Project Zawadi Incorporated

Project Zawadi seeks to significantly improve educational quality, safety, and access in the Nyamuswa area of Tanzania.

Students
Continue sponsoring students, strengthening programs and evaluate options for improving outcomes.
Improve academic and career counseling.

Schools
Engage closely with local communities and build on the energy of existing good leaders.
Seek and promote partnerships and build a coalition of service providers to design and implement a holistic approach to improving the quality of six Nyamuswa area schools (four primary and two secondary)
Create five-year development plans for each school and leverage resources locally, nationally, and internationally

Teachers
Support teacher professional development
Develop training materials using an active learning, student centered approach, conduct physical and e-trainings, and develop networks of school and ward support.
Nurture the creation of a national alliance of education professionals seeking to promote and share teacher professional development best practices.

Improve organizational infrastructure to support quality and growth

Project Zawadi's 20-year history in the Nyamuswa, Tanzania community has nurtured close school and community connections. The organization is well-known and recognized both locally and nationally for our work in education in the area. There is a history of successful collaboration in supporting student sponsorship, teacher training activities, infrastructure projects, and material supplies of teaching and learning aids.

Project Zawadi has a highly-qualified local staff. In addition, there are two USA-based administrative staff to support in-country activities, fundraising, and financial oversight.

The Board is composed of Tanzanians, education experts & well-respected professionals in the fields of finance and international development.

Students
-818 total students sponsored at every level of schooling from primary through university as well as vocational training.
-Providing student counseling and academic advising support services that coordinate with student, family, teachers, and schools.
-Providing apprenticeship oppertunities for students who don't continue with traditional schooling.
-Providing empowerment clubs and camps for primary and secondary school students.

Schools
-Worked with 108 schools in supporting sponsored students.
-Formal agreements with nine Core Schools.
-Formal agreements with four Model Schools.
-Projects completed (13 classrooms, 3 dormitories, 8 teachers house units, 2 offices, 28 toilets, 1 kitchen/storage, 2 water collection/storage tank, 4 vocational workshops, 15 little libraries, 9 classroom renovations, 3 teacher office renovations, 145 student desks, 3 borehole drillings)

Teachers
Teacher trainings implemented across 41 primary schools (training 407 teachers)
11 E-modules developed
Handbook on Active Teaching and Learning Compiled
13 cooperating agencies organizing Alliance