Impact Report 2018 StreetwiZe • Mobile School

new school tanzania • Mwema Street Children
12/11/2018 • 23/11/2018
Sander Degeling
Janet Otieno
Mwema Street Children
Karatu / Tanzania
Mobile school no°52 is in good hands! In
November, Master Trainers Sander Degeling
and Janet Otieno - coordinator of the mobile
school of Glad’s House in Mombasa, Kenya
- travelled to the city of Karatu in northern
Tanzania to conduct two weeks of implementation
workshops and street work to the team
of Mwema Street Children. After a successful
exploration earlier this year, the project was
eager to start their interventions on the streets
with the mobile school. Since all the materials
were already translated to Swahili and we
already have active mobile schools in Tanzania,
it didn’t take a long time to get everything
ready for the streets of Karatu.
The town of Karatu is often called ‘Safari Junction’
because of its strategic location close to the
Serengeti and Ngorongoro, two of the major
national parks that attract a high number of
tourists. The tourism industry also brings a lot
of opportunities to the streets of Karatu, where
one can find a high number of street-connected
children in high season. The majority of these
kids come from the poor rural areas surrounding
the city and end up on the streets of Karatu
to look for better opportunities.
the children with their families. From now on,
the mobile school will help the outreach team
to build positive connections with the children
living and working on the streets.
IMPACT
Mobile School no°52 successfully implemented
Team of 12 street educators trained
First four street sessions conducted in Karatu
Proper storage system in place for the outreach team
Since 2006, Mwema Street Children works
with these children, offering them a safe haven
144 to play and looking for opportunities to reunite
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