The Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program (HNMCP) recently completed a 12-week project to design a culturally responsive negotiation curriculum for SEGA Girls’ School in Tanzania. Led by Professor Rachel Viscomi and her team, the project involved focus groups, alumni surveys, and teacher interviews to understand SEGA students' cultural context and challenges. The team developed a curriculum that emphasized assertiveness, empathy, and decision-making, piloted with Form 3 students. Graduate students Arianne Evans, Salome Van Bunnen, and Jean Luc Nsabimana reflect on their experience ..read more

In June, I had the privilege of returning to Morogoro, Tanzania, to volunteer for the second time with the STEM Adventures at SEGA team. Like last year, my week with the girls was incredibly enriching, filled with laughter and learning. This year, the STEM program shifted from traditional lessons to a project-based learning (PBL) approach. The students collaborated on a significant group project centered around the driving question: “How can students collaborate to identify how technology can be utilized to address agricultural challenges exacerbated by weather and climate change?” Essentiall ..read more

Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Day, celebrated on June 27th, highlights businesses' critical role in economic development. Entrepreneurship is a valuable skill, particularly for SEGA students, as it offers a pathway to financial independence and stability. In Tanzania, where wages are often low, many individuals seek to supplement their income through small businesses. With good planning and financial understanding, these ventures can lead to higher profit margins, making entrepreneurship a crucial skill set. Recognizing this, SEGA has integrated entrepreneurship training into th ..read more

June 11th marks the inaugural "International Day of Play" a significant milestone in preserving, promoting, and prioritizing play. This day emphasizes the importance of play for all people, especially children, enabling them to thrive and reach their full potential. Maya Mor, the founder of Girls Run Global, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering girls through running, shares her experiences in this blog. She recounts her visit to SEGA Girls' School and the first-time collaboration of Girls Run Global with the SEGA Girls. Sports have long proven to be much more than fun and games. Th ..read more

This past month, I found myself in Bali—not for leisure, but for work. It was a journey intertwined with my passion for girls' education, which I believe is the world's best investment.  Let me take you back a bit. Years ago, I had the privilege of meeting John Wood, the visionary behind the successful global education non-profit Room to Read and now the founder of the girls' education non-profit U-Go. In 2022, I was among the inaugural investors in U-Go, committing to fund local university scholarships for girls across multiple Asian countries. For me, investing isn’t just about financia ..read more

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