Presentation by Rhobi Samwelly of Hope for Girls and Women Tanzania about her work combatting FGM and GBV in Tanzania.

1. Combating
Gender Based Violence.

2. Updates from Hope for Girls and Women
• The seasonal cutting of
2022/2023 ,nearly 200
girls will need to be
rescued and protected to
the safe houses . In August
more than 65 girls were
rescued. 60 were
reconciled.
• Due to fuel price raise
contributed to the high
running costs because
items costs increased.

3. Updates from Hope for Girls and Women
• Currently we have 141
girls protected to the safe
houses.
• The construction of
Butiama vocational classes
work is continuing.
• Singita Grumeti are still
promising to support the
construction of Mugumu
safe house. Hoping 2023.

4. Updates from Hope for Girls and Women:
• Soap, pads and body oil
production continue to
support generating
income generating to the
organisation.
• Knitting project hoping
to start soon, the project
will produce sweaters for
selling to generate
income for Hope
sustainability.

5. NacoNGO presentation
• Through capacity building to NGOs we
have formulated and share tool to
help analyse the status and/or current
capacity needs of NGOs.
• Facilitate and conduct Mara regional
NGOs annual meeting at Regional to
share about their activities and
challenges total of 130 organisations
attended.
• Attending zoom meetings for more
actions.

6. Marianne initiatives award programme:
• The programme consist of
trainings and meetings with French
associations to learn from them.
• Awareness creation on FGM
through film screening and debate
to university and collage students
and community in France
• Creating links with NGOs in France
• To find possible collaboration.

7. Marianne initiatives award programme
• Amnesty International invited me to attend
the African commission o Human and
People Rights in Gambia as from 17th to 22nd
October 2022.
• I will be back to Tanzania on Early December
2022.
Rhobi Samwelly, Panellist
Rhobi Samwelly founded the Hope for Girls and Women Tanzania.
The organization runs two safe houses in the Butiama and Serengeti
districts of the Mara region of Tanzania. The safe houses offer shelter
and support to girls and women fleeing FGM, child marriage and
other forms of gender based violence. She has faced threats over the
years for the incredible work she does for women’s rights in Tanzania,
but this has neither stopped nor dimmed her passion for protecting
girls and women. In January 2022, Rhobi was awarded the prestigious
Marianne Human Rights Defenders Award by President Macron of
France.

8. Challenges and way forward:
Challenges
• Running costs for safe houses is
still a challenge. The profit gain
through our production not
enough.
• Language barrier, because most
of associations staff talk French.
Way Forward
• Developing proposals and share
to some organisations for funding
and plan for fundraising events.
• Sharing the situation on the
coming seasonal cutting to
organisations to be support girls
basic needs.

9. Special thanks
• Tanzania Development Trust for their support all the time. We are
appreciating your support.
• GRF members for technical support and fundraising. Thank you very
much Janet.
• Netzwerk RAFAEL eV
• Individual donors
• Hotels and camps – Singita Grumeti, Fourseasons, Nomad Tanzania
• Giselle Portenier through film screening we raise awareness on
FGM.
• FAWCO Foundation.

10. Rhobi Samwelly
mndlutume@gmail.com
@HopeforgirlsTZ