I WANT TO BE FOUNDATION’S PROGRAMS
“Every child deserves not just to survive, but to thrive—not just to dream, but to become.”
Our Programs
At the I Want to Be Foundation; we believe in transformative change that begins with Tanzania’s most valuable resource: its children. Our holistic approach addresses the interconnected challenges facing vulnerable youth through six carefully designed initiatives that foster safety, health, education, leadership, community support, and advocacy.
Each program represents a crucial piece in our comprehensive vision for child wellbeing in Tanzania. With your partnership, we can turn these visions into reality, creating lasting impact for generations to come. Our Programs
Nyumba ya Tumaini Child Haven Program
“Safe Spaces, Strong Foundations, Brighter Futures”
In Tanzania today, thousands of children grow up without the warmth of a family or the safety of a stable home. Our Child Haven Program will transform orphanages from institutions of basic survival into nurturing sanctuaries where children heal, grow, and reclaim their childhoods.
Through family-style housing renovations, caregiver training in trauma-informed practices, foster family networks, and community safe spaces, we’ll ensure vulnerable children receive both physical protection and emotional nurturing. The program will reduce orphanage overcrowding by 85% in target regions while reuniting extended families and creating sustainable support systems.
Kesho Bora Educational Initiative
“Better Tomorrow: Where Dreams Take Root and Futures Blossom”
Education remains an elusive dream for thousands of Tanzanian children trapped by crumbling infrastructure, untrained teachers, and cultural barriers. Our Educational Initiative will dismantle these obstacles through comprehensive interventions that transform learning environments from the ground up.
By renovating 20 schools with solar lighting and proper facilities, training 400 educators annually, providing scholarships to the most vulnerable, and creating community resource hubs with libraries and computer labs, we’ll cultivate ecosystems where curiosity thrives and potential is unleashed. This initiative aims to increase school enrolment by 45% while dramatically improving educational outcomes for Tanzania’s next generation.
Afya Bora, Maisha Bora Children's Wellness Program
“Good Health, Good Life: Where Every Child’s Potential Begins”
Across Tanzania’s rural communities, children face a silent health crisis that undermines their potential before they can discover it. Our Children’s Wellness Program addresses this crisis through a comprehensive approach to physical and mental wellbeing.
Through mobile health brigades that bring vital services to remote areas, school gardens that combat malnutrition with daily “Rainbow Meals,” mental health support networks, preventive health education, and community-led water purification systems, we’ll reach 15,000 children across 50 villages. This program recognizes that health is the foundation upon which all other aspirations are built.
Amka Youth Leadership Academy
“Empowered Youth Today, Transformative Leaders Tomorrow”
With 60% of Tanzania’s population under 25 years old, young people represent the nation’s greatest resource—yet they face staggering obstacles to meaningful participation in society. Our Youth Leadership Academy will ignite leadership potential in 1,000 adolescents across 30 villages through skill development, mentorship, and hands-on problem-solving.
Through leadership labs teaching financial literacy and public speaking, professional mentorship pairings, innovation camps where teens design community solutions, and guided service projects, we’ll transform passive bystanders into bold architects of Tanzania’s future. The Academy creates a generation that doesn’t wait for change—they create it.
Mtoto Salama Community Program
“It Takes a Village to Raise a Child—We’re Building That Village”
Across Tanzania, the traditional safety nets that once protected children are unraveling. Our Community Program empowers villages to weave their own safety nets by addressing root causes of vulnerability at the community level.
Through child protection committees led by local stakeholders, safe spaces offering after-school programs and counseling, positive parenting workshops, microloans for caregivers, and safety infrastructure like solar streetlights, we’ll build comprehensive support systems in 50 villages. This program recognizes that sustainable change begins when communities themselves become fortresses of protection for their children.
Sauti Sahihi Advocacy Network
“When Children Speak, the World Should Listen”
In Tanzania today, children’s voices remain largely unheard in decisions that profoundly affect their lives. Our Advocacy Network will amplify these marginalized voices through policy reform, legal support, and youth-led activism.
Through partnerships with lawmakers to strengthen child protection policies, free legal clinics for children facing abuse or exploitation, a youth ambassador program training 500 young advocates, and powerful storytelling campaigns, we’ll ensure children’s perspectives shape the systems designed to serve them. This program transforms young people from beneficiaries of change into its architects, challenging and reshaping the status quo.
Join Our Mission
Each of these programs addresses a critical dimension of child wellbeing in Tanzania, and together they form a comprehensive approach to nurturing the next generation. By supporting the I Want to Be Foundation, you become part of a movement that doesn’t just treat symptoms but transforms systems.
We invite you to explore each program in detail and consider how your partnership can help turn these visions into reality. Every child in Tanzania deserves safety, health, education, leadership opportunities, community support, and a voice in their future. Together, we can make that possible.
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