FLC: Onyonya Mama Shelter for Gender Based Violence survivors Kilimanjaro Women Information Exchange and Consultancy (KWIECO) is a Human Rights and Gender focused NGO operating in Kilimanjaro Region Tanzania. The organization deals with Legal Human rights and gender education; Legal counseling; Litigation Social supp
ort for GBV survivors; Women Economic Empowerment for justice; Lobby and advocacy and publicity.  KWIECO with the support of UKUMBI a Finnish NGO was able to run a temporary shelter through rented premises since 2014. So far a total of 24 clients have been
 supported. Ability to reach more was constrained by limited resources. UKUMBI has supported construction of a building to be used as a shelter. However KWIECO is facing  a challenge of running this shelter hence KWIECO requested funding from the Embassy o
f Finland in order ; to offer temporary shelter and basic needs for women and children survivors of GBV in Kilimanjaro; to empower GBV survivors with skills and confidence to enable them face and deal with GBV challenges thus they offer psychosocial counse
ling gender empowerment human rights institutional procedural issues and court representation. In addition KWIECO facilitate resettlement of GBV survivors though business counseling and skills development; provision of business start up capital and tools a
nd  resettlement procedures. Also KWIECO support establishment of community safety nets and networks for support of GBV survivors. by identifying and empowering them on GBV issues and support. The target group of this project is GBV survivors and the expec
ted final results of the project are Women GBV survivors assured of their safety and support; women GBV survivors confident to protect their own rights; destitute women survivors of GBV will obtain sources of livelihood to sustain themselves and their chil
dren as well as communities in Kilimanjaro take ownership and responsibility of protecting GBV survivors.