| Tanzania Social Support Foundation | |
| Native Name: | Shirika la Msaada wa Kijamii Tanzania (Swahili) Tanzaniae Socialis Adiumentum Fundationis (Latin) Fundación de Apoyo Social de Tanzania (Spanish) 坦桑尼亞社會支持基金 (Chinese) مؤسسة الدعم الاجتماعي في تنزانيا (Arabic) Fondation de soutien social de la Tanzanie (French) Tanzanya Sosyal Destek Vakfı (Turkish) Fundação de Apoio Social Tanzânia (Portuguese) (Motto: Serving the Needs of the People) |
| Abbreviation: | TSSF |
| Founding Location: | Namtumbo and Mtwara, Tanzania. |
| Type: | Non-governmental Organization |
| Predecessor: | Doli Foundation |
| Tax Id: | 136-210-602 (Issued by TRA). |
| Registration Id: | 00NGO/00006998 (Issued by Registrar of NGOs in Tanzania Mainland). |
| Status: | Body Corporate (Incorporated as TSSF on). |
| Purpose: | Diplomacy, Economic Development, Education, Environment, Good Governance, Healthcare, Social Support, and Tourism. |
| Location: | Dar es Salaam |
| Coords: | 6.7924° S, 39.2083° E |
| Services: | Advocacy, Training, and Empowerment |
| Methods: | Donations, Grants and Endowment |
| Fields: | Charity, Civil Society, and Non-profit |
| Membership: | 3,598 |
| Membership Year: | 2021 |
| Language: | English, Kiswahili, Latin, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, French, Turkish and Portuguese |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Donati Salla |
| Leader Title2: | Vice President |
| Leader Name2: | Deogratias Shio |
| Leader Name3: | Shaban Thomas |
| Main Organ: | General Assembly |
| Subsidiaries: | Pan African Forum of Civil Societies People and Development Foundation Social Support International Limited (L.L.C). Consortium of Social Support Foundations |
| Staff: | 12 |
| Staff Year: | 2021 |
| Volunteers: | 68 |
| Volunteers Year: | 2021 |
| Website: | |
| Remarks: | Empowering the Sensible Efforts |
| Formerly: | Doli Foundation |
Tanzania Social Support Foundation (TSSF) is a non-governmental organization which is primarily and duly registered under the Non-Governmental Organisations' Act, [Cap.56 R.E 2019] of the Laws of the United Republic of Tanzania.[1] The TSSF is legally a body corporate that is mandated to operate in whole of the part of the United Republic of Tanzania as the National oriented Non-Governmental Organization. Since its permanent incorporation on 7 March 2014, the TSSF has been focusing on promotion of Diplomacy, Economic Development, Education, Environment, Good Governance, Healthcare, Social Support and Tourism.[2]
Tanzania Social Support Foundation has been a base for empowering the Civil Societies in the African Continent; and it is among the front line Organizations which is advocating for the civil societies' welfare in Africa. In 2015 Tanzania Social Support Foundation managed to invite civil societies across Africa and establish the Pan African Forum of Civil Societies[3] [4]
In 2014 Tanzania Social Support Foundation started to run a life skills training programs to youths across the Universities and Colleges in Tanzania for the purpose of preparing Tanzanian youth graduate be ready to face the challenges related to unemployment and in November 2014 the Organization held a National Youth Summit with the theme Understanding Gas and Oil Economy: Policies and its implications to youths of Tanzania[5] Also TSSF runs a Center for Development in South - Eastern Tanzania (CDSET) which is special for empowering the residents of Mtwara and Lindi Regions of Tanzania in both economic, social, and cultural dimensions of life.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
In 2017, the Tanzania Social Support Foundation launched its Higher Education Fund that is dedicated to offer scholarships and tuition waivers to over 50,000 students of the higher learning institutions as a way to serve all those who appear to miss the educational loans from the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania for which the fund is set to assist the student - citizens of the United Republic of Tanzania who are academically gifted but they fail to access the higher education due to their financial situation as they are originated from the very low-income families and disadvantaged backgrounds.[13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
On 6 January 2018 the TSSF launched its Private International Civil Society that is known as Consortium of Social Support Foundations with the main objective of advocating for the doctrine of social support across the world[22]
| Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lilian Kiwango | 18 July 2011 | 28 February 2013 | |||
| 2 | Donati Salla | 1 March 2013 | Incumbent | . | ||