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12 December 2023

Volunteering for children in Tanzania

Peter Emmanuel Ally Peter Emmanuel Ally, UNV Youth Engagement Officer, UNICEF Tanzania Ever since my school days, a commitment to helping others has been ingrained in my values. Whether through leadership roles or spearheading voluntary activities with my peers, I've created safe spaces for dialogues on sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR…

12 December 2023

Empowering dynamic youth activists

Among the fifteen Tanzanian champions featured in the UNICEF Youth Advocacy guide are 24-year-old Ashura Khamis and Rashid Malekela. In their quest to enhance society, these advocates have introduced UNICEF's Youth Advocacy Guide (YAG) to the public. In early January, young champions from diverse children and yout...

16 November 2023

Marafika wa Mazingira - Friends of Nature

The children and young people of Tanzania are not just talking about climate action they are taking action in their own homes, communities and schools. To celebrate these climate champions and inspire others to act, UNICEF is launching a video and comic series called "Marafiki wa Mazingira," Friends of Nature, a l...

15 November 2023

Children for Climate Action

In light of the disproportionate impact of climate change on people and the planet, children are more vulnerable to climate and environmental shocks than adults for a number of reasons, including physical and physiological vulnerability. A comprehensive response is required, encompassing climate education, improve...

27 October 2023

Global climate advocacy for Tanzania

I want to take you on a journey through my experiences at the African Climate Summit and the UN General Assembly's Youth Mobilization Lab, which brought young people from around the world like me to build our capacity on how we can effectively advocate and engage decision-makers to act on climate change. These events have deepened my understanding…

04 September 2023

Youth innovating solutions for children in Tanzania

On a radiant Saturday morning, late July 2023, at the University of Dar es Salaam's College of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), in an area, now known as ‘Silicon Dar’, a hub for innovators, tech enthusiasts, and entrepreneurs in Dar es Salaam city, the air was filled with excitement.  A grou...

06 October 2022

Meet Binti

“ Hi, my name is Binti. I am 14 years old, and live in Tanzania, I go to school and I want to go to university one day. My dream is to be an Engineer and build roads and bridges across my beautiful country and beyond, across Africa.,  , My dream will only come true if my parents let me finish school and help ...

Overcoming HIV self-stigma

At 22 years old, Khadija is already a young mother of a 4-year-old daughter. She is not shy, she is confident and zealous to unite fellow peers living with HIV to help them overcome HIV self-stigma and discrimination in order to reach their full potential as young people. Khadija has been living with HIV from birt...

U-Report

What is U-Report about?, U-Report Tanzania is a multi-channel platform available by SMS (also available on social media channels such as Facebook and twitter) used to enable young people to voice their opinion on issues they care about, connect with each other, connect with their leaders and get real-time inf...

01 November 2018

Meet the young reporters

16 year old girl sitting at radio equipment Rightness Paul, 16 years, Mwanza “Before joining the young reporters program I was very aggressive and I didn’t like to be with my fellow children. I felt like I was already grown up. I thank God that since I joined the young reporters program I have become a good listener, I know my rights as a child,…

31 October 2018

Young Reporters’ Network

What is the Young Reporters’ Network?, UNICEF Tanzania partnered with the Children’s Radio Foundation (CRF) in 2011 to establish the Young Reporters Network (YRN) programme, a national consortium of community-based children’s radio projects across Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar. Today, the programme is active in Z...

Tanzania Youth Study of the Productive Social Safety Net (PSSN) Impact Evaluation

This report provides endline results of the impact evaluation of the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania’s Productive Social Safety Net (PSSN) on Tanzanian youth. The impact evaluation is an 18-month, mixed methods study to provide evidence on the effects that the programme has had on youth well-being an...