Broadcasting Hope

  • P Project/Program

I Inactive

Key Information

Shortly after Tanzanians began quarantining on March 16, Right To Play adapted our work to continue to reach girls and their families remotely. Using radio, we have reached more than 2.75 million girls and 2.15 million other community members in Tanzania with stories that help to challenge harmful traditional practices.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

United Republic of Tanzania

Activity URL

https://righttoplayusa.org/en/news/broadcasting-hope/

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2020 - 2021

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Adapted

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other

  • Remote Learning

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education
  • Social and emotional learning

Cross-cutting areas

  • Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • COVID-19 Response
  • Early/child marriage
  • Emergencies and protracted crises
  • Empowerment
  • Female genital mutilation/cutting
  • Gender equality
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
  • Sexual harassment & coercion

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys out of school, Brothers, Fathers, Girls out of school, Mothers, Sisters, Spouses/partners, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • N/A

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Community mobilization
  • General awareness-raising/community engagement

Educational Technology

  • Digital learning materials/programs

Increased availability of learning materials

  • Educational Radio or Television Programs

Life skills education

  • Gender, rights and power
  • Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills building

Other

  • Other activities to end child marriage (not captured above)
  • Other activities to end FGM (not captured above)

Social/gender norms change

  • Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents
  • Group activities with students or school-age children/adolescents
  • Media campaigns
  • Work with community leaders

Women's empowerment programs

  • Advocacy/action

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • Improved critical consciousness
  • Improved maternal, newborn, and/or child health (MNCH)
  • Improved sexual and reproductive health
  • Improved understanding of sexual harassment, coercion, and consent
  • Increased advocacy/civic engagement
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Increased knowledge of HIV, puberty, and sexual and reproductive health
  • More equal power in relationships
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms
  • Reduced adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Reduced child marriage

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

Brijpal Patel
Right to Play
Director, Global Program Development
bpatel@righttoplay.com