partnerships, innovation, and learning.
Institutional Governance and Leadership Excellence
Strengthening Board effectiveness, executive leadership, policy implementation, internal controls, risk management, compliance, ethics, and accountability.
Sustainable Community Development
Promoting community empowerment, livelihoods, water and sanitation, social protection, infrastructure, environmental resilience, and local leadership.
Organisational Capacity Development
Strengthening human resources, organisational systems, digital transformation, staff development, leadership capacity, and knowledge management.
Strategic Partnerships and Resource Mobilisation
Building donor relationships, private-sector collaboration, government engagement, strategic alliances, and sustainable resource mobilisation.
Research, Innovation and Evidence-Based Programming
Conducting community research, needs assessments, pilot initiatives, evidence generation, documentation, dissemination, and scaling of effective development solutions.
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning
Strengthening programme monitoring, evaluation, accountability, learning, data quality, results measurement, and adaptive management.
Who We Serve
OCDO prioritises inclusive development opportunities for vulnerable and marginalised populations, ensuring meaningful participation and equitable access.
Youth
Supporting education, employability, entrepreneurship, leadership, and life skills development.
Women
Expanding economic opportunities, financial literacy, enterprise development, and leadership participation.
Children
Promoting educational participation, child protection, safeguarding, and access to development opportunities.
Older Persons
Supporting dignity, community participation, protection, and access to appropriate social support services.
Persons with Disabilities
Promoting accessibility, equal participation, inclusion, and sustainable livelihood opportunities.
Vulnerable Communities
Strengthening community resilience, access to opportunities, social protection, and locally driven development.
Our Approach to Community Development
OCDO adopts a participatory, inclusive, evidence-based, and results-oriented approach to community development. We believe sustainable change requires community ownership, strong partnerships, institutional accountability, and continuous learning.
Community Needs Assessment
Working with communities to identify priorities, challenges, opportunities, and locally appropriate solutions.
Participatory Programme Design
Developing inclusive and evidence-based programmes that respond to identified community needs and priorities.
Implementation and Partnerships
Mobilising resources, engaging stakeholders, and implementing programmes through collaborative approaches.
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
Measuring results, strengthening accountability, documenting lessons, and adapting interventions to improve impact.
Meet Our Leadership Team
Our Board of Directors and Executive Management provide strategic direction, institutional oversight, leadership, and accountability in advancing OCDO's mission.
Board of Directors
JUMA SELEMAN MTIPULA
MUSSA YASSIN ALLY
MARGRETH TEMBA
SELEMAN ATHUMANI ATHUMANI
MASEFU ATHUMANI KIJAZI
SELEMANI JUMA MWINYIMKUU
SANIA ABBAS MOHAMMED
STEVEN LONGFORD KOPOLO
Executive Management
BERTHA ALEX MARGERY
BLANDINA CHARLES MALEGELI
Support Our Mission & Make a Difference
Join OCDO in promoting inclusive development, supporting vulnerable populations, and building stronger communities.
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