As we celebrate Mother's Day, we're thrilled to introduce heartwarming narratives of kindness and sisterhood experienced while volunteering at the SEGA Girls' School. Over the past few years, we've witnessed mother-daughter duos volunteer at SEGA through our service-learning initiatives. Among them are the extraordinary experiences of Zakia and Zayda, Irene and Nicole, and Katie and Sarah, who volunteered with us for the STEM Adventures at SEGA and English Fluency Programs. We are happy to share their tales of volunteering and the joy of giving back at the SEGA Girls’ School! Pictured th ..read more

In January 2024, SEGA welcomed a group of entrepreneurship students from Babson College who helped facilitate a workshop on Entrepreneurial Thought & Action™. The SEGA entrepreneurship education team and teachers, life skills instructors, and administrators worked in groups to create an actionable list of potential innovations within the SEGA entrepreneurship program. Entrepreneurship has always been close to SEGA’s heart, and it is to equip Tanzanian girls with practical skills for self-sufficiency and leadership to eliminate poverty and create sustainable growth for themselves, their fam ..read more

Visiting the SEGA Girls’ School for the first time as part of the English Fluency Program in 2022 was an experience I’ll never forget. As a first-timer to the beautiful country of Tanzania and with my own school days in the rearview mirror, I didn’t know what to expect. When we first arrived at SEGA, we were able to attend the graduation ceremony of the Form 4 students, which was an exciting moment for all the girls and their proud families and friends in attendance. It was a real celebration—all the students had big smiles, their excitement palpable after countless long days and nights of st ..read more

Thanks to the generosity of two wonderful supporters in California, two SEGA graduates, Maria and Victoria, and SEGA’s Board Chair, Hellen Nkalang’ango, could visit the United States for two weeks earlier this month. The journey began with Hellen and Maria, a second-year Architecture student at a university in Dar es Salaam, arriving in Boston to chilly weather! Despite the cold, they explored various sites, including the New England Aquarium and iconic Boston landmarks like Trinity Church and The Boston Common. They also had the chance to meet with Boston-based supporters, including Someone ..read more

The SEGA Graduate Business Development Program was started in 2022 to support SEGA Girls’ School and Modern Girl Program graduates. This initiative provides additional entrepreneurship training and small loans to ensure the profitability and self-sustainability of diverse business ventures for these Tanzanian girls and women who confront significant financial and social obstacles, including sexual harassment and exploitation. Statistics reveal alarming dropout rates, with approximately 30,000 girls leaving secondary school annually in Tanzania. Some 5,500 drop out due to pregnancy (World Bank ..read more

Bryan (in the top right) is pictured with Claudia (in the middle) with some girls from SEGA. Bryan Ware, an actuary within the US property/casualty insurance industry, resides in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, with his wife, Ginger, and their two adult children. Yet, Bryan's impact stretches far beyond his profession. His commitment to improving the lives of women and girls, particularly in East Africa, sets him apart. Claudia Furcola Stemler is a birth, postpartum, and bereavement doula from Philadelphia and a single mother of three adult sons. Since 2018, Claudia has supported three children in K ..read more

We are excited to share that SEGA is adding to its innovative education tool kit by adopting e-learning materials! Recently, the educational landscape at SEGA has undergone a significant transformation, including tablets as a teaching tool for students. SEGA received a grant to purchase Amazon Fire tablets for students and Samsung tablets for teachers. This strategic choice caters to each group's specific needs and roles, creating a more tailored learning experience. The initial distribution included 71 tablets for Form 2 students and 19 for SEGA’s teachers. SEGA plans to purchase additional ..read more

Meet Zayda Greene, a second-year business administration major from Baltimore, Maryland, currently making waves at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU). Zayda's journey with SEGA began during high school when she supported a girl's education. This connection led her to an enriching experience in the summer of 2022, where Zayda, accompanied by her family, engaged in teaching STEM subjects at SEGA. This collective effort fostered a deep appreciation for the school's impact on its students. Inspired by the infectious energy of the girls at SEGA, Zayda took the initiative to crea ..read more

2023 marks the 15th Anniversary of Nurturing Minds and SEGA! One of the ways we are celebrating this important milestone is through a monthly blog series titled “SEGA is the Solution”. Young girls are most heavily impacted by lack of education, poverty and climate change. A striking body of evidence demonstrates that organizations like Nurturing Minds and SEGA are the solution to break the cycle of poverty, create prosperity and combat climate change. Each month we will be spotlighting one of SEGA’s graduates so you can see the impact that SEGA’s holistic approach to education has had on thei ..read more

Two Form 3 SEGA Girls’ School Students, Nurath & Nailat, were selected to participate in the 2023 FIRST Global Challenge in Singapore this past October as members of Team Tanzania. We are excited for you to hear directly from them as they describe their experience taking part in this exciting opportunity. SEGA Form 3 students Nailat (standing center) and Nurath (kneeling center) with Team Tanzania at the FIRST Global Robotics Challenge in Singapore The name of the program is  the FIRST Global Challenge held in Singapore in October 2023. The central theme of the competition was titled ..read more