INVITATION TO SEMINAR:

From Vision to Reality: Advancing Girls’ Education through Engineering and Partnership in Tanzania

– How can you, as an engineer, contribute to sustainable change?

Engineers Without Borders, together with Sveriges Ingenjörer, is pleased to invite you to a seminar with Ms Gloria Katabazi, Principal of Mavuno Girls Secondary School, and Mr Charles Bahati, Director of the Mavuno Project, on how engineering, education, and long-term collaboration can create life-changing opportunities.

The Mavuno Modal Girls’ Secondary School in northwestern Tanzania has gone from modest beginnings to becoming one of the top-performing schools in the country — currently ranked 53rd out of over 5,000 schools in national exams.

This success is the result of a powerful partnership between the local community, the NGO Mavuno, Engineers Without Borders Sweden (EWB-SWE), and Engineers Without Borders Germany. With a strong focus on sustainability, the new three-storey school building enables hundreds of vulnerable girls to access safe, high-quality secondary education.

Moderator – Torsten Kjellgren, Project Manager and Opinion Leader, Sveriges Ingenjörer

• The Mavuno Project and 30 years of impact
  Mr. Charles Bahati, Director of the Mavuno Project

• How girls’ education creates a brighter future in Tanzania
  Ms. Gloria Katabazi, Principal of Mavuno Modal Girls’ Secondary School

• How we as engineers and partners can contribute to social impact
  Ms. Marianne Grauers, Deputy Chairperson, Engineers Without Borders Sweden

• Open discussion – Opportunity for questions

We will share insights into how education, infrastructure, and engineering solutions can help break the cycle of poverty, challenge gender norms, and empower the next generation of women leaders.

Time: the 10th of June, 5 P.M - 6.30 P.M.
Venue: Sveriges Ingenjörer, Oxtorgsgatan 9-11, Room: “Monica Dahlstrand,”  Stockholm.
Registration: communication@ewb-swe.org

Note: The seminar will be in English. It will not be recorded or live-streamed.