Current projects

SHIRIKI TUJENGE TANGA YETU

Through active participation in governance. The Shiriki Tujenge Tanga Yetu project equips youth with practical knowledge and leadership skills to strengthen civic engagement and accountability at the local level. Through this initiative, Youth Accountability Advocates (YAAs) are trained to educate their peers about civic rights and responsibilities, lead community dialogues, and collaborate with local authorities to ensure that young …

SOWING JUSTICE – Reclaiming Indigenous Seed Sovereignty

Sowing Justice is an initiative focused on preserving indigenous seeds and traditional agricultural knowledge across East and Southern Africa. Indigenous seeds are vital for biodiversity, food security, and climate resilience, yet they are increasingly threatened by industrial agriculture, hybrid seeds, and corporate-controlled seed systems. Through this project, we engage youth and young feminist advocates to amplify the importance of seed …

YOUTH SOUNDING BOARD

The Youth Sounding Board (YSB) is a youth-led initiative supported by the Embassy of Switzerland in Tanzania to ensure meaningful engagement of young people in shaping the Embassy’s strategic priorities. The platform empowers youth to contribute their perspectives, influence decision-making, and guide programs and policies to be more inclusive and impactful. Aligned with the Embassy’s …

IJUE KODI YAKO – LIPA NA SHIRIKI.

Through the IJUE KODI YAKO – LIPA NA SHIRIKI project, we strengthen tax justice and accountability in Tanzania by empowering young people and civil society to actively participate in decisions that affect public resources. Our mission is to ensure taxation is fair, inclusive, and responsive to the needs of all communities. We build partnerships between …

UNICEF Education Programme

This project is implemented by Restless Development Tanzania, in partnership with UNICEF, to improve access to education, school retention, and learning outcomes for vulnerable adolescents aged 10–19 in Tanzania. The project responds to persistent barriers such as poverty, gender inequality, indirect education costs, and inadequate menstrual health support, which disproportionately affect adolescent girls. 4,000 adolescents …

AU-EU Youth Voices Lab

AU-EU Youth Voices Lab – Power of the Collective aims to support young people aged 15 to 35, especially those in hard-to-reach areas, alongside civil society groups and decision-makers from the African Union (AU), European Union (EU), governments, and the private sector. Together, we aim to foster equal partnerships and create conditions that address the …

Kijana Imara – UNFPA

s a flagship empowerment project implemented by Restless Development Tanzania, with support from UNFPA, aimed at reducing the vulnerability of adolescent girls and first-time young mothers to HIV and AIDS, unplanned pregnancy, gender-based violence, and child marriage. The project takes a holistic empowerment approach, strengthening girls’ economic independence, leadership capacity, mental well-being, and access to …

Restless Development Alumni Engagement

Championing Youth Leadership In Tanzania At Restless Development Tanzania, we recognize the immense potential and value of our alumni network. These are individuals who have not only participated in our programs but have also committed themselves to driving impactful change within their communities. Connecting for Impact Our alumni network includes former volunteers and staff who …

VIJANA TWAWEZA(SKILLS FOR EMPLOYMENT- SET)

Vijana Twaweza (Skills For Employment – SET) is nine-month training programme focused on value chain development and poultry farming with the objective of increasing employment opportunities for 200 young people (per region) in both n the Iringa Municipal Council and Ifakara Town Council, (male and female) with a particular emphasis on young mothers and young …

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East Africa Youth Inclusion Programme

East Africa Youth Inclusion Programme (EAYIP) aims at improving livelihoods by creating jobs and entrepreneurship opportunities of 25,000 economically disadvantaged young men and women (ages 15-24) in Uganda and Tanzania. The programme helps create youth owned and managed businesses as well as employment opportunities in dairy and other agricultural value chains. EAYIP is equipping young …

Vijana Tunaweza – Girls Leadership Programme

Entrepreneurship skills for livelihood improvement. Girls Leadership Programme under the Mercury Phoenix Trust was established in 2021 targeting 1,345 youth (347 Males and 998 Female) between the age of 15-24. The programme was introduced to feed the gap in the current GRREAT project under UNICEF funding where adolescent girls receive training on life skills and …

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KIJANA IMARA – UNICEF

Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV and Nutrition among Adolescent Girls and Boys in Songwe and Mbeya regions. Adolescents aged 10 to 19 years old makes 23% of the Tanzanian population. This age group has immense potential to contribute to the development of the country. However, their potential is often not fully realised due to …

Kijana Wajibika

Young people at the center of development. Kijana Wajibika SDG 16.7 is a programme that encourages young people to be at the centre of development and government processes to ensure they are driving accountability and responsiveness from the Government. Using our proven and successful youth-led, data-driven accountability model, which places young people at the centre …

Past projects

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