Tanzania Water and Sanitation Network (TAWASANET)

TAWASANET is a national network of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) working in the water and sanitation sector. It was established in August 2008, and officially registered on 10th October 2008 under the NGO Act No. 24, with registration no. 00NGO/00002568, to fill the gap of the national body that coordinate and strengthen the voices of multiple WASH CSOs. Initially, about 20 local NGOs came together and discussed the importance of CSOs coordinating body to work on their behalf at the national and international fora. As such they endorsed the first constitution on 26th June 2008 and set up TAWASANET as a membership organization, a network which will operate all over Tanzania, and members will be local and international CSOs working on the WASH sector in Tanzania.