Our Vision:

The Vision of the Hawkers Tanzania Initiative is to aid in establishing a Pan-African Speech & Debate League for youth which will provide opportunities for the next generation of African leaders to learn and develop public speaking, research, and debate skills in their home countries, to allow them to compete both nationally and internationally, and to provide opportunities for study abroad in the US in order to forge closer ties between the USA and African nations.

Our Mission:

The Mission of the Hawkers PASDL program is for Hawker competitors, coaches, and alumni to use their nationally recognized skills to teach, in person, the art and craft of debate to African students and teachers in order to empower them to become the effective future leaders and agents of change in their countries, in Africa, and in the world.

Our Purpose & Objectives:

To impart a set of skills that will be impactful, pragmatic, and transferable so that African schools can independently implement debate programs which allow their students to practice and compete in debate in order to foster critical thinking, research skills, productive civil discourse, and confident public speaking leading to the betterment of not just those students and teachers who are able to participate, but also to all students at the schools from which participants come.

Program Vision

The Pan African Speech and Debate League envisions empowering Secondary schools students and teacher-coaches through speech and Debate, fostering public speaking, problem solving, digital literacy critical thinking, and communication skills in shaping the generation of global citizens.

 Our Mission

The Mission of Pan African Speech and Debate League is to provide the platform for African students to adapt public forum speech and Debate skills and Showcase in competitive tournaments, demonstrate English language proficiency, rebuttals in education programs, and achieve excellence academic career.

 Activities

Our core activities includes; students coaching, mentorship programs, Cultural exchange, speech and debate clubs outreach, Workshop and training for teachers and Hosting Debate tournaments.

Program Objectives

• Promote critical thinking among students in Tanzania

• Improving Research and Citation Skills

• Fostering innovation and Digital Literacy for students through Debate

• Cultivating Teamwork and Collaboration skills

• Foster Cross-cultural exchange and global awareness

• Enhancing Leadership and academic development

• Acquiring ethical Argumentation and dialogue skills

• Building inclusive, diversity and exchange ideas

• Promote Cultural expressions and Linguistic Proficiency

• Conflict Resolution

All current Hawkers can participate in PASDL!

Any Hawker, and Hawkers new to the team, may and are encourage to participate in planning, fundraising and spreading awareness.

Hawkers who have been on the team two years or more may apply to be selected to travel to Africa as summer camp coaches and mentors. Applicants will be required to assist with planning, fundraising and spreading awareness before and after. Applicants are not required to be able to cover their trip costs. Multi-year participation is encouraged.

The program is 100% dependent on donations and fundraising from foundations, organizations and individuals like you.

All contributions, large or small help.

Financial support provides the most immediate impact.

Assisting with fundraising, identifying and securing grants or other funding, aiding with strategic connections, etc. are also critical to the program’s success.