Binti Shupavu is Girls Livelihood and Mentorship Initiative’s life skills program for lower secondary school girls. The four-year course covers topics such as study skills, personal leadership, health and self-confidence with the goal of increasing Ordinary Level graduation rates for vulnerable girls. This is…
During COVID-19, everyone has had to learn new ways to keep going on with life, while taking precautions against the virus. This includes individuals, institutions, and organizations, such as Girls Livelihood and Mentorship Initiative (GLAMI, formerly AfricAid TZ). GLAMI learned that it is critical to…
Nothing can stop a creative mind – absolutely nothing – not even the coronavirus. (Note that students in Tanzania returned to school on Monday, June 29, 2020.) Kisa Scholars at each of GLAMI’s 25 Partner Schools for the leadership program demonstrate tremendous creativity. …
How GLAMI further engaged parents of Scholars during the pandemic. Tanzanian schools closing during the coronavirus pandemic has given new direction to Girls Livelihood and Mentorship Initiative (GLAMI, formerly AfricAid TZ). The organization learned: to reach program participants wherever they are (in this case,…
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on life in almost every country on earth. Tanzania confirmed its first case of COVID-19 on March 16, 2020 and the very next day, all schools were closed in an attempt to contain the spread of the…
What would Nelson Mandela have to say to the world on his birthday in 2020? There is the challenge of a global pandemic and the opportunity represented by people worldwide standing up for racial justice. As far as the pandemic, he would tell us not…
How the Kisa Project’s “Technology and Digital Security” Lesson helped Scholars connect and continue to learn in an unforeseen crisis. When students across Tanzania, including GLAMI’s Kisa Scholars, went home on March 17th, they began another new life experience. The Kisa Project Curriculum contains…
On March 17, 2020, schools in Tanzania closed for 3 ½ months and students were sent home. Students returned to the classroom on June 29. Girls Livelihood and Mentorship Initiative (GLAMI, formerly AfricAid TZ) is working hard to ensure the Scholars in its Kisa Project…
Kisa Alumna Florence Thomas John has been a Kisa Mentor in Moshi, Tanzania for one year as of August 1, 2020. In her first year with the organization, she led 164 Kisa Scholars through the after-school leadership program at five secondary schools in the Moshi…
And they treasure him. People describe me as hardworking, focused, determined, respectful, open minded, goal oriented, and well organized. Today I am going to reveal the secret behind all these qualities. It’s my father. Yes, my father! I learned most of my behaviors from…