Kwala Secondary School (KWASS) of Kwala Ward is located in the Kibaha-Pwani Coastal Region of Tanzania, just 30 miles west of the country’s largest city, Dar es Salaam. It takes about two hours to travel to Kwala from the center of Dar es Salaam, the last 9 km by a deeply rutted dirt road off of Morogoro Road at the village of Vigwaza.

Kwala Ward is comprised largely of subsistence farmers and some small businesses such as small convenience shops, butcheries, and restaurants. It some ways, Kwala is better off than other villages. The village is fortunate to have a small hospital, Kwala Secondary School, Kwala Primary School, a water tower, and a new Celtel phone tower for its more than 5,000 residents. Electricity came to the secondary school in Kwala in 2003 when it was extended to the local chicken farm.