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Children’s Dignity Forum
2006
Country of Origin: Tanzania
Type of Organisation: Non-Profit Organisation
Institutional Arrangement and Registration : Local organisation and locally registered
Geographical Focus: National

Thematic focus

Access to resources, opportunities and social protection: Economic Empowerment
Marginalised groups: Gender| Women
Youth Empowerment: Boys| Girls

Mission

CDF empowers vulnerable children, promotes children's rights and advocates for ending harmful practices such as female genital mutilation, child marriage and teenage pregnancy in Tanzania. Its services include girls' empowerment programmes, child protection and participation initiatives, and engaging men and boys to promote gender equality.

CDF provides fiscal hosting services linked to its commitment to supporting grassroots and emerging organisations. It aims to empower them with essential administrative and financial management support, allowing them to concentrate on their core activities. CDF fosters collaboration, ensures compliance with financial regulations and offers a platform for innovative projects that address critical issues affecting children and young women in Tanzania.

Girls Not Brides, MenEngage Africa Alliance, MenEngage Tanzania, Tanzania Child Rights Forum, Tanzania Ending Child Marriage Network, Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition

Organisations must align with CDF's values, be non-profit and demonstrate financial responsibility, effective leadership, community impact and sustainability of their intended programmes. For-profit entities, organisations with political affiliations and organisations lacking transparency and accountability in their operations are not eligible.

Experience with fiscal hosting: 6 to 10 years
Fiscal hosting portfolio size: Less than US$50 000
Fee structure for offering fiscal hosting services : Between 11% and 25% of the funds managed
Proportion of total funding in 2023 that formed part of fiscal hosting services: Between 6% and 10%

Number of clients serviced between 2021 -2023:

9