Our partnership with Nurturing Minds

Tanzania has one of the lowest secondary school enrollment rates and one of the highest dropout rates for girls with only 17% continuing past 7th grade. Early marriage and teen pregnancy are among the highest in the world in Tanzania and contribute significantly to school dropout rates. Additional barriers to education for highly vulnerable girls include the inability to pay school fees, excessive domestic chores, hunger and food insecurity, and death or illness of parents. For those who remain in school, regressive educational practices such as rote learning and a lack of relevant training leave students with few skills and few options for employment. 

One Days Wage’s partnered with Nurturing Minds to support the SEGA’s Girls’ School’s Entrepreneurship Program where disadvantaged and vulnerable Tanzanian girls get hands-on training and learn practical and marketable business skills to increase their opportunities upon graduation. This curriculum puts theory into practice as girls participate in on-campus business clubs and learn how to start businesses from scratch, from developing a concept to seeing it succeed or fail in a real-world situation. Students develop a business plan, collaborate with each other, use their creativity to design, produce, market, and sell products and services, speak publicly in the community, and manage the costs and revenue. SEGA’s goal is to provide a pipeline of qualified, educated, and dedicated employees to help meet the country’s needs and help drive a fast-growing economy.