Welcome To CWCA

The Centre for Widows and Children Assistance (CWCA) is a non-partisan, non-profit making and non-governmental human rights organization with its main Office at Kariakoo area, Sikukuu Street within Ilala Municipality in Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (East Africa) and has a branch at Faraja Centre building within the Anglican Dioceses of Mara at Mara region.

It was formed sometimes in July 2003 and legally registered on 17^th day of February 2005 under the Companies Ordinance Cap. 212 of the laws of Tanzania as a Company without shares limited by guarantee with the registration number 51556.  It was founded by the human rights activists namely Advocates  Utti A. Mwang’amba, Ms. Suzan Makatte (now the deceased),Ms. Martha Kisyombe and Mr. Issa Maige, after  realizing that  women, widows, orphans and the most vulnerable children are denied their  legal and human rights  in the context of culture , norms , ignorance  about the laws and patriarchal system   Professionally all the activists are lawyers who day to day assist people under pro bon work (forma paperious).  The centre has 8 paid up staff, and 28 volunteers and 16 of them are women.


i. The CWCA vision is to have a society that respects and upholds human rights.
ii.The CWCA mission is to enhance, promote, and defend the rights of widows and children through raising awareness of their rights, to advocate for progressive policies and laws and to provide legal aid and information sharing in Tanzania.
iii.The primary objectives of CWCA are; to promote, protect, and enhance the legal, economic, social, political status and human rights with special emphasis on widows and children, It also intends to restore dignity of widows and children who have undergone torture, humiliation, harassment and eviction in order to enable them realize their personal rights.