ABOUT US

ACADEMIC CHARITY AND TALENTED NETWORK   

(ACTNET)

CONTACTS:

Blog: gulujasi.blogspot.com

Phone: 0657-942495

E-mail: mrishombwembwe@gmail.com

THE EXCUTIVE SUMMARY 

This Organization- ACADEMIC CHARITY AND TALENTED NETWORK with the acronym ACTNET is a non-governmental Organization with the spirit of coordinating, organizing and mobilizing efforts to foster the development of the green generation (young people) in Tanzania. The main area of focus and specialization is in ACADEMIC (EDUCATION) field which is one among the three historical enemies advocated since the attainment of our political independence in 1961. Apart from this problem of Ignorance, other problems are Poverty and Diseases. But since then, the trend shows that if the community is free from Ignorance; it is possible to do away with poverty and diseases since there is a close rapport between Ignorance and these other two enemies of development.

Our government has, since independence, been pushing forward this education sector through different strategies, policies and programmes. Some of the most notable programmes are Universal Primary Education (UPE), Education for All (EFA), Education for self reliance, Free Education for All, Primary Education Development Programme (PEDP), Secondary Education Development Programme (SEDP) as well as other strategies like the ongoing improvements in different levels of education- ranging from Pre-primary level to University.

Also, other educational stake-holders have been working hand in hand with the government to solve different educational based problems. These partners include; Civil societies, Non Governmental Organizations, Community Based Organizations, individual partners as well as International partners.

Academic Charity and Talented Network (ACTNET) is the organization that aims to operate in dealing with young girls and boys from Primary schools to Secondary schools (O-level and A-level). It deals with Talented and Gifted girls and boys and those with special excellence in specific skills but are socially, economically and financially poor. Research shows that there are a number of children who are academically excellent but fail to go on with further studies because they fail to afford different expenses. Also, in coastal areas, the problem is acute as there are many children who suffer from this problem due to combination of factors like poverty, historical background, cultural tendencies, poor consciousness as well as man made reasons. It aims to operate at a national level but it goes stage by stage starting with five regions. These regions are:

·         Morogoro

·         Coast region (Pwani)

·         Tanga

·         Lindi and

·         Mtwara 

Therefore, it is our hope that ACTNET, together with other stake-holders with good hearts, will work hard to pay this debt in hand.

MEANING OF ACRONYMS:

ACTNET                 -            Academic Charity and Talented Network

EFA                         -            Education for All

PEDP                       -            Primary Education Development Programme

SEDP                       -            Secondary Education Development Programme

UPE                         -            Universal Primary Education

MOTTO:

From list of shame to state of fame.

VISION:

To create a competence society and enable helpless and talented generation to fulfill their dreams.

MISSION:

To be a centre for a generation with accountable, moral, and  spiritual competence.

THE GENERAL GOAL:

To help the talented and helpless community through eradicating chain poverty and dependency level.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

(i)                 To provide required education to poor and gifted (talented) generation.

(ii)               To discover and improve special talents among young generation.

(iii)             To enable young generation to employ themselves.

(iv)             To create community awareness on how to overcome poverty.

(v)               To empower self-employed people to overcome challenges in their specific areas.

(vi)             To expand access and equity in education.

(vii)           To improve the spirit of self reliance.

CORE-VALUES:

·         Self - help

·         Accountability

·         Volunteerism

·         Ethics

MAIN AREAS IN FOCUS:

(a)    Community Outreach Programmes (COPRO)

(b)   ACTNET Education Centres (ACTEC)

(c)    School- Community Interaction Programmes (SCIP)

This distribution of main areas in focus tend to form three (3) inter-related angles which make up a Triangular shape called Triangular Empowerment Approach on Management (TEAM) . It is diagrammatically presented as follows:

TRIANGULAR EMPOWERMENT APPROACH ON MANAGEMENT    (TEAM)