Badili Mtizamo 2 – Girl Power! is a jointly executed program organized by CPAR Tanzania and the International Centre for Students at the University of Manitoba.
The program objective is to work alongside CPAR’s staff to facilitate an after school program for high school girls and boys that explores issues related to gender, human rights and sexual and reproductive health. The program will be implemented in a culturally sensitive manner and will compliment the formal curriculum. It will employ a variety of techniques to engage and empower the students, resulting in increased awareness and confidence, as well as key changes in attitudes, behaviours and practices, all leading to better health.
The program will take place in the town of Karatu, in the Arusha Region of Tanzania. Karatu is a small trading centre about 2 hours north west of Arusha. It is the last stop before you reach the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The schools involved in the program are Milmani Secondary School and Wel Well Secondary School, both of which are boys-and-girls schools from Form 1 to Form 4.
This is the third year that the partnership for service learning has been implemented. Starting in 2010, Ntchito Yabwino (Good Work!) took place in the Lilongwe, Nkhata Bay and Mchinji Districts of Malawi, followed-up by Badili Mtizamo in Karatu, Tanzania, in May and June of last year. UofM students have also participated in CPAR Study Tours to northern Uganda (2007) and Tanzania (2009). Together they have been able to raise almost $35,000 for the projects they have visited.
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