Giving Tuesday · December 1, 2026

Help students become Health Ambassadors for their communities

At Maruku and Bukara Secondary Schools in Bukoba Rural District, Tanzania, 100 young people are learning to lead. They study nutrition, maternal and child health, hygiene, oral health and healthy living. They grow food in their school gardens and carry what they learn into homes across their villages.

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0%of children under five in Kagera Region are stunted
0students trained as Health Ambassadors at 2 schools
0+planned household visits by Ambassadors
Why it matters

Why Kagera needs Health Ambassadors

One in three children under five in Kagera Region is stunted (34%), above Tanzania’s national average of 30%. Stunting means a child has gone too long without enough nutrition, most often in the first 1,000 days, and it holds back how the brain grows and how well the child learns.

In AHEAD’s 2026 screening of 476 students, 85% ate fruit or vegetables less than once a day. Health Ambassadors are secondary school students who change this close to home. They learn at Maruku Health Center and Maruku Agricultural Training Institute and grow food in new school gardens. Then they make more than 200 household visits to teach families about nutrition, anaemia, hygiene and caring for teeth.

🥗Eating a variety of foods
🤱Feeding mothers and babies well
🩸Preventing anaemia and stunting
🧼Hygiene and safe water
🪥Caring for teeth
🌱Growing food at home
Students working together on a hands-on project
Giving Tuesday 2026

Fund a Health Ambassador

Any amount helps. Your gift trains young leaders who bring better health home to their families, their neighbours and their whole community.

Every Giving Tuesday gift goes to the Health Ambassadors Program at Maruku and Bukara Secondary Schools.

$10,000Our goal by Giving Tuesday,
December 1, 2026

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