The Ngorongoro District in northern Tanzania scores lower on the human-development indicator scale – including for income levels and malnutrition rates – than many other parts of the country. The illiteracy rate of this region is around 75% and under 30% of the girls who live there attend secondary school, mainly because they are often forced into marriage at a young age, the journey to school is tiring and dangerous, and because their families can't afford the required tuition fees.

Working in partnership with the Pastoral Women’s Council (PWC), one of the very few indigenous women’s organisations in Tanzania, African Initiatives seeks to bring about long term change and create a more positive future for these girls by providing them with a scholarship to attend secondary school. We believe every girl has a right to an education. A majority of these girls will attend Emanyata school, a traditional Maasai School managed by our partner PWC.