COCODA Tanzania formally registered as a non-governmental organization in Tanzania in year 2000. COCODA’s establishment, as its name suggests, resulted from intensifying concern among community members in small town of Njombe over the surging number of orphans, mainly as a consequence to swelling amount of people infected by HIV and dying from AIDS, majority being adults leaving behind young children without parents.
It was obvious then also that this trend had a direct negative impact on social and community development. Hence COCODA Tanzania envisioned offering effective response to this situation through providing education to local community members so as to increase awareness on facts about HIV/AIDS in order to reduce new infections and stimulate mobilization for all matters related to HIV/AIDS including care of orphans.









