Virtues for Holistic Child Development in Tanzania

“As young girls, at times you feel ignored as everyone expects that you are an adult enough to care for your child and give them all their needs” ~ Young Mother

Having spotted the high number of children like Mtoni and Mbagala roaming around in the streets with no adult supervision, the project team conducted a simple survey and found out that the majority of these children belong to young mothers between the age 15-30 -- most of them being victims and /or survivors of rape, child marriage, and child pregnancy and were abandoned by the father of these children.

This year, with your generous support, these 100 mothers have obtained space to learn positive parenting skills through The Virtues ProjectTM while also creating small business groups (at least 10 per group) that are designed to enable them to establish a source of income to provide for themselves and their children. The young mothers through this Parenting Club have started by learning and practicing The Virtues ProjectTM strategies of “Speaking the Language of Virtues” and “Recognizing the Teachable Moment” for building their resilience as young women while also enriching their skills in parenting. Meanwhile, the young mothers have started sessions to help them build up their business plans for kick-starting implementation of their business in their groups.

You are indeed making a difference in the lives of these mothers and their children!  Hardly a day passes without one or another of these proud young mothers expressing how grateful they are for your helpfulness and generosity.