05/02/2021
Karibu KTO
Welcome to KTO's official page!
Karibu Tanzania Organization (KTO) is a national level Non-Governmental Organization working as an umbrella organization for the Folk Development Colleges (FDCs) in Tanzania since 1990s. It was established as a result of cooperation between Tanzania and Sweden through Folk Development Colleges in Tanzania and Swedish Folk High Schools. The organization’s focus is to create well-informed social-economically empowered, active citizens in a just and sustainable society including initiatives that enable the response against sexual and gender-based violence support and promoting women’s rights, empowering women’s decision making, and enhance the FDC institutional capacity and of the public sector to address gender equality.
KTO has gained a long experience of non-formal education offering through community-based colleges, adult learning, pedagogical work, rural development, and training for young adults. Through FDCs, KTO provides training for young adults who have dropped out of the formal school system, including young mothers. The training offers an integrated vocational and secondary education program providing participants with life skills that prepares them for employment or pursuant of further education levels.
KTO’s function as an umbrella organization is to connect all 55 FDCs in the country and strengthen the FDCs as institutions in order for them to be able to fulfill their task in promoting adult education, folk education and community development. It plays an important role in working with local communities and local civil society organizations in promoting a better understanding, knowledge and respect for human rights, gender balance, and the connection between these rights and the serious problems facing people in their daily lives. Through FDCs, KTO has a nationwide network with the capacity to reach out to many people and communities, especially in rural areas where most of the FDCs are operating.
Our prongs programs – Elimu Haina Mwisho, skills development program, Mpira Fursa and Early Childhood development training endeavors to strengthen FDCs as platforms working for gender equality through lifelong learning and inclusive education. The objective is to strengthen young adults with a focus on young women’s rights and opportunities for active citizen engagement, and help them gain the skills to acquire formal-sector employment, self-employment and or continue their education even further.
For more information visit us at https://kaributanzania.or.tz/