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What does it take to educate a child? Worldwide, policymakers tend to have a similar answer. Build schools. Train teachers. Provide materials. Monitor performance.Read more

Limited access to proper care and information about menstruation— “period poverty”—deprives multitudes of girls around with the world of weeks of school each year. In Tanzania, period poverty is believed to be the single largest barrier to girls’ completion of education.1Read more

Imagine you’re teaching the letters of the alphabet to a class of first graders. Some students are learning quickly while others are struggling. Now, imagine that you’re teaching 60 students at a time. Or maybe 100, or even 180. Sound daunting? Teachers in Tanzania are faced with conditions like these every day.Read more

School-to-School International (STS) is excited to announce a shift in Whole Child Model activities for the 2021 school year. In addition to continuing support of six schools in the Arusha District of Tanzania, STS has designated one school as our “focus school.” In 2021, STS’s Whole Child Model Focus School will be Engorika Primary School,Read more

THE PROBLEM IS TWOFOLD. 1 – Children are not learning. Over 59 million children will not go to school this year—half of them live in sub-Saharan Africa. Of the nearly 30 million elementary-age children who are out-of-school, half have never stepped foot in a classroom. Girls are impacted far more than boys, accounting for 55%Read more