Tanzania chapter of ReSCOPE
Growing Climate-Resilient Schools, Communities and Landscapes
Schools as living learning spaces for agroecology, permaculture, biodiversity and climate resilience, across Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar.
About the network
What is SCOPE Tanzania?
SCOPE Tanzania brings together schools, learners, teachers, communities and nine implementing organisations across Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar to demonstrate practical agroecology, permaculture, biodiversity conservation and climate resilience. Working through a whole-school approach, it turns school grounds into living classrooms where students, teachers and families learn — and lead — practical responses to a changing climate. SCOPE Tanzania is coordinated by TABIO and is part of the wider ReSCOPE network, which connects country chapters across the region to share experience and learning.
How we work
Our approach
Six connected pillars run through every school and community SCOPE Tanzania works with.
Whole-School Approach
Learners, teachers and parents/community working together, with school grounds as living classrooms linking education, food, environment and community.
Integrated Land Use Design (ILUD)
A participatory design process — from observation and design through to implementation and ongoing learning — for how each school uses its land.
Agroecology
Soil health, biodiversity and ecological interactions combined with local knowledge to build resilient food systems.
Permaculture
Practical school systems such as gardens, food forests, composting, water management and integrated production.
Biodiversity
Seeds, crops, trees, insects, soil organisms and local ecological knowledge, cared for and passed on within school communities.
Climate Resilience
Practical adaptation to water scarcity, heat, rainfall variability and soil health challenges.
See the full breakdown of every pillar, including youth leadership and gender & inclusion, on the Our Approach page.
Geographic reach
Where we work
SCOPE Tanzania works across Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar through nine implementing partners. Explore the interactive map to see partner coverage by region.
Interactive Tanzania & Zanzibar map preview — see the full map on the Where We Work page.
The network
Meet the partners
Nine organisations implement SCOPE Tanzania on the ground, coordinated nationally by TABIO.
TABIO
Lead partner
Tanzania coordination/lead partner: national coordination, evidence, learning and network support.
Bridge Community
Implementing partner: school/community agroecology and practical learning activities.
Assalam Community Foundation
Implementing partner in Zanzibar: school-based agroecology, permaculture and climate resilience.
PPIZ
Implementing partner in Zanzibar: practical permaculture/agroecology learning.
Mapendo Brotherhood Organization
Implementing partner: school/community climate resilience and agroecology.
AYF
Implementing partner: youth engagement and school agroecology.
KPC
Implementing partner and practical learning/training hub in Kilimanjaro.
Chamwilee Agro Live Organization
Implementing partner: school/community agroecology activities.
Care of Creation
Implementing partner: school/community agroecology and climate resilience.
From the field
Stories from the field
Real photography from SCOPE Tanzania's school and community work. Written stories of change and teacher/student voices will join these once partners submit them (scope doc §18).
Kibo School: building a garden from the ground up
Kibo School
Inside a permaculture demonstration garden
Site to be confirmed
A school planting day
School to be confirmed
Learning hub
ILUD guides, training materials, case studies and downloadable resources for schools and partners — see the planned structure on the Learning Hub page (scope doc §12).
ReSCOPE network
SCOPE Tanzania is the Tanzania chapter of the Regional Schools and Colleges Permaculture (ReSCOPE) Programme, which connects semi-autonomous country chapters across the region to share experience, learning and practical approaches to school-based agroecology and climate resilience.
Supported by
Logo placement and acknowledgement wording pending Howden Foundation's brand guidance (scope doc §14).