An Economic Growth Officer from United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Harold Carey, looking at smartphone used by Trusted Intermediaries, who work alongside members of the village Land Adjudication Committee to map the boundaries of villagers’ land and enter demographic and other information about parcel holders at Ilalasimba Village in Iringa Rural District, Iringa Region yesterday. The intermediaries make certain that parcel holders (or their representatives) and the neighbors of parcel holders are present when mapping occurs. (Photo: Friday Simbaya)
An Economic Growth Officer from United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Tanzania, Harold Carey posing a photo with one of traditional elders during the delivering of Certificates of Customary Rights of Occupancy (CCRO) to 940 villagers in Ilalasimba Village in Iringa Rural District, Iringa Region yesterday. (Photo: Friday Simbaya)
A cross section of Ilalasimba villagers following the occasion during the delivering of Certificates of Customary Rights of Occupancy (CCRO) to 940 villagers in Ilalasimba Village in Iringa Rural District, Iringa Region yesterday. (Photo: Friday Simbaya)
An Economic Growth Officer from United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Harold Carey (R) sharing a light moment with Florah Luvanda an Assistant Land Commissioner for Rural Land Administration during the delivering of Certificates of Customary Rights of Occupancy (CCRO) to 940 villagers in Ilalasimba Village in Iringa Rural District, Iringa Region yesterday. (Photo: Friday Simbaya)
Tanzania Grassroots Oriented Development (TAGRODE) a nongovernmental organization based in Iringa, Executive Director Zubery Mwachulla making a keynote speech during the delivering of Certificates of Customary Rights of Occupancy (CCRO) to 940 villagers in Ilalasimba Village in Iringa Rural District, Iringa Region yesterday. (Photo: Friday Simbaya) .
The Iringa Rural Acting District Commissioner, Martin Mlwafu is giving a Certificate of Customary Rights of Occupancy (CCRO) to a widow during the occasion of delivering of CCRO to 940 villagers at Ilalasimba pilot Village in Iringa Rural District, Iringa Region yesterday. Looking is Florah Luvanda (L) an Assistant Land Commissioner for Rural Administration and Ilalasimba Village Chairman, Julius Nyangalima (in whit suit). (Photo: Friday Simbaya) .
By Friday Simbaya, Iringa
At least 940 villagers of Ilalasimba in Iringa Rural District, Iringa Region have received formal documentation of their land rights yesterday, thanks to a USAID pilot project called Mobile Application to Secure Tenure (MAST) launched in 2014.
USAID has developed a participatory methodology to implement the pilot, combining the use of technology with village-wide training on Tanzania’s land laws to build knowledge and strengthen capacity to support dispute resolution.
