Collabinar: CCS In Tanzanian School Gardens

This Collabinar features the work between colleagues at the Center of Community and Citizen Science and Catherine Njau in northeast Tanzania. Collectively they are working to address educational and environmental concerns through a co-designed culturally-responsive and youth-focused community and citizen science program for teachers and students in schools implementing garden programs. This educational and environmental monitoring program has the long-term potential of engaging youth and their communities in learning about local conservation issues, science reasoning practices, and English literacy while also addressing food security and gender equity educational strategies opportunities for both youth and their teachers. Watch the recording here.

Catherine Njau is an English teacher in Tanzania where she facilitates teacher trainings and coordinates different English clubs for life skills and menstrual hygiene education. Currently she is a regional coordinator of the Tanzania English Language Association, an affiliate of TESOL International Association. She is the founder of the non-profit organization, Kuleana Youth Empowerment, and is studying to receive her master’s degree at the Open University of Tanzania.