A national platform putting young people at the centre of dialogue, leadership, innovation and action.
The Young & Alive Summit is a national youth platform bringing together adolescents, young people, young leaders, partners, government and other stakeholders.
Since its beginning in 2022, the Summit has created opportunities for young people to share their experiences, identify priorities, build leadership and connect community voices with national action.
The 2026 Summit as our 4th Summit continues this journey by placing young people at the centre of dialogue, advocacy, creativity, service delivery, movement strengthening and partnership.
Discover The Summit
Five priority areas will shape the Young & Alive Summit 2026 experience.
Strengthen youth participation, leadership and advocacy for meaningful change.
Create space for young people to express ideas, experiences and perspectives through creativity and the arts.
Strengthen connections, collaboration and collective action among young people and youth movements.
Connect young people with relevant, youth-friendly services and information.
Build meaningful partnerships between young people, government, organisations, funders and other stakeholders.
Engage. Learn. Connect. And Act.
Since 2022, the YAI Summit has connected grassroots community dialogues with national action to elevate youth health and leadership across Tanzania.
2023
Mobilized 975 young leaders across 6 regions in intergenerational SRHR dialogues and hosted 150 supported main summit delegates. Delivered direct clinical care to 280+ community members, launched the YAI Network, and reached over 263,000 people online.
2024
Engaged 1,500+ youth across 13 regions during pre-summit dialogues and gathered 314 delegates in Arusha. Officially presented the Summit Position Paper to Permanent Secretary Dr. Seif Abdallah Shekalaghe and provided direct clinical health services to 1000+ delegates.
Relive the highlights, voices and moments from previous
Young & Alive Summits.
Photos will be available after the Summit.
The Intergenerational Community Dialogues serve as the foundational pillar of the Summit, ensuring our national advocacy agenda is built from the ground up.
Decentralized, youth-led consultative sessions conducted across multiple regions. We meet communities where they are, in settings they trust, to map the local AYSRH landscape, capture authentic lived experiences, and identify regional priorities.
1000+ Youth Community Reach TargetThe national anchor of the Youth AYSRH movement in Dar es Salaam. Grassroots evidence and community advocacy asks are translated into direct policy action through workshops, plenaries, creative showcases, and high-level decision-maker commitments.
250+ Main Summit DelegatesAn immersive three-day convening in Dar es Salaam designed to move participants from community dialogue to high-level policy commitment.
Engaging decision-makers on opening day to frame summit goals, and concluding with clear advocacy asks and a post-summit action roadmap.
Capacity building covering essential topics like SMART Advocacy, SRHR, mental health integration, and youth-led digital innovation.
Sharing best practices in youth programming, policy advocacy, and grassroots experiences directly from community initiatives.
Utilising arts, drama, and storytelling to challenge harmful social norms, reduce SRHR stigma, and humanise health data through youth creativity.
Convening stakeholders to align strategic support, sign joint commitments, and mobilise resources behind youth advocacy asks.
The main summit directly integrates essential care for youth delegates and the surrounding community—building on proven impact from previous summits, which provided clinical family planning, Sickle Cell Screening, mental health screening, cervical cancer screening, blood donation, HIV testing to hundreds of young people and ETC.
A strategic journey from planning and youth mobilization to the Summit and post-Summit accountability.
Expanding and strengthening the Young & Alive Initiative network, mobilising resources and developing the implementation plan for the Summit.
Conducting intergenerational dialogues across Tanzania to identify the priorities, experiences, challenges and opportunities of young people.
Expanding the Task Force, engaging partners and continuing resource mobilization.
Analysing evidence gathered from community dialogues alongside existing policies to develop the Summit agenda and Position Paper.
Confirming delegates and stakeholders, finalising logistics, preparing media engagement and conducting volunteer orientation.
A three-day national Summit bringing together youth leaders, policymakers and partners for youth-led advocacy, dialogue, learning, connection and action.
Disseminating the Position Paper, monitoring commitments and supporting implementation through the Young & Alive Initiative network.
The Summit brings together diverse groups around youth participation and action.
Adolescents and young people aged 10–24 years.
Young leaders and changemakers aged 15–35 years.
Funders, donors, government and development partners.
Key people who support young people's participation and wellbeing.
The Summit welcomes a broad range of voices, organisations and experiences.
The 2026 Summit will capture priorities, ideas and recommendations emerging from community dialogues and bring them into the national conversation.
11 October:
Pre-Summit
12–14 October:
Main Summit
University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), Tanzania
Venue: UDSM New LibraryJoin us in creating a meaningful platform for adolescents, young people and young leaders. Partnership and sponsorship opportunities can support youth engagement, community dialogues, summit activities and collaboration.
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