To Ensure Tanzanian Children And Youth Have Access To A Quality Education.

All children and youth in Tanzania have access to a quality education.

Source: Nonprofit submitted responses

Goal One: Refine and demonstrate effectiveness of Tenda and Model School programs in primary schools before undertaking any significant expansion.

Goal Type: Focus on core programs to achieve mission and scale back on programs not seen as core.

Goal Two: Invest resources to build capability to deliver mission. Take a fiscally and operationally responsible approach to developing existing programs & assigning human and financial resources to new work.

Goal Type: Invest in the capacity of our organization (financial, management, technical, etc.).

Goal Three: Assist communities and appropriate government agencies with development and implementation of systems required for them to sustain improvement in their schools.

Goal Type: This goal reflects our commitment to further our advocacy work for our organization and or cause area.

Describe an investment in leadership

We're adopting the 'Traction' methodology of Leadership. Those in leadership positions are all reading and discussing 'Traction.' We are in the final phases of hiring an external consultant to help move this work forward.

This organization mobilizes for mission in the following ways:

• Strategic Partnerships

• Networks of Collective Impact Efforts

• Raising Awareness

• Community Building

What are this organization’s external mobilizaton efforts?

Engage in strategic partnerships: All three of our programs work with local and district government to implement their programs. Each program engages in additional partnerships based on their programmatic work (for example, Tenda Teachers is actively exploring partnerships with local colleges and universities, Model Schools works with a non-profit on it's Model Farms program. Community building, training and/or organizing: Project Zawadi's work is community-based and collaborative. When projects involve capacity building, trainings are most commonly carried out by leaders from local non-profits and companies. Collective impact efforts: Tenda Teachers helped to establish 'The Alliance for Teacher Professional Development in Tanzania.' The alliance is a group of educators & leaders from universities, NGOs, advocacy organizations, the Ministry of Education, and public schools who commit to working together to improve teacher professional development in Tanzania.

Our organization's history is a story of adaptability. As we've grown and cultivated more resources, we've been able to respond to more needs identified by the community. We began purely as a direct aid sponsorship program. Within a few years, we realized, we should make sure the schools they are at are high quality and well functioning institutions. This led to the development of our Model Schools program. The Model Schools program facilitates community-led initiatives in the areas of leadership development, infrastructure, school safety, school clubs, water, and farms. Once the work of Model Schools was well underway, the challenges around teacher training and development became apparent. If we were to make a lasting impact on education in Tanzania, and have that work be sustainable, we would have to address this gap, thus the Tenda Teachers Program was born. In 2019 we allowed ourselves to think about education differently. Not all students thrive in a traditional education setting. We started an Apprenticeship program. This program allows students to learn from experts in their fields of interest and gain hands on experiences for two years. With the skills they gain, they are able to support issues that arise in other areas of the organization (example: tailors sew menstrual pads and uniforms for secondary students) Over time our larger capacity has allowed us to support extreme and emergent health issues students face. Our staff know that when they come across students in dire situations, they should do what it takes to help them. Finally, our ability to work through the challenges brought forth by a global pandemic is a shining example of our ability to adapt. Our staff can adjust their plans at the drop of a dime, they can accomplish work and support students in creative and new ways, we have been forced to learn to use technology in a ways that propels our work to the next level. We're coming out of this pandemic stronger than ever.