Meru District Council.

Background Information Meru district council is among the two councils that form Arumeru district. Administrative is divided into 3 divisions, 17 wards, 69 villages, 275 hamlets and 48,768 households. The district has a total population of 225,611 people according to 2002, among which 112,807 (50.1%) are males and 112,804 (49.9%) are females. Meru district council covers 1268.2 Km2The District Council lies on the slopes of Mount Meru which is the second highest mountain in Tanzania after Kilimanjaro that rises up to 14,000ft/4516M above the sea level. The council is located in the North-Eastern part of Arusha region bordering Kilimanjaro to the east and Manyara region to the southern part. The distance from Kilimanjaro International Airport to Meru council headquarters is 15 km. Vision and Mission of the Council The vision of the council is to have a community with improved and sustainable lively hood.The mission is to create conducive environment in order to provide quality social economic services to its community through effective and efficient use of resources and good governance for well being of the people. The general objective of the Council is to eradicate poverty and improve the standard of living for her people in a sustainable way, governed by the following specific objectives:-Improving HIV/AIDS services and reducing malaria infections, provision of access and quality social services, strengthening economic services and infrastructures, adhering to good governance and administrative services, management of natural resources and environmental protection, Social welfare, gender and community empowerment.In order to strengthen the services, the district is divided into the following departments as follows