Zaimo Foundation • Tanzania

Building stronger communities through practical action.

Zaimo Foundation works with local communities and humanitarian partners to deliver clean water, safe homes, education infrastructure, food assistance and seasonal relief across Tanzania.

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Registered NGO 00NGO/R/2358Headquartered in Mkinga

Zaimo Foundation team distributing Ramadan Iftaar food supplies in Mkinga District — Ramadan Iftaar food distribution

WASH

SHELTER

FOOD RELIEF

EDUCATION

Registered Tanzanian NGO00NGO/R/2358

HeadquartersMkinga District, Tanga

Program reachMultiple regions of Tanzania

Project focusPractical community infrastructure

Rooted locally

A rural foundation with a widening humanitarian reach.

Headquartered in Mtimbwani Ward, Zaimo Foundation addresses fundamental socio-economic challenges in underserved communities. Since 2022, our activities have expanded from Mkinga to locations across Tanga Region and beyond.

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Where we work

Programs shaped around practical community needs.

From a deep borehole to a weatherproof home, each program is designed around a tangible outcome and delivered with field documentation, local participation and partner coordination.

01 / FLAGSHIP PROGRAM

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

Deep groundwater wells, solar and electric pumps, elevated storage, community taps, school drinking stations and sanitation improvement.

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Housing & Shelter

Improved brick-and-mortar family homes built through a documented, weatherproof construction workflow.

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Food & Ramadan Relief

Hot Iftaar meals and essential food packs for low-income households, orphans and elderly people.

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Qurban / Udhiyah

Seasonal livestock procurement, verification, halal processing and fresh-meat distribution across coastal and inland wards.

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Education & Infrastructure

Learning-facility renovation and civil improvements supporting access to education in rural communities.

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Students practicing handwashing at a completed school sanitation block in Tanga Region — School sanitation handover & hygiene education

Clean water / WASH

Infrastructure that shortens the distance to safe water.

Zaimo Foundation supports the full project pathway—from hydro-geological testing and sweet-water aquifer identification to elevated tanks, communal taps and local water committee support.

Deep borehole drilling
Solar & electric pumps
Elevated storage tanks
School drinking stations
Sanitation renovation
Water committee support

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Zaimo Foundation team and community members at the completed madrasa renovation handover in Pemba — Madrasa renovation handover

Education infrastructure

Madrasa Renovation Project

The renovation restored a safer, cleaner and more functional learning space for children and the wider community in Pemba, Tanzania.

Completed & handed overPemba, Tanzania

AssessmentMasonryRoofingWindowsFinishingHandover

The completed facility supports community learning through documented repairs, finishing work and formal handover.

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Humanitarian relief

Food support built around dignity and timely delivery.

Documented programs include daily hot meals during Ramadan and planned food-pack distributions containing staple household essentials.

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Zaimo Foundation team and community cooks preparing Iftaar meals in Tanga Region — Community Iftaar meal preparation

Ramadan 1444 / 2023

Hot Iftaar Ramadan Program

Prepared daily meals for low-income households, orphans and elderly people in Tanga, with Al-Imdaad Foundation.

2025 campaign

MAA Ramadan Food Pack Campaign

Planned support for 3,375 people across 675 families in rural Tanga, with MAA International.

Documented project context

Numbers with their meaning kept intact.

Every figure below belongs to a specific documented project or campaign. We do not combine them into unsupported organization-wide totals.

2,922

Community members in the documented Mgambo water project area.

7 wells

Deep groundwater wells in the MAA regional community initiative.

15 homes

Family homes targeted by the Tanzania Shelter Project.

3,375

Planned beneficiaries in the 2025 MAA Ramadan Food Pack Campaign.

Selected field portfolio

Direct support, skills and emergency relief.

These supplied photographs document education sponsorship and essential food assistance delivered with communities.

Zaimo Foundation team presenting tuition sponsorship materials to a higher-education student

Education support

Higher educationStudent support

Tuition Sponsorship Support

Tuition, learning materials and practical assistance supporting a student’s higher-education journey.

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Student receiving practical aircraft engineering training through professional education sponsorship

Skills development

Professional educationTechnical training

Professional Education Sponsorship

Learning resources and student development support for practical technical education.

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Zaimo Foundation team distributing emergency food relief supplies in Rufiji, Tanzania

Relief support

RufijiEmergency relief

Emergency Food Relief

Staple household food supplies delivered directly to community members in Rufiji.

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More work in action

Construction, care and community infrastructure.

Additional supplied project photographs from education, elderly support and school sanitation activities.

Zaimo Foundation team reviewing work at a madrasa renovation project in Pemba — Madrasa renovation construction

Zaimo Foundation team handing staple food support to an older community member in Mkinga District — Ramadan support for elderly beneficiaries

Zaimo Foundation representatives reviewing school sanitation block construction in Tanga Region — School sanitation block construction

Stylized fallback map representing documented Zaimo Foundation activity areas in Tanzania

General activity areas—not exact project coordinates

Geographic reach

From rural Tanga to coastal and inland communities.

Between 2022 and 2026, documented activities expanded beyond Mkinga District into multiple areas of Tanzania.

Eight documented general activity areas are shown. Exact project coordinates are not claimed.

Collaboration

Organizations we have worked with.

These organizations are documented in Zaimo Foundation operations. This wording does not imply that every relationship is active today.

MAA InternationalAustralia

Comfort Aid InternationalUSA

Nyota FoundationTanzania

Al-Imdaad FoundationSouth Africa

Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania

Transparency

Field records, partner reporting and regulatory compliance.

Zaimo Foundation maintains operational records, formal project documentation, completion reporting, annual financial statements and activity reports to support NGO compliance and partner standards.

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NGO Registration00NGO/R/2358

TIN153-769-354

BankingDiamond Trust Bank Tanzania

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Your support can strengthen practical humanitarian work in Tanzania.

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