Reducing poverty, through relationships, education and understanding
Team Vista is a humanitarian and aid project operating in the communities in Moshi, Tanzania. Our programs aim to give young people the best education possible and support their livelihoods to improve intergeneration poverty.
Our Purpose
To promote education that leads to empowered communities and opens doors to a better quality of life.
About Team Vista
Team Vista is an organisation working in partnership with the Global Development Group to end educational poverty in communities in Moshi Tanzania, Africa. The communities of Kaloleni and Pasua are located in and around the rubbish dump, and are some of the poorest in the country.
Our goal is to educate young people in the community, so they are empowered to improve their lives and can learn how to better support those around them. We ensure our children get a quality education, with the infrastructure, school supplies, and recreational activity all children deserve.
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We track every ounce of your sponsorship dollars. So before you consider sponsoring a child, we invite you to view the below...
We track every ounce of your sponsorship dollars. So before you consider sponsoring a child, we invite you to view the below...
Every week, community members (usually grandmothers) come to Team Vista House looking for help with schooling their child. Getting an education is crucial to keeping the children on the path toward a better quality life.
If we don't have enough sponsors, the child's name is placed onto a ‘waiting list’. If a sponsored child leaves the community, then a sponsor may become available.
Please know our staff make background checks on the families seeking support.
Children Sponsored
Humanitarian Projects
Our Key Projects
Child Sponsorship
Child sponsorship can help to break that cycle of poverty - with recent independent studies on child sponsorship showing that on average, sponsor children stay in school 1-1.5 years longer than their non-sponsored peers.
As a sponsor, you will receive an information sheet about your child and regular updates.
To change a child's life and give them a brighter future, please fill out the form below and a Team Vista representative will be in contact with you shortly.
Young Girls Empowerment
Currently, in Tanzania young women are not given enough education on puberty and their menstruation cycle, although it is in there science curriculum at school it is often very brief.
Education around this significant time in a women's life is very important to understand and know how to properly manage these changes.
At Team Vista we are working will all seven primary schools in the Moshi, Tanzania area to provide a program where these young ladies have an opportunity to learn about puberty, menstruation and empowerment.
In African culture, menstruation is often very taboo and young women don’t have the opportunity to ask questions about these changes. We are providing a safe space where these young ladies can have all of their questions answered.
Women’s Empowerment Soap Making Business
Many women in the community will not get the opportunity to undertake tertiary education which results in them not being able to generate a significant income for themselves.
We have launched the Women’s Empowerment Soap making business to empower these women to run their own business and sell good quality soaps to local companies as well as westernised hotels in the area.
We did our research and found that there weren’t any other businesses making handmade Tanzanian soaps in the area and knew that this would be a fantastic way for these disadvantaged young ladies to generate an income for themselves.
Although this program has only recently launched the women have generated a number of sales and are on their way to having a thriving business.
Msasani Young Women's Empowerment Group
In conjunction with Msasani Secondary School, Team Vista has set up a Young Women's ‘hang-out’ space in a vacant classroom at the School based in Kaloleni.
To date we have had many successful young women from our Empowerment Group who are now in University or College. When they come back to the community for their holidays, they not only return to visit Team Vista home but they volunteer their time to Team Vista and spend time sharing their experiences with the Empowerment Group.
Msasani Young Men's Empowerment Group
In association with the Msasani Secondary School, Team Vista has begun a Young Men’s Empowerment Group.
The group is a safe place for young men to congregate, connect and become educated on a variety of topics.
The group focuses on educating these young men about the importance of treating everyone as equals. We teach them how to show care and respect for the females in their life, and show them how they can help build a better future for their community.
This group has proven to be very influential on this up-and-coming generation of young men at the Msasani Secondary School.
Team Vista Children's Home
In 2011, Team Vista recognised a need for a children’s home in the Kaloleni area. We rented a premisis which gave our Coordinator and staff an office as well as housing some young boys.
Team Vista has recently purchased a plot of land near the home where we hope to build a community hall/office and a new Team Vista home at the rear.
The Audrey Priest Community Centre will give us more room for tuition classes, adult education and training as well as general use for the community for meetings, weddings, funerals etc.
Tatu Rafiki
Three years ago Team Vista took under our ‘banner’ three wonderful deaf tailors – Tatu Rafiki which means three friends. Polcaripy Mwacha his wife and her sister Merceline Selestin and Merycedesi Selestin.
We set up a workshop for them at Haria Hotel and they quickly started sewing – the usual touristy type clothing such as Katanga bags, happy pants and simple dresses. As time went by, their reputation grew and they were making shirts and skirts for tourists that came to stay at Haria.
Newland Village Farm
Team Vista has purchased a plot of land in the village of Newland, thanks to our major sponsor W and G Engineering, located around half an hour from Moshi.
A house has also been built and after a few unsuccessful attempts to employ a farmer, Team Vista has now given the opportunity to farm to one of our young Team Vista boys, Rama.
Newland is a fast growing community and has now town water on each home. Electricity wiring is now in place and connected.
Our Key Projects
Child sponsorship can help to break that cycle of poverty - with recent independent studies on child sponsorship showing that on average, sponsor children stay in school 1-1.5 years longer than their non-sponsored peers.
As a sponsor, you will receive an information sheet about your child and regular updates.
To change a child's life and give them a brighter future, please fill out the form below and a Team Vista representative will be in contact with you shortly.
In conjunction with Msasani Secondary School, Team Vista has set up a Young Women's ‘hang-out’ space in a vacant classroom at the School based in Kaloleni.
To date we have had many successful young women from our Empowerment Group who are now in University or College. When they come back to the community for their holidays, they not only return to visit Team Vista home but they volunteer their time to Team Vista and spend time sharing their experiences with the Empowerment Group.
In association with the Msasani Secondary School, Team Vista has begun a Young Men’s Empowerment Group.
The group is a safe place for young men to congregate, connect and become educated on a variety of topics.
The group focuses on educating these young men about the importance of treating everyone as equals. We teach them how to show care and respect for the females in their life, and show them how they can help build a better future for their community.
This group has proven to be very influential on this up-and-coming generation of young men at the Msasani Secondary School.
In 2011, Team Vista recognised a need for a children’s home in the Kaloleni area. We rented a premisis which gave our Coordinator and staff an office as well as housing some young boys.
Team Vista has recently purchased a plot of land near the home where we hope to build a community hall/office and a new Team Vista home at the rear.
The Audrey Priest Community Centre will give us more room for tuition classes, adult education and training as well as general use for the community for meetings, weddings, funerals etc.
Three years ago Team Vista took under our ‘banner’ three wonderful deaf tailors – Tatu Rafiki which means three friends. Polcaripy Mwacha his wife and her sister Merceline Selestin and Merycedesi Selestin.
We set up a workshop for them at Haria Hotel and they quickly started sewing – the usual touristy type clothing such as Katanga bags, happy pants and simple dresses. As time went by, their reputation grew and they were making shirts and skirts for tourists that came to stay at Haria.
Team Vista has purchased a plot of land in the village of Newland, thanks to our major sponsor W and G Engineering, located around half an hour from Moshi.
A house has also been built and after a few unsuccessful attempts to employ a farmer, Team Vista has now given the opportunity to farm to one of our young Team Vista boys, Rama.
Newland is a fast growing community and has now town water on each home. Electricity wiring is now in place and connected.
Child Sponsorship
Msasani Young Women's Empowerment Group
Msasani Young Men's Empowerment Group
Team Vista Children's Home
Tatu Rafiki
Newland Village Farm
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