AJISO provides legal aid on a daily basis to people with various issues such as land disputes, probate, marriage, child maintenance, labor, and Gender-Based Violence. We also work closely with paralegals in providing Legal aid services in Rombo District

Three years ago we had a project to enhance Paralegal practice to social justice in Rombo district. Through the project paralegals groups were formed in five divisions within Rombo which includes Mkuu, Mengwe, Mashati, Usseri and Tarakea. Paralegals were chosen from each village ensuring representation of the same. Paralegals got training throughout the project period on various laws and how to offer services to the community.

The paralegals have been working with the community closer through the provision of Legal Aid services resulting in the identification of various problems such as land issues, marriage, children maintenance, probate, Gender-Based Violence, rape, and labor issues. Paralegal involvement has contributed to solving the cases among the community members amicably hence good relationships are maintained. Also, the number of court cases has decreased due to the Paralegal’s work

AJISO does not currently have any climate change project but rather integrates environmental issues in all existing projects. AJISO encourages the VICOBA members together with students in schools to plant trees and use environmentally friendly sources of energy. In dry areas, we encourage them to adapt farming techniques that allow them to get enough yield for their own use and for sale to improve their livelihoods.

Under this, AJISO has formed Village Community Banks (VICOBA) comprising 30 Members each and provided them with entrepreneurship education and skills to enable them to improve their livelihoods. AJISO encourages them to start small businesses and other income earning activities which will enable them to have money for buying shares from VICOBA and at the end to be able to take loans for capital expansion in their economic activities. So far there are 30 VICOBA groups making a total of 900 members in five divisions of Rombo District i.e. Tarakea, Usseri, Mashati, Mkuu and Mengwe. Apart from providing them with Entrepreneurship skills, we also teach them various laws through our legal officers and paralegals to widen their understanding of what is entitled to them as citizens.AJISO encourages personal savings by VICOBA members themselves to create ownership and sustainability.

The Foundation for Civil Society (FCS) was kind enough to provide financial support to AJISO, which made it possible for us to move our effort from the HAI to the Mwanga District. Within the wards of Lembeni and Kirongwe, the project enhances the establishment of eight child rights groups (Tuwalinde) and the establishment of child groups in two (2) secondary and six (6) primary schools. This takes the total number of schools that have clubs advocating for children’s rights up to 47. (15 secondary schools and 32 primary schools).

Since it is in our mission to ensure that there is social justice in the community, we are also conducting programs which will help to attain this through advocating for children, women and PWLDS rights .This advocacy is done through establishment of children clubs in schools both primary and secondary schools, conducting public meetings and dialogues about the effects of violating the marginalized groups rights especially children, women and PWLDS and formulation and capacitation of Child Protection Commitees in the community. We provide them with knowledge about the rights of these special groups and monitor and address all cases of sexual violence against children in their wards. As well as providing education on the effects of gender-based violence in the community