by Nduta Waweru | Aug 17, 2022 | Empower, Youth
It is not uncommon to hear that young people have been told they are either too young or too immature to handle some things. Phrases such as ‘youth of today’ and ‘this generation’ are often loaded to highlight an older generation’s vexation with the youth. Usually,...
by Nduta Waweru | Jul 5, 2022 | Empower
By Malemba Mkongo When Fransica Wanjiku got married in 2019, her main prayer was to one day give birth to a healthy baby. Being a woman living with a disability, she could not go ahead with her plans of conceiving without consulting a doctor to weigh in on whether...
by Shane O'Halloran | Jun 17, 2022 | Advance, Empower, Enhance, Female Empowerment, Foster, Youth, Youth Empowerment
The ‘Providing Opportunities for Women in Entrepreneurship and Reproductive Health’ project, or quite simply POWER for short, is a brand new joint-initiative developed by DSW and our long-term partner in Uganda, Action for Health Uganda (A4HU). Starting this month and...
by Philomena Marijani | Dec 23, 2021 | Advance, Empower, Enhance
DSW Tanzania has been implementing the “Afya yangu-Shule Yangu (My Health My School )” project in Dodoma City. The project recently organised a close out meeting that had the objective of disseminating lessons learnt and best practices to stakeholders after its...
by Philomena Marijani | Dec 6, 2021 | Empower, Enhance, Youth
Tanzania celebrated International Volunteer Day (IVD) on the 5th December 2021 with the theme ‘’ Volunteer now for our common future’’. The objective of the event was to recognize and support the spirit of volunteerism to help create a better future. It was nationally...
by Philomena Marijani | Nov 26, 2021 | Advance, Empower, Enhance
Girl’s empowerment and engagement in the fight against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has proved effective for raising voices to advocate for Anti- FGM efforts. Senorina Frank is a DSW peer educator who is the front line to eradicated harmful cultural practices....
