UK school workshops and assemblies
Inspiring the next generation
STEM & International Development Workshop
We offer a free workshop for UK schools to engage students in STEM and international development to increase empathy, enterprise and give them opportunities to make an impact on the lives of disadvantaged children in Tanzania who don’t have access to the quality education that they do.
“Interactive, fun and engaging”
Our UK School workshops are engaging, interactive and educational. We know teachers are busy so there is limited organising from you. The activities would introduce your pupils to a global health issue whilst allowing them to showcase their teamwork, innovation and creativity, as well as their engineering and design skills.
Handwashing Workshop
In Tanzania, up to one-third of deaths in children under 5 years of age are related to poor hygiene. Hand washing has been proven to be the number one way to prevent these childhood illnesses and deaths. Our handwashing workshop, for UK schools, develops your students understanding of the problem, creates empathy and allows them to build solutions for people experiencing this issue in Tanzania.
The student’s challenge: Imagine you’re the village leader of your local community in rural Tanzania. You notice children are getting sick & missing school because of poor hygiene. You hear that handwashing is one of the biggest and cheapest ways to save children’s lives. You gather your community and decide to make a handwashing station out of wood in your forest. Can you work as a team to engineer a handwashing station?
Our 1-2 hour workshop (depending on your timetable) enables students to:
Learn about the differences between the lives of children in Tanzania and their own lives.
Explore the consequences of poor hygiene in Tanzania and how hand washing can alleviate these problems.
Build a hand washing station, similar to the ones we use in Tanzania, using bamboo sticks and string.
Optional: Deliver a presentation to explain their handwashing station & why every rural village in Tanzania should have one.
Here’s what teachers had to say
“[The volunteers] are very well informed and communicate in an easy and relaxed manner. Young, positive, brilliant role models”
“Increases awareness of problems in Tanzania and encourages teamwork, creativity and empathy.”
“Students had lots to do and were thoroughly engaged.”
Assemblies
Our assemblies or class talks involve discussing the problems Tanzanian children face in gaining access to quality education and what we can do to solve it. Our assemblies are fun and interactive, and can tie in with your curriculum upon request. We get the students interested in Tanzania, the children we empower and even involve dressing up a couple of students or teachers as Massai leaders!
Past examples of how our work tied in with student's curriculum:
Art - We brought some Tanzanian crafts to show the students. In their next class they made their own version & we took them to Tanzania to gift them to students in our schools. We fed back with photos which they loved!
English & Wellbeing - We focused on water in one of our talks and then students wrote persuasive posters about water crisis for us to put up in our Tanzanian school. They then did a sponsored walk carrying water.
After your workshop or assembly
Our workshops and assemblies are free! We just kindly ask your school to do some fundraising after your workshop at a time that’s suitable for you. Something simple such as bake sales, non-uniform days or sponsored events.
Your students can make a real impact to the children at our projects in Tanzania.
We love feeding back to your school about how their fundraising has made a lasting difference to children in Tanzania.
