Beneficiary numbers

By Blue Planet Network Posted on Thu 17 Jul 2008, over 16 years ago

Please explain the numbers: we would like to see the numbers that going to be impacted by this proposal. Reading the text, it appears that the numbers refer to the people already helped by earlier projects (39 wells and a borewell) or one could read it as the total population. Also, the numbers are the same in both applications.

Beneficiary numbers

By Tanzania Mission to the Poor and Disabled (PADI) Posted on Fri 18 Jul 2008, over 16 years ago

• Sorry the number of Beneficiaries who are going to be impacted by this proposal didn’t appear in the project background, only appeared in short project Description. To rectify this, the number of beneficiaries who are going to benefit from the project in total are 1200 students ( From Kalembo Secondary school have 505 students, Luwawasi sec school 417 and Chandarua Sec. School 278 ) of which 592 are girls and 608 boys.

• It is true that the Number of people benefiting from the past projects is the same in both applications because the project we expect to implement this year will be in the same wards we implemented last projects except it will be in different schools and villages. The beneficiaries are the part of the total population of 37,303 people in three wards where we implement the project.

Beneficiary numbers

By Tanzania Mission to the Poor and Disabled (PADI) Posted on Fri 18 Jul 2008, over 16 years ago

• Sorry the number of Beneficiaries who are going to be impacted by this proposal didn’t appear in the project background, only appeared in short project Description. To rectify this, the number of beneficiaries who are going to benefit from the project in total are 1200 students ( From Kalembo Secondary school have 505 students, Luwawasi sec school 417 and Chandarua Sec. School 278 ) of which 592 are girls and 608 boys.

• It is true that the Number of people benefiting from the past projects is the same in both applications because the project we expect to implement this year will be in the same wards we implemented last projects except it will be in different schools and villages. The beneficiaries are the part of the total population of 37,303 people in three wards where we implement the project.

More detail

By A Single Drop Posted on Thu 17 Jul 2008, over 16 years ago

I appreciate the listing of the past projects, but much of the enclosed information is repeated from your Organizational Profile. Since we are focusing on how this specific project will work I would like to read more in detail about the model. How do you mobilize community? What makes what you did in the past a success. Not just that you did it. But HOW you did it. Also, in the project history, can we hear about the "need" in the community? what is the water situation now?

More detail

By Tanzania Mission to the Poor and Disabled (PADI) Posted on Fri 18 Jul 2008, over 16 years ago

In mobilizing the community PADI always conduct meetings to those villages and schools requested water support. During the meeting we always explain how the project will be conducted and other project conditions which include:
i) For safe water to schools if their request is to have hand pump-the school community are required to construct pump house as their contribution , form Water Maintenance Fund ( WMF) and Wells Monitoring Committees (WMC) which consist of 10 people per well. When all these have been agreed they always sign a contract of receiving the support( contribution for this range from 10-20% or more ).
ii) For Improved Traditional water wells the community will only be eligible to get the support if they will be able to agree the following:
• They agree to collect sand and stones, clearing the site, digging the well, supporting the well technician as their contribution to the project
• They agree to formulate Well Monitoring Committee (WMC) and Water Maintenances Fund(WMF) in each village and finally sign the contract for being supported.(Contribution from the community for
this range between 30-45%) .

Impact of our services
1.Mdandamo Secondary School is among the beneficiaries of the project . Before the support students from Mdandamo had to move about 1.km to 2 km far away from the school fetching some water. The students wasted a lot of time for fetching water for a variety of uses including cleanliness, cooking and school buildings construction. They missed many lessons because of water problem. It was not easy to grow neither vegetable nor flowers as it was not easy to access to water for such activities.

After receiving the support the school has developed vegetable garden and has planted flowers around the school campus. The projects have developed for the purpose of increasing school income through produce selling and nutrition by eating the vegetable as part of their meals. Flowers will help to beautify the school environment. From July 2007 to August 2007 the school has managed to cultivate 30 seed beds with Chinese cabbages . They expect to increase 20 seed beds for the same purpose. The project is expected to harvest more than 2500 kilograms valuing Tshs 750,000= after 6 months from now. In his own words the headmaster( Mr. Fracis Kyando) had the following to say:
“The bore hole you have given us has enabled our school to start vegetable production which will help us to save some of the money that we used to buy vegetables from business people which had been costing us a lot of money. At the same times, time wastage has minimised by 98%.We really appreciate the support. We hope it will resolve some of the health issues that we have been facing at our school.”

2.Mrs Azizi Aly (70years old) a widow living at Luhira in Mletele ward is among of more than 600 villagers who have benefited from the project. She had the following comments:
“ As we are living far away from the town centre, we had no dreams to get such services now. I am over 70 years now. It is for my first time to use water from the improved sources like this, for all 70 years we have been using local dug wells which are open and offer free access to dogs, pigs, mosquito and human activities like clothes washing and bathing. It is even worse during the rainy season when some of the wells become dirtied soil due to run off water from hills to the streams. Your support has helped to restrict some of the dangers that we used to face. Thanks very much. We are very happy that our health will be improved.”

Even after the construction of 39 improved Traditional water wells in nine village, and ( 1 bore hole in Mdandamo Secondary school the need to expand the project to other areas villages and schools is greater more than 10 requests from secondary schools and villages within the district and outside the region have been received at our office requesting to be given the same support.( see the attached file in the other doc.)

More detail

By Tanzania Mission to the Poor and Disabled (PADI) Posted on Fri 18 Jul 2008, over 16 years ago

In mobilizing the community PADI always conduct meetings to those villages and schools requested water support. During the meeting we always explain how the project will be conducted and other project conditions which include:
i) For safe water to schools if their request is to have hand pump-the school community are required to construct pump house as their contribution , form Water Maintenance Fund ( WMF) and Wells Monitoring Committees (WMC) which consist of 10 people per well. When all these have been agreed they always sign a contract of receiving the support( contribution for this range from 10-20% or more ).
ii) For Improved Traditional water wells the community will only be eligible to get the support if they will be able to agree the following:
• They agree to collect sand and stones, clearing the site, digging the well, supporting the well technician as their contribution to the project
• They agree to formulate Well Monitoring Committee (WMC) and Water Maintenances Fund(WMF) in each village and finally sign the contract for being supported.(Contribution from the community for
this range between 30-45%) .

Impact of our services
1.Mdandamo Secondary School is among the beneficiaries of the project . Before the support students from Mdandamo had to move about 1.km to 2 km far away from the school fetching some water. The students wasted a lot of time for fetching water for a variety of uses including cleanliness, cooking and school buildings construction. They missed many lessons because of water problem. It was not easy to grow neither vegetable nor flowers as it was not easy to access to water for such activities.

After receiving the support the school has developed vegetable garden and has planted flowers around the school campus. The projects have developed for the purpose of increasing school income through produce selling and nutrition by eating the vegetable as part of their meals. Flowers will help to beautify the school environment. From July 2007 to August 2007 the school has managed to cultivate 30 seed beds with Chinese cabbages . They expect to increase 20 seed beds for the same purpose. The project is expected to harvest more than 2500 kilograms valuing Tshs 750,000= after 6 months from now. In his own words the headmaster( Mr. Fracis Kyando) had the following to say:
“The bore hole you have given us has enabled our school to start vegetable production which will help us to save some of the money that we used to buy vegetables from business people which had been costing us a lot of money. At the same times, time wastage has minimised by 98%.We really appreciate the support. We hope it will resolve some of the health issues that we have been facing at our school.”

2.Mrs Azizi Aly (70years old) a widow living at Luhira in Mletele ward is among of more than 600 villagers who have benefited from the project. She had the following comments:
“ As we are living far away from the town centre, we had no dreams to get such services now. I am over 70 years now. It is for my first time to use water from the improved sources like this, for all 70 years we have been using local dug wells which are open and offer free access to dogs, pigs, mosquito and human activities like clothes washing and bathing. It is even worse during the rainy season when some of the wells become dirtied soil due to run off water from hills to the streams. Your support has helped to restrict some of the dangers that we used to face. Thanks very much. We are very happy that our health will be improved.”

Even after the construction of 39 improved Traditional water wells in nine village, and ( 1 bore hole in Mdandamo Secondary school the need to expand the project to other areas villages and schools is greater more than 10 requests from secondary schools and villages within the district and outside the region have been received at our office requesting to be given the same support.( see the attached file in the other doc.)

Health and hygiene education

By Water for People Posted on Tue 22 Jul 2008, over 16 years ago

Since the focus of this project is in the schools, are there plans to address health and hygiene education and other community outreach activities? And, are there sanitation facilities at the schools? If not, what are the plans to address sanitation? Thanks, Monica

Health and hygiene education

By Tanzania Mission to the Poor and Disabled (PADI) Posted on Thu 24 Jul 2008, over 16 years ago

Dear Ned Breslin
At the moment we have not a plan concentrating in health and hygiene education and other community outreach activities except after training them to care the well surrounding environment.
•To avoid washing, bathing , cultivating or doing any sort of human activities including cultivation of the upstream land to avoid deforestations and water contamination.
• Also we teach them to practice a forestation around the well areas to avoid water source dry up. We think your observation is good for us to consider this and concentrate on it.

Health and hygiene education

By CARE Posted on Sun 27 Jul 2008, over 16 years ago

It is my understanding that much of the health impact in schools comes from education on hygiene and access to water for hygiene. There are some helpful tools and information on this website:
http://www.schoolsanitation.org/

Health and hygiene education

By Tanzania Mission to the Poor and Disabled (PADI) Posted on Mon 28 Jul 2008, over 16 years ago

Health and hygiene education

By Tanzania Mission to the Poor and Disabled (PADI) Posted on Mon 28 Jul 2008, over 16 years ago

Dear Susan David

Thank you very Much for your generous contribution to our project. The link( website ) you have given us will be of much help
Regards
Msigwa

Health and hygiene education

By Tanzania Mission to the Poor and Disabled (PADI) Posted on Mon 28 Jul 2008, over 16 years ago

Health and hygiene education

By Tanzania Mission to the Poor and Disabled (PADI) Posted on Mon 28 Jul 2008, over 16 years ago

Dear Susan David

Thank you very Much for your generous contribution to our project. The link( website ) you have given us will be of much help
Regards
Msigwa