Key Achievements & Experience in Quality Education Program

TVMC in Shinyanga has played a key role in improving access to quality education for underserved groups. Through strategic partnerships and grassroots initiatives, TVMC has made significant progress in promoting inclusive and equitable education across 8 schools (4 primary and 4 secondary) in Shinyanga Municipality. The program focuses on increasing access to quality education for all children, while also raising community awareness about the importance of timely school enrollment, particularly for those at risk of dropping out. TVMC has established 16 school-based clubs, known as TUSEME Youth Clubs, within the project schools. These clubs serve as safe spaces where girls receive information and support on gender issues, guidance and counseling, sexual and reproductive health education, sanitation and menstrual hygiene, and protection from violence. These efforts have had a measurable impact: school dropout rates have dropped from 186 to just 31 students per year across the eight schools, while cases of teenage pregnancy among female students have declined from 36 annually to just 1 or 2.

Key Achievements & Experience in Quality Poverty Reduction.

Since 2012, TVMC has demonstrated strong leadership and innovation in poverty reduction through community group focuses on empowering marginalized people particularly women, youth, and underserved communities through education, vocational training, and sustainable economic development.

Key Achievements:

• Vocational Training for Economic Empowerment:

TVMC has supported 20 girls in joining vocational training programs targeting adolescent girls and young women, with a focus on 1 year tailoring course. These programs equip participants with practical skills in tailoring, entrepreneurship, and small business management, enabling them to generate sustainable incomes and become financially independent. We have also achieved to establish 2 tailoring resource center in Usanda and Iselamagazi ward in Shinyanga DC.

• Women and Youth Empowerment:

TVMC has empowered 120 groups of women and 60 groups of youth with life skills, self-reliance strategies, and access to income-generating opportunities. We have achieved to empower 3000 women in agribusiness through sunflower product and horticulture through suck garden.

• Promotion of Inclusive Economic Participation:

TVMC promotes economic inclusion by engaging marginalized groups in local development initiatives, building their capacity to participate meaningfully in economic activities and decision-making processes.

Key Achievements & Experience in Gender-Based Violence (GBV)

Since its establishment, The Voice of Marginalized Communities has been actively engaged in combating gender-based violence (GBV) through a range of impactful initiatives focused on prevention, awareness, legal support, and community empowerment.

Key Achievements

• Community Awareness and Outreach:

We have extensive experience in conducting awareness and public meetings that are highly engaging and impactful in the community. For example TVMC has conducted 1,565 community awareness meetings across Shinyanga Municipal, Shinyanga District Council, Ushetu, and Kahama Municipal. These sessions have engaged over 300 marginalized community groups.

• Legal Aid and Support Services:

TVMC has provided legal aid services to 6,089 individuals, helping survivors of GBV access justice, legal advice, and psychosocial support.

• Rescue and Reintegration of Schoolgirls:

Through community sensitization meetings and outreach activities conducted in dispensaries and health centers, we have reached 1,569 outreach meetings and succeed to rescue 102 schoolgirls affected by early pregnancy, ensuring their return to school and continued education.

• Support for Survivors of GBV:

The organization has facilitated access to justice for 589 GBV survivors, helping them to claim their rights and receive appropriate services through coordinated referral networks