Mission, Vision, Innovation
Maji Safi Group’s mission is to promote health and disease prevention in underserved and impoverished areas through holistic community empowerment, working predominantly with local women and youth.
Our Vision
We envision a rural Tanzania where people use clean treated water, where women and youth share equal footing with men, and where health education is accessible to all.
We picture families relieved of the emotional, economic, and health-related burdens resulting from poor WASH practices that lead to disease. We imagine young girls that understand puberty and female hygiene, so they may embrace their bodies and reach their fullest potential as academics and as mothers.
Our Innovation
Our vision is not unique, but our approach is. Development work in rural Tanzanian areas typically focuses heavily on disease treatment. The effort is noble, but we feel it is misguided.
A treatment-based approach is expensive and often does little to address the core issues of public health. In contrast, our hands-on education program provides:
- holistic community empowerment,
- quality employment for women, and
- a sustainable model for lasting change.
Engaging communities with fun and interactive WASH lessons provides memorable experiences and inspires changes in behavior.
Transforming a region means creating lasting change. Participatory programs that resonate with local residents at all literacy levels create a sustainable model of disease prevention that will benefit future generations.
The core of our education philosophy is this:
“Tell me, and I will forget. Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand.”
