1.0 HISTORY
OF THE LIWOPAC
LIWOPAC stands for Lindi Women’s
Paralegal Aid Centre, wich is a Non-government organization that was founded
in August 2001. The idear of establishing LIWOPAC was born at time when Wome’s
Legal Aid Centre WLAC based in Dar es salaam visited Lindi on June 2001 and Conducted three day seminar on the
awareness creation of the human rights for women and children to the people of Lindi. The founding
members (Cosma Bulu, Jonaphrey Pembe and Khadija Chilinga) took commendable
measures to establish LIWOPAC by following all necessary legal processes for
its registration. LIWOPAC was registered on June 2003 under the Societies
Ordinance Cap 337 of 1954 it is a non – profit making, non-partisan development
organization awarded a certificate of Compliance on 2008.
The area of operation is Tanzania mainland. The organizations have so
far managed to deliver its services in six districts which are Lindi Urban,
Lindi Rural, Nachingwea, Liwale, Kilwa and Ruangwa Districts.
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