My name is Tumaini Mtiki and I am 19 years old. A few months ago, I finished the last year of school, which is Form Six. I am now considered a Kisa Graduate, as I have completed two years of Kisa classes. I live at…
AfricAid is proud to announce that a Kisa Scholar has become student body president at her university. Let’s meet her and learn about her leadership journey. Fides Peter Zakayo was born and raised in Arusha and is the last born of nine children. She…
My name is Rachel Edwin Banda and I am the second born in a family of three children. I used to live in Iringa Region with my family, but now I am in the Arusha Region where I work as a Mentor for AfricAid’s Binti…
There are people you meet and keep company with for some time and you just can`t stop admiring for who they are and how they do things. You wonder where they are from and think out loud that their backgrounds must have prepared them so…
As a Binti Shupavu Mentor, I mentor girls, develop leaders and transform communities. Mentoring at AfricAid means inspiring, motivating and encouraging young girls and sometimes it means being a supportive adult presence, which many young Tanzanian girls in the educational system often lack. Building life…
The number of Kisa graduates is expanding so much that in a few years, they could be considered a social movement. They come from all areas of the country and as they take individual paths in their lives, they can be found in most professions…
Knowing education to be the key ingredient to leadership, AfricAid has expanded its support to make sure girls achieve their goals of going to university to become what they have dreamed to be in the future. The AfricAid Scholarship Fund is used to help pay…
When I first thought about writing a story of a Kisa Alumna, I wanted to write about one of my fellow Mentors whom I work with in the Moshi office. Most of us are Kisa alumnae. But as I was gathering my thoughts, I noticed…
“Is AfricAid planning to reach many more regions of Tanzania through its Binti Shupavu program?” New Binti Shupavu Mentors had just completed the Curriculum section of orientation when one of them, Ndiini Nasira, asked this question. Ndiini is not alone in wondering this. Anyone…
We have all often heard tales told to us and, at times, we have been the teller of those tales. This is one of those times. There are stories that soothe our hearts and brighten our minds, stories that equip us with knowledge and stories…