Plan International Tanzania in partnership with Children’s Dignity Forum, Tanzania Football Federation and Tackle Africa implemented a two year project using football clubs to reach girls at risk of child marriage. The project was implemented in 5 wards in the Tarime district, Mara Region. This district was carefully selected due to the high prevalence of child marriage but existence of few interventions.

Football clubs provided a place where girls could meet with their peers to have fun while at the same time learning about issues such as child marriage, female genital mutilation/ cutting (FGM/C) and their sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Alongside working with girls, the project also involved young women who acted as champions to end child marriage and FGM/C in their local community and engaged parents and caregivers, community leaders and local government officials including police officers