GOVERNMENT SCHOOL SUPPORT

EdPowerment works with several significantly under-resourced government schools in order to improve student learning and national tests scores that determine future educational options. Our partnership with these schools opens a window of opportunity to young people who seek to counter the circumstances of their birth with livelihoods that offer dignity and security.

Academic Skills Seminars:

At Dahani and Msitu Wa Tembo Secondary Schools, EdPowerment’s staff of experienced educators provide:

  • Instruction 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.
  • Targeted instruction   that fills in content 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 organizes a Saturday Boys and Girls Club.  Roughly 100 – 150 male and female students, who otherwise have no organized activities on weekends, join 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 this isolated community.

In 2026, EdPowerment revitalized Club activities that focus on agricultural training, teaching students to prepare soil, plant, monitor, and harvest crops in school grounds.

Students actively participate 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 and impactful way: Students can pass on their new knowledge with family members boosting yields and income. And they can incorporate this expertise in their own plans moving forward.

THE NAMAYANI PROJECT

This isn’t our usual beneficiary.  EdPowerment learned of the Namayani Primary School through our Malnutrition Prevention Program – several students identified as malnourished attended the school.

What we encountered there was a recently constructed set of buildings in which a staff of 7 paid and 3 volunteer teachers served a predominantly Maasai student population of over 500!  Despite these daunting numbers, students readily demonstrated an enthusiasm and capability to converse in English that EdPowerment’s managers and US Directors have 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
  • Aheavy-duty printer that eliminates regular 12 mile round-trip motorbike trips to print handouts and tests
  • Classroom enhancements
  • Recreational balls and equipment

Looking ahead, EdPowerment is evaluating a way to provide computer support for teachers so that they can prepare and access better learning resources. Through Namayani Primary, EdPowerment is lifting an entire community and proving that education, not poverty or cultural taboos, can determine what's possible for a child.