Keeping Children in Families through Education

Education remains at the heart of Amani’s Live-Out Program, and your generosity ensures that every child we serve stays in school, supported, and known.

Across Tanzania, the education system is shifting toward a new competence-based curriculum that emphasizes practical learning, digital literacy, and student well-being. To keep pace, our team worked closely with teachers and parents to review updated policies, revise scholarship contracts, and create clearer communication about shared responsibilities.

Last quarter, we hosted a Family Education Day at our new office. Parents gathered to sign updated contracts, learn about the new education policy, and discuss how to better support learning at home. The event also included sessions on helping children handle stress and emotions during exam season, as well as guidance on school attendance and follow-up.

Our staff visited Oola Academy and Rift Valley Secondary School to encourage students sitting for Standard Seven and Form Two exams, bringing learning materials and messages of motivation. Meanwhile, several older students worked with our team on college and university applications, including assistance with Tanzania’s national loan system.

Because of your continued support, every student in the program remains enrolled, tracked through ThriveWell, and accompanied by both teachers and guardians.

At Amani, education is more than access; it is the bridge that keeps families together and children moving toward their dreams.

Thanks to your generosity, the ~50 children supported by Amani came home in June—not just for the holidays, but for good. Every single child in our care is now growing up in a family or starting a phased transition plan, not an indefinite orphanage stay. June break was filled with reunification check-ins, shared meals, and long-awaited moments of everyday life: planting beans with grandma, fetching water with cousins, and sleeping in a bed that isn’t lined up in a dormitory. And now? They’re heading back to school. Over the next two weeks, all students will return to class with their school fees, uniforms, and supplies fully covered—because of you.

Your support is part of something bigger. In Tanzania, less than 30% of children who begin secondary school complete it. Many are forced to drop out due to poverty, not lack of ability. But every time you give, you help break that cycle. You’re investing in girls who are going back to class with dignity. Boys who are staying home with family instead of being sent away. Caregivers who no longer face impossible choices. It’s not just about school, it’s about stability, self-worth, and the power of being known and loved. Thank you for walking with us, and for helping rewrite the future—one child at a time.