TWEENS, Together We Educationally Empower Non-privileged Students is an organization led by refugee youth for refugee youths. We specifically target refugee youth in Tongogara Refugee Settlement and learners from the host communities helping talented young people meet opportunities.
TWEENS refugees have led a peer-tutoring program dedicated to empowering refugee youth through education and mentorship in Tongogara Refugee Camp. TWEENS was launched during the COVID lockdowns of 2020 as a peer tutoring program by refugee A-level students attending Education Matter’ USAP Community School as their service learning project.

TWEENS  was recently selected as GlobalGiving’s Project of the Month for June 2026. TWEENS will use the $10,000 they receive in June to cover student exam registration fees, laboratory fees, coordinator salaries, and programming supplies costs to ensure consistent program delivery for the youth at Tongogara Refugee Settlement. Visit the TWEENS GlobalGiving page here.‍

Each month GlobalGiving selects a different innovative, high-impact project from their pool of more than 5,000 projects in 170+ countries around the world to receive the title. Nearly 3,000 donors come together and make monthly donations to keep the Project of the Month going.

• Learn more about TWEENS’ plans to provide transformative education at Tongogara Refugee Settlement here . 
• Read about TWEENS’ approach here.
• Explore GlobalGiving’s Project of the Month Club here

  TWEENS is supported  by Education Matters  an organisation that bridges the prevalent gap between talent and opportunity through programs that offer motivated and talented, economically-disadvantaged students, who lack both financial resources and information, access to transformative education.  Education Matters programs work with high school students to access global opportunities and international higher education, with a commitment to engage with them during and beyond their college experience to gain valuable professional experience on the Continent and support their dreams of change, making their transition home more viable. Education Matters Africa Foundation is registered as a 501(c)3 non-profit in the United States of America. All donations to our work are fully tax-deductible. EIN #82-4727381.

   

  T‍WEENS ACHIEVEMENTS  in 2025

  Reached to more than 2000 people
  through awareness campaigns and
  church visits

  Offered up to 500 students services
  such as tutoring, study space,
  recreational activities, WIFI,
  laptops, iPads, textbooks among
  others

  Self raised $4,000 in funding for its
  activities

  After school lessons and holiday lessons

  TWEENS was officially recognized as
  a community-based organization

  Strengthened our partnerships with
  Naledi, GFC and Ed matters and Cohere and WUSC

  6 students have qualified to be USAP
  students with full scholarships, a dream
  of any Zimbabwean student

  10 members of TWEENS got full
  college scholarships

  We won 3 grants ( Julia Taft grant
  and opportunity grant )