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On learning about the challenges people living with disabilities face in her community, Anastazia decided to pursue a Bachelors of Education in Special Needs at the University of Dodoma.

Meet Paulina Paulina Joseph, a 16-year-old girl from a village called Mtitaa, in central Tanzania, has been working hard to eradicate gender-based violence in her community. Paulina, who lives with her mother and two siblings, is in her third year of secondary school. Growing up she saw women and girls in her community held back …

Tanzania youth are making a sustainable living through the honey business. Meet Adam Jeremiah (31) from Singida Tanzania. Adam with other 8 young people decided to start a bee farm to produce honey. They named their youth network Kuku farm group (4 women, 5 men). They have been working on honey production for over 5 …

Ramlat is 27 years old and lives in Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania.  She is worried about her community. They are very vulnerable to the economic impacts of lockdown which are already threatening their livelihoods. But Ramlat has taken action and started making facemasks. Ramlat works on the marketing and helps with the design of …

“My community needs me, now is not the time to back off.” Karim is a 27 year old young leader from Tanzania. He got involved with Restless Development Tanzania in 2015 under our Kijana Wajibika (Youth Be Responsible) project which aimed to create space for Tanzanian citizens, particularly marginalized women and young people to engage …

Most of the leaders in my community are men. But I am going to be a very successful business woman. Faraja For many women, this ambition can seem impossible. Faraja, 25, knows this only too well. She lives in a rural area in Tanzania where women do not have the same opportunities as men or …

I am not the Devota that people used to know. Before I started to work as a volunteer with Restless Development, I was very shy and lacked the confidence to speak up in front of people. I couldn’t lead a team. I didn’t know my own value or ability to make my community and country …

“Girls in my area had no education about entrepreneurship or their reproductive health or where to go in case they were sexually harassed. Restless development has taught me and guided me on how to teach this to girls.” Neema leads a women’s group as part of Restless Development’s ‘Mabinti Tushike Hatamu (Mabinti)’ – ‘Girls! Let’s …