Uwezo Tanzania

Uwezo Tanzania is a Non-Governmental Organization operating in Tanzania mainland, committed to improving competencies in literacy and numeracy among children in Tanzania through an innovative, citizen-driven community engagement and public accountability approach to social change.

Uwezo meaning “capability” in Kiswahili. is a citizen-led assessment initiative that was introduced in 2009 in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda, hosted by the various organization (Tenmet in Tanzania, UNGOF in Uganda and WERK in Kenya) to fill the learning assessment gap by generating new information/evidence on children’s literacy and numeracy learning levels in a manner that informs the public, stimulates countrywide debate, and creates pressure for policy change from the bottom-up.