This year we have been overjoyed to celebrate AfricAid’s 20th anniversary! For two decades we have been dedicated to promoting education, mentorship, leadership development, and community transformation- all through empowering secondary school girls in Tanzania. A lot has happened over these past 20 years, all…
GLAMI’s special program at Mbokomu Secondary School ends with hearty celebrations! “In our club, we have learned how to properly clean our hands. Just like the 2021 theme of Global Handwashing Day insists: ‘our future is at hand, let’s move forward together!’” These…
Binti Shupavu Mentors will soon celebrate more than 1,000 Form Four Scholars in Northern Tanzania who will graduate from the program before heading in to their final exam period. This academic milestone is a make-or-break moment in a girl’s academic career as it determines whether…
A Binti Shupavu Alumna’s Story My name is Maua. I am a Binti Shupavu alumna who graduated from TPC Secondary School in 2018. I joined the new Binti Shupavu program when I was in Form Three, which means that I had two years in…
GLAMI hosts second “Opportunity Day” for Binti Shupavu Alumnae “After the Binti lessons, I am willing to share my thoughts and can speak in front of many people. I know how and to whom I can seek help. I didn’t do so well on…
First Impressions of “Courageous Daughters” (the Binti Shupavu program) There is something we were curious about: What do Binti Shupavu Scholars know about GLAMI’s life skills program before getting immersed in it? Likewise, what do their parents know about it? The girls are certainly…
This is a question that comes up a lot in the girls’ education arena. If the status quo about the value of girls in society is to be challenged and improved, shouldn’t boys be involved as well? How can the attitudes of boys and men…
re·sil·ience noun – the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. Binti Shupavu is a program designed to build essential life skills in Ordinary Level (i.e. grades 7-10) secondary school girls in Tanzania. Over 6,000 girls have experienced this worthwhile extra-curricular course at…
“I came to realize that girls are capable of doing what boys can do. There is no limit to what they can do.” Moses Simon Long’ida, Radio Listener and Father in Arusha, Tanzania In Africa, radio keeps people informed about things vital to their…
Why do we share stories of our Scholars and Mentors? A story puts an individual face to issues such as women’s empowerment and poverty eradication. A story gives voice to people who are not normally heard. And, stories beat stats – people remember stories more…