Several projects are in the pipeline along poverty alleviation and raising literacy levels of writeers in Zanzibar. of late developments along inculcating a reading culture among elders and the younger genre is progressing fast amidst media developments to which ZAWI appreciates highly both individual and comunal interests to the effect.
Poverty alleviation without respecting Human rights is like building a house without foundation as such attributes to have human rights compliancce in all planning is much advocated and lobbied for.Currently members involve themselves voluntarily in the following activities:-
- Mobilise for membership
- Orientate Membership to Organizational ways and skills
- Inculcate Organizational and Leadership skills to the leadership
- Coordinate and coorporate with writers in Tanzania
- Participate in Forums, Festivals and Conferences aiming at networking for experience get and exchanges
- Initiate Establishing and formalizing Zanzibar Book Center(ZABOC) by 2011This activity delayed as ZAWI was in the process of registration. It took six years . Now ZAWI being registered on 27th May 2015 ZABOC is reviving with Planning review and soon hopes to continue initiatives at establishing the Center
- Teach Languages(Swahili, English, French and Arabic)
- Train Translators and Interpreters at Documentation techniques
- Encourage public lectures,debates and collecting views and opinions on writers and writings
10. To seek scholarships(short and long courses) to young authors
11. Capacitise all district branches with appropriate writting tools
12. Developing an Organizational Management Information System
13. Assist and advise writers and artists on copyright methodologies
14. Impart human rights to organisation members and some stakeholder representatives
15. Sensitise on poverty and Alleviation measures on Poverty lines.
16. School Literacy Program- showcasing cinema to primary Schools- contact person- Masoud
Muhiddin Masoud
17. Zanzibar Writers Symposium- contact person is Mohammed Saleh Ali
