Sponsor a child's education
Despite government initiatives since 2016 to move towards free education for children across Tanzania, there are still significant gaps in provision, access and quality of government schooling.
Government schools charge 'contributions' for attendance - additional fees to cover their running costs, and often also charge substantial additional fees to cover uniforms, stationary and meals. In addition, places at government boarding schools remain extremely limited, and for reasons of poor housing or travelling distances, boarding is sometimes the only realistic option available for children.
Unfortunately, whilst the changes in legislation since 2016 have been successful in increasing secondary school enrolment, there remains across Tanzania a plethora of barriers preventing children from starting - and more importantly - completing secondary education.
Read about how your sponsorship supports children in Mwanza >>