The Informed Rural Society [IRS] is a joint fruit of six founder members who wanted to realize their dream of a society that is well informed and engaging effectively and efficiently in their socio-economic endeavor.As a result of their pursuit, IRS was formally established as an NGO under the Companies Act, 2002 in August, 2003.

The core mission was to disseminate information especially to the rural community in order to bridge the information gap between the rural and the urban. Later on the team of members realised that the question of lack of access to information cannot be separated by the issues of human rights and development. That is lack of access to information is a part and parcel of the human rights and development issues. This prompted the change in philosophy of the organization.

The new change in philosophy embraced human rights and developemnt as its core themes. Following the change in the Organization's philosophy in 2008 we restated our mission and adopted this new vision instead of the older mission as follows: 

A society characterized by sustainable development and that respects human rights and dignity.

The change in our vision necessitated the change in our mission as well. Our mission now is: 

To facilitate participatory community development and relief work by empowering poor and marginalized people and enabling them protect and assert their rights.

To align the Organization's activities with the Organization's vision and mission we ammended the objectives of the Organization which required ammendment of our Organization's Constitution to effect the changes.

Since its inception the organization has implemented projects in child rights advocacy, human rights and voters education.

IRS is a prorural Organization which speaks for its office location which is based in Geita District where it operates its activities. As of December, 2010 IRS has 10 members of whom 4 are females and 6 are males.

The IRS's Management Team consists 8 members. Of these 3 are full time staff while 1 is part time staff. The remaining 4 members of the Management Team are volunteers.

Ya khabari Vijijini Society [IRS] ni matunda ya pamoja ya wanachama mwanzilishi sita ambao alitaka kutambua ndoto yao ya jamii ambayo ni vizuri taarifa na kujishughulisha na kwa ufanisi katika endeavor.As zao kiuchumi na kijamii na matokeo ya harakati zao, IRS ilikuwa rasmi imara kama NGO chini ya Sheria ya Makampuni, 2002 katika Agosti, 2003.

Ujumbe wa msingi ilikuwa na kusambaza habari na hasa kwa jamii ya vijijini ili kuziba pengo taarifa kati ya vijijini na mijini. Baadaye kwenye timu ya wanachama alitambua kwamba suala la ukosefu wa upatikanaji wa habari inaweza kuwa waliojitenga na masuala ya haki za binadamu na maendeleo. Kuwa ni ukosefu wa upatikanaji wa habari ni sehemu na sehemu ya haki za binadamu na masuala ya maendeleo. Hii ilisababisha mabadiliko katika falsafa ya shirika.

Mabadiliko ya mwezi katika falsafa kuvutiwa haki za binadamu na developemnt kama mandhari yake ya msingi. Kufuatia mabadiliko katika falsafa ya Shirika la mwaka 2008 sisi restated dhamira yetu na kukubaliwa dira hii mpya badala ya ujumbe wa wazee kama ifuatavyo:

jamii A sifa kwa maendeleo endelevu na kwamba inaheshimu haki za binadamu na heshima.

Mabadiliko katika maono yetu necessitated mabadiliko katika dhamira yetu pia. Dhamira yetu sasa ni:

Kuwezesha shirikishi wa maendeleo ya jamii na kazi ya misaada kwa kuwawezesha watu maskini na wanyonge na kuwawezesha kulinda na kutetea haki zao.

Kujipanga shughuli za Shirika la na maono ya Shirika la na utume sisi marekebisho malengo ya Shirika ambayo required marekebisho ya Katiba yetu ya Shirika la athari ya mabadiliko.

Tangu kuanzishwa kwake shirika imetekeleza miradi katika utetezi wa haki za mtoto, haki za binadamu na wapiga kura elimu.

IRS ni Shirika prorural ambayo anaongea kwa eneo ofisi yake ambayo ni msingi katika Wilaya ya Geita ambapo kazi shughuli zake. Kama wa Desemba, 2010 IRS ina wanachama 10 ambao 4 ni wanawake na 6 ni wanaume.

IRS wa Timu ya Uendeshaji lina wanachama 8. Ya hizi 3 ni muda kamili wafanyakazi wakati 1 ni sehemu wakati wafanyakazi. Iliyobaki wanachama 4 wa Timu ya Usimamizi ni wa kujitolea.