Hi my name is Christopher Joseph Ndallo.  I’m from Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania.  I have been working with Uvikiuta, a non-governmental organisation in Tanzania that has been empowering youth since 1983. (See more on Uvikiuta on our partners page). I have recently started my own NGO; it is called Tanzania youth cultural exchange network (Tycen), which is a youth development organization. Our website is: http://tycen.weebly.com/ . I started this organisation because after working with Uvikiuta I saw that I could focus on reaching youth in other parts of the country where Uvikiuta does not go. It is a lot of work to start an NGO, and my colleagues and I agree that furthering my education will be very beneficial for organization to become successful, and for me to help many in my country.

I also completed a six month international education program with Canada World Youth, which has helped me greatly in my pursuits of sustainable community development.

Program to be studied: B.A in development studies in Arusha, Tanzania

Course Description:   coming soon

Reasons to why I want to take this course:

• To encourage youth to participate in the development of the marginalized communities in Tanzania, so as to give more power, knowledge and skills to them to bring a positive change in human, social-political and economical development.

• To promote the active participation in the integration of gender equality and approaches to planning and development processes and practices

• To develop project management competence to youth and local community members through training and facilitating of sustainable development education activities.

• It will help me to critically enhance skills in relation to leadership and evaluation.

• It will help me to develop competencies required to become trainer/facilitator of development education activities

How my community will benefit from it:

The course will be useful to my community as for now it lacks knowledgeable and skilled people to manage the challenges of sustainable development.

There is a high demand on youth services programs including entrepreneurship and development education, which require more knowledgeable and skilled people to manage these programs

Through the increase of awareness of sustainable development, justice, and poverty issues at local and global levels, which I will animate as a development educator/worker and agent for change in my community. Hence my community will benefit a great deal.

Thank you,

Christopher Ndallo