Welcome to Twaweza
Twaweza means “we can make it happen” in Swahili. It is a ten year citizen-centered initiative, focusing on large-scale change in East Africa. Twaweza believes that lasting change requires bottom-up action. We seek to foster conditions and expand opportunities through which millions of people can get information and make change happen in their own communities directly and by holding government to account. Read more.
Clarification Regarding Form IV Results
In the past month Twaweza and our Head Rakesh Rajani have received many requests for explanation regarding the 2012 Form IV results, and the decision of the Tanzania government to revise the results.
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Re-emerging after immersion
We are back and our offices are open. We are re-energised and enthused and filled with stories to share, as well as lessons for our work.
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Back from immersion
From May 18 to 26 our offices were closed and the entire Twaweza team was in Central Kenya on immersion. We stay in people's homes, share community responsibilities (hopefully without causing too much damage), and generally go with the flow. The poin...
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Schooling is not learning
The Centre for Global Development (CGD) has released a report calling for widespread adoption of national learning assessments as a means to drive education reform. Seeking to inform the next generation of the Millennium Development Goals, CGD argues...
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OGP seeks researchers to evaluate progress in countries
The Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) is seeking individuals to carry out research at the national level in 39 countries, including Kenya and Tanzania, to assess government progress on implementation of OG...
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Latest publications
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Competition to win laptops (for you and a school of your choice) for submitting the best views on how governments and citizens can improve the quality of health, water and education delivery. Closes 1 November 2013. Up to 20 laptops to be won every q... Read more...
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The Kenya Budget Visualisation Dashboard from Uwazi is now up. The site allows citizens to view how public funds were spent by financial year from 2002 to 2011, and within each county of the country. Read more...
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Uwazi has developed the Tanzania Budget Explorer, which will be updated every year, to make information about the way the Treasury allocates taxpayers money more accessible: transparent, easy to understand and exciting to follow. Read more...
