Olive D. Luena, Chief Executive Officer, Tanzania Gatsby Trust

Since 1995, Olive D. Luena has been the Chief Executive Officer for Tanzania Gatsby Trust (TGT).  TGT is based on the premise that there is an underlying productive potential in the informal enterprise sector which is yet to be mobilized, as reflected in the high levels of unemployment, under-employment and low incomes. To achieve its poverty alleviation targets, TGT engages in the provision of credit, training, marketing, technology and low cost housing.  Through these efforts the Trust has alleviated human suffering of thousands of SMEs in Tanzani

Olive D. Luena, Chief Executive Officer, Tanzania Gatsby Trust

Since 1995, Olive D. Luena has been the Chief Executive Officer for Tanzania Gatsby Trust (TGT).  TGT is based on the premise that there is an underlying productive potential in the informal enterprise sector which is yet to be mobilized, as reflected in the high levels of unemployment, under-employment and low incomes. To achieve its poverty alleviation targets, TGT engages in the provision of credit, training, marketing, technology and low cost housing.  Through these efforts the Trust has alleviated human suffering of thousands of SMEs in Tanzania and has embarked on building an endowment fund for the sustainability of its work.

Mrs. Luena is the founding co-chair and a Board member of the East Africa Grant makers Association (EAAG), a trustee of the East Africa Centre for Philanthropy (UFADHILI), and founding Secretary-General (1988-95) of the Tanzania Association of NGOs. She was also the international president of the World Conference of Religion and Peace (1993-98) and a 1998/1999 nominee for the Africa Hunger Prize. In 1990, she was appointed by Pope John Paul II as a member of the Vatican Pontifical Council of the Laity and was recently appointed by the president of the United Republic of Tanzania as a trustee to the Presidential Trust Fund, her third appointment. Mrs. Luena is very engaged in promoting social justice and philanthropy at both local and international levels.

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