Empowering the whole rural adolescent girl
As a girl-centered and community-driven initiative, SHEEO restores hope and carries the voices of marginalized and underrepresented adolescent girls in rural Tanzania by empowering and supporting them through education, life and practical skills development, and economic opportunities that build self-reliance, resilience, and capacity to transform their communities.
Our Programs
We drive sustainable change for rural adolescent girls through three programmatic areas.
Transforming Lives: 2020–2025
Since 2020, SHEEO NGO Tanzania has been driving transformative change for rural adolescent girls through integrated programs in education, well-being, leadership, and economic empowerment. Guided by our vision of a world where every rural girl has the power to lead, choose, and thrive in a resilient community, we have worked to remove barriers that limit their potential.
Over the past five years, with the generous support from Population Connection (USA), Girls Education Collaborative (USA), Compasio Global Child Advocates (USA & Canada), Tanzamu Company Limited (Tanzania), and local and international compassionate friends, we have reached and impacted thousands of rural adolescent girls (with boys’ allies) in the Mwanza region.
6,120
In-School Girls Reached
Supported with sexual and reproductive health knowledge, bodily autonomy, psychosocial services, life skills training, and GBV prevention alongside boy allies. This has improved well-being and reduced vulnerability to early pregnancy and child marriage.
1,471
Girls Empowered to Lead
Empowered through leadership, gender equality, and justice training. They actively engage in advocacy and decision-making within families, schools, and communities, leading to safer environments and reduced tolerance of gender-based violence.
371
Girls Kept in School
Supported to enroll and remain in school through the provision of learning materials, scholarships, safe learning environments, and menstrual health interventions, directly reducing dropout rates.
100
Out-of-School Girls & Young Women
Equipped with vocational skills, entrepreneurship training, financial literacy, and mentorship, enabling them to initiate income-generating activities to meet personal needs and support their children.
90
Key Community Stakeholders
Engaged to support adolescent girls’ rights advocacy. Through them, hundreds of community members were reached, fostering positive attitudes toward girls’ education, protection, and gender equality.
Whole girl empowerment with community partnership
SHEEO empowers the whole girl by nurturing her potential while partnering with her community to build an environment where she can truly succeed.
Education & STEM
Increasing access to quality education, STEM, innovation and knowledge needed for the labor market.
Well-being & Life Skills
Providing psychosocial support, mental health awareness, practical life skills and informed decision-making.
Economic Agency
Promoting entrepreneurship, vocational skills, financial independence and sustainable livelihoods.
Help rural girls lead, choose and thrive
From 2025 to 2050, SHEEO targets reaching, supporting, and impacting the lives of 2,500,000 impoverished rural adolescent girls in the Lake Zone Victoria regions including Kagera, Geita, Mwanza, Simiyu, Mara and other areas of Tanzania as the organization grows.
Events and updates
News and activities from SHEEO interventions and community work.
Empowerment Centre for Younger-mothers to Thrive - ECYMT Project
PROJECT OVERALL OBJECTIVE: To break the cycle of generational poverty for underprivileged, rural younger mothers aged between 14 and 19 years old...
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Enriching Neediest Brilliants Girls Dreams - ENBGD Project
PROJECT OVERALL OBJECTIVE: To support the rural, brilliant, neediest orphaned and vulnerable girls to access education in reputable p...
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Supporting Her Education for Her Autonomy - SHEHA Project
PROJECT OVERALL OBJECTIVE: To support the access and successful academic completion of secondary education for the most underprivileged rural gir...
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