KIJANA IMARA – UNICEF

Promoting comprehensive well-being through sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), HIV prevention, violence prevention, nutrition, and the protection of adolescents’ rights in Songwe Region in Tanzania

Kijana Wajibika

Empowering young people to take a central role in development and governance, driving accountability and responsiveness from government institutions. Using our proven youth-led, data-driven mode

Happy’s Story

Story of Happy Balisidya, a 28 year-old feminist from Tanzania in her fight against Gender-based Violence.

Dorice’s Story

Dorice Ahmed Mkiva is 27-year-old feminist leader and youth accountability advocate from Tanzania. She is passionate about working with young people to ensure their meaningful participation in community-led change.

Hawa’s Story

Hawa, 23, is from Iringa, a town in central Tanzania. She grew up with two brothers, two sisters and a single mother who is now retired and subsistence farms for a living.

Anastazia’s Story

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.

Paulina’s Story

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 …