Presentation by Ezekiel Kassanga from Tumaini Open School on the importance of mapping to help vulnerable girls in Tanzania

1. By Ezekiel Kassanga
Tumaini School Director
Mapping to
support teen
mothers’ access to
education
Mobile/WhatsApp +255769590731
Email: tumainischoolp@gmail.com

4.  Rural areas (most from the interior)
 Where transport networks (especially
roads) are poor
 Where mobile networks are weak or not
available
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Where do most of the teen
mothers we support come
from?

5. Visiting teen mothers’ and their children
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6. Why mapping is important..
Have a list of locations of all villages and
hamlets where teen mothers lives
Understand the entire catchment areas of the
Tumaini school (coverage)
Understand the distance from the Tumaini
school to the school catchment areas (all
villages served by the Tumaini school)
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8. Why mapping is important..
Understand the walking distance for each teen
mother attending the Tumaini school (this
informs us on whether the teen mother requires
transport assistance or not)
 Number of families to be visited in one
day/trip, etc
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9. Meeting teen mothers at their village
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10. Mapping why girls drop out..
Walking distance from their home to
schools
 Walking distance from their homes to
water sources and other essential social
services
 Availability of health services
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13. Please help us map rural
Tanzania to help protect
vulnerable girls!