Women’s development volunteers and interns are assisting women in Africa

Women’s Development Volunteering and Internship

Art in Tanzania supports and develops village women’s initiatives. The main activities include vocational training, covering English, IT and entrepreneurship development. Women’s rights fields cover pregnant women’s right to study and domestic violence, and women’s right to inheritance. We are also advocating public health issues for women groups. Tanzania has many young village mothers with little education and financial support. Areas often heavily populated complicate the strive for livelihood and provision for these mothers and their children. Most women lack the opportunity to reach education to fund and develop small businesses.

Additionally, many of these women are under-empowered or unaware of their fundamental human rights, thus making young mothers vulnerable to abuse. Art in Tanzania teaches women skills to start small businesses and create markets for their products. We also educate them on women’s rights and related subjects so that women may learn about their rights in problematic situations. We focus on being both innovative and effective. Work with women is underfunded, but Art in Tanzania has multi-professional interns and volunteers to assist. We use teamwork to create opportunities. For example, one can teach how to start horticulture and look for the markets. The base effort is to increase small business skills through the educational approach and awareness. In addition, we give women’s issues visibility through social media for the general Tanzanian population. Contact us for more information and apply for the program.