Welcome CHAVITA
CHAVITA is an organization registered in the United Republic of Tanzania, formed by Deaf people themselves in 1984 who wanted to see a society in which equality and rights for Deaf people are observed.
Programatic Areas
Lobbying & Advocacy
CHAVITA strives to promote awareness and respect for the legal and human rights of Deaf people. This is achieved by sensitising and empowering Deaf people themselves, sensitising communities and the wider public, institutions and the Government. CHAVITA’s advocacy efforts are often directed towards ensuring that enacted legislations and developed policies, together with their implementation, are favourable for Deaf people.
Poverty Reduction
CHAVITA promotes economic empowerment by linking Deaf people with sources of capital, trainings, and income generation activities provided by CHAVITA, as well as with those provided by other stakeholders.
Sign Language
This programme aims to increase awareness and usage of Tanzanian Sign Language (TSL) amongst Deaf and hearing people. This is achieved through provision of sign language training, co-ordination of an interpretation service, undertaking TSL research and production of the TSL Dictionary and other related materials.
Gender & Children
The role of this department is to prioritise and integrate gender issues into all aspects of CHAVITA’s programmes and at the same time to empower and build skills of Deaf women, sensitise deaf women regarding their rights and self-worth; capacity building to deaf women through training and provision of guidance for value addition in their services and products; linking deaf women to sources of capital and promotion of innovative income generation projects.
Membership & Public Relations
The responsible department works to develop an effective membership base through the mobilisation of Deaf people, ensuring their active participation in developing strategies for solving their problems and advocating for their rights. National and international public relations and CHAVITA publicity materials are also co-ordinated by this department.
Health & Social Welfare
The social and economic inclusion of deaf people is supported by this department, through such activities as job placement and guidance, counselling, providing a link between Deaf people and audiological services and ensuring that Deaf children are enrolled in schools.
Improve the Deaf people life standards
Deaf people are more likely to have incomes below the poverty line and have no assets to cushion themselves against shocks, they are more vulnerable socially and economically.
Educate the Deaf people in Tanzania
Cushion themselves against shocks, they are more vulnerable socially and economically. They are more likely to have lower education and poorer health, and to be poorly nourished, they are often outside of social services and social security, segregated, discriminated against and denied the right to use their own language.
Sign Language Development
This programme aims to increase awareness and usage of Tanzanian Sign Language (TSL) amongst Deaf and hearing people. This is achieved through provision of sign language training, co-ordination of an interpretation service, undertaking TSL research and production of the TSL Dictionary and other related materials.
Recent Work
Fund Raising and Resource mobilization
individual, organizations, funding institutions from over the World
to facilitate smoothly operation and project that have great impact to the
lives of Deaf people in United Republic of Tanzania
MAADHIMISHO YA WIKI YA VIZIWI 2025 MKOANI SINGIDA MKUU WA MKOA ATOA TAMKO AJIRA ZA WAKALIMANI MA HOSPITALINI KUSAIDIA UPATIKANAJI WA HUDUMA BORA KWA VIZIWI
ADVOCATING AND ENHANCING LINGUISTIC HUMAN RIGHTS
CHAVITA continues to enhance the commitments promotes linguistic human rights to all the deaf persons in Tanzania, economic empowerment by linking Deaf people with sources of capital, trainings, and income
generation activities provided by CHAVITA, as well as with those provided by other stakeholders.
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Sexual Reproductive Health Rights to Youths Project
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Sign Language Training & Advocacy Project in Tanzania
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Poverty Reduction Project