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During a visit by the Terre O Vent association to the Arusha region, meetings were held with women from the villages of Engare Sero and Eluwai. Three-quarters of the women present did not know how to speak Swahili, Tanzania's national language, and had never attended school. None had completed primary school and had no knowledge of English. All wanted to learn Swahili and English to communicate outside their boma and be less dependent on their husbands. They hoped to develop small jobs (selling salt from Lake Natron, corn flour, Maasai jewelry to tourists, etc.). The women also reported having no knowledge of sex education, contraception, or information on STDs.
Enable Maasai women to have basic education, and fight against their marginalization and social dependence
Teaching Maasai women to read and write, keeping simplified accounts
Offer women the practice of sewing, in particular to sew washable sanitary protection in order to combat intimate insecurity
Offer sex education sessions, with awareness of sexually transmitted diseases and contraception, and the issues of genital mutilation, which is still too common in Maasai culture
Teacher training and curriculum development
Equipping the two schools with school furniture, purchase of a photovoltaic lighting system
Three three-hour Swahili courses per week for one year
Three English lessons per week for one year
Purchase of two mechanical sewing machines needed for sewing workshops
One sewing class per week for over a year
Implementation of a system for paying salaries by trainers from local associations, through a system of microfinancing by beneficiary women and self-financing through the sale of products made during sewing classes
Raising awareness among women in the two pilot villages about issues related to sexuality, contraception, and the fight against genital mutilation
30 Maasai women between 20 and 50 years old in each village, or 60 women in total
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