„Harmonious cooperation, unity, union“

Umoja means in Swahili „harmonious cooperation, unity, union“and makes up a main principle of democratic Tanzania or rather the free African nations. We have chosen this name in order to show that the network represents an medium fort he African people to network inside of Africa and worldwide and to gain Unity and Union in an African or rather a global context by intercultural exchange.

Umoja – Network for Africa conduces to develop and implement educational projects on the African continent and support the local population, to organize themselves.

Primary concern consists in development and implementation of projects and initiatives that help the indigenous groups in Africa, to be able to orientate and to organize themselves better in a cultural, economic and political way and to develop new ideas and ways that give them the possibility to benefit increasingly from the progressive development in Tourism, to conform themselves to climate change and to improve commercial relationships with regional and international enterprises (socially acceptable community tourism).

Those educational projects shall follow the aim to enable the local population to educate themselves in a number of fields of work such as arts, culture, economy and politics and to gain a greater access to expertise and know-how and to enable them to use their newly acquired capabilities independently and to act entrepreneurial. Additionally it lies an emphasis on the provision of basic education and alphabetization in order to create a foundation for the achievement of special knowledge.

• Development Cooperation
• Development and implementation of public educational projects, workshops and seminars
• Promotion of technical and methodical social work
• Encouragement of intercultural exchange between Africa and the Western countries and promotion of international understanding
• Project management
• Promotion of Fair Trade and a socially and ecologically torable community tourismin the sense of aid for self-aid
• Implementation of environmental and health awareness programmes
• Creation and support of cultural institutions in African communities (e.g. expositions, open air stages, studios, radio stations craft producers etc.) in cooperation with existing regional networks and projects.
• Documantation and Conservation of traditional techniques and knowledge
• Promotion of sponsors and bilateral relationships between the African and European continent

Lydia Kilindo, Munich (Social Worker)

Elena Krügel, Berlin (Social Worker)

Daniel Hartmann, Bielefeld (industrial clerk, student for social sciences)

Michaela Luz, Düsseldorf (nutritionist)

Mganga Chokara, Berlin (Welder)

Claudia Rethaber, Cologne (Care Educator)

We are happy about any interested person, that wants to join the planning of our project. If you are interested, call number 002557-77706199 or write a mail to:

infoumoja-network.com