The Life Hood for Children and Development Society (LICHIDE) as Non-Government Organization registered in Tanzania is committed in partnering with government in responding to poor quality of life facing the children, women and other groups in Tanzania. To be successful in responding to this, we must work in line with government policies, guidelines and principles. LICHIDE’s vision is to be a leading non-government organization that is committed to achieving optimal quality of life for children, women, and other vulnerable groups in Tanzania. Seven objectives have been determined to achieve the vision. Under the objectives are their strategies and planned accomplishments to attain the respective objectives.

The Life Hood for Children and Development Society (LICHIDE) has developed the second Strategic Plan 2022 – 2027 following the expiring of the first Strategic Plan 2018 – 2022.

This Strategic Plan will help to ensure that an organization remains relevant and responsible to the needs of its community and contributes to organizational stability and growth. It provides a basis for Monitoring progress and for accessing results and impact. It also facilitates new program development. It enables an organization to look into the future in an orderly and systematic way.

From a governance perspective, it enables the board to set priorities and goals to guide the organization, and provides a clear focus to the Executive Director and staff for program implementation and agency management.

The organization has devoted in preparation of the five years strategic plan with confidence to the existing stable political, economic and social environment in Tanzania. However, the planning took the assumptions that the organization will continue to exist in the next five years and that most of key staff and Board Leadership will continue to be affiliated with the organization. This Strategic Plan is a product of a cooperative effort made between board and staff with a special strategic planning committee of board members and staff taking responsibility for the effort.

Preparation of this strategic plan is based on long experience the organization has since its establishment in 1998 and successes and challenges which were experienced during the implementation of the first strategic plan.

LICHIDE’s mission of this current strategic plan is “contributing to improving the livelihood of women and children in Tanzania”.
To achieve this mission, is now guided by three objectives;

1. To build an independent organization in the country, with strong management that will help advocate and lobby for women empowerment, child protection and fight against HIV/AIDS, and human rights violation by 2027

2. Increased awareness interpretation of policies in regard to poverty reduction, MVC, MVCC, women empowerment and HIV and AIDS by 2027

3. To establish platforms for socio-development include entrepreneurial project for women, Most Vulnerable Children guardians and people living with HIV and AIDS in Tanzania.

In five years LICHIDE will strive hard to build its relationship with government at all levels, Donors and community in order to be trusted. Consistently, the organization will be Implementing programmes targeting Most Vulnerable Children (MVC), Orphans, street children, youth, disabled people and women. From that relationships, advocacy and awareness programmes has been conducted against HIV and AIDS, child protection right and violence against women.
Communities have been capacitated on how to care and support MVC. The main challenge remained to inadequate funding.