Our Team Member

Meet Our Amazing Team

Joseph I Ndosa

Finance Manager

Haidari Msigwa

Executive Director

Williad W Kalwani

Program Coordinator

Southern Highlands Youth Initiatives (SHYI)

Our Achievements

Despite operating in an environment that is often unwelcoming to sexual minority communities, SHYI has managed to achieve significant improvements in the health, human rights, safe spaces, and overall well-being of sexual minority youth in the Southern Highlands region. Some key achievements include:

Securing Funding

Securing Funding

Despite facing challenges in securing funding due to being a new, young,

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Movement Building

Movement Building

SHYI has actively contributed to the movement building of

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Membership Growth and Engagement

Membership Growth and Engagement

Since its establishment, SHYI has attracted passionate and devoted

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Southern Highlands Youth Initiatives (SHYI) was established in mid-2016 by a determined group of sexual minority youth in the Southern Highlands region of Tanzania. The organization's primary goal is to address the various challenges faced by sexual minority youth in the area. By November 22, 2016, SHYI successfully obtained registration as a youth NGO from the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly, and Children (MoHCDEC).