About Us

Communities Sustainable Transformation Organization (CoSTO) is a not-for-profit organization, not affiliated with any religious group or any political party. CoSTO was registered on 22nd September 2022 as non-governmental organization (NGO) with registration number 00NGO/R3837, aiming at empowering communities sustainably. The CoSTO’s focus is to address the following issues:

• Improved quality of education for Tanzanian pupils and students’ special attention will be given to public schools where several challenges are visible and that where the majority are.
• Improved community health.
• Improved community livelihood.
• Enhance cross-cutting issues related to gender, environmental conservation & compliance, good governance, preparedness, and mitigation of pandemics.

 

We work in mainland Tanzania, starting in the north. Over time, we will expand strategically depending on the availability of resources and sustainability of the programs in a given area.

To effectively contribute to the social–economic development of communities by initiating and supporting self-development initiatives in a sustainable manner.

• To empower communities by promoting sustainable transformation through education, skill development, creativity and innovation, and access to accurate information.

• To improve communities access to health services and education with a special focus on gender and nutrition.

• To build and strengthen structures necessary to enhance communities' resilience for food security and livelihood improvement.

• To promote good governance, comply with environmental conservation, gender mainstreaming, and plan for unforeseen pandemics.

• To collaborate with other development agencies and partners for combined efforts.

• To strengthen the institution for sustainability.