TIME LINE:2021-2026
PARTNERS: Tanzania Youth Coalition (TYC), University of Dar-es-Salaam, Ardhi University, SAVE THE
CHILDREN-UK and University of Copenhagen
FUNDED BY: DANIDA
Tanzania Youth Coalition (TYC) implements a Y-ENGAGE research project focusing at increasing
young people’s involvement on climate change awareness, agency and action in schools and their
communities. The project involves young people of the age ranging 12-24 years in a participatory
research manner in collaboration with PhD students from UDSM, ARU, UCPH.
The project intends to increase young people’s involvement on climate change in understanding and
interpretation of the pre-disaster, climate change mitigation and adaptation on specific problems in
their areas hence identifying the effects that Climate Change brings in socio-economic activities.
Y-ENGAGE project is implemented in 6 areas that including Rufiji, Mtwara, Ikungi, Dar-es-Salaam,
Kiteto and Longido.
At the end of the project, it is expected that activities implemented would influence Young People to
apply and transform climate-related practices and ways of coping with climate change at home and
their communities hence establishment of Young people in CC Studies’ Lab through a south-south
collaboration for sustainability.
