Jambo Bukoba

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Jambo Bukoba (Swahili, in English: Hello Bukoba) is a charity in Germany. It has 417 members (2018). Since 2008 it uses sport and games to improve education, health and equal opportunity for children and adolescents in Tanzania.

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Jambo Bukoba e.V.
Founded2008
Founder Clemens Mulokozi
TypeRegistered Association
FocusUsing sport to empower children and adolescents in Tanzania
Location
Members
417
Employees
11
Volunteers
80
Website jambobukoba.com

Activities

Jambo Bukoba promotes education, health (through age-appropriate HIV/AIDS and hygiene education) and gender equality between the sexes. The organization's concept was developed by the German Sport University Cologne [1] and combines sport and games in the school curriculum with experiential education. The concept also fosters the involvement of teachers, parents and public life and improves the educational know-how of the teachers and school infrastructures. The aim is to support and empower children and young adolescents in their day-to-day school environment so that they have a better start in life and brighter prospects for the shaping and improvement of their own futures.

Approach

From the office in Bukoba, the Tanzanian subsidiary carries out projects throughout the Kagera region in the north-west of the country. These projects are built on three pillars: teacher development, sports competitions and school building projects.

Background to the situation in Tanzania

44.8 per cent of the 56 million inhabitants of Tanzania are under the age of 15. General problems: School attendance is not the norm. Many children only attend school sporadically or they leave school prematurely. Girls in particular are at a disadvantage: they often have to work, help out at home or stay away from school during menstruation due to its association with shame. They also have to deal with teenage pregnancy, the dangers of HIV/AIDs and, in particular, discrimination. 70% of those newly infected with HIV/AIDs are between the ages of 15 and 24 years old - 75% of whom are girls. [2] 29% of the population above the age of 15 years cannot read and write. [3]

Clemens Mulokozi, the founder of Jambo Bukoba, lived in Tanzania between the ages of five and twelve. Those years were the personal impetus for him to improve the conditions for girls and boys in Tanzania.

Results

In August 2014, the social entrepreneurship organization Ashoka carried out a teachers’ survey on the effects of the Jambo Bukoba in two participating schools in the Kagera region. Teachers confirmed that:

Organization

The German parent organization finances activities via membership fees and fundraising-activities. It also undertakes public relations, strategic planning, budgetary control and operational management with the cooperation of the project teams in Tanzania. Volunteers, full-time employees and Clemens Mulokozi carry out the daily work of Jambo Bukoba in Germany and Tanzania. In Germany, office administration costs are covered by corporate supporters and foundations in the form of material donations and services. Hence, 100% of private donations can be deployed on the ground in Tanzania. Jambo Bukoba e.V. is committed to the transparency standards laid down by the organization Initiative Transparente Zivilgesellschaft (Action for a Transparent Civil Society). [5] Jambo Bukoba e.V. is a member of the Deutschen Spendenrat (German Donations Council) and VENRO (Association of German Development and Humanitarian Aid NGOs).

Supporters.

Following is a selection of the companies that support Jambo Bukoba e.V. [6]

Goals

Awards

In 2015, the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Angela Merkel recognized Jambo Bukoba with a Startsocial national award. [7] Clemens Mulokozi, the founder of Jambo Bukoba, was named an Ashoka Fellow in 2016. [8]

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References

  1. Jambo Bukoba: Sport und Entwicklung in Tansania. Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln. Retrieved on November 08th 2016
  2. Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS) (2013) and Tanzania HIV/AIDS and Malaria Indicator Survey 2011-12. Retrieved on November 08th 2016
  3. Data about Tanzania in the World Factbook of the CIA. Retrieved on November 08th 2016
  4. „Jambo Bukoba“ – Ein Kurzzeitprojekt in Tansania zur Förderung des Schulsports. Retrieved on November 08th 2016
  5. Jambo Bukoba is a member of the organization "Initiative Transparente Zivilgesellschaft". Retrieved on November 08th 2016
  6. 100 % of every private donation are for Tanzania! Retrieved on August 29th 2016.
  7. award-ceremony for startsocial in the chancellors office of Germany. on June 17th of 2015, Retrieved on August 29th 2016.
  8. Videoportrait of Ashoka Fellow Clemens Mulokozi. Retrieved on August 29th 2016.