AGAPE MONTHLY OPEN LETTER TO OUR ASSOCIATES:
Dear Agape Partners, Associates and Community members, its our honor to write our appreciations this month to the community members of Shinyanga Municipal for their Continued support and collaboration to our Organization towards supporting OVC and victims of early pregnancies and forced marriages to have access to education and training on life skills. For the month of August to this September, Agape has managed to mobilize resouces at local levels (community members) about 1,200,500/= Tanzanian Shillings to support three Girls (one orphan and 2 victims of early pregnancies and forced marriages) to join Community Development College at KAPS in Iringa and they have already enrolled in first week of September, 2013. To donate our programmes contact us at agapeshy07@yahoo.com or +255282763739 or go to our webiste; www.envaya.org/aacp/.
Yours in Partnership,
Japhet Daud.
Programme Coordinator,
Agape Aids Control Programme (AACP).
Members of Lubaga Street who attended the Change Makers Assembly conducted on day of 16.09.2013 at Tanda la Ngoma Ground to fight against Gender Based Violence (GBV) under the "We can Campaign Project" supported by Kivulini at Agape Aids Control Programme (AACP).
"Agape Programme Coordinator (Japhet Daud) sharing with the community on issues of Gender Based Violence at the Community Change Makers Assembly conducted at Tanda la Ngoma ground in Lubaga street on 16.09.2013 and infront are police gender and children desk-shinyanga, one Municipal Community Development Officer, Kivulini Women's Rights Organization representatives and Media people from chanel 10, Habari Leo and Daily news
"Terrible situation on child abuse in Shinyanga Municipal" This is one of the Child who was reported at agape offices to have been violated (neglegated) by her mother (name reserved) in Lubaga Street on 16.09.2013, it is the same day agape conducted a change makers assembly on fighting against GBV campaign at Tanda la Ngoma in Lubaga Street. However fews months past (January to July, 2013) a total number of 23 child violence cases were reported by the Shinyanga Child Protection Team, agape been the member of the team and the violence cases was on rape, negligency, and heavy punishments, legal proceedings have taken in place by the team in collaboration with the Police gender and children desk-Shinyanga.
Debate main speakers from Town Secondary school at Bishop Nkola Secondary school on the motion '"who should be blamed as a source of early pregnancies and forced marriages; parents or community members"
This How we meet our fellow youth in school, the picture shows students from Bishop Nkola Secondary School in a school hall during debate between Bishop Nkola and Town Secondary School Organized by Agape in collaboration with Agape school coordinators on the Motion "who should be blamed as a source of early pregnancies and forced marriages; parents or community members" .NB; You can also participate online on this dialogue in our Discussion page
with our friends from fernabo Sweden in the field at Chibe Village in Chibe ward at Chibe Youth Development Organization (CHIYODEO)which is the result of agape youth empowerment programme out of school
Victims of early pregnancies who have been supported by agape and they have started their Community Organization called Young women Leadership Organization-Shinyanga Chapter in a group picture with the Agape Programme Coordinator on the Left and Representative of Women Fund Tanzania who funded them (Young women) during the visit to their offices at Kambarage Stadium Room No. 62
Victims of early pregnancies and forced marriages who have been returned to school by agape in an informal system to continue with their studies and three of them have been registered for QT exams to be held in October, 2013, two have joined community development college in Iringa
Agape Programme Coordinator "Japhet Daud" in a picture at agape office with Simon Samwel, sponsored OVC at Ngokolo Secondary School