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EQWIP HUBs, Zanzibar has filled the position of training facilitator! Welcome to the team Zeudi! We're excited to have you with us going into our final year of the project! Congratulations!
Read moreThis week a few Hub Environmental Club members and EQWIP HUBs Zanzibar students had the opportunity to meet with Sjani (aka Mama Taka Taka) from Recycle @ Ozti! They participated in an educational workshop on plastic pollution, and got to tour the workshop where Recycle @ Ozti recycles and revives HDPE plastic into new products. The students left feeling empowered to reduce their plastic usage and...
Read moreWe welcome all the new entrepreneurship students to EQWIPHUBs! It's great having fresh faces in the hub, eager to learn! We can't wait to get to know you all and work with you! Please use the eHub to your advantage, theres lot's of great resources on here for you! We wish you all the best!
Read moreBMC Presentations are officially underway at EQWIPHUBs, Zanzibar! It’s been so exciting to see everyone putting their new entrepreneurial skills to use! We love hearing your business models and how you plan to put them into practice within your community! We wish all our applicants the best of luck!
Read moreThis week at EQWIPHUBs, Zanzibar we celebrated the graduation of another round of entrepreneurship students! It’s been a pleasure to work with each and every one of you, and we are so proud to see you all complete the EQWIPHUBs training! We wish you all the best on your future endeavours! Remember, this is not the end of your journey with EQWIPHUBs, it’s only the beginning! Our doors are always...
Read moreToday our Environment Club put the 3 R's into practice while learning how to make recycled paper charcoal! Paper Charcoal is a great alternative to regular charcoal because it reduces dependency on forest wood, thus preventing deforestation. It's also a great way to recycle paper, a major contributor to waste here in Zanzibar! To boot, it's very easy and cheap to make (and fun!)!! What a great way...
Read moreMarch 8 was International Women’ Day, a day recognised around the globe to celebrate women and promote change for gender equality. It’s a day to both reflect on the progress and achievements made, and a day to call for further change! Here at EQWIP HUBs, Zanzibar we had a full house to celebrate, from all our staff, volunteers, students, and alumni to VTA students, SOS Children’s Villages, Daraja...
Read moreWe hope everyone put their CV’s to good use, and made a few good connections at this Saturday’s career fair! We had a great turn out of students, which was fantastic to see! Thanks to our YIF recipients who came out and helped us run our booth! There’s no one better to explain the EQWIP HUBs Youth Innovation Fund, and how it helps propel youth forward through entrepreneurship than you ladies and gents!...
Read moreLast week we celebrated one of our most beloved staff here at the Zanzibar hub! She’s been with us since September of 2016, and it’s now time for her to move onto another project. We’ve been so lucky to have her with us and we’ll miss her greatly, but we couldn’t be more proud! Congratulations Farida, we wish you all the best! Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to EQWIP HUBs! You'll be...
Read moreYesterday afternoon we held a women’s only workshop at the hub! We talked, laughed, and cheered each other on through a number of team building activities and games! Then we opened up the floor and created a safe space for everyone to open up and talk about some important issues together as women. Thanks for all our lovely ladies that came out and joined us – we had a great afternoon too, getting to...
Read moreIn honour of International Development Week, we invited some of our female alumni to come into the Hub and speak to the current students about their up and running businesses! Thank you ladies, it was great having you back at the Hub ☺ We always love hearing your stories and how your businesses are continuing to grow! For those who missed out, check our facebook page for other alumni success stories...
Read moreWe joined the #PlasticRevolution this Thursday as we part took in a community wide beach clean-up to welcome the Flip Flopi dhow to Zanzibar's shores! The Flip Flopi dhow is the worlds first boat made entirely from plastic waste and recycled flip flops, and its crew are sailing their message about around the globe about the harm of single use plastic! Thank you everyone who came down to the beach Thursday...
Read moreComputer club is back in full swing at the Zanzibar Hub, led together by our lovely Tanzanian and Canadian volunteers! It was the perfect time for a little word refresher and computer back to the basics before our CV writing workshop tomorrow afternoon! We encourage all our students to come join us at 1:00pm at the Hub to get those resumes career ready!
Read moreThe Zanzibar Hub is full house this week with a new cohort of students ready to learn more on Personal Development, Communications, Leadership, Financial, Digital and Market Literacy and eventually develop their skills in entrepreneurship and employability. Wish you all the best!
Read moreA big project has been completed today! The Zanzibar Hub Environmental Club has finished his flag embellishment project on EQWIP HUBs campus. Over than 50 students have contributed to the many steps required to construct the plastic bottles wall and the garden. They have all learn they can reuse and recycle plastic to turn it in something useful and beautiful and clean their environment at the same...
Read moreEQWIP HUBs team and our local partner, the Vocational Training Authority, have celebrated the HUB 9th graduation ceremony and the cohort 18 and 19 completion of the program. We are very proud and wish all the best to every employability and entrepreneurship students!
Read moreZanzibar HUB participants now have an Environmental Club providing many activities! The club's members have painted old water bottles to create beautiful flowerpots to decorate the HUB but also to collect water from AC systems. They also have done a big clean-up of the campus and are now working on water bottles walls to embellish the HUB campus. What a team!
Read moreIt also trains great future employees like Hassan who has find a job as Assistant Fuel Controler at Zan Tours, a company specialized in transfers and other touristic services. Unemployment in Zanzibar is a big issue and find a job is quite a challenge for youth like Hassan. EQWIP HUBs supported him to improve his CV, create a LinkedIn profile and prepare him for job interviews. He gave a nice presentation...
Read moreAnother success story today! Ibrahim has started his own business with the help of EQWIP HUBs. Ibrahim offers to his customers to incubate eggs until they hatch and become chicks. Great ideas like Ibrahim's become real with EQWIP HUBs! #youthforward #EverydayEQWIPHUBs
Read moreMeet Khamis, a young entrepreneur who has completed the EQWIP HUBs program and has received the Youth Innovation Fund 6 months ago. His shop Khamyun Alluminium and Glass Workshop located in Jumbi, Zanzibar produces doors, windows and aluminium boxes for various stores. EQWIP HUBs continues to support him by providing advise on finance and marketing. From all EQWIP HUBs team, good luck in your future...
Read moreAll students have been given the chance to complete their CV. A workshop was provided on October 1st. So far, 36 CV have been completed. This aims to help them find a job and built a career of their own.
Read moreBefore signing up with EQWIP HUBs’ training program, Ayman’s story was like many others youth in Zanzibar – one of frustration. Despite completing Secondary Education through the public-school system in Tanzania, there was a gap between the skills she had learned and those that employers were seeking. The story is a familiar one in Zanzibar, as only 17% of the workforce is employed by companies; most...
Read moreWhen a friend gave Halifa a brochure promoting the training programs offered by EQWIP HUBs, he already had a well-known shoe making and repair business. Halifa’s model was to build shoes using an integration of his own leather craftsmanship and rubber provided by discarded car tires, which formed the soles of the shoes. Although the business was working, he wasn’t satisfied. According to Halifa, people...
Read moreAsia is not quite like anyone who has spent time in the EQWIP HUBs offices in Zanzibar. She is distinctly determined, astute, and charismatic; a unique set of characteristics that make for a formidable business woman. It’s this profile that allows her to successfully operate two separate businesses dealing in the selling of completely different goods. It was while setting up her original enterprise—a...
Read moreThis year, EQWIP HUBs Zanzibar took part in two Earth Day activities the weekend of April 21st and 22nd. The first event was a beach clean-up on April 21 organized by Sazani Associates in collaboration with EQWIP HUBs and other environmental organizations here in Zanzibar. Over 80 students from local high schools showed up and with the help of volunteers to coordinate, we were able to collect over...
Read moreAs EQWIP HUBs Zanzibar has completed its third year of the project, we will reflect on the past year and all of the amazing successes the Zanzibar hub has had. We have had 12 Canadian volunteers join our hub, 7 long-term and 5 short-term. These volunteers filled the roles of the Environmental Sustainability Officer, Business Advisor, Gender Advisor, Youth Participation Officer, Monitoring and Evaluation,...
Read moreOn March 8th, International Women’s Day (IWD), EQWIP HUBs Zanzibar held a large event to celebrate the occasion. The focus of the event was on the empowerment of Zanzibari women and sharing inspiration stories of women who have been successful. All too often we focus on barriers and challenges that women face; this event was about returning positivity to the day and engaging with the theme of IWD this...
Read moreEver wonder how the Zanzibar Hub is able to meet its yearly programming goals? Through collaboration and clear communication with our partners and extended network during its quarterly Initiative Advisory Team (IAT) meetings. The IAT plays an advisory role for providing guidance and recommendations to ensure input and participation of key stakeholders in decision-making and implementation of activities,...
Read moreAs June comes to a close, Eqwip Hubs Zanzibar marks the closing of applications for our first round of our Innovation Fund. Launching at the beginning of May, eager youth had been awaiting for the roll out of this fund, which awards successful applicants with grants to assist their business plans or start ups. Over 50 aspiring young entrepreneurs took part in an intensive week-long application...
Read moreMarch 31, 2017 EQWIP HUBS (Zanzibar) Mwanakwerekwe, Zanzibar City Tanzania As we come to the end of our second fiscal year and reflect on our achievements, we would like to thank you for the support you have provided EQWIP Hubs (Zanzibar). Your participation has helped us greatly in advancing EQWIP Hubs commitment to youth livelihoods. Your support has allowed for 183 youth from Zanzibar...
Read moreTunafuraha kutangaza kuwa EQWIP Hubs Zanzibar imefanya maghafali ya tatu kwa washiriki wake wa mafunzo ya Awamu ya 6 na 7 . Ambapo jumla ya washiriki 73 wamefanikiwa kukamilisha mafunzo ya miezi 3 na kupata taaluma mbali mbali ikiwemo mawasiliano, Uongozi, Ukomavu wa kifedha na uelewa wa kidigitali . Tunafuraha kumshukuru mgeni rasmi Naibu Waziri ofisi ya makamo wa pili wa rais na wageni wengine...
Read moreEQWIP Hubs Zanzibar imetoa mafunzo ya Mawasiliano na ushirikishwaji kwa watendaji wa Mamlaka ya Vyuo vya Amali Zanzibar. Shukurani ziwaendee wafanyakazi mahiri wa VTA ambao wamehamasika kuwawezesha Vijana kutafuta kazi au kuanzisha biashara zao wenyewe. __ EQWIP Hubs Zanzibar engaging the Vocational Training Authority in Zanzibar in communications and engagement workshops! Thank you to the wonderful...
Read moreTarehe 8 Machi ya kila mwaka ni siku ya Wanawake Duniani. Watendaji na Washiriki wa EQWIP HUBs wameadhimisha kwa kufanya uwasilishaji kuhusu masuala ya Usawa wa jinsia na burudani ! Ujumbe wa mwaka huu wa 2017 ni # Sisitiza mabadiliko , ambao ulikuwa ni mahasusi kwa EQWIP HUBS kama unavyohamasisha kila mtu kusaidia " Kufanya Dunia ni sehemu bora ya kufanya kazi - shirikishi na yenye usawa wa kijinsia" Kwa...
Read moreKaribu, or welcome, to EQWIP HUBs Zanzibar! We excited to introduce a new youth program to Tanzania, and especially to Zanzibar City. Like the rest of Tanzania and East Africa, Zanzibar has a massive youth population. Unfortunately, about 33% of youth belonging to this age demographic, is unemployed. Despite the unemployment, the youth in Zanzibar are incredibly talented – they simply lack the...
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