This is Shinyanga Maarifa Centre located at place known as Mazingira centre
                                           nearby Shinyanga regional police block.

                  These are ICTs participant at Maarifa Centre.

WHO WE ARE

Arid Lands Information Network is an International NGO that facilitate information and knowledge exchange between extension workers of arid lands communities in Kenya,Uganda and Tanzania .The information exchange activities focus on small scale agriculture ,climate change adaptation natural resource management and other livelihood issues through MAARIFA CENTRE(KNOWLEDGE CENTRE). 

 Shinyanga Maarifa Centre is one of ALIN branches which located at Shinyanga town near by Shinyanga regional Police block (Mazingira Centre) in Tanzania.The centre was started on 2007 between two collaboration institution Arid Land Information Network(ALIN) based in Nairobi (Kenya)and Natural Forest Resource Management and Agro Forestry Centre (NAFRAC) based in Shinyanga(Tanzania).

OUR VISION:
Enabling Access,Creating Knowledge and Empowering People

MISSION:
To improve the livelihoods of arid land communities in East Africa through delivery of practical information using modern technologies. 

AKINA MAMA WAKIWA WANATENGENEZA MPUNGA KATIKA KIJIJI CHA BULIMA WAKATI NIMEENDA KUTEMBELEA VIKUNDI VYA KINAMAMA

MISS LEAH AKIFATILIA MAFUNDI WANACHOKIFANYA

JIKO SANIFU LINALOTUMIA KUNI MBILI TU

NAMNA JIKO SANIFU LINAVYO ANZA KUJENGWA NA HAO NDIYO MAFUNDI(LOCAL ARTISAN)

Jiko sanifu ni moja kati ya mikakati ya kupunguza matumizi ya vyanzo vikubwa vya nishati kwani jiko hili linatumia kuni mbili tu(firewood) kwa kupika chakula na kikaiva hivyo basi kwa  mtu anayetumia jiko hili sanifu(IMPROVE COOK STOVE) atatumia kuni tano tu kwa siku . hivyo basi ili tuweze kuondikana na uharibifu wa misitu na ukataji wa miti ovyo tembelea kituo chetu cha maarifa centre kwa ushauri na maelezo zaidi juu ya matumizi na faida ya kutumia jiko sanifu.
 Lakini moja kubwa ni kupunza vifo vya akina mama wanaotumia mafiga matatu yanayowasababishia macho kuwa mekundu na kuuitwa wachawi hadi kupelekea kuuwawa kikatili kwa imani za kishirikina.

Ona kina mama hawa wanatumia majiko sanaifu wakiwa wanatengeneza mazao ili wakapike wakiwa wamejaa furaha.

SENSA YA WATU NA MAKAZI INATARAJIWA KUANZA TAREHE 26.AUGUST.2012 HADI 2.SEPTEMBA 2012

Tanzania inatarajia kuhesabu watu na makazi yao ili kupata takwimu za wananchi wote walioko nchini (TANZANIA) ili kupanga maendeleo yanayo endana na idadi ya watu walioko nchini .
Hivyo basi watu wote waliokoTanzania na wasio raia wa Tanzania watahesabiwa .
Sensa kwa maendeleo ya Taifa wananchi wote mnaombwa kutoa ushirikiano wenu kwa makarani wa sensa.