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1.
GCDP incoming National Projects
AIESEC in Tanzania 1213
AIESEC in Tanzania 1213 | ICX GCDP National Projects | tanzania@aiesec.net

2.
Why Tanzania ?
• Bordering the Indian Ocean and
4 AIESEC MCs: Mozambique,
Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda.
• Tanzania has over 130
languages and tribal groups,
making it the most diverse
nation in Africa, but one of the
most peaceful.
AIESEC in Tanzania 1213 | ICX GCDP National Projects | tanzania@aiesec.net

3.
• Mt. Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, is the
tallest African peak.
• Tanzania is surrounded by 3 of the most
magnificent lakes - Lake Tanganyika
(lowest point of Africa), Lake Nyasa and
Lake Victoria (largest lake of Africa).
• The extinct Ngorongoro Crater, in
Tanzania, is the largest complete crater
in the world.
AIESEC in Tanzania 1213 | ICX GCDP National Projects | tanzania@aiesec.net

4.
• Serengeti Plains - the world's
last great wildlife refuge and
home to an estimated 3 million
animals.
• Zanzibar contains some of the
best beaches in the world.
AIESEC in Tanzania 1213 | ICX GCDP National Projects | tanzania@aiesec.net

5.
Active Contribution Program is an
Africa regional initiative, succeeding
Empower Africa Program (ASK, YES,
swITch, Afri-tour).
It is also the winning initiative of Global
2015 Fund, demonstrating innovation
and alignment towards AIESEC 2015.
An initiative endorsed by AIESEC International
AIESEC Tanzania has completely review our entire operation to align ourselves
to Africa’s regional initiative to ensure high quality and impactful delivery

6.
Tanzania Government Focus:
Poverty Eradication
Environment
Population
HIV/AIDS
Gender
Culture
Part of Africa’s
regional initiative

7.
GCDPi realization timeline
Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
1st wave 2nd wave 1st wave 2nd wave
Remarks about each
Ideal dates of GCDP projects:
waves:
Dec – Mar peak May – Aug peak Focus of each waves:
education and raising
1st wave 24th Dec – 8th Feb 13th May – 25th Jun awareness of respective
issue (via events)
action-orientated for
creating direct positive
2nd wave 11th Feb – 22nd Mar 27th Jun – 10th Aug
impact on society (via
personal interactions)
Our main audience is primary school, secondary school, high school and university students.

8.
For us, a high quality XP is defined as …
Overcome
challenges Reflection
Outer- Inner- Self
Crisis Growth
Growth
Journey Journey Awareness
New
Environment Values

9.
Typical GCDPi project timeline
Trainee Week 2-3 Training by Execution Learning event
Week 4-5
Week 1
Week 6
conference NGO & final to showcase
+ LEAD preparation impact
+ Orientation + LEAD
(+ city tour) (+ study tour)
On-going initiatives for QUALITY exchange management:
• Minimizing accommodation fee
• LC house (security + integration purposes)
• Reception booklet (with translation)
• Orientation week for interns
• Standardized study tour
• Failure report (for admitting failures)
• EP team leader with country partners

10.
Logistics details
• To subsidize accommodation, interns is expected
to contribute MAX. 100 USD.
• Living Expense (food + commute) in Tanzania is
MIN. 150 USD per month.
• Interns are encouraged to have travel insurance
covering both their “health” and “property”.
• Most interns bring up to 1500 USD:
– Study tour to Zanzibar: ~ 200 USD
– Study tour to Safari: ~ 500 USD
– Climbing Kilimanjaro: ~ 1000 USD

11.
Gender Health Improvement
• Health (especially gender related) issues remains one of
the most talked about things in Tanzania. A lot of effort
and money have been used to improvement health
situation in Tanzania.
• The most frequent feedback we had from our most
impactful project, ASK (Answer Solution Knowledge on
HIV/AIDS) is that participates are bored with HIV/AIDS.
• Therefore, we decided to expand our workshop series to
STDs, UTI, TB and malaria (instead of just HIV/AIDS).

12.
Gender Health Improvement
Type of project Awareness/ Action orientated project
Date of project 24th Dec 2012 – 8th Feb 2013
• Interns will organize events to raise awareness on disease
such as STDs, UTI, TB and malaria.
• Interns will coordinate with NGOs and institutions on
creating educational material/ campaign on respective
Project
health issues.
description
• Interns will coordinate with schools in nearby area for
logistics of events.
• Interns will work with students and participants of events to
evaluate their awareness and understanding of diseases.

13.
Gender Health Improvement
Type of project Awareness/ Action orientated project
Date of project 11th Feb 2013 – 22nd Mar 2013
• Interns will be trained and work with NGOs and institutions
to help on disease testing stations.
• Interns will be trained by NGOs and institutions on how to
Project interact with youths who were tested positive.
description • Interns will be providing counseling service for youths who
have tested positive with disease.
• Interns will work with stakeholders to evaluate the impact
created on society.

14.
Culture & Globalization
• Tanzania is the most diverse nation in Africa,
consist of 130 languages and tribal groups. Many
people in Tanzania has little knowledge or
appreciation of a tribal group other than their own,
and the rich culture of tribal groups is losing its
essence amongst youth. Additionally, tribal groups
can sometime be a deciding factor in employment.
• In recent years, globalization has become a
phenomenon in Tanzania, seeing so much more
international collaborations and influences. And
staying informed and knowledgeable will only put
Tanzania youth one step ahead of others.

15.
Culture & Globalization
Type of project Awareness/ Action orientated project
Date of project 24th Dec 2012 – 8th Feb 2013
• Interns preparing and organizing a fair, “Global Village”,
showcasing their own culture respectively to (mainly) youth,
in the aspect of traditions, music , art and habitation.
Project
• Interns working with locals to showcase diversity in
description
Tanzania’s culture and tribal groups.
• Interns educating schools students on the effect of
globalization in general and to Tanzania.

16.
Culture & Globalization
Type of project Awareness/ Action orientated project
Date of project 11th Feb 2013 – 22nd Mar 2013
• Interns will work with schools/institutions to organize
workshops where:
• Interns will be teaching local students their culture
• Interns will be learning local culture from students
Project • On the last week, both local students and interns will need
description be hosting an entertainment event surrounding about local
and international culture.
• Final remark must be made regarding cultural
implication on globalization, and the importance of
embracing cultural differences.

17.
Career & Leadership Development
• Employers in Tanzania struggle to find graduates that can do their
job well. Most graduates have nothing more than a degree
certificate, and are lack of transferable soft skills for task execution.
• In the graduate employment market, AIESEC is extremely relevant.
Mainly due to the voluntary leadership experiences, interest in world
issues, and Global Competency Model.
• Some employers will even ask for AIESEC members exclusively on
their application.
• If AIESEC is developing the right talents for the market via our TMP/
TLP program, why cant we extend some elements to more youth in
Tanzania.

18.
Career & Leadership Development
Type of project Awareness/ Action orientated project
Date of project 24th Dec 2012 – 8th Feb 2013
• Interns will have time to get familiar with topics on world
issues, management and leadership.
• Interns will get trained on how to host conversations and
open space with students.
• Interns will coordinate with high schools and universities on
Project
spaces (time and place) to host social conversations and on
description
promotion of social conversations.
• Interns will coordinate with media to continue discussion and
showcase youth discussing world issues, management and
leadership (social conversations).
• Interns will promote the Leadership Challenge for 2nd wave.

19.
Career & Leadership Development
Type of project Awareness/ Action orientated project
Date of project 11th Feb 2013 – 22nd Mar 2013
• Interns will prepare to host Leadership Challenge: 2 weeks
challenge where students will work in teams competing
against each other.
• Interns will work with different partners to support
Project
preparation of workshops.
description
• Interns will organize different workshops with partners to
increase capacity of employability of participants.
• Interns will organize the award/ prize for winning team of
Leadership Challenge.

20.
Microfinance & Entrepreneurship
• Working for someone after a university
degree is not the only option, being an
entrepreneurs and creating jobs can also
be an option too.
• Gaining funding is usually the most
challenging aspect of being an
entrepreneur. But great ideas should not
die due to lack of knowledge.

21.
Microfinance & Entrepreneurship
Type of project Awareness/ Action orientated project
Date of project 24th Dec 2012 – 8th Feb 2013
• Interns will be hosting workshops on entrepreneurship at
schools and universities
• Studying and celebrating successful entrepreneurs
• What are the attribute necessary for being an
Project
entrepreneur
description
• Basic crash course on: marketing, business plan,
business model, loan application/ fund raising for
entrepreneurs.
• Basic workshops on financial literacy

22.
Microfinance & Entrepreneurship
Type of project Awareness/ Action orientated project
Date of project 11th Feb 2013 – 22nd Mar 2013
• AIESEC will be partnering with another organisation to co-
host a “(Social) Business Plan challenge”
• This is a group competition amongst youth
Project • Winning group will receive grant to kick start their idea.
description • Runner-up groups will be receiving loan to kick start
their idea, in order to encourage sustainability of ideas.
• Interns will be acting as mentor and will be assigned to
guide applicants throughout the process.

23.
Environmental Preservation
• It is widely accepted that environmental
management is everybody’s responsibility,
yet, the situation with environment is
becoming worse and worse every year.
• Pollution is not only affecting the beautiful
nature of Tanzania, it is also a huge health
hazard, causing many diseases amongst the
Tanzanian population.

24.
Environmental Preservation
Type of project Awareness/ Action orientated project
Date of project 24th Dec 2012 – 8th Feb 2013
• Interns working with schools to arrange logistics (time and
location) for environmental awareness education.
• Interns preparing workshops to educate students on how to
conserve environment, preserve environment and impact of
Project
pollution in Tanzania.
description
• Interns working with NGOs and institutions to prepare an
event to raise awareness for environmental issues.
• Interns assessing the awareness made regarding
environmental conservation, preservation and pollution.

25.
Environmental Preservation
Type of project Awareness/ Action orientated project
Date of project 11th Feb 2013 – 22nd Mar 2013
• Working with local governments and community to organize
a community clean up and tree planting activities.
• Working with schools and universities to recruit volunteers
Project for activities.
description • Working with NGOs and institution to coordinate the most
effective way to clean up community and plant trees.
• Showcase achievements and help to promote environmental
preservation in Tanzania.