Okoa Maisha Ya Watoto means  ‘Save Children’s Lives’ in Swahili.

This small NGO, established by a group of Tanzania teachers, specialises in supporting rural children impacted by AIDS/HIV. Over the last 3 years we have been funding 80 girls and young women to complete secondary school, vocational college or university.

Alongside paying for school fees, school uniforms and learning materials, the project also supports all participants with emotional counselling, comprehensive sex education and access to sanitary pads.

We are delighted that in June 2022, 60 girls in this project successfully completed senior secondary school. Currently this is something that less than 10% of girls in Tanzania are able to achieve, due to poverty and gender discrimination.