girls & women empowerment

The Unapendwa Tanzania Foundation is an NGO based in Daraja Mbili, Arusha under German-Tanzanian management. The organization aims to support women in the district, which is affected by poverty and unemployment, and lead them into gainful work. The organization finances itself through the sale of self-sewn – beautiful – Kitenge bags, which are sold in Tanzania and internationally and can thus offer several seamstresses permanent jobs. As part of the Community Outreach Program, the women of Daraja Mbili are also regularly given further education and business training and, where possible, helped to set up small businesses for themselves.

The NGO is still in its infancy and there is a lot for volunteers to do. Be it assisting the management in the administrative area, marketing and selling the products together with the women, holding their own training courses, instructing the seamstresses, workshops on certain skills and identifying new women who could benefit from the program.

As a Women Empowerment volunteer, you can either work full-time for the Unapendwa Foundation or combine your work with our Community Outreach Program, which takes you to remote Maasai areas and promotes education and training for girls and women in rural areas of Northern Tanzania.