GOVERNMENT SCHOOL SUPPORT
EdPowerment works with several severely under-resourced government schools in order to improve student learning and national tests scores that determine future educational options. Our partnership opens a window of opportunity for young people to pursue livelihoods that counter the circumstances of their birth and offer dignity and security.
Academic Skills Seminars:
At Dahani and Msitu Wa Tembo Secondary Schools, EdPowerment’s staff of experienced educators provide:
- Coaching in basic study skills that students have never learned: notetaking, memory tools, time management and more.
- Specific instruction on exam formats, test-taking strategies, essay writing, practice tests and scoring guides.
- Critical guidance on what exam results means for each student. The Tanzanian system of higher education is very structured and complicated. Only through EdPowerment’s guidance can students and guardians understand the options available after O Level Secondary School.
- Content-based lessons that fills in knowledge gaps to better prepare students for National Exams in Forms 2 and 4.
Saturday Clubs:
At Dahani Secondary School, located in a hard-to-reach forested area near Mount Kilimanjaro, EdPowerment runs a Saturday Boys and Girls Club. Roughly 100 – 150 male and female students, who otherwise have no organized activities on weekends, come together to enjoy sports, arts, online educational and motivational videos, and practical skills learning.
The Club program energizes students in a way that changes attitudes about school. It promotes student engagement and encourages positive social participation among adolescents.
In 2026, EdPowerment revitalized Club activities that focus on agricultural training, teaching students to prepare soil, plant, monitor, and harvest crops on school grounds.
Students take part in all stages of cultivation as they learn methods to increase the output of crops grown at home or on plots rented by their families seasonally.
This program fulfills our education mission in a very real way: Students pass on new knowledge to family members, boosting their yields and income in this largely agrarian society. Moving forward, this expertise will augment their own productivity.
THE NAMAYANI PROJECT
A primary school isn’t our usual beneficiary. EdPowerment learned of the Namayani Primary School in 2023 through our Malnutrition Prevention Program – students identified as malnourished attended the school.
In our first visit, we encountered a recently constructed set of buildings - but with a staff of only 7 paid and 3 volunteer teachers serving a predominantly Maasai student population of over 500!
Despite these daunting ratios, students readily demonstrated an enthusiasm and capability to converse in English that EdPowerment’s managers and US Directors had rarely, maybe never seen.
Fast forward to 2026:
After meeting the school’s exceptional Headmaster and experiencing firsthand the school’s positive classroom dynamics, EdPowerment took steps to bolster classroom learning.
Seemingly small supports already have greatly enhanced the teaching ability and overall environment of Namayani. These include:
- Ongoing food distributions for the neediest
- Learning and teaching materials sourced from the U.S. aligned with Namayani’s English-medium curriculum
- A heavy-duty printer that eliminates regular 12 mile round-trip motorbike trips to print handouts and tests
- Classroom enhancements
- Recreational balls and equipment
Next, EdPowerment is working to bring computer and IT support to teachers — so they can prepare and access better learning resources.
Through Namayani Primary, EdPowerment is lifting an entire community, proving that education, not poverty or cultural taboos, can determine what's possible for a child.
