The establishment of the organisation reflect back to two individuals,Mr Julius Muungano and the late Venance Joseph who were inspired to support in and out of school youths who were performing badly in their studies due to poor background of english.In 1990s Mr Julius Muungano and Mr Venance Joseph were teaching at different vocational training institution but they were experiencing the same problem of failure of their students to understand well what they were teaching.In their processes of thinking of the intervention,they found that the problem has an implication to education for self-reliance which is the philosophy of the founder of the nation Mwalimu J.k Nyerere.They conceived the idea of establishing an organisation that could strenghen their english language capability on way to advocating for education for self-reliance to be practiced,the idea which they shared with their close friends and collegues who supported and developed it to the stage of processing of the registration of the organisation.The organisation started to operate in 1998 and in 2000 it was registered under the societies ordinance with registration number SO.NO.10321 founded by ten members and in 2010 it complied with NGOs Act, 2002 with compliance certificate No.00001378.

The organisation started to operate in Dar Es Salaam and in 2004 it opened the branch in Songea district of Ruvuma region and in 2006 it opened the branch in Bukombe district of Shinyanga region.

Among the achievements of which the members of PELO are proud of is running the organisation since when it was established until 2009 without depending from donations.It was the strategy of the members of the organisations to use their teaching expertise and their own resources for conducting the activities until when the organisation members will have something to show to development stakeholders that they have done with their own efforts.This "means of achievement"strategy drove the members to conduct trainings for mobilizing resources until 2009 when they started to seek for donors for its programs.

The other achievements is to be a member of district and national networks.PELO is not only an ordinary  member but also a founder member.It participated fully to found the Songea Network of Non-Government Organisations (SONNGO) in Ruvuma region and Bukombe Non-Government Organisations (BUNGONET) in Shinyanga region.PELO is an active member of national coalitions which are Tanzania Education Network/Mtandao wa Elimu Tanzania (www.tenmet.org) and Policy Forum (www.policyforum.or.tz).PELO to be a National coalition member of Global Campaign for Education (GCE) whereby it have been actively participating on preparation of Global week of Action (GWA).Our recent achievement was the incidence of the government department to purchase our road safety publication.In august to october 2009 we were invited by the Regional Traffic Officer (RTO) to participate on national road safety week whereby his office purchased 100 copies of our road safety publication and The Executive Director of Kahama district council purchased 99 copies for the council drivers.

uanzishwaji wa shirika kutafakari nyuma ya watu wawili, Bw Julius Muungano na marehemu Joseph Venance ambao walivuviwa kusaidia katika na nje ya vijana shule ambao walikuwa kufanya vibaya katika masomo yao kutokana na background ya maskini english.In 1990 Bw Julius Muungano na Bw Venance Joseph walikuwa kufundisha katika taasisi mbalimbali mafunzo ya ufundi lakini wao walikuwa wakikabiliwa na tatizo moja ya kushindwa kwa wanafunzi wao kuelewa vizuri kile walichokuwa teaching.In michakato yao ya kufikiri ya kuingilia, waligundua kuwa tatizo ina maana ya elimu kwa kujitegemea ambayo ni falsafa ya mwasisi wa taifa Mwalimu JK Nyerere.They mimba wazo la kuanzisha shirika ambayo inaweza strenghen lugha yao Kiingereza uwezo juu ya njia ya kutetea kwa ajili ya elimu ya kujitegemea kwa kuwa mazoezi, wazo ambayo wao pamoja na marafiki zao wa karibu na collegues ambao mkono na maendeleo yake kwa hatua ya usindikaji wa usajili wa shirika organisation.The kuanza kufanya kazi mwaka 1998 na mwaka 2000 ilikuwa iliyosajiliwa chini ya sheria jamii lenye namba za usajili SO.NO.10321 ilianzishwa na kumi na wanachama katika 2010 ni iakttagit NGOs Act, 2002 pamoja na kufuata cheti No.00001378.

shirika kuanza kufanya kazi mjini Dar es Salaam na katika 2004 ya kufunguliwa tawi katika wilaya ya Songea wa mkoa wa Ruvuma na katika 2006 ya kufunguliwa tawi katika wilaya ya Bukombe mkoa wa Shinyanga.

Miongoni mwa mafanikio ambayo wanachama wa PELO ni fahari ya ni kuendesha shirika tangu ilipoanzishwa hadi 2009 bila kutegemea kutoka donations.It ilikuwa mkakati wa wanachama wa mashirika ya kutumia mafundisho yao ya utaalamu na rasilimali zao kwa ajili ya kufanya shughuli mpaka wakati wanachama wa shirika tutakuwa na kitu kuonyesha kwa wadau wa maendeleo kuwa wamefanya na efforts.This yao wenyewe "ina maana ya mafanikio" mkakati alimfukuza wanachama kuendesha mafunzo kwa rasilimali kuhamasisha mpaka 2009 wakati wao kuanza kutafuta wafadhili kwa ajili ya wake mipango.

mafanikio mengine ni kuwa mwanachama wa wilaya na kitaifa networks.PELO si tu mwanachama wa kawaida lakini pia member.It mwanzilishi walishiriki kikamilifu kwa kupatikana Mtandao Songea wa Mashirika yasiyo ya Serikali (SONNGO) katika mkoa wa Ruvuma na Bukombe Non- Serikali Mashirika (BUNGONET) katika Shinyanga region.PELO ni mwanachama hai wa umoja wa kitaifa ambayo ni Mtandao wa Elimu Tanzania TEN / MET wa Elimu Tanzania (www.tenmet.org) na Policy Forum (www.policyforum.or.tz) PELO. kuwa Taifa muungano mwanachama wa Kampeni ya Kimataifa ya Elimu (GWA) ambapo ni wamekuwa kushiriki kikamilifu juu ya maandalizi ya wiki ya Kidunia (GWA) mafanikio yetu ya hivi karibuni kwa matukio ya idara ya serikali ya kununua barabara zetu usalama publication.In Ago-Okt. 2009 sisi walioalikwa na Afisa Traffic (RTO) kushiriki kwenye wiki ya kitaifa ya usalama barabarani ambapo ofisi yake kununuliwa nakala 100 ya uchapishaji barabara zetu usalama na Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa halmashauri ya wilaya ya Kahama kununuliwa nakala 99 kwa madereva wa baraza.