Organisation  of  Special  Needs  Education  Teachers  (OSNET)  is  a  Non  Governmental Organisation (NGO) established and registered to operate in the Tanzania Mainland.  OSNET  initially  started  its  activities  as  an  alliance  of  eight  (8)  members  on 06/09/2013 before its official registration, later in October 2014 when another seven (13) members   joined   to   make   the   total   number   of   fifteen   (21)   members.   OSNET  principally deals with the fundamental role in contributing improvement of academic, social-economic welfare of  the  community  of  people  with  disabilities  based  on  the  National  Development Vision  2025,  which  requires  effective  participation  of  the  civil  society  groups.   Currently  OSNET  has  organised  special  needs  education  clubs  to  over   400  students  from  three  Primary  schools  and  one  secondary  school  in  Musoma  in addition,  OSNET deals  with  capacity building of  entrepreneurial training  for both disabled and non disabled students from both secondary and Primary schools in Musoma town. Royal  Dutch  Kentalis organisation specialies  in  diagnostics, education  and care for children and youth with hearing and/or communication challenges.  In  Tanzania, Kentalis  has been operating  since  2012.  Together with Archbishop Mihayo University College of Tabora (AMUCTA) they have an  innovative  bachelor  training for  Special education-Hearing Impaired  that  has  around 60 graduates. The graduates work  with  Tanzanian  deaf  education  experts  on  an early reading method for deaf children in primary school since 2016. In this project, Kentalis provides  experts  for  coaching  on  the  job  of  the  team  of  Special Eeducation (SE),  non-SE  ,  management and students’ interaction in three pilot schools.

Investing in the young generation project invests in coaching and mentoring of around 1000  deaf  learners in mixed schools (with both hearing and hearing impaired learners). The project aims to boost confindence as well as gain respect for each other’s difference, mutual trust, communication skills, confidence in public  speaking and disability  rights  training.  The Special  Education(SE) teachers(specialised  in  Hearing  Impairment  HI)in  these boarding schools  are  key  change agents. They   are   the   main   reference   persons   for   the   deaf   due   to   their communication  skills. In most schools,  SE teachers are either de-motivated by lack of  support from the management, lack of cooperation   from   their   colleagues, or   just   have   not   thought   about   active engagement and mentorship of deaf and hearing students in the context of (future) advocacy  for  citizen’s  rights.  Under Organisation  of  Special  Needs  Education  Teachers (OSNET)  leadership  and  coaching,  the  project engages 1800  students  (deaf  and  hearing)  as  well  as 300 SE-HI teachers of all 20 schools. Sign language clubs in the schools will act   as   a   medium   for skills   training,   confidence   and   trust   building, positive engagement  between  deaf  and  hearing  students, mobilisation  of teachers, school management, local deaf associations and state agents. In innovative ways, such as arts competition and public speaking events, secondary school students are prepared for  an  active  citizenship  role  in  the  future.  The  school  environment in  the  20 locations (all over Tanzania)is energised and stimulated for an encouraging attitude towards  the  deaf  learners.