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Community Climate Action in Tanzania: Launching Phase 2 of the DOT–Cisco Climate Corps Program
As climate change affects everyday life in Tanzania, real solutions are not just coming from big meetings or global talks, they are starting in local communities, led by youth who live the reality and are ready to take action. Building on the momentum of its successful first phase, DOT Tanzania, in partnership with the Cisco […]
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Call for Partnerships: Tanzania Youth Digital Summit (TYDS) 2020
Theme: ‘The Digital Shift’ Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) Tanzania is a youth-led movement of daring social innovators who have the tools, knowledge, and networks to create opportunities and transform their own communities. The TYDS Concept Tanzania Youth Digital Summit (TYDS) is an annual event organized by DOT Tanzania in partnership with the ICT Commission, to […]
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Eustina: It feels so good to be financially free
Eustina used to have to carry her clothes door to door, looking for customers to sell her textiles to in order to support herself. It was exhausting, time-consuming and her products were moving too slow to make her any real money, forcing her to be financially dependent on her parents. Now, thanks to her […]
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DOT Tanzania receives The National Lottery Community Fund Grant
MARCH 13, 2019, DAR ES SALAAM — Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) Tanzania is pleased to announce that it has received a grant from The National Lottery Community Fund for the pilot program, Entrepreneurship Development Program for Youth with Disabilities (EP4YWD)! In partnership with […]
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TOP 10 Social Enterprises of Dare 2 Change Tanzania 2018
The Dare 2 Change Tanzania Program is an exclusive six-week program for young social innovators in Tanzania to gain 21st-century skills, develop their ideas, prototype and test them. Throughout the program, the youth have access to training, resources, and networks that empower them to transform their social innovation ideas into products and services. The program -facilitated […]
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Linus: Developing Digital Skills Made My Business Boom
Linus was born in the Tanga region and completed his primary education in 2000. In the whole ward there was only one secondary school, and at that time only two students were to ever chosen to move on to the secondary school level. Being a hard-working student but an average performer, Linus did not stand […]
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ESTER: DOT YOUTH OF THE MONTH
Ester is DOT Youth program facilitator and Social Innovator. She joined the Youth Leadership Program (YLP) in 2017 and took the path of community leader so she can deliver the ReachUp! Program to her community in Pwani, an eastern region in Tanzania with a population of over 1 million people. Even after impacting the livers […]
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