Open Mind Tanzania

OPEN MIND TANZANIA [OMT] is a non-governmental organization [NGO] which is a not for profit, non-political and non-religious organization. It deals with opening minds of people, youth in particular through active participatory training covering legal, social, and economic issues to enhance youth’s active participation in serving themselves, their society, their country and the world at large. Open Mind Tanzania main activities are training, research, advocacy, and legal aid at selected public interests. Its membership largely includes lawyers, sociologists and business experts who are committed to provide legal, political and socio-economic education to the society. MAIN OBJECTIVES 1.Imparting entrepreneurship knowledge and skills to youth and women in groups or as individuals for the purpose of helping them to utilize available opportunities in their localities especially in agriculture that they can use to create jobs and employment towards themselves. 2.To promote youth-led advocacy for participatory processes in the development of policies that affect access to education, finance, investment, health and employment, 3.To sensitize the general public especially youth in using legal services so as to obtain their legal rights. In connection to that, responding to individuals legal complains by giving guidance and counselling consigning law pertaining legal problems especially in legal and human rights, also preparing documents for court presentation. Thus providing legal aid services.