East Africa · Est. 2025

Education is
how we say
"Let's Go."

Twende means "Let's Go" in Swahili. We're a registered non-profit closing the gap between potential and opportunity for youth across East Africa. Built by students, for students.

Support Our Mission

$25K+

Raised

4

Scholarships

2

Countries

8

Co-Founders

Operating in

Tanzania & Kenya

Who We Are

Twende: "Let's go" in Swahili.

In 2025, our team travelled to Mwanza, Tanzania in partnership with Ivey Business School, teaching business at a local university. The students we met were some of the most motivated people we'd ever encountered, yet many were navigating obstacles most of us never had to think about.

That gap between potential and circumstance is what Twende was built to close.

We're a registered non-profit founded by eight Ivey students who came back from Tanzania with a purpose we didn't expect to find. Today we operate in Tanzania and Kenya, running scholarships, infrastructure projects, and community programs built to last.

01

Expanding Access to Education

Scholarships, school supplies, and academic resources so financial circumstance isn't what determines a student's future.

02

Strengthening Communities

Investing in infrastructure, supplies, and on-the-ground support that schools, orphanages, and local organizations need to grow.

03

Opening Doors

Opportunity looks different for everyone. We show up where it matters, when it matters, for students who have the talent but lack the resources.

Our Work

What we've built on the ground.

Twende Scholarship Program

Our flagship program. Full-ride scholarships for local high school graduates at St. Augustine University of Tanzania. 4 students funded and counting.

Tanzania

Bulemeji Secondary School

Delivered a printer, photocopier, backpacks, 500+ pens and pencils, and essential classroom supplies to students who needed them.

Tanzania

Watoto Wa Africa Orphanage

Supplied a washing machine, 50+ textbooks, clothing, food, and daily essentials. Support that makes a real difference every day.

Tanzania

Solar Lighting — SAUT

Funded solar lighting across facilities and for an outdoor basketball court at St. Augustine University of Tanzania.

Tanzania

Kenya Operations

In our first year of Kenya operations we raised $5K in partnership with JKUAT. Building something lasting from year one.

Kenya

Growing Every Year

Every year a new Ivey cohort travels to East Africa and Twende grows with them. What started with one trip is now a permanent institution.

Tanzania · Kenya

Make a Difference

Every dollar goes directly to the work.

100% of donations fund scholarships, school supplies, infrastructure improvements, and orphanage support across East Africa. No overhead. No middlemen. Just direct impact.

Scholarships School Supplies Infrastructure Orphanage Support Kenya Programs

Donate on GoFundMe

Registered Non-Profit Organization

Our Partners & Affiliates

Ivey Business SchoolAcademic Partner

Ubuntu · ASLProgram Partner

SAUTSt. Augustine University

JKUATKenya Partner

Get In Touch

Let's talk.

@

Email

a7educationfoundation@gmail.com

CA

Canada HQ

Toronto, ON & London, ON

EA

On the Ground

Mwanza, Tanzania & Nairobi, Kenya

in

Twende Education Foundation

Our Story

How Twende began.

In 2025, our team travelled to Mwanza, Tanzania in partnership with Ivey Business School, teaching business cases at the St. Augustine University of Tanzania. We went as educators, yet came back with a purpose we didn't expect to find.

The picture across East Africa was consistent. Students balancing jobs and family while working toward degrees, with little financial support to lean on. Varsity athletes who couldn't fully commit to their sport because basic equipment was out of reach. A local orphanage and secondary school where hygiene supplies and essential resources were hard to come by. Different contexts but all with the same principle: potential everywhere, without the opportunity there to meet it.

Previous Ivey cohorts had conducted short-term fundraising projects in the region, but we wanted to build something that lasted. That's why we created the Twende Education Foundation.

Our Mission

We exist to close the gap between
potential and opportunity.

We do this three ways, and everything we build on the ground comes back to one of them.

1

Expanding Access to Education

Access to education shouldn't depend on where you come from. Through our scholarship program and academic resources, we work to make sure financial circumstance isn't what determines a student's future.

2

Strengthening Communities

Strong communities are built from the inside out. We invest in the infrastructure, supplies, and on-the-ground support that schools, orphanages, and local organizations need to function and grow.

3

Opening Doors

Opportunity looks different for everyone. For some it's a scholarship, for others it's basic necessities we take for granted. We show up where it matters, when it matters.

Our Partners & Affiliates

Ivey Business SchoolAcademic Partner

Ubuntu · ASLProgram Partner

SAUTSt. Augustine University

JKUATKenya Partner

Our Impact · Tanzania

What we've built in Tanzania.

Since 2025, Twende has been operating in Mwanza, Tanzania, delivering scholarships, school supplies, infrastructure, and community support that compounds year over year.

$25K+

Total Raised

4

Scholarships Funded

4

Active Projects

2025–

Years Active

Projects

Where the money goes.

Twende Scholarship Program

Our flagship program. Full-ride, two-year diploma scholarships for local high school graduates at St. Augustine University of Tanzania. 4 students funded so far, with the goal of growing this number every year.

Bulemeji Secondary School

Delivered a printer/photocopier, 2 couches, backpacks with supplies, and 500+ pens and pencils. Small things that make a real difference in a classroom every single day.

Watoto Wa Africa Orphanage

Supplied a washing machine, 50+ textbooks, clothing, food, and essential daily supplies. Support that is felt immediately and every day after.

Solar Lighting — SAUT

Funded solar lighting across facilities and for an outdoor basketball court at St. Augustine University of Tanzania, giving students safe, well-lit spaces to study and train.

Year by Year

Tanzania impact by year.

Twende Scholarship Program — Continued Ongoing

The 2026 cohort is continuing and expanding our scholarship program at SAUT. Details on this year's recipients and projects will be added here as they come in.

Led by: [Add 2026 team names here]

Twende Scholarship Program Education

Funded 3 two-year diploma scholarships at St. Augustine University of Tanzania for local high school graduates. The founding year of our flagship program, built from day one to be permanent.

Led by: Hin Cheung, Kosta Liaskas, Nathan Mark, Aidan Prosser, Julianna Rizzo, Sai Shankar, Adam Ward, Coby Harvey

Bulemeji Secondary School School Supplies

Delivered a printer/photocopier, 2 couches, backpacks fully loaded with supplies, and 500+ pens and pencils to students and staff at Bulemeji Secondary School in Mwanza.

Led by: Hin Cheung, Nathan Mark, Julianna Rizzo

Watoto Wa Africa Orphanage Community

Supplied Watoto Wa Africa Orphanage with a washing machine, 50+ textbooks, clothing, food, and essential daily supplies. Help that was felt right away and every day after.

Led by: Kosta Liaskas, Aidan Prosser, Sai Shankar, Adam Ward

Solar Lighting — SAUT Infrastructure

Funded solar lighting across facilities and for an outdoor basketball court at St. Augustine University of Tanzania. Athletes and students now have safe, well-lit spaces year-round.

Led by: Hin Cheung, Coby Harvey

Our Partners & Affiliates

Ivey Business SchoolAcademic Partner

Ubuntu · ASLProgram Partner

SAUTSt. Augustine University

JKUATKenya Partner

Our People

The people behind Twende.

Eight Ivey Business School students who went to East Africa as educators and came back as founders. All eight serve on Twende's Executive Board today.

Co-Founders