We use the game of basketball to nurture confidence in young men and women. Our skill building programs foster leadership, perseverance and teamwork.
Our Basketball Project
Fun, Free and Rewarding Training
Our athletes receive high quality of fundamental of basketball trainings and life skills instructions at absolutely free of charge.
Our primary focus is empowering youth through sports. We use basketball as a necessary device to keep the youth trouble free and motivate them to strive for their personal success on the basketball court, in schools and in their communities.
Leadership Development
Our programming is run by the youth themselves, by giving youth opportunities to lead has raised a young generation of leaders in the area who are responsible and enlightened.
All skill levels from youth to adults are welcome to come and play! Whether a person has been playing basketball their who life or are trying something new, skills are meant to be shared. We rely on our alumni to help teach those who are looking to learn.
Community Engagement
Community engagement and involvement; parents and school heads are now involved in youth sports development activity; this was facilitated by using the youth to bridge the gap and actively engage their parents to support and allow their kids to take part in our various programs i.e studying in Uganda on a scholarship program and volunteering in running our various program activities.
About
Meet Founder Phabian Mjarafu
Growing up in a rural environment and playing basketball in East Africa, a three time basketball scholarship recipient both in Tanzania & Uganda, Phabian Mjarifu began his basketball career at the age of 13 in a small town of Musoma,Tanzania. Through an inspiration from his Coach Mzee Robi who also played a great father role in his entire life, he quickly found a passion and love for the game of basketball. Throughout his 15+ years of playing basketball, he has been generously blessed with coaches, teammates, and people that have positively influenced him both on and off the court. These great mentors, through their efforts and motivation, pushed him to excel past his expectations. These years not only taught him essential basketball skills and training, but also more importantly life lessons, such as leadership, failure, success, team work, perseverance and many more. He truly believes that basketball has not only been a sport that he has been fortunate enough to excel at. His new focus is to pass on what he has learned through the many years and levels of basketball game in Tanzania and Uganda.
Why Basketball?
In 2013, responding to a high decline of youth sports in many schools and communities, The Pamoja Basketball Project was established in a small town of Musoma. Pamoja Basketball’s primary focus is to reach out to the rural environment, which unfortunately does not receive the same opportunity for camps and sport specific programs than in big cities.
Basketball is a great device to teach young folks many life lessons beyond the game.
Our Mission
Our Mission is to use basketball as a necessary device to educate and change the lives of youth in Tanzania, we aim to equip young generation in underprivileged society to have an equal access to sports related opportunities by providing basic facilities, trainings, gear and coaches with a desire to growing the game of basketball in Tanzania.
Our goal is to reach out to more children and young adults in rural environment, share our knowledge and experience, reveal talents through sports while aiming at inspiring the next generation of young leaders from within our operational Communities.