Clubs for Safe Schools

SAWA CLUBS

School clubs where students learn their rights, find their voice and help make every classroom a safe place to learn.

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What is a SAWA Club?

Safe schools, led by students

SAWA Clubs for Safe Schools is a programme by SAWA Initiative Tanzania. Each club gives students a place to learn about their rights, talk openly about violence, and lead their school towards becoming a place where every child feels safe.

Who joinsPrimary and secondary school students
Who leadsTrained teacher-patrons and SAWA mentors
WhenRegular sessions during the school term

SAWA Club members cheering with a club leader in the schoolyard — Club day!

A student holding up the SAWA Clubs for Safe Schools programme booklet — Our handbook

Haki zetu · Our rights

Four rights every member knows

In every club, students write these on signs and hold them up high.

Haki ya Kuishi
Right to life
Every child has the right to live, be healthy and grow up safely.
Haki ya Kulindwa
Right to protection
No child should face violence, abuse or neglect, at home or at school.
Haki ya Kuendelezwa
Right to development
Every child has the right to learn, play and reach their full potential.
Haki ya Kushiriki
Right to participation
Children have the right to speak up and be heard on what affects them.

A student holding a sign that reads Haki ya Kulindwa, the right to protection

Inside a club

What we do together

Know your rightsFun, interactive lessons on children's rights and how to stay safe.
Speak up safelyStudents learn how and where to report violence, and which adults they can trust.
Create and campaignDrama, posters, songs and poems that carry the message to the whole school.
Look out for each otherClub members support classmates and notice when someone needs help.

For schools

How a club starts

Your school partners with SAWA
We meet the head teacher and agree on a plan together.
Teachers become patrons
SAWA trains teachers to guide the club and handle reports with care.
Students join the club
Members sign up and choose their own club leaders.
The club gets going
Regular sessions, campaigns and a safe way to speak up.

Club life