About YSMF
Who We Are
Young
Strong Mothers Foundation (YSMF)
is a grassroots, women-led organization with over 10 years of experience identifying, rescuing, and supporting
vulnerable adolescent girls and young women, especially teenage mothers.
We empower most vulnerable
adolescent girls and young women especially teenage mothers to overcome
barriers to education, prevent child marriage, school dropout and create
brighter futures.
The Big Why YSMF?
YSMF
was founded because too many girls in rural Tanzania were being denied
opportunities to learn, grow, and dream. Poverty, long distances to school,
early marriage, teenage pregnancy, and lack of access to basic needs were
pushing girls out of school and into cycles of hardship. Teenage mothers,
especially, were left without hope or second chances.
From
this reality, YSMF was born, out of a mother-and-daughter
vision to create a safe and empowering space where girls and young
mothers can rewrite their stories. With resilience, determination, and faith,
they turned personal struggles into a mission of hope. Jackie Bomboma and her
Rose Mayunga founded YSMF to stand as a bridge between most vulnerable girls
and women with various opportunities.
Today,
YSMF works hand-in-hand with communities, schools, organizations, government
bodies, private sectors and local leaders to rescue girls at risk of school dropout, empower teenage mothers with
vocational and livelihood skills, and build inclusive communities where no girl
is left with no chance to rebuild their lost dream or to work on a new dream.
Our Focus
- Girls’ Education Rescue – bicycles, school materials, mentorship and life
skills.
- Teenage Mothers’ Empowerment into Vocational Training, Busines and
Entrepreneurship:- Tailoring (all types of clothing, including
reusable sanitary pads), beadwork, baking, hairdressing, beauty
salon, chicken rearing, vegetable farming, and access to clean water
through wells.
- Gender Equality & SRHR – awareness programs, life skills, and community
engagement.
- Men & Boys Engagement – working with men and boys to transform harmful
gender norms.
- Sports for Empowerment – 11 girls’ soccer teams, giving girls confidence,
health, and teamwork skills.
- Community Development &
Transformation – building stronger, inclusive
communities through livelihood and leadership initiatives.