Empowering Minds
TRANSFORMING LIVES
TRANSFORMING LIVES
Kamitei Foundation is a Tanzanian-grown non-profit organisation transforming the education landscape in rural communities across Tanzania.
Our mission is to improve educational opportunities and by doing so instil lasting positive change, fostering a culture where education becomes the cornerstone of progress for generations to come.
OUR CHALLENGES
Literacy rates as low as 69%
With literacy rates significantly lower than in urban areas, rural Tanzanians are being left behind.
In a country where employment prospects and livelihoods are already challenged, their chances of breaking free from the cycle of poverty are further limited.
We believe it is possible to close the gap through better-resourced, quality education.
OUR SOLUTIONS
Kamitei’s approach focuses on learners, educators, and supportive learning environments.
Everything we do is designed to tackle the challenges that limit a student’s capacity to learn, an educator’s ability to teach effectively, and a community’s awareness of how education can lift lives out of the cycle of poverty.
OUR IMPACT
About 2,500 students at 7 primary schools in Northern Tanzania improved academic results by 50% within a few years of Kamitei actively coaching teachers and supporting scholarships.
Every year we give:
25,000
students better resourced, better education
100
teacher interns training and placements in rural primary schools
18,000+
books and teaching resources for better learning environments
200+
high-flying students better education on school and vocational scholarships
Where we work
With 51 schools across 2 regions in rural Tanzania
For over 20 years, Kamitei has dedicated itself to enhancing educational opportunities for children and young people in rural Tanzania.
We work with teachers, students and the wider community as they lift their lives out of the cycle of poverty.
OUR INSPIRATION
Kamitei is named after the late Mrs Maria ‘Kamitei’ Motika, a Tanzanian Maasai woman who championed education despite not having received it herself.
With strength and resilience she worked diligently to provide quality education for her family. Rewardingly many have completed vocational training or gained university degrees, and all have built stronger livelihoods.
Several now work in Kamitei’s Tanzanian team, helping to create similar educational opportunities for other children in East Africa.