Faraja Young Women

Development Organization

About Faraja

History

• Founded in 2007

• Founder: Martina Siara

• Achievements: since 2007 over

230 girls and young single

mothers were empowered

About Faraja

Vision

• We envision a society full of

protected and empowered young

women, taking their own

initiatives towards self-

fulfillment and sustainable

social and economic

development.

Mission

• Empowering young single

mothers, girls, and vulnerable

children at risk in rural and

urban areas.

• We are thus undertaking the

task of promoting human

transformation by improvement

of knowledge through

education, health, livelihood and

sustainable development.

About Faraja

Target group

• Young single mothers below

18 years

• Vulnerable and marginalized

girls who became victims of

human trafficking, early

marriage and/or abuse

• Young girls at risk are received at

Faraja Center throughout the year

• They are brought to us by the

police or the social welfare office

• They find a secure place to live,

receive consultancy to cope with

their traumas

• They attend primary and

afterwards secondary school

• Older girls participate in the

Vocational Training Course at

Faraja Center

Our work with young girls

• Young single mothers are

identified from the regions

Arusha, Kilimanjaro and

Manyara

• They are welcome at Faraja

Center the following year in

January and start their one-year

Vocational Training Course

• Whereas young mothers at risk

are also received at Faraja

Center troughout the whole year

Our work with young mothers

Vocational Training

Cookery

• The young women who

specialize in cookery attend a

cookery class on a daily basis

throughout one year

• They are taught to cook local

such as international food

• For 3 months the girls will

attend a practical internship in

local hotels and restaurants

where they can further develop

their skills

Vocational Training

Tailoring

• The young women who

specialize in tailoring attend a

sewing class on a daily basis

throughout one year

• They are taught to tailor any

kind of clothes for men,

women and also children

• This knowledge enables them

to either work in the tailoring

industry or to open their own

tailoring shop

Education

• Entrepreneurship skills

▫ Skills for starting and running

their own business

• Mathematics

• English

• Computer

• Health education (HIV)

• Lifeskills

Daycare and pre-school

• During the time their mothers

attend school, the children

below 4 years stay in our

daycare center

• The children at pre-school age

attend classes at our pre-school

whereby children from the

nearby villages get also

involved.

Sustainability

• After graduating from Faraja Center the young women receive a start-up package including

▫ 3 months’ rent

▫ furniture and equipment for their homes

▫ cookery tools for the cooks and sewing machines for the tailors

to support them on their way to employment and an independent life

• Whenever it is possible we try to re-unify the women with their families

Sponsorships and donations

• Our work depends on

contribution by individuals,

companies and organizations

• We are very grateful for

material as well as financial

support

• If you are interested in

supporting us, please ask

Martina Siara for details:

• fayowodu@gmail.com