Girls training at the CODEWA Digital Hub, Tabora
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Pillar 3 of 5  ·  Adolescent and Youth Empowerment

A Certificate Is Not Enough.
Capability Is.

Across Tanzania, thousands of young people face the same gap from two different directions. Some completed school but have no practical skills to translate their certificate into income. Others never made it back into the system at all. CODEWA closes both gaps through two dedicated programmes.

Two tracks. One mission.

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Track 01
The Capability Fund

For school completers like Fatuma who graduated with marks her teachers still talk about and spent three years doing nothing because no one taught her what comes next.

CV writing  ·  Digital literacy  ·  Career readiness  ·  Employability
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Track 02
Girls Digital and AI Skills Hub

For out-of-school girls and young mothers like Salma training in AI tools and coding used by professionals in New York and London, with childcare included and a solar-powered hub to train in.

ChatGPT  ·  HeyGen  ·  Canva  ·  HTML and CSS  ·  Freelance
Support Youth Empowerment Visit the Digital Hub Portal
500+
Jeunes Accompagnés
150+
Certificats Délivrés
70%
Career Readiness Score Rise
20
GDASH Students per Cohort
150K
TZS Weekly Income Potential

Two Tracks. One Capability Gap Closed.

Fatuma Had a Certificate. Salma Had Nothing. Both Needed the Same Thing.

CODEWA meets young women where the system left them, whether that is after graduation with no practical skills, or outside the system entirely with no pathway back. The two programmes below address both situations through a shared conviction: capability is what changes a life, not paperwork.

Young woman in a CODEWA Capability Fund training session, Tabora
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Track 01
For school completers without a pathway

The Capability Fund

Fatuma graduated from secondary school with marks her teachers still talk about. She was the first in her family to finish Form Four. Then nothing happened. Not because she lacked potential, but because nobody taught her what comes next. Her certificate sat in a drawer for three years.

The Capability Fund delivers CODEWA's five-pillar Curriculum of Aspiration equipping school leavers with the mindset, digital skills, career readiness, mentorship connections, and civic voice they need to translate their education into a livelihood and a life of leadership.

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Mindset and Life Skills
Self-belief, resilience, goal-setting, positive identity formation
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Digital and Future Skills
Digital literacy, AI exposure, productivity tools, digital citizenship
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Préparation à la Carrière
CV writing, interview preparation, professional conduct, career pathways
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Mentorship and Exposure
Role model engagement, one-on-one mentorship, career inspiration
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Leadership and Voice
Communication skills, civic awareness, youth-led initiatives, inclusive access
Fatuma Is Teaching Now
"The certificate proves you can learn. The Hub teaches you what to do with what you know."
Fatuma, Girls Digital Hub Graduate, Now Trainer
Support the Capability Fund →
Girls learning digital skills at the CODEWA GDASH, Tabora
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Track 02
For out-of-school girls and young mothers

Girls Digital and AI Skills Hub

Salma dropped out of school when the system had no place for her. When CODEWA told her she would learn AI tools used by professionals in New York and London, she laughed. Then she asked when she could start. In her second week she built her first webpage. In her third she designed her first professional graphic and generated an AI video.

The GDASH is a solar-powered, AI-equipped digital training centre in Tabora with a mother-friendly schedule and childcare included. It runs four-month cohorts of 20 students through a structured programme that ends not just with a certificate but with the practical capability to earn income as a digital entrepreneur.

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AI tools used in global markets
ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude.ai, HeyGen, Canva, HTML and CSS with AI assistance
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Mother-friendly schedule with childcare
3 hours daily, timed so young mothers can attend every session without leaving their children behind
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Digital Service Kiosk pathway
Top graduates receive a micro-grant to launch their own kiosk, earning 50,000 to 150,000 TZS per week
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TZS 17.16 million in community capital
The hub was built with community-raised investment, proof of local ownership and long-term sustainability
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Graduates return as mentors
Every Salma who succeeds opens the door for the next cohort, creating a self-sustaining learning cycle
EUR 250 funds one full Dignity Scholarship
Four months of training, meals, childcare, and tools for one young woman building her future from scratch
Support the Girls Digital Hub →

The Gap No One Talks About

Six Friction Points Blocking Youth Potential

Young people are not failing because they lack potential. They are held back by invisible friction points that block confidence, opportunity, and forward momentum.

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Le Fossé Diplôme-Compétence

Completing school with grades but lacking the practical, real-world skills that employers and the market actually require.
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Le Silence Numérique

No access to modern tools, leaving youth disconnected from the global digital economy and the opportunities it creates.
03

L'Anonymat Professionnel

Not knowing how to write a CV, apply for jobs, or navigate interviews. Qualified and invisible at the same time.
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Le Piège Identitaire

Facing adolescent pressures and identity crises without the resilience or guidance to stay focused on a future that feels possible.
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Mentor Deficit

Navigating life transitions with no role models to illuminate pathways. When you have never seen someone like you succeed, success feels fictional.
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L'Exclusion des Plateformes

Marginalised girls and youth with disabilities lacking a platform to advocate for their own needs and rights. Without voice, nothing changes.

La différence que nous créons

From Dependency to Leadership.

When young people gain the skills to shape their own futures, entire communities grow stronger. These are not projections. They are what has already happened to real young women in Tabora.

500+
Jeunes Accompagnés
150+
Certificats Délivrés
70%
Career Readiness Score Rise
25
Mentors Actifs
150K
TZS Weekly Income (GDASH)

What Change Looks Like

👥 Confident and Self-Aware
Youth gain psychological resilience and personal awareness to navigate complex life transitions. Self-belief replaces the internalised limits poverty wrote about them.
💻 Career and Income Ready
Digital literacy and employability training prepare youth for the modern economy. GDASH graduates earn 50,000 to 150,000 TZS weekly running their own Digital Service Kiosks.
🔬 Practical Problem Solvers
Communication and critical thinking skills immediately applicable to school, the workplace, and community leadership. Not theoretical. Practised and verified.
🗣 Empowered Self-Advocates
Young people find their voice and assert their rights. Every graduate becomes a potential role model and mentor for the next cohort, sustaining the cycle beyond each programme.
CODEWA youth empowerment programme participants in Tabora

Youth programme participants, Tabora Region, Tanzania.
Girls Digital Hub participants learning digital skills in Tabora

Girls Digital Hub, CODEWA. Where skills become income.

The Theory of Change

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We equip vulnerable youth with mindset, digital skills, career readiness, and a platform for their voice, together in one sustained programme.
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ALORS

They gain confidence, practical capability, and the tools to create income and lead in their communities rather than waiting for a system that already failed them.
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MENANT À

A generation of economically independent young women who mentor the next cohort, advocate for systemic change, and break the cycle of dependency for their families and communities.
CODEWA beneficiaries in Tabora, Tanzania

Their Words

Two Stories. The Same Gap.
Different Starting Points.

Capability Fund  ·  School Leaver

"The certificate proves you can learn. The Hub teaches you what to do with what you know."
Fatuma's journey
Graduated top of her class. Certificate sat in a drawer for three years. Found CODEWA. Completed the Capability Fund programme. Now runs training sessions at the Digital Hub for the next cohort of young women.
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Fatuma
Girls Digital Hub Graduate, Now Trainer

Girls Digital Hub  ·  Out-of-School

"When we told Salma she would learn AI tools used by professionals in New York and London, she laughed. Then she asked when she could start."
Salma's progress
Week two: built her first webpage using AI-assisted coding. Week three: designed her first professional graphic on Canva and generated an AI video using HeyGen. She stays fifteen minutes after every session to keep practising.
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Salma
GDASH First Cohort, Tabora

Passer à l'action

Give Fatuma the Key. Give Salma the Tools.

Two tracks, two kinds of gap, two ways to give. Every contribution below reaches a specific young woman in Tabora with a specific solution. Choose the programme that speaks to you.

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Track 01

The Capability Fund

 For school leavers without a pathway to income
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EUR 15

Open one week of Digital Hub access for one youth. Seven days. One door opened. Sometimes that is all it takes for a young woman to see what is possible.

Give EUR 15
Most Impactful
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EUR 150

Take one young woman from her first login to a certified digital graduate. The complete journey from uncertainty to a verifiable credential she can build a career on.

Give EUR 150
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EUR 250

Walk one young person through the complete six-month Curriculum of Aspiration all five pillars, from mindset to employment. One full transformation funded.

Give EUR 250
CODEWA youth programme, Tabora Tanzania
Also Supporting
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Track 02

Girls Digital and AI Skills Hub

 For out-of-school girls and young mothers
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EUR 65/mo

EUR 260 per cohort

Walk one girl through all four months of the Boot Camp from her first login to graduation day. Monthly giving matches the monthly rhythm of the programme.

Give EUR 65 Monthly
Childcare Gift
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EUR 100

Sponsor childcare so a young mother can attend every session. Without this, she stays home. With it, she graduates. EUR 100 is the difference between those two outcomes.

Give EUR 100
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EUR 250

Fund a complete Dignity Scholarship four months of training, meals, childcare, and tools for one young woman building her future from scratch. One scholarship. One life changed.

Give EUR 250
CODEWA youth empowerment programme, Tabora Tanzania

A Certificate Without Capability Is a Door With No Handle.

The Capability Fund Is the Handle.

Right now, hundreds of young people in Tabora are in the same place Fatuma was. Qualified. Capable. Waiting. Not because they lack potential, but because no one has given them the key to the next door. You can be that key.