As you learn about the recruitment process for Africaid’s Kisa Project, imagine the joy that a family has when they receive a newborn baby. For AfricAid, it is a time of the year when everyone is diligently working on planning and executing our recruitment…
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…
The roads were long and dusty, and there was a glare in the afternoon light. The surroundings were beautiful. The Tanzanian traffic police were very active, stopping us a couple of times over the course of the day to check our car papers. Hours out…
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…
The 2 Day Challenge (2DC) is one of the central activities that every Kisa Year Two Scholar is excited about. It is a chance for them to lead a small community activity and put into practice what they have learned over their many months with…
I want to share with you a story of the beautiful minds of our Kisa girls at Mwika Secondary School. I have worked at AfricAid for six months, but have been involved with empowering girls through different organizations for over three years. I have seen…
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…
It all comes down to this – the final session for Kisa Year One. It is the final day for Kisa Scholars to present in front of the judges and their fellow students what they have learned during the entire first year of the Kisa…
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…