HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE ORGANIZATION

WEETU is the acronym for WINGS ENVIRONMENT AND EDUCATION TRANSFORMATION UNITY. It is an organization which aims to bring about sustainable environment management through increasing access to quality education among the public. The driving force behind that aim is the belief that   a community having a good education is also capable to sustain and utilize environmental resources at their proximity to achieve their own development needs without necessarily compromising the future generation in achieving the same.

History

WEETU started to operate in 1995 as a unit in another NGO known as Homboza Corridor Environmental Protection and Development Promotion Society (HOCEDCO). At that time it was known as HOCEDSO-WEETU.

WEETU was registered under the Tanzania NGO Act of 2002 in 6^th of January 2006. The official headquarters of the organization is Changarawe, a village nearby Mzumbe University, some 22km South of Morogoro Municipality en-route to Iringa. However, currently WEETU office is located at Tushikamane centre in Morogoro Municipality along the road leading to the famous Kilakala Secondary school just opposite Morogoro Diocese Roman Catholic Bishop’s House.