CORE Tanzania’s mission is to increase access to quality education in rural Tanzania.
We envision a future where every child in rural Tanzania is educated to reach his or her maximum potential, creating village communities that are thriving both economically and socially, and contributing to a positive and sustainable future for the country.
According to a 2014 UNDP report, the state of education in Tanzania is “alarming.”
The recent rapid expansion of school enrollment in Tanzania is being achieved at the expense of quality and is leaving many rural communities behind. Village schools have difficulty attracting qualified teachers and are often severely over-crowded and lacking in resources. In 2019, at the government school in Bushasha Village, some classrooms had as many as 100 students taught by a single teacher. Students were packed shoulder-to-shoulder at their desks, there were no visual aids other than rudimentary blackboards and a few tattered newsprint charts, no library, no proper playing fields, and pit latrines with no reliable on-site source of water for hand-washing. Rural families have little or no choice in where to send their children to school, since the only other option would be a private boarding school in town, with a cost well out-of-reach for most villagers.
Disparities in educational access and quality between rural and urban areas in Tanzania put rural communities at a serious disadvantage, leaving them vulnerable to entrenched poverty.
Our Motivation
At CORE Tanzania we are motivated by the conviction that all children, no matter how poor, are entitled to a quality education. We believe that education can be a powerful force for lifting rural communities out of poverty.
We aim to equip children with the academic foundation, practical and technological skills, self-confidence, and environmental consciousness that will allow them to become leaders in the sustainable development of their community and their country.
Our Approach
Our first step in carrying out our mission is to construct and operate a new school, Twegashe Primary School, in the village of Bushasha in northwestern Tanzania. Twegashe translates as “Let’s make our lives meaningful,” reflecting our belief that all children have a right to a quality education that will allow them to make their own lives meaningful.
Twegashe Primary School provides children with a strong academic foundation, helping them develop into curious learners and creative, critical thinkers.
Some of our other goals for Twegashe Primary School include:
Environmental Sustainability
Modeling sustainable practices and raising awareness of issues of environmental sustainability
Health and Agriculture
Promoting positive health and agricultural practices
Cross-cultural Understanding
Providing cross-cultural exposure and fostering appreciation of the local culture
Renewal
Becoming a hub of new ideas, new energy, and new hope for the village!
