Working for economic emancipation and healthy environment
Mapato
Mapato is a member-based organization with its both voluntary and honorary adult members of the community provided that they aim to fulfill the vision, mission, and objectives of the organization. The organization’s leadership is at three levels: namely General assembly, board of directors and its management.
Our Key Priorities
The Pastoral livelihood system is at thresholds due to its nature of economy. They are remotely living far away from cities where all social services are accessible. In this regard, they suffer from inaccessibility of social services, cultural disparities, gender inequalities, land insecurity, inadequate knowledge on mother earth management, and inaccessibility to financial services as they lack proper assets for collateral purposes and lack of employability skills.
Organization Vision
Mapato envision a justice society to all its members and to its surrounding environment.
Organization Mission
To improve pastoralists’ economic emancipation, environmental management, and cultural transformation and restoration.
Specific Objectives of the organization
To diversify the modes of livelihoods of pastoralists in order to attain their full economic emancipation by all members of the community.
To enhance pastoralists cultural transformation and restoration as a vehicle to acquire their full potentials, heritage, and happiness.
To improve and sustain the Pastoralists ways of environmental management for their current and future livelihoods.
To promote and enhance the quality of education for the Pastoralists in the periphery settings.
Our projects
In the beginning of the year 2024 the organization inception meeting was conducted in Kirtalo village where the office is located. The introduction was done at the presence of the organization members and the leadership of the same village.
Become a Member
Membership in the Organization is voluntary and open to any individual who has attained the age of 18 years and above, sound mind, and is ready to join hands in supporting and promoting the vision, mission, and objectives of the Organization.