Lugarawa Youth Foundation

1. Registration & Identity

• LYF is registered in Tanzania under the Non-Governmental Organisations Act No. 24 of 2002, registration number 00NGO/R/2147
• It is non-religious, non-political, non-partisan, and non‐discriminatory in its mandate.
• Key contact details: Head Office – Lugarawa Ward, Ludewa District, P.O. Box 54, Njombe Region, Tanzania. Phone +255 752 379 378. Mini-office in Peramiho Ward, Songea District, Ruvuma Region.
• Tax Identification: TRA TIN number 153-113-173.

2. Mission & Vision

• Vision: We envision where all youth are nurtured to reach their fullest potential.
• Mission: Improving the lives of young people through innovative community strategies to increase social and economic opportunities
• Philosophy: Belief that empowering youth is key to creating a better world; commitment to supporting youth to gain skills, partnerships and opportunities to lead positive change.
• Core values: Integrity, accountability, transparency, commitment, compassion, love, patriotism, honour, discipline, innovation, ethics, equity, fear of God.

3. Scope of Work / Thematic Areas
LYF’s programmes cut across several thematic areas. Key ones include:

• Youth Empowerment & Self-Awareness: Supporting youth to recognise opportunities, develop soft skills, self-worth and take initiative rather than remaining idle or marginalized.
• Education: Interventions to support youth access to education, moral development, and awareness of opportunities.
• Entrepreneurship & Economic Empowerment: Bridging youth and private‐sector opportunities, facilitating small‐scale business, self-employment, market access.
• Agriculture: Engaging youth in agricultural activities, small‐scale business in agribusiness.
• Environmental Conservation / Climate Action: Recognising the role of youth in sustainable natural-resource use, environmental care.
• Inclusion & Gender Equality: Acknowledging vulnerable youth, ensuring programmes are inclusive across gender and vulnerable groups.
• Sports

4. Geographic Reach

• Head Office: Njombe Region (Lugarawa Ward, Ludewa District).
• Branch / Mini-office: Peramiho Ward, Songea District, Ruvuma Region.
• The organisation states that it currently operates across “Tanzania Mainland” with these as key bases.
• While headquartered in Njombe and active in Ruvuma, the ambition likely is to scale more broadly across regions given the youth-empowerment focus.

5. Operations & Approach

• LYF engages in programmes built around major pillars: Building Foundations (skills & assets for youth), Economic Change & Sustainability (entrepreneurship, market access), Enabling Environments (policy engagement, youth voice).
• They emphasise community engagement (acknowledging each community's unique context) and youth contribution (youth as change-actors).
• Monitoring, learning and adaptation are part of the approach (“collaborate, learn and adapt”).
• Given thematic scope (education, entrepreneurship, environment) operations likely include training, mentoring, outreach, partnerships with local stakeholders, community mobilization. (The web-profile indicates thousands empowered globally, though that may reflect ambition or network linkages).

6. Governance & Structure

• The website lists key office bearers:
• Director: Mr Romanus A. Mgimba
• Chairwoman: Dr Monica Mboka
• Project Manager: Dr Godfrey Kihaule
• The organisation has a defined structure (head office, mini-office) and is registered under national law (NGO Act) which implies governance obligations (annual returns, board oversight, etc).
• Core values emphasise accountability, transparency and ethics — signalling governance culture.