About Us

Who we are

Msichana Imara Foundation (MIF) is a youth led, non-governmental organization, registered to work in Tanzania mainland, with its head quarter in Arusha region, which strives to promote girls' rights to education through creating sustainable menstrual solutions ,entrepreneurship skills and digital literacy

Msichana Imara is Swahili word which means Strong Girl, we use this word as a metaphor to define that our organization aims to develop girls who know their rights and can fight for them regardless the obstacles they encounter in their lives. Msichana Imara Foundation, not only promotes girls right to formal education but also to informal and non-formal education, which are both very important to the prosperity of girls especially in Marginalized areas.

Image 1 Image 2 Image 3

Our story

Eliwimina pic

Msichana Imara Foundation is a non-governmental organization founded in 2019 by Eliwilimina Buberwa, who is now the organization's executive director. Growing up in a small village in the Shinyanga region of Tanzania, Eliwilimina experienced the prevalence of violence against women and girls and saw firsthand how girls were often denied their right to education. However, her late father believed in gender equality and equal access to education for all, which allowed Eliwilimina to attend school and eventually pursue a bachelor's degree in education.

While in school, Eliwilimina started helping girls from her village access sponsorship opportunities for education, and over 35 girls benefited from her program. In 2019, she decided to register Msichana Imara Foundation as a non-governmental organization. Despite having a paying teaching job, Eliwilimina quit to focus all her time and efforts on ensuring that girls in Tanzania get their rights to education.

Through her work at Msichana Imara Foundation, Eliwilimina has received numerous awards and recognitions for her efforts in promoting girls' rights in Tanzania. In 2021, she gave her first TEDx talk where she shared her journey of bringing up the organization from a dream to a reality. The foundation's mission is to empower women and girls through sustainable menstrual solutions, entrepreneurship training, and reproductive education programs

We uphold values of integrity, professionalism, creativity, respect, and gender equality.
We operate with honesty and transparency, continually strive for excellence, embrace innovation and collaboration, and value diversity and inclusion.

Our Mission

To address the key challenges hindering girls' participation in education and equipping skills and knowledge that helps girls solve their social and economic problems

Our Vision

To develop a community with educated girls, who know their potential and productively participate in economic, social, political and cultural aspects without fear.

© 2023 Msichana Imara Foundation | Created by Alice-K