Education Tanzania, United Republic of Project #52377

Empower 100 Tanzanian Youth through Education

by Jobortunity

Project Report | Nov 3, 2022
Quarterly Report

By Anande Nnko | Managing Director

Selection Activities

Wearepleasedtotakeyouthroughthe3monthsjourneyofthisyearatJobortunity, the reports contain Jobortunity’s progress and achievements

Jobortunity’smissionis: disadvantaged youth, aged 18 to 25, secure decent employment in companies, feel professionally fulfilled in their working environment, and live balanced and meaningful lives. In addition, we contribute to overcoming the skills gap between youth (with and without formal education) and companies’ employability needs. We provide companies with professional staff to strengthen the service industry in Tanzania.

Jobortunity’swider vision is: that young people can provide a dignified livelihood for themselves, support their families, and impact their communities positively and sustainably.

Jobortunity's Strategic Goals 1st September 2019 – 31 December 2024 are:

We run a successful and recognized in-house TOY (Training of Youth) program for disadvantaged youth
We have an innovative student/graduate tracking and organization-database system
WeemployinnovativeE-learningforsoft, technical, English language, andentrepreneurialskillsto enhance the softskillstrainingprogramandboosttechnicalskillsdevelopment
We reach more youth through the expansion of the Hi5 approachincollaborationwithpartnersinthe

social sector(public and private).

5. We expand ourHi5 approach towards the for-profit sector to enhance self-reliance

6. We run our operations in a youth hub shared with like-minded and compatible organizations and companies.

7. We are a social business with a well-functioning team based on the principlesofHi5

General comments (describe how we see the progress in general in the past 3 months):

Training of Youth (TOY)Program:

The overall progress of the Training of Youth is great; We have 62 students from classes in 2022. Both classes of 2021 have graduated after completing the apprenticeship program.

How many students are in the TOY: Currently our Training of youth (TOY) program has 122 students; 30 students in Class 2021A,27students in Class 2021B, and 32 students in Class 2022A which joined on 17th January 2022, and 33 students in the Class 2022B who started on 11th July 2022.
How many students have graduated since 2009: In 2022, 2 classes have graduatedthatisClass2021Awhere30studentsgraduatedon11thMarch, and Class of 2021B graduated on 9th September. Which brings a total of 590 graduates since2009.
How many dropped out in the past 9 months: 7 students dropped out due to family challenges, misconduct, and unable to work out of feedback in apprenticeship. All of them have an opportunity to return to Jobortunity whenever they are ready.
How many graduates have jobs:75%
Who are our new partners(inthelast9months): We started working in an apprenticeship with;
- Mt. Meru GameLodge
- Off GridElectric
- OleraiLodge
- TheRaptor
- Osopukolodge

2. OutreachProgram:

Duringthe9months,wehavebeencontactedbyourpartnercompaniesto conduct on-the-job training, suchas

Rijk Zwaan: we have secured 6 monthly agreements to train 42of their middle-level staff
Oasis Young Plants: A follow-up 2 days of training of their15 managers
Lulu Project: 25 of the young girls who are to be mentors
Maternity Africa: 75 of their staff.
National College of Tourism (NCT) Bustani Campus:178Students

We are hoping that more partner companies will reach out for the on-the-job training since the tourism industry has retrieved and the number of tourists is raising compare to the last two years. This means Hotels, lodges, and restaurants are hiring new staff who needs skills training or refresher courses to fit into the industry.

3. E-Learning Platform:

Panta Media and a local partner Texto Media Group are ready to guide us and develop the materials like films and software. Over the cause of three months, we have worked with both media teams to develop scripts, identify actors and locations and produce clips to incorporate into the platform. The next step is to add Hi5 lesson content to the platform.

News record results that are indeed important to record

In May 2022, Jobortunity applied for The Dovetail ImpactFoundation (AcceleratorPortfolio) August 2022, we were officially accepted among 40 other organizations; out of 598 applications. Accepted in this Accelerator portfolio comes with a one-time unrestricted fund of$25,000 and sponsoring working with The Mighty AllyInstitution, which is a leader in branding, communications, and strategy for growing impact-first organizations. We hope through the institute Jobortunity will improve its branding, and communication and come up with a strategic sustainability plan for the next 10 years.
Signed a 2-year MoU with Tanzania Specialists (a tour company in Tanzania),5000EurosperyearsupportoftheTrainingofYouth(TOY) Program.

Our main priorities in the next 3 months are:

Theapprenticeshipprogramforthe2022BClasswillstartinMid–November.
Promotion and selection process to recruit the 2023AClass
Training our current two classes 2022A and2022B.
Promoting and conducting Hi5 training programs for social organizations, companies, and the community.
Attend coaching sessions with The Mighty AllyInstitute.
Participate in the training of For Impact, USA, assisting Jobortunityin fundraising and branding.
Finding new donors/funds

As we continue to do our core work which is to train, mentor, and coach our youth, we thank you for all the support and encouragement you have shown us.

Asante sana

Open House event

Parents Meeting

Graduation Day

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Jul 7, 2022
Quarterly Report

By Anande Nnko | Managing Director

Greetings from Jobortunity Arusha!

We resumed the office full of energy so as our Hi5 students. We kicked off the first quarter with three full classes; three different classes (New class and two Apprenticeship classes). We have also had great opportunities to perform our Hi5 trainings around Tanzania, getting our trainers off-site and into companies and organizations where they can help others outside of the Training of Youth program

Activities occurred in the first quarter.

Resuming the office: On January 10^th our team came back from end of the 2021 holidays. We all came with rejuvenated zeal to serve and empower our youths. We were joined with one volunteer (Frieke de Raadt) supporting the training team.

Class of 2022A: New group of students joined Hi5 family, in January 17^th a class of 2022A started their journey as they exploring the world of professional development skills through our Hi5 Curriculum. In this group of 33 students, 17 girls and 16 boys are from different places in Tanzania.

Computer classes: The new class 2022A attended their first computer lessons. The aim was for them to be introduced to the basic understanding of computer functionalities so that they can implement this knowledge in performing their digital assignments in other Hi5 lessons throughout the course. The lessons encompassed basic MS Word, MS Excel, Internet, Email and Social Media.

Apprenticeship classes: Two of our classes came back to our facilities for 14days training. This is an opportunity to hear all the stories and lessons learned as the students were practicing Hi5 Approach in their internship places. Because of their excellent professional work ethics and performance at work, lots of calls from our partner companies asking are they returning to their apprenticeship placements.

Volunteers and Visitors: We love to host visitors at our offices since there is always a win – win situation. We had an opportunity to host Yi-Ju Chen who was our Marketing and Communication Intern last year. So much joy to reunite with other member of the Jobortunity family. All the way from Netherland, Nicole Van Andel joined us as a volunteer for three weeks from February 18^th to March 9^th. She brought her education experience along and supported our team. We are looking forward to host her again next year.

Its with no doubt once you get a chance to interact with our Hi5 students and the entire Jobortunity team, you will be showed with positive energy to reach and support move youths.

Class of 2021A Graduation: After 12 months of equipping our students with Hi5 professional development skills, on March 11^th was time to send them to the work ready for employment world. Out of 29 students; 5 were employed before graduation date, 20 were promised job with Tanganyika Wilderness Camps and 4 are finalizing their apprenticeship program.

Outreach Program: As the companies have started to settle in for this year, we started to receive calls and appointments for on job trainings from different partner companies. Our trainers travelled all the way to Mwanza to delivered one week training 28 participants from Lulu Project; Major comment from our participants; “our game/ice breakers and activities are excellent, relatable and well understood”. All the participants requested for another training from us!

Rijk Zwaan is our partner company that called for a on job training, this time round is a group of nine participants. This is one on one training on Professional English Language training.

Tree Planting: On March 18^th both Jobortunity staff and 2 of our Hi5 Classes (class of 2021B and 2022A) participated in the tree planting activities with a motto that sustainable environment for youths.

Promotion and Open Houses

After the tree planting, we held an open house event at Jobortunitypremises in a bid to try and add to the pool of number of Hi5 applicants for the upcoming class this May. A total of 153 potential candidates showed up and a few were willing to buy application forms right away. We also received a couple of phone calls from more youths requesting for more details about the Hi5 course.

There was an open stage for youth present to entertain the crowd with their unique talents which included: rapping, dancing and singing.

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Mar 7, 2022
Jobortunity Quarterly Report

By Anande Nnko | Managing Director

EMPOWER 100 TANZANIAN YOUTHS THROUGH EDUCATION PROJECT

QUARTERLY REPORT (SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER 2021)

As we kick off this year, we would like to reflect and appreciate our last quarter of 2021. A lot of exciting opportunities opened up for our students both through inhouse class and in the field, due to the amazing support you have shown us.

Enjoy the overview and stories of our students below.

Community Clean-Up Day On September 17^th,Jobortunityorganizedacommunityclean-upfortheareaoftheMeru DistrictCouncil. In collaboration with Environmental Officers and other representatives from Meru, all team members and 60 students got into the community for cleaning it up, but especially to convince them of the importance of a clean environment. Also in 2022 we will keep fighting for a culture change on cleanliness in our communities.

And…being present in the community that day also had a valuable side effect: promotion of Jobortunity’s mission.

Rijk Zwaan Day On September 24^th, the class of 2021B had a study tour at Rijk Zwaan’s Greenhouses atChekereni. As the Tourism sector was largely suspended during Covid, Rijk Zwaan took many of our students for an apprenticeship and for which we are very grateful. This experience opened the eyes of our students. As one student told afterwards: “Working in Tourism has never been my interest. I like being outside in nature and this apprenticeship taught me that the skills I learn at Jobortunity are useful in every job or sector.”

So we will keep up exploring new sectors!

Vaccine and Covid On October 8^th, our students visitedMeru Hospital to receive information on the Covidvaccines.Manyhospitalitycompaniesareorwillberequiringallstafftobevaccinated and that includes interns. Without pressuring the students, 9 students chose to take the ‘jab’ (Johnson&Johnson) at the end of the session.

Parents Day On October 12^thparents of class 2021AvisitedJobortunityandspentthemorninglearningmoreabouttheprogram. However, the presentations given by their own sons and daughters touched them most. A parent said: “I am so proud of my son. He never had a goal in life and that worried me. Now he has and I’m sure he will get there.”

Study Tour at Arusha National Park On October 15^th, our students of class 2021B visited Arusha National Park. We organized this tour as we find it important bringing awareness of the existence of parks nearby and the influence it has on tourism. The trip helped our students to see the variety of opportunities for their future worklife. And of course….a day out in nature, seeing the animals was an amazing experience for them.

New Class Selection for 2022AOn November 22^ndweheld a selection week for the upcoming class of2022A. Out of a bigger group, we selected 33 youths (17 girls and 16 boys). They couldn’t believe their luck for a second chance to change their lives.

Healthy lunches for all students at Jobortuntiy For many of our students, healthy meals are not common at home every day. Therefore we cook our students a healthy lunch during the period of inhouse training (September-December).

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