Privacy policy
YOUR PRIVACY, RESPECTED
We work to keep women and children safe, and that includes your information. Here is, in plain words, what this website collects and what we do with it.
Last updated 5 November 2026
Our promise
- We never sell your data
- No ads tracking without your OK
- Your IP address is never stored
What we collect
Only what you choose to send us, plus anonymous visit statistics if you allow them.
Why we use it
To answer you, process volunteer applications and improve this website.
Your choices
Turn analytics on or off at any time, and ask us to see or delete your details.
Information we collect
You can browse this website without telling us who you are. We only receive personal information when you choose to send it:
- Contact and volunteer forms. Your name, email, phone (optional), location and message. These forms open your own email app, so nothing is sent until you press send there.
- Newsletter sign-up. Your email address, sent to us the same way.
- Emails and calls. Whatever you share when you write to or phone our team.
When you make a cookie choice we log it with a random device ID, the page you were on, your browser type and a scrambled (hashed) version of your network address. We never store the address itself.
How we use it
- To reply to your questions and requests.
- To review volunteer applications and stay in touch with volunteers.
- To send updates you asked for.
- To keep a record of cookie choices, as privacy laws expect.
- To understand, in total numbers, how the website is used so we can improve it.
We do not sell your information or use it to build advertising profiles.
Keeping it safe
We limit who can access personal information and keep it only as long as we need it to help you, run our programmes or meet legal requirements. After that we delete it.
Children's privacy
Much of our work is with children, so we take extra care. This website is not meant to collect information from children. If you are under 18, please ask a parent, guardian or teacher to contact us with you. If we learn we have received a child's details without that, we will delete them.
Your rights
Under Tanzania's Personal Data Protection Act, 2022, you can:
- See itAsk for a copy of the information we hold about you.
- Fix itAsk us to correct anything that is wrong or out of date.
- Delete itAsk us to erase your details when we no longer need them.
- Stop itWithdraw consent or unsubscribe from updates at any time.
Email info@sawainitiative.or.tz and we will reply within two working days.
Changes to this policy
If we change how we handle information, we will update this page and the date at the top. For anything important, we will make it clear on the website.