AfricAid Holds 1st “Opportunity Day” Event for Binti Shupavu Alumnae The Binti Shupavu program is designed to give girls the skills they need to complete Ordinary Level secondary school (Forms 1-4), with the bigger objective that they lead productive lives. Each additional year of…
Learning leadership without practicing it would be a waste of time. A good leader is one who sees a challenge and works tirelessly to address it. The 2 Day Challenge (2DC) is a platform for Kisa Scholars to demonstrate their leadership skills and leave…
Why do we share stories about our Kisa Scholars? To give voice to people who are not normally heard. A story puts an individual face to the girls’ education movement. We all know Malala, of course, but how about a girl like Doreen? Doreen…
“I have two hands – one for helping myself and another one to help other people in society.” Wivini Mtende, Kisa Alumna The concept of volunteerism has not been a cultural practice in Tanzania where AfricAid delivers its extra-curricular leadership and life skills programs…
“Parents used to tell girls what to do after they finished school. Instead, they should listen to their children about what they want to pursue in life. In Binti Shupavu, we are helping parents understand this.” Sophia Belela, Binti Shupavu Mentor Parents are the…
As much as AfricAid values girls’ education, it also values girls’ health – because the two go hand-in-hand. Girls who are healthy can more easily access education. And, girls who are educated about their health know how to look after themselves more effectively in order…
Have a look at one young woman’s responses on a recent survey of Kisa Alumnae: “I think about the needs and issues facing my community.” “Always” “I consider the Kisa Alumnae Network to be an important resource.” “Yes” “What are you doing…
Fall is recruitment time for new Year One Kisa Scholars to fill the spaces made available by the Year Two Scholars who graduated from AfricAid’s 26 Partner Schools last spring. The team of Kisa Project Managers and Mentors have just added 1,048 girls from both…
Learning leadership and life skills is serious business. So is mentoring and providing support to Tanzanian adolescent girls, many of whom have grown up in very difficult circumstances. It is important to know, though, that AfricAid’s Kisa Project and Binti Shupavu Scholars have a…
Girls are no more than wives and mothers. This is an alarming way to begin a blog from a women’s empowerment organization, don’t you think? It is the antithesis of what we believe. However, it is what many Tanzanians still believe, particularly in rural…