Ezekiel Kassanga of Tumaini Open School in Tabora shares their progress educating girls excluded from mainstream education by pregnancy. More information at https://tumainiopenschool.org/

1. Tumaini Open
School
A Model
Alternative
Education
Pathway
Center in
Tabora
Tumaini Open School , Tabora
Moblie/WhatsApps: 0769590731
Email: tumainischoolp@gmail.com
Web: www.tumainiopenschool.org

2. About Tumaini School
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• Tumaini Open School is an
Alternative Education
Pathway (AEP) Center
creating an inclusive and
stigma free learning center
that enrolls teenage mothers
who are out of public school
system before they have
taken basic education
qualifications.

3. About Tumaini School cont…
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• It operates as an open
school to offer basic
education for adolescent
mothers who will be able
to sit for national
examinations and have
the chance of proceeding
with higher studies,
other formal trainings
and or engaging in
entrepreneurship.

4. About Tumaini School cont…
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• Also, the school offers
vocational and
entrepreneurship
training to prepare the
young mothers for self-
reliant life

5. Theory of change
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• Creating a stigma-free environment for underserved and
unserved teenage mothers; enable them to regain their
education goals, self-esteem and self-confidence, and
eventually access higher education, vocational, and other
technical training

6. Theory of change cont…
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• Girls are involved in the
planning agenda
• They give out their views
about what the school
should be for them

7. Theory of change cont…
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• Parents of the girls are
also involved in the
planning process

8. Theory of change cont…
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• Teachers are very
friendly

9. Enrolled Girls
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• Currently, the school has
enrolled 12 girls who are
going to sit for national
exams (Qualifying Test &
Form Four Exams) in
November
• More girls will join in
January 2023

10. School Facilities
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• The school has several
facilities that support
effective teaching and
learning process such
a. Well furnished
classrooms

11. School Facilities cont…
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b. Mini-library (equipped with
printed and e-books, computers

12. School Facilities
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c. Nice toilets

13. School Facilities cont…
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d. Water supply

14. School Facilities cont…
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e. Electricity

15. Immediate needs
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Finishing
the rest-
house that
will be
used as a
temporary
dormitory
in January,
2023
You can donate through https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/a-second-chance-for-teenage-mothers-in-tanzania/

16. They are now
learning!
Thank you
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For more info visit www.tumainiopenschool.org