From vulnerable young mothers to schooling brave young women strive to realize their educational and life goals. Being at an inclusive and stigma-free school, young mothers schooling at Tumaini we believe that they should not be labeled as vulnerable young mothers anymore. Instead, they prefer to be regarded as brave schooling young women striving to realize their …
Need Assessment Interview Tumaini Open School provides a warm and supportive residential learning environment for adolescent mothers. Young girls who have become pregnant – often through no fault of their own – face difficulties continuing their formal education. They were legally banned from state schools until November 2021 and remain to be one of the …
Until November 2021, Tanzania banned adolescent mothers from receiving their public education. These laws extended to children who conceived due to exploitation and assault. Now, pervading norms deprive these girls of sufficient academic support. Families and schools continue to marginalize them into their households with greater domestic responsibilities. Severely under-resourced NGOs bear the full weight …
Girls like Holo and Neema faced discrimination and expulsion from school – just because they had a child. We are very excited to be soon opening our doors to a stigma-free learning centre for such girls!
Completed classroom An inclusive and stigma free learning center for teen mothers to be opened soon! With thanks giving to all our donors, we are celebrating the successful completion of phase one of the inclusive and stigma free school buildings. Completed buildings have the capacity to accommodate about fifty students soon. The three rooms are …
Teen Mothers Advocating Through Radio Station We have helped teenage mothers demonstrate a high capacity and commitment to schooling. Adolescent mothers are bearing the responsibilities of being both parents and students, and they are grappling with the stigma of pursuing their education. Yet, they continue to demonstrate an unwavering commitment to their studies. All teenage …
Girls learning again thanks to you.. Thank you so much for enabling the teen mothers named Mbalu, Joyce, and Elizabeth to regain their secondary education outside the public school system. After being outside of school for about three years with no hope of returning to school due to expulsion for being pregnant, these teen mothers …
Neema Thanks to your generous donations, Tumaini Education Program has been able to support abandoned and underserved teen mothers who are expelled from publicly-funded schools because of pregnancy to re-access basic education outside the public school system. So far we have been able to help ten teen mothers to regain their education goals through our …