By Ezekiel Kassanga | Tumaini Open School
Our doors will be opening in September!
Tumaini Open School in Tabora will be a sustainable, stigma-free learning center that empowers adolescent mothers to regain their education. We hope that these exemplary efforts will forge the educational sector forward in Tanzania, especially for marginalized groups.
When we conducted research in 2019, we learned that adolescent mothers were removed from the public school system with very little support to recover their education. Policies strictly denied them an opportunity to return their schools, and local attitudes were very damaging. It took the courage and collective efforts of our team to sensitize teenage mothers and their natural supports. We started our initiative by teaching two girls in a rented living room, and two years later, we have officially built an alternative educational pathway.
Three well-furnished classrooms are now available with electricity, water supply, and learning equipment. One student shared, "I would like to say that this school is very beautiful. It has good environment. It is situated in a quiet place, it has electricity, also it has water, and it has good tables and chairs. In other words, this school is really beautiful. In general, the infrastructure is very good."
We plan to accomodate twelve studens so that they may prepare for their national exams in two months. We will then expect to enroll more girls in January. We are also continuing to visit girls and their families in their homes to identify any specific needs. We have learned that they require dormitories, water storage, printed textbooks, and laboratories to practice science lessons.
As we celebrate and thank all those who have contributed to this achievement, we invite stakeholders to participate in the continuing development of this center. We would like to provide girls with dormitories, vocational classrooms, kitchens, learning materials, a dining hall, and other essentials such as hygiene and sanitary materials.
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