Projects

Supporting Her Education for Her Autonomy - SHEHA Project

Empowering rural adolescent girls to lead, choose, and thrive.

Supporting Her Education for Her Autonomy - SHEHA Project

Ongoing
PROJECT OVERALL
OBJECTIVE:

To support the
access and successful academic completion of secondary education for the most
underprivileged rural girls to help them drive changes in their lives and
communities using the power of education in Magu district, Mwanza region.

 
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION COVERAGE:

The activities
of the project will take place at Bujora, Kisesa, Bujashi and Bukandwe wards,
Sanjo division, in Magu district, Mwanza region, in Tanzania.

PROJECT SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

1. Provide
education sponsorship, mentorship, accompaniment, and life skills empowerment
to 300 most underprivileged adolescent girls in six public secondary schools in
Magu District by December 2030.
2. Increase
awareness among school parents, committees, school staffs, and students on
valuing and promoting girls’ education, mutual cooperation, support, and
respect between adolescent girls and boys for their better academic performance
by December, 2030.
THE FOLLOWING
ARE SHEHA PROJECT ACTIVITIES:

1.
Purchase/repair of school shoes, uniforms, and bags;

2. Acquisition
of school supplies and other educational materials like books, pens, and
exercise books;

3. Paying for
daily transport and contributing to daily meals at school;

4. Buying
sanitary pads for menstruation;

5. Paying for remedial
classes (tuition) for English language and science subjects;

6. Paying for national
health insurance to cover treatment when sick;

7. Organize
Girls’ Education Mentorship meetings and help them to understand their values.

8. Organize
meetings with girls’ education stakeholders to promote their access to
education.  


PROJECT FUNDED
BY:
Girls’ Education Collaborative –
GEC (https://gec.ngo/) through Ally Funder Alliance Grant.


PROJECT DURATION: From January
2022 to December 2026

CALL FOR ACTION:
We are open for collaboration/partnership with more interested donors/funders
on this project; kindly reach out to us in case you are interested to know more
about this project and getting involved to make a difference with us in
Tanzania.