Help to Help is an international non-governmental organisation focused on creating possibilities for sustainable poverty reduction in East Africa by increasing access to education, employment opportunities and gender equality. The organisation has developed a structure for identifying young people with a potential to become change makers in the society but who lack the financial means needed to access education and the skills needed to secure employment. Through a Scholarship Program for those selected students Help to Help has financed higher education for more than 200 students in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. In cooperation with companies and institutions, Help to Help identified the need of complementing academic education with crucial skillsets in order to make students become employable. One of the most desired and required skills on the labour market are basic ICT skills. 43% fewer women than men have access to Internet in Sub-Saharan Africa (Intel 2012). This mirrors a structural gender inequality in Tanzania that marginalizes women and hinders them not only from accessing education, but it also limits their opportunities to enter the labour market, earn a fair income and become financially independent.

http://www.helptohelp.se

• Africa

• Youth

We promote positive development in East Africa by providing funds to higher education for young adults.