NGUZO is a voluntary local self-help association with a core commitment to helping Tanzanian Diaspora in Canada manage and cope with the urgent and usually high costs of funerals and burials (or cremation) when a family member dies.

In Canada, for many years and several occasions, the Tanzanian Diaspora has been financially burdened following the demise of a fellow community member or a close member of their family.

Whenever such an unfortunate event has occurred, community members have had to organize immediate meetings (face to face or electronically) to raise funds towards the associated funeral, burial, or cremation costs.

Frequently, it has been a frustrating and challenging process due to the unavailability of immediate funds to withdraw from to cover the funeral, burial, or cremation costs or, in some of our cases, transportation of the body to Tanzania. Costs involved are such as: