1. Youth of United Nations Association Tanzania
Outreach Program to Schools Report
Date: Tuesday, 4th February 2013.
Venue: Baobab Secondary School
Schools involved: Mtakuja Beach Secondary School and Baobab Secondary School
Opening and Introduction remarks- 1540hrs
This was made by Baobab teacher-Mr. Kibona who welcomed the invited guests.The
introduction remarks was made by Jacob Mogendi, who introduced the time table to members of
the floor.
Presentation
 Presentation was made by Miss Kanza from AMREF; topic being “sexual reproductive
health for young people”.
 Presentation aimed at educating students about sexual health
Movie, 1647hrs
After the presentation, students watched the documentary called “a half the sky”.
The documentary was about education for girls in Vietnam. The documentary took 30 minutes.
Discussion, 1717hrs
After watching the documentary, students discussed what they learnt from the documentary.
The following are their contribution:
a. Girls should be given chances to get education
b. Government and family support is very important in girls education
c. Men do not like marrying illiterate women

2. d. Among the challenges that face girls in education is the long distance of
schools away from home.
e. Poverty is still a big problem toward girls’ education.
Debate, 1740hrs
After the discussion, participants had a debate on the topic,” does society support women
rights?”
The opposers side were students from Mtakuja Beach Secondary school while the Proposers side
included students from Baobab Secondary school and the following was the outcome.
From the Proposers side;
a) Yes, Tanzania supports women rights by the fact that women are allowed to
participate in various decision making within society.
b) Suphra commented; yes, Tanzania does provide chances for women to participate
in decision making.
c) Beatrice commented; yes, there is Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) but there are
laws against it? Answer; so it’s the law which is not followed by some people in
our society.
d) Anna commented; Women also have rights to participate in National
Sports activities.
From Opposers side;
a) Jacqueline commented; No, women are not given a chance in decision making for
instance; marriage issues
b) Godfrey: No, we do have bad cultural practice such as Female Genital Mutilation
(FGM).
c) Evelyn commented; No, due to the fact that most women depend on men ,they are
not given rights to own property
d) Zakia commented; No , because most of the Economic sectors within the country
are controlled by men
Questions that rose:
a) Justin from Mtakuja asked; what is the difference between support for
boys in football and girls?
b) Is there any law that can be used to protect young girls from female genital
mutilation?
c) What is the government doing in helping women access business loans?

3. Prize giving
After the debate, some of the students were given prizes as follows.
Best Speakers: school bag, t-shirts and key holder. The following students were
awarded.
1. Beatrice Koma from Baobab secondary school
2. Brenda from Baobab Secondary School
3. Evelyn from Baobab Secondary School
Other winners:
1. Anna from Baobab
2. Justin from Mtakuja
3. Sharot from Baobab
4. Zakia from Mtakuja
5. Suphra from Mtakuja
Closing remarks
Closing remarks were made by Yuna program officer Mr. Jacob Mogendi.