Binti Makini Center Project

The theme of the year Girls Power in Innovation

According to the UNESCO report of 2013, it found that about 31 Million girls were not at school, and about 1 out of 4 young women in developing countries including Tanzania, had never completed their primary school education.

That number represents a huge pool of untapped girl power that the same report suggests that educated girls are more likely to get married later, survive childbirth, raise healthy kids, find work, and earn more money among other positive; Binti Makini Center help out of school girls who have suspended their studies for various reasons, including teen pregnancy, child marriage, separation of families and economic difficult within their household. This center builds the confidence and capacity of girls in the field of economic justice which will enable them to achieve their dreams.

Objective

To transform girls' community through capacity building and mentorship,
To encourage girls to engage in self-employment activities,
Advocacy for friendly SRH information and services.

Challenges

Tradition belief was also a challenge to facilitators, Men in those villages had a culture of not listening to women thus our team worked hard to change the behaviour of the majority’s men. The communities believed that girls in the village are like goods and they are supposed to marry early before age of 18 as to avoid loss which may occur. One of the villagers said "Usichana ni nyanya mbovu, ikichelewa itaoza".

All activities performed under fund collected from members and friends of organisation, this limit Further coverage of remoteness areas although member were ready to work in any Environment with no payment.

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