Tanzania’s rapidly growing birth rate is posing a major challenge for the country - on the labour market, for example, and in the health system. Statistically, an average Tanzanian woman will give birth to more than five children. Often the parents are unable to feed them all.In rural areas in particular, many girls become pregnant while still teenagers, forcing them to drop out of school. The result is a vicious circle of poverty, poor schooling and insufficient sex education.   The Tanzanian government is seeking to change that trend. National and international educational projects are being introduced, designed to promote family planning. The German Foundation for World Population, or DWS, is involved in the north of the country. Four years ago, the organization opened a youth center in the city of Arusha. Here young men and women can not only learn about contraception and family planning, they can also train as tailors. These young people then in turn pass on their knowledge, making regular trips into the surrounding villages. We join them on one of their tours.