SOLAR ENERGY LEGACY & PROJECTS AHEAD Brings Reliable Solar Power to Rural Tanzanian Health Centers and Schools That the National Grid Cannot Reach In communities where only 10 to 25% of households have electricity, AHEAD designs and installs solar energy systems that keep operating rooms running, vaccines refrigerated, computer labs powered, and clean water flowing….
SPORTS CAMP & YOUTH LEADERSHIP A Four-Day Sports Camp That Builds Athletic Skills, Community Confidence, and Future Health Leaders in Rural Tanzania Every student at Maruku Secondary School wanted to play. None of them had ever been coached. AHEAD’s annual Sports Camp delivers professional-level basketball and soccer instruction, essential athletic gear, and a direct pathway…
Education Programs, Maruku Secondary School, Bukoba Rural District AHEAD Brings Digital Education to 1,000 Rural Tanzanian Students Who Had Never Touched a Computer Before AHEAD installed the first computers at Maruku Secondary School, not one of the school’s 1,000 students had ever used a keyboard. Today, 61+ machines run daily, girls lead in Computer Studies…
Health Ambassadors Program AHEAD Turns Secondary School Students Into Peer Health Educators Who Reach Families No Clinic Ever Will In rural Tanzania, preventable health conditions persist because lifesaving knowledge never reaches the households that need it most. AHEAD’s Health Ambassadors Program trains students to become the peer educators who carry that knowledge home. THE FOUNDATION…
ORAL HEALTH & DENTAL PROGRAM AHEAD Treats the Health Crisis That Rural Tanzania Never Talks About. One Mouth at a Time. AHEAD’s Oral Health and Dental Program brings licensed dentists and hygienists to Maruku every year to provide treatment, education, and prevention, while building toward a permanent dental clinic that will serve the community year-round….
MARUKU HEALTH CENTER Inside the Rural Health Center Where AHEAD Built Surgical Capability From the Ground Up Tanzania has 367 facilities that provide major surgery. Most of them are in cities. The Maruku Health Center is not in a city. It sits in Maruku Ward, Bukoba Rural District, Kagera Region, where the nearest alternative hospital…
Community Health Fair Every July, a Team of Volunteer Physicians, Surgeons, Dentists, and Nurses Flies to Rural Tanzania and Treats 100s of Patients in Three Days For most of the year, the communities around Maruku village have access to primary care at the local health center. What they do not have access to are specialists….
Environmental Sustainability Programs — Maruku Ward, Bukoba Rural District, Kagera Region, Tanzania AHEAD Has Been Building Clean Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure in Rural Tanzania Since Before It Was a Global Conversation. In rural Tanzania, an unreliable power grid and contaminated water sources are not inconveniences — they are life-threatening realities. AHEAD installs solar energy systems,…
Bridging the Digital Divide in Rural Tanzania Core Focus: Digital access, IT education, and job-ready skills for rural youth Presented by:AHEAD, Inc. | Rockville, Maryland, USAAHEAD-Tanzania | Maruku, Bukoba District PROJECT OVERVIEW Since 1981, AHEAD has supported education in rural Tanzania through scholarships, infrastructure, and essential learning resources. In 2023, we launched the AHEAD Computer…
Women Orthopaedist Global Outreach (WOGO) Women Orthopaedist Global Outreach (WOGO) The patients of the community of Maruku, Tanzania have a plethora of unmet health care needs. Chief among them is access to orthopedic surgery for joint restoration surgery. It’s estimated that less than 10% of the population of this entire region of Northern Tanzania, in…