Tanzania
Accelerated Education Programme for Ex Street Children
Globewise supports the Memkwa education program of Amani, a foundation that takes care of street children in a children's home in Moshi. This is a special (internally provided) education program in which former street children can get used to going to school again in small classes. With intensive guidance, the boys and girls go through the curriculum of primary school at double speed. The educational disadvantage that the children have is thus made up for and the children can eventually go to a regular public primary school near their home. They go to school with their peers again and have the same opportunities for the future as they do. In the city of Arusha, street children are taken care of by this organization and everything is done to eventually place them back with family. Being able to grow up and go to school again in their own environment is of great importance for the development of children. The organization provides the family with help with raising their children, if necessary, and financial support is provided if necessary so that the family can stay on track and the children can go to school. For a small group of children it is not possible to return home or to their family, these children find a nice home in Moshi and are guided throughout their entire study career until they can stand on their own two feet within Tanzanian society.
Contribution from Globewise
The Memkwa education program is given internally. Typically, there are between 50 and 60 children in the program. Globewise is responsible for 2/3 of the total education budget.
Extra Teachers for Smaller Classes
In Lower Moshi, Globewise supports the deployment of volunteer teachers in regular education. Tanzania has had compulsory education for all young people between the ages of 4 and 18 for several years now. This is strictly monitored, which has led to a huge increase in the number of children attending school in recent years. The government does not have sufficient financial resources available to hire additional teachers. This results in overcrowded classes with sometimes as many as 110 pupils in each class. A project has been started within the FT Kilimanjaro Foundation to deploy recently graduated teachers, who often return to their native villages after completing their training, in schools in their villages. The recently graduated teachers are given the opportunity to gain work experience, which increases their chances on the job market. So it works both ways. More motivated teachers in the classroom for a relatively modest fee and a great development path for the novice teachers. By deploying these teachers, classes can be reduced by splitting them up or the teachers can be deployed to provide additional support to the pupils in mathematics, for example.
Contribution from Globewise
Globewise now supports 24 teachers in 6 different villages. With this extra effort, over 6000 children can receive better education.
