For nearly three decades, Pastoral Women’s Council has worked alongside pastoralist women and girls to create change that reaches from individual households to entire communities. The numbers tell part of that story. The deeper impact can be seen in women with greater control over their livelihoods, girls with new educational opportunities, communities strengthening their resilience, and women increasingly participating in decisions that shape their futures.
These numbers reflect the collective strength of pastoralist women, community groups, and partners working together for a more just, equitable and resilient future.
Indigenous pastoralist women connected
People with improved water access
Women supported with land rights
Women & female youth reached annually
Girls supported through scholarships
Community members reached through health outreach
A growing network of pastoralist women connected through community groups, leadership and collective action.
Locally rooted programs reaching pastoralist communities across northern Tanzania.
Helping remove economic, cultural and practical barriers to girls’ education.
Supporting women to understand, claim and protect their land rights.
Locally led climate initiatives helping mobilize resources for community priorities.
33 mid-depth water boreholes have improved clean and reliable water access for more than 72,000 pastoralist community members and benefited 255,322 livestock. Women and girls no longer have to walk up to 20 kilometers daily to fetch 20 liters of water. Electricity has been extended to three boreholes through engagement with the Rural Energy Agency.
Community water boreholes drilled and mechanized
Community members with improved water access
Livestock benefited
47 community-led Climate Action Plans have been developed across three pastoralist districts and supported for integration into District Council planning, policy and budgeting frameworks. 231 acres of degraded rangelands have been restored through community-managed Grass Seed Banks, improving vegetation, biodiversity, pasture productivity, women’s livelihoods and household climate resilience.
Community-Led Climate Action Plans
Degraded Rangelands Restored
Pastoralist Districts
PWC received a National Environment Management Council (NEMC) award on 29 May 2026 for its environmental management and climate resilience work.
Impact is not simply how many people participate in a program. It is a girl who sees education as part of her future. A woman who earns income she can invest in her children and household. A group of women advocating together for access to land or community resources. A village incorporating women’s perspectives into decisions about water, grazing land and climate adaptation. And a generation of women and girls growing up with a stronger expectation that their voices belong in the decisions that affect them.
More girls are staying in school and gaining the skills to shape their own futures.
Women are increasing their economic independence and investing in their families.
Women are participating more in decisions about land, resources and community development.
6,000+ Indigenous pastoralist women have been supported to demarcate, title, own and manage land and livestock. Another 6,000+ women have been trained to participate in land governance, natural resource management and civic decision-making, alongside support for the Maasai Conservation Vision.
Women supported with land and livestock rights
Women trained in land governance and civic decision-making
Women Rights and Leadership Forums
Community paralegals trained
PWC’s programs reinforce one another. Education can expand a girl’s future choices. Economic independence can strengthen a woman’s influence within her household. Secure land rights can protect livelihoods. Leadership opportunities can enable women to advocate for better services and public resources. Together, these changes help build communities that are more equitable, resilient and able to shape their own futures.
PWC continues to deepen its work while responding to emerging challenges—particularly the growing effects of climate change on pastoralist livelihoods. As conditions change, one principle remains constant: lasting solutions are strongest when communities themselves lead the way.
