GX volunteers spend a day at Friends of Don Bosco orphanage

The Global Xchange Team has been busy out in the community again. This time the volunteers who work with TYC have been sharing their skills, knowledge and enthusiasm with the children and young people at Friends of Don Bosco orphanage. The team planned a community action day (CAD) at the orphanage with 'The Environment' as their theme.


The volunteers played games and energizers with the young people. They designed a treasure hunt with environment themed questions for the younger children to take part in. They also provided the orphanage with some much needed gardening equipment and seeds to help develop their garden and vegetable patch. The volunteers worked on the garden with the young people teaching them how to look after plants and why taking care of the environment is important. The children designed and drew posters about their environment, the parts of a plant, how to look after plants and about the importance of throwing rubbish away properly. The volunteers had these posters laminated to be put up around the orphanage.


The day provided an opportunity for the volunteers to share their knowledge, skills and time but also gave them a chance to have some fun with the children. Friends of Don Bosco were grateful for GX's input and the impact the volunteers made in just one day. It was a fun and successful event.

TYC attends Femina's Symposium on Youth and The Constitution

Last week TYC staff and volunteers were amongst those invited to Femina's Symposium on Youth and The Constitution. It was held from 28-29 February in Dar es Salaam. The symposium aimed to educate young people about the Constitution and to kick off dialogue about youth involvement in the Constitution review process.

The event was hosted by Fema TV Talk Show presenter Rebecca Gyumi and TYC's very own Director Humphrey Polepole. Various sessions featured different guests contributing their experiences and knowledge about the Constitution, citizen agency and youth participation. Guests includes MP January Makamba, MP Zitto Kabwe, MP Pindi Chana, Ilala Mayor Jerry Silaa, youth.

Participants debated over what the Constitution is, challenges and opportunities in the review process, statistics and studies on Tanzanian youth, national policies for youth, and the empowerment of young women.

Also contributing their knowledge and expertise to the forum onstage were: British MP Baroness Lola Young, who was on a two-week visit to Femina courtesy of VSO, Swedish Ambassador Lennart Hjelmaker, Twaweza Head Rakesh Rajani, Deus Kibamba of the Constitution Forum, Publisher and Femina Board Chairman Walter Bgoya, and representatives from Restless Development, TAMASHA and the Ministry of Information, Youth, Culture & Sports.
The symposium also gave the GX volunteers, who were invited to attend as representatives of TYC, a chance to learn more about the constitutional review process, meet and talk with influencial people from around Tanzania and the world and to voice their opinions and share their ideas.

From Left to right- MC Mr Polepole, Naomi Lugoe, M&E officer Femina Hip, Oscar Fabath from restless development, Winston Churchil Shakim, TAMASHA, and MC Rebecca Gyumi.

Add caption



From Left to right- Mr Polepole, Margaret Mliwa, Restless Development, Baroness Lola Young, Sweedish Ambassador and Rebecca Gyumi.



From Left to right- Mr Poleopole, Zitto Kabwe, MP Chadema, Rakesh Rajani, TWA WEZA, January Makamba, MP CCM and Rebecca Gyumi.