About Young & Alive Summit 2026

ABOUT THE SUMMIT

Building the Room for Youth Leadership, Health & Innovation

The Young & Alive Summit is a national-level flagship platform that brings together young leaders, policymakers, advocates, and development partners to drive youth-led solutions in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), mental health, gender justice, and youth empowerment across Tanzania.

With over 70% of Tanzania's population classified as youth, adolescents and young people face persistent systemic challenges. Since 2022, the Summit has served as a structured bridge between grassroots community realities and national decision-making, ensuring youth perspectives remain central to co-creating responsive, locally driven solutions.
  • Building youth leadership and policy advocacy capacity.
  • Facilitating creative expression through arts and storytelling.
  • Expanding and sustaining national youth-led movements.
  • Scaling up integrated youth-friendly service delivery.
  • Mobilizing multi-sectoral partnerships and investments.
Young & Alive Summit
11–14

October 2026

01

National Summit

11

Pre-Summit Day

04

Summit Days

2026 FOCUS

Key Objectives

Advocacy & Leadership

Build the capacity of youth as advocates and leaders to influence SRHR policies, challenge harmful norms, and drive systemic change.

Creative Expression

Leverage creative platforms to enable youth to express their voices on SRHR and health equity through arts, performance, and storytelling.

Movement Strengthening

Expand, strengthen, and sustain the national YAI network to foster cross-sector collaboration and digital knowledge sharing.

Service Delivery

Improve awareness and utilization of clinical services, including youth-friendly family planning and mental health support.

Partnership & Mobilization

Convene multi-sectoral partners for collective, inclusive partnership and resource mobilization into youth-led solutions.
Young people at the summit
OUR IMPACT & JOURNEY

From Grassroots Realities to National Action

The 2026 Summit journey builds upon years of documented regional impact. In 2023 (Dodoma), over 975 young leaders across 6 regions engaged in community dialogues, establishing the YAI network. In 2024 (Arusha), over 1,500 adolescents across 13 regions mobilized to deliver a collective Summit Position Paper to government authorities.

Regional community dialogues are scheduled from May to August 2026 to gather local youth priorities nationwide, leading directly into the main national gathering in Dar es Salaam.
  • Regional community dialogues: May–August 2026.
  • Youth position papers gathered before October.
  • Pre-Summit day & registration: 11 October 2026.
  • Main National Summit: 12–14 October 2026.
SUMMIT INFORMATION

Young & Alive
Summit 2026

  • Dates
  • Venue
  • Location

11th–14th October 2026

Pre-summit activities: 11 October 2026.
Main Summit: 12–14 October 2026.

UDSM New Library

The 2026 Summit will take place at the UDSM New Library, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

The Young & Alive Summit 2026 will bring together young people, leaders, partners, government and other stakeholders at the UDSM New Library in Dar es Salaam.
JOIN THE MOVEMENT

Be Part of Young & Alive Summit 2026

Connect with young people, leaders, partners and stakeholders working to strengthen youth participation and meaningful action in Tanzania.