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From the doors of EQWIP HUBs in Mwanza, you can see a large steel bin with the words “chupa tu” – which means plastic bottles in Swahili – written on a white sign. Inside the hub, there are three disposal bins: one for plastic, one for organic waste, and one for garbage. Walk across campus towards Lake Victoria and you’ll see a concrete waste disposal site. The recycling program is part of a campus-wide...
Soma zaidiWhen it comes to perseverance, dedication, and innovation, one doesn’t have to look much further than Mselem Said Mselem. Mselem applied for the Youth Innovation Fund in round 3 but unfortunately, he didn’t make it. This sparked the idea for his food stand, Juice na Bites, which was located in Buzuruga. Business was good but the competition was tight and Mselem had bigger dreams for his food business....
Soma zaidiWhen it comes to perseverance, dedication, and innovation, one doesn’t have to look much further than Mselem Said Mselem. Mselem applied for the Youth Innovation Fund in round 3 but unfortunately, he didn’t make it. This sparked the idea for his food stand, Juice na Bites, which was located in Buzuruga. Business was good but competition was tight and Mselem had bigger dreams for his food business....
Soma zaidiInternational Women's day is an exciting opportunity to engage our youth participants in celebrating women and their many achievements, as well as raising awareness about the barriers facing women today. On March 8th, we sought to celebrate the achievements of women in our own community and family, in Tanzania, as well as all over the world. To begin the day, we had a short presentation explaining...
Soma zaidiEsther ni mtengenezaji wa batiki za rangi (za vitambaa). Alijiunga EQWIP HUBs ili kuongeza ubunifu katika biashara yake. Kama Mama na mtoa huduma, Esther ana lengo la kuwa na uwezo wa kupata fedha zaidi ili kusaidia familia yake. Kwa ujuzi alioupata katika programu hiyo ya ujasiriamali, umemfanya kujiamini zaidi na kuwa na matumaini ya baadae juu ya biashara yake na kwa familia yake.
Soma zaidiEsther is a seamstress who produces colorful custom batiki (fabrics). She joined EQWIP HUBs to expand her creative business. A mother and provider, Esther had a goal of being able to earn more money to support her family. With the skills she acquired in the program, she now feels more confident in herself and hopeful for the future of her business and for her family.
Soma zaidiOn June 9, 2018, EQWIP HUBs Mwanza held an exciting and highly successful event titled the Mwanza Youth Forum. This event brought together 6 youth organisations; PACT, Mwanza Youth and Children’s Centre, VSO, Lulu Project, Foundation DART, and EQWIP HUBs Mwanza. Each of these organisations brought youth and staff to attend the forum and see the opportunities that are available from the different organisations....
Soma zaidiTwo major components of the EQWIP HUBs project are digital literacy and innovation. To this end, EQWIP HUBs Mwanza endeavours to incorporate technology into the curriculum or into the daily operations of the HUB wherever possible. Ultimately, our goal is to showcase the possibilities that technology holds to our youth and inspire them to use it when it is available. To this end, EQWIP HUBs Mwanza...
Soma zaidiEQWIP HUBs actively searches for opportunities for graduates of the employability stream. Canadian volunteers, staff, and participants come together to use their personal and professional networks to locate these opportunities to fit with the skills of employability graduates to improve their livelihoods. These networks and are essential since the youth unemployment rate is high and jobs are rare. EQWIP...
Soma zaidiSteven Joel Mwamwita is a stellar example of what EQWIP HUBs strives to do for youth around the world. He entered the program without employment, but through our training and connections he built while visiting the HUB, he is now employed with a wood and metalworking shop as their accountant nearby the HUB. Steven was referred to EQWIP HUBs Mwanza by one of his relatives who was a graduate of EQWIP...
Soma zaidiEQWIP HUBs offers the Youth Innovation Fund (YIF) to those who distinguish themselves with exceptionally strong and/or innovative ideas in our entrepreneurship training. These young women and men who are recipients of the fund are role models for their community and their peers, and those who received the first disbursement of funding in October, 2017 have gone to distinguish themselves and build strong...
Soma zaidiInternational Women’s Day is observed all over the world and brings together government, civil society and the public in conversation and celebration for women’s social, cultural, economic and political achievements. It marks this progress while also acknowledging how far the movement for gender equality still has to go to ensure the rights of women around the world are granted. While we currently...
Soma zaidiSamson is a 30 year old man who works and lives in Pasiansi, Mwanza. This region is well known to EQWIP HUBs staff and volunteers as a very large number of our participants come from the area. It is a bustling centre of activity which has many youth living and working in the area and is a gateway to the Mwanza Airport. Samson describes himself as a comedian; seeing the way he interacts with his...
Soma zaidiEQWIP HUBs training provides many opportunities for a wide variety of people. For some, it helps them to develop a mindset for innovation like Peter and reusing waste products to make charcoal. For Aisha, it enabled her to start a shop selling beauty products such as make up and wigs. Her shop is located in Kitangiri, Mwanza which is a busy transit corridor with many busses and people travelling through....
Soma zaidiHere at the Mwanza HUB, we’ve had a bit of lull in posting stories from our graduates and sharing their successes. However, we are back now with a story of Albert Joseph who is running a recycled metal fabrication shop with his colleagues. Albert is 28 years old and graduated from EQWIP HUBs earlier this year. Albert and his colleagues have an outdoor shop in the Pasiensi district of Mwanza which...
Soma zaidiContinuing in the vein of our previous story, focusing on Vialeth who produces clothing, we continue our series with Peter, who is a producer of alternative charcoal. Peter developed a method to use waste products such as garbage which is in ready supply, to develop charcoal for cooking purposes. We paid Peter’s workshop a visit on July 19, 2017 to learn more about Peter and see the process of developing...
Soma zaidiEQWIP HUBs and by extension most development projects, are about helping people. The numbers posted to a website or a quarterly report tell one story; it is quite another to visit someone who has graduated from the program and is successfully implementing the training that they received to improve their livelihood. Vialeth is one such person who has graduated from the EQWIP HUBs entrepreneurship training...
Soma zaidiMwanza tumeanza mafunzo ya awali kwa wanafunzi wa awamu ya kwanza. Wanafunzi wamependa sana mafunzo haya.kwa sasa tumemaliza moduli ya 3, wiki ijayo tutaanza moduli nyingine. Pichani ni washiriki na wakufuzi (Naomi, Anisha na Bozkathi wakielezea somo la ujasiriamali)
Soma zaidiMji wa Mwanza ni kati ya miji ya kuvutia Tanzania, unajulikana sana kama mji wa miamba "Rocky City". Hali ya hewa yake ni nzuri na ya kuvutia sana. Miji umetulia ukilinganisha na jiji la dar es salaam. Tangu nimekuja Mwanza nimeupenda sana mji wa Mwanza.
Soma zaidiA big part of EQWIP HUBs’ programming is the comprehensive employment and entrepreneurship training being offered to youth. Something I appreciate the most is the effort that goes into adapting that training to the goals, needs, and challenges of youth here in Tanzania. That’s why I was excited when I found out we would be hosting a curriculum adaptation workshop in December! Maybe that sounds...
Soma zaidiWe’re excited to introduce a new youth program to Tanzania. Dar es Salaam is the country’s largest and fastest growing city. It’s a vibrant place that attracts young people from several regions across Tanzania and East Africa. But like in the rest of the country, youth unemployment is an issue. Young people have a hard time transitioning from informal to formal sector jobs, and those with a university...
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