ITOBO Education Centre is a new center situated in Itobo, a ward of the Nzega District which is one of the seven districts in the Tabora Region in the Western part of Tanzania. During my working years as a teacher, I came across and lived with illiterates, orphans, disableds and kidnapped children, also with children living in a precarious environment and in difficult families without any Classroom Education. That situation touched my soul and I put solemn promise to promote the right of all children to receive good quality education by taking measures to change the situation radically like building the ITOBO Education Centre. There pre-nursery children and illiterate children aged above 13 yrs old who cannot read, write and do arithmetic will get education followed by further trainings including sewing, entrepreneurship, computer training, welding and others in order to provide education and vocational skills to all children in order to support them to become self-dependent. Itobo Education Centre (IEC) works with the Tanzanian curriculum which covers all subjects in pre-nursery and illiteracy Children.

I understand the social, emotional and financial difficulties and challenges children and their families have to face, so Itobo Education Centre builds upon these foundations within our children and families. Our philosophical approach is building confidence, maximize potential and equip children with practical vocational skills. Much of our center’s success is found in our school-wide philosophical beliefs which have four core values: Integrity, creating pleasant and supportive environment for children and ensuring that children develop a feeling of competence hence confidence.