Social Media: The Key to Modern Public Awareness Campaigns

Author Dania Shoaib, Art in Tanzania, intern Location:  đź“Ť Tanzania Income Group: Low Income Tanzania is the largest East African country known for its vast wilderness areas. It is located on the eastern coast of Africa, with an Indian Ocean coastline, and Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and more are its […]

Interview with a volunteer

Interviewing has always been something exciting for all of us. Learning about experiences one had is a fantastic feeling for the rest. This interview is with a volunteer working with Art in Tanzania, an NGO known for upbringing major social impacts in the community of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Let’s hear about Sari’s experiences and […]

Pupils from One School in Dar es Salaam receive donations through AIT

Pupils from One school of Tegeta in Dar es Salaam are a happy lot following the completion of a modern sanitation block at the school.
The toilets were constructed with funds from a volunteer at Art In Tanzania who saw the need for the school to have clean sanitation facilities…

Sponsored youth lands a great opportunity at AIT’s IT department

Art in Tanzania is primarily known for its volunteer work in which people from across the world assist in bettering the community in Tanzania. However, it also has another function: to give locals the opportunity to expand and develop their skills.

Simon Fredrick Simon, 19, is in charge of an internet cafĂ© at the Dar es Salaam volunteer house. Every afternoon he also teaches IT classes to locals of various ages. His story might have been quite different had Art in Tanzania not given him a chance…

Young student benefits from sponsorship through Art In Tanzania

In a place where education is hard to come by, sponsorship can help give a young person an education and eventually a chance to a better life.

This is the story of 22 year-old Joseph Wilson, whose life changed when he got a sponsor. Originally from Mwanza, near Lake Victoria, Joseph moved to Dar es Salaam because his family couldn’t afford his education fees as he has two other brothers who were also depending on them…

Learning for all ages

The classrooms in the house of Art in Tanzania get a little break during lunchtime after last of the children has rushed home. A fast clean and the boards fill up with preparations for new lessons, this time for the adults…