Completion of civic education project has gone as plan athough there are some bottlenecks encountered during the implementation.

Hivi karibuni shirika la KIOO lilifanya ufuatiliaji wa shughuli zake katika kata ambazo mradi wa ufuatiliji wa uwajibikaji kijamii unapofanyika. Katika ufuatiliaji huo ilibainika kuwa pamoja na kwamba serikali imeridhia suala la kupereka madaraka kwa umma kwa kutumia njia ya D by D bado hali ya watendaji huko chini inatia mashaka.Mfano katika kata ya Nguruka kijiji cha Nyangabo na Bweru havina ofisi za watendaji wa vijiji jambo ambalo limeperekea nyaraka mbalimbali za serikali kutunzwa nyumbani kwa mtu yaani nyumba aliyopanga mtendaji wa kijiji husika.

Hali hii imeperekea wanaokaimishwa kazi za utendaji wa kijiji kushindwa kuwa na nyaraka mhimu kwa ajili ya kijiji maana zinatunzwa nyumbani kwa mtu. Hali kama hiyo pia imejitokeza katika kijiji cha Mwamila kata ya Uvinza ambapo nyumba anayoishi mtendaji ndiyo ofisi ya kijiji na cha ajabu sana eneo hilo halina hata choo, hali inayotia shaka juu ya usalama wa watumishi hao wa serikali kiafya.

Kwa mjibu wa sheria ya serikali za mitaa Na 6 mtendaji  wa Kijiji ndiye kiongozi mkuu wa watendaji wengine wa idara za serikali kijijini, mtu huyu ambaye ni kiongozi wa wengine hana ofisi na wala hana cho hivi kweli ni rahisi kwake kuwaongoza wengine kutimiza wajibu wao?

This is one of the meeting conducted at Kigoma discussing on how government services may be improved.A person right is the KIOO coordinator.

Here KIOO programme coordinator Mr Edward addressing the diology of the results of Public expenditure tracking conducted in Kigoma rural under the support from The foundation for civil society

This is one of the meeting conducted at Kigoma discussing on how government services may be improved.A person right is the KIOO coordinator.

Here KIOO programme coordinator Mr Edward addressing the diology of the results of Public expenditure tracking conducted in Kigoma rural under the support from The foundation for civil society

UMOJA WA WAWEZESHAJI KIOO

P.O.BOX 1369

KIGOMA

KIOO 5 YEARS STRATEGIC PLAN

6.2 Agriculture, Food Security and Environment Conservation Theme

6.2.1   Context

Agriculture is the predominant economic sector in KIGOMA region. Over 85% of the total population of the region depends on agriculture for its livelihood. The bulk of agricultural production comes from stallholders who employ very little capital. The main inputs are labour and land. Although agriculture is the major sources of income for the majority of the people, the areas which is under agricultural utilization is very small compared to the area that could be reclaimed for agriculture. The region is estimated to have about 1,200,000 hectares of potentially cultivable land but only 280,000 hectares or 23% of arable land are under cultivation. When the area under crop cultivation is distributed equally to the total population (1998 estimates) every single person in the region will be cultivating an area of about 0.24 hectares.

In 2010-2015 the programme will continue supporting farmers organization so that to mobilize more farmers to join their organizations and at the same time push their ad vocative agendas for extension services, in puts and markets through Hunger Free forums. We have also planned to carry out a survey in order to determine levels of women ownership of shares and property. These farmer’s organizations will also use community circles to push community awareness in all other thematic areas (Education, Women Right, HIV/AIDS, and Governance). This is a temporary measure by Kioo, especially recognizing the ability of these farmer’s organizations to facilitate these activities. However, from mid 2012 onwards, it will be upon the farmer’s organizations to motivate their CDFs. The MOUs will be mutually developed and signed in 2012, which will guide and specify areas of concern for Kioo and our partners before we finally of the programme.

6.2.2   Key issues

• Access to farm inputs 
• Access to extension services 
• Cooperative marketing of farm products 
• Farmer field schools 
• Income poverty among women 
• Value addition of agricultural produce 
• Women rights to own land 
• Strengthening managerial of Environment for CBOs 
• Networking for information sharing 
• Skills and knowledge exchange through farmers show 
• Platforms for voicing farmer’s demands 

6.2.3   Objectives

• To promote and strengthen farmer’s organizations to be able to address and advocate for farmers’ rights to good markets, extension services and farming in puts.
• To increase the number of members joining farmers organizations.
• To promote women’s right to ownership of land and other productive resources in the community.

6.2.4   Strategies

• Strengthen farmer’s organizations to be able to stand by them and voice the demands of the farmers at all levels.
• Engage in policy dialogue to support farmers organizations claim their rights on trade and fair market competition policy and practices that affect the poor. 

6.2.5   SUMMARY BUDGET

6.3       HIV/AIDS and other STDs Theme

6.3.1   Context

HIV/AIDS is a problem in KIGOMA although its preference rate remains to be the lowest as compared to other regions in Tanzania (below 2%). Some traditional practices such as inheritance of widows and going to witch doctors continue to be a threat in spreading HIV. There is growing concern for women rights to ownership of property and the right to girl child education. Traditionally men are the sole owners of family property and boys are given priorities for studies and any other opportunities for development. The coming of refugees from Burundi, Rwanda and DRC made it possible for many Non Governmental Organizations to come and work in the region. This has helped to create alternative thinking and challenge the existing strong traditional belief and practices.

In 22 Wards where 114 circles operate, communities are taking collective responsibilities in listing and helping those in need of care and moral support. STAR Circle members are organizing themselves and request for counselling and testing services. Some Circles have started safe blood donation clubs. Traditional healers and polygamists are being confronted and challenged to re examine their positions as far as HIV/AIDS is concerned.

The programme plan for 2010 – 2015 puts into consideration the scaling up of STAR/REFLECT  circles to be the source of informing and bringing to surface community demands for various needs. In supporting out- reach work of community circles in scaling up the community awareness on HIV/AIDS issues, Circle members will be going out to address a specific demand.  Eg. If witch doctors in a village are an obstacle towards people getting the right knowledge on HIV/AIDS, the CIRCLE MEMBERS can plan to have a   special awareness meeting at the market place using role plays and drama to carry public awareness on the issue.

6.3.2   Key Issues

• Lack of consistent support to PLHA.
• Cultural causes that put women into vulnerability towards HIV/AIDS and Gender based violence that instigate spread of HIV/AIDS.

6.3.3       Objectives

·To support people living with HIV/AIDS through their farmer’s organisations in advocacy and campaigns for better services.

·Support initiatives of farmer’s organizations to contribute in community behaviour change, and in addressing stigma and discrimination for people living with HIV/AIDS.

• To support youths and girls who are involving in sex workers and drug abuse

6.3.4       Strategies

6.3.5       ACTIVITY SUMMARY

6.4       Education Theme

6.4.1   Context

The programme in 2009 concentrated mainly on two basic engagements namely, lobbying and advocacy and service delivery, the purpose of which was to see the Kigoma district improving the learning and teaching conditions for its primary and secondary schools. The programme supported mobilization of community members which enabled them to constructions of primary school in Mkanga and secondary school in Sunuka.

KIOO in collaboration with Action Aid supported communities in sponsorship areas to start 26 ACCESS centres which were later transformed and adopted by government into primary schools. There has been severe shortage of secondary schools as those finishing primary schools through a special government strategy MMEM, need to go for secondary education. The poor teaching environment has contributed for some teacher’s refusal to work in certain schools. Poor learning conditions (eg.seating on the floor) has been mentioned as one of the causes contributing to primary school students drop out. The cultural norms of engaging young girls’ into marriage and early pregnancies are some of the obstacles to girl child education. Kioo has been working close with communities to improve the situation through the establishment of community based committees. We have 8 committees in place that are placed in 8 out of 40 villages in Kigoma. The scaling up of these committees is the priority of the plan for 2010-2015. The plan has planned to use the Global week of Action (GWA) to carry advocacy for increased government commitment to build more houses for teachers. Given the location and weather, this advocacy will start in March and the climax forum will be held at district level on 26 April every year for the 5 years planned.

6.4.2   Key Issues

• Girl child education

• Early marriages and Early pregnancies
• Participation and decision making
• Infrastructures e.g. classrooms, teachers houses, desks, toilets etc

6.4.3   Objectives

• To support efforts of the poor, excluded and their organizations to improve access to basic education for all; and
• Work with communities, their organizations and other actors in education to influence laws, policies and practices that enhance access to education for girls, violence against girls in schools, orphans and children with disability.

6.4.4   Strategy

• Empower the poor and excluded through their organizations to advocate for the right to education for all children;

6.4.5   ACTIVITY SUMMARY

6.5.      Good Governance and Accountability Theme

6.5.1   Context

The plan for 2010-2015 intended to enforce good governance at all levels by looking on key issues that stood as stumbling block to development. These included; Ineffective community participation in influencing decision making processes due to weak capacity of poor and excluded people’s organization leading to the denial of their rights and low level of transparency, accountability on the side of government and non-state actors. The theme managed to conduct the research on the effectiveness of local government reforms in Tanzania, the result of which show that, the Local government authorities, are not positively responding to peoples need on time/ at all. Meanwhile, the study revealed that, some government official are lacking competency in delivering the services. On the other hand there was a concern on the ability/ willingness of the public to hold the government accountable.

6.5.2       Key Issues

6.5.3   Objective

6.5.4       Strategies

6.5.5       ACTIVITY SUMMARY

6.6     Most vulnerable Children rights

6.6.1 Context

In 2008 the Kigoma rural District council handled identification on the availability and needs of these children in the community, the identification concentrated on three priority issues; namely social services and property inheritance including land issues, looking at children’s right to own, control and access health services and shelter for those whom the parents had passes away. The identification went far by looking how the needs of these children are included in different government budgets every year and how they are being involved in budget preparation so that their voice is being heard.

On children social services the programme influenced community circles through CDFs to discuss issues of culture, early school pregnancies, early marriages as well as other traditional issues hindering children access social services. The community discussions resulted into positive actions where communities through their circles formed special committees called most vulnerable children committee at every village. The function of these committees is to follow up with all that hinders children from attaining social services including education. The right to property inheritance including land is still a nightmare to many children in Tanzania especially those whom their parents has passed away and being left with the parents families. Communities are still using the customary law apart from having a land policy.

The programme has no specific partner CBO dealing with children Right issues. Instead, all children Right interventions are taken on board by our field officers. This move aims at creating ownership of the program especially bearing in mind that the community are the one to make sure that they owning all process. It is also true that since farmers constitute over 95% of the district total population, entrusting them with the move towards equal rights is actually empowering the whole community and spearheading a quick cultural and social change.

The programme will in 2010-2015 work close with community members and farmer’s organizations to push the agenda on children right and early marriages, children’s right to property inheritance and land as well as HIV/AIDS and violence against children. Our plan to organize children forums to advocate for ownership of property and participation in decision making, will take place at village level and then one big forum at district level  involving children representatives from all villages. The forum will be informed by resource persons who will trigger discussions on issues facing children as far as ownership of property and inheritance are concerned.

6.6.2   Key Issues

• Children education,
• Early marriages and Early pregnancies for children,
• Decision making,
• Violence against children,
• Right to social services including education at all levels
• Community customary and norms hindering children right

6.6.3   Objectives

• To empower children with school materials, shelter material and health services especially by paying them CHF
• To strengthen the capacity of community to eliminate all forms of children discrimination perpetuated by traditional practices and values that are inconsistent with basic rights as enshrined in the constitution; and
• To promote children representation and participation in decision making processes at all levels.

6.6.4   Strategies

• Mobilize and organize children to advocate for their rights and improve their participation in decision making at all levels from household, community to national level;
• Mobilize, organize and sensitize children and their families to campaign and advocate for issues of violence against children, HIV/AIDS, rape and the right to own, control and access family properties including land.
• Collaborate with the poor families, through community members and their leadership and other actors to advocate and campaign against cultural practices which discriminate or oppress children.
• Support most vulnerable children committee (MVCC) at village level so that they may have ability to plan and running different project (Income generation activities) for supporting MVC after the phasing out of the project. 

6.6.5   ACTIVITY SUMMARY

6.7     Water and sanitation for community

6.7.1 Context

Ilagala Division and its wards is having no water resources especially for school children who use most of their time for schooling The priority issues identified are Access to sanitation inputs, access to water services, which has made Ilagala people to become poor in all aspect. Women are suffering much than men because are the one using most of their time for seeking water in more than 12 kilometres. Ilagala division is having 38 primary schools with 8 secondary schools. These schools are handling 32200 children. These children are using five days a week at school where there is no water for their daily uses. Because schools are having no water it has caused some student to dropout the school and poor performance for girls students who didn’t attending at school during their menstruation period because there is no water at school for them.

There is no water near all these schools which made school children to use five to six hours in searching water foe classrooms cleaning and others for teacher’s uses. In searching that water girls are in danger of being raped because of the farness from the home to the water source. In some months family members do escort their children in such activities because some times you find is dry time where water may don’t be obtained easily. Family members are in the same trouble because most of women’s time is being used to fetch water which is unseen in some months like July to October. If water is being obtained near by the school and community members there will be no dropout of girls students from school and women will involve in family development by producing for their family. Also the reported incidents of women and girls being raped due to water fetching will be of history in the selected school and hence there will be development.

The project will provide rain water at school so that the students and their teacher may get water near them for different uses. After the availability of water at school, school children will lean more things like gardening, environment conservation by planting trees at school because there will be water for watering those trees and garden. Families near the selected schools will get water near them and help them to involve in production rather than following water for more than six hours.

6.6.2   Key Issues

• Community with better water resources,
• Farness for water seeking,
• Women with water problem,
• Women participation in other activities

6.6.3   Objectives

• To empower community so that they have better water
• To strengthen the capacity of water committee so that they may mobilize community to contribute for water
• To promote water resources conservation in the community

6.6.4   Strategies

• Mobilize community members to conserve water resources in the community
• Building tanks for rain water storage in different villages in Ilagala Division
• Collaborate with other donors to provide better water system for Ilagala and Mwakizega villages where situation is worse
• Tree planting at the water sources for the purpose of conserving water resources 

6.1.5   ACTIVITY SUMMARY

6.8     Juvenile and Community Justice

6.8.1 Context

In 2008 identification process handled by Kigoma rural District council on the needs of children including MVC in the community, the identification discovered that another thing which is lacking in the community is Juvenile and community Justice. This means that community members have no information on the process of presenting different matters concerning with their rights in the community. If the community didn’t know the better way we found that these Juvenile are in worse situation by knowing nothing and in most cases their case are being heard in the normal court which is beyond the law requirements.

The programme will in 2010-2015 work close with community members and regional welfare offices so that to facilitate the Juvenile process in Kigoma region by starting so that children may have friendship court system, a court where they may feel free to express their feeling  as they are talking to their parents. Also the programme will facilitate Justice Facilitator at the community level who will be directing the community members what to do if you have a certain problem so that community members can not mixing thing in the community.

6.8.2   Key Issues

• Juvenile issues in the community,
• Early marriages and Early pregnancies for children,
• Rehabilitation centres for alcohol and drug addicts,
• Street children increase,
• Community facilitators systems in the community
• People with disability in the community

6.8.3   Objectives

• To conduct needs assessment in five existing juvenile courts
• Reviewing the CJF Monitoring tool with focus to the needs of the community
• Dissemination of  Law of The Child Act for distribution in LGA’s and other stakeholders
• Improving service delivery to the people with disability in the community
• Improving Coordination, Monitoring, Evaluation and report writing

6.8.4   Strategies

• Rehabilitation and resettlement of alcohol and drug abusers
• Develop a program/project to enhance counselling and guidance of HIV/AIDS victims and alcohol and drug addicts
• To conduct rapid needs assessment  in regional and district rehabilitation centres for alcohol and drug addicts

The idea of forming this organization UMOJA WA WAWEZESHAJI KIOO comes from the former REFLECT facilitators who were facilitated by Action aid in the four villages namely Ilagala, Mwakizega, Karago and Sunuka since June15 2001.These facilitators were having cycles which were handling in their villages. These cycles are there till to date and its number had increased from 16 formerly up to 32.Number of participants also had increased from the formerly number.   

From there an idea of forming the organization comes exactly and practiced by, the mainly question was that where the community will be after Action Aid’s phasing out is it that the requirements of the community will be over? We got an answer that still the problem will be there fore we agreed to form the organization which is the one among the leading NGOs on development and humanitarian services in the region. Kioo is now registered since November 9, 2004 under the society act of 1954 in Tanzanian law as NGO. Our main office is in Kigoma district in Ilagala village almost 6

ADDRESS OF THE ORGANIZATION

UMOJA WA WAWEZESHAJI KIOO,

P.O.BOX 1369,

KIGOMA,

TANZANIA-EAST AFRICA.

Mob: +255753 018397/+255787 018397/+255783211798

E-mail:kioo2006@yahoo.com

www.kioo.or.tz

Office location is Ilagala village at Division executive office is where we are at the full time within a week. If office bearer are not there are in field works because we are few in number.

Contact person:

EDWARD B SAIMON     Programs coordinator

VISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION

Kioos’vission is of world wide in which every human being lives in dignity and equality on the attainment of economic and social needs to promote understanding and peace in the society for future development for the common good.

MISION OF THE ORGANIZATION

Kioos’mision is to advocate and take action need people to access not only to the basic social need like food, clothing, health, environment, employment, rehabilitation, training on human rights and democracy and access to research findings focus on social-economic and political development.

OBECTIVES FOR KIOO IS ESTABLISHED ARE

10. To provide agricultural trainings to the community on how to utilize the present soil so that to produce more.

11. Advocacy and lobbying to the public on crosscutting issues including providing community with current news on different matters concerning development.

12. To support and idea provided by the community that relating to poverty reduction and community sustainability’s.

Darasa hili licha ya kutumia fedha nyingi za serikali sasa limebomoka maana lilijengwa chini ya viwango, watoto waliokuwa wakisoma katika darasa hili wamekaa nyumbani wakisubiri marekebisho yafanyike.

Mchangiaji machachali wakati wa semina has akionyesha namna anavyokerwa na namna rasilimali za umma zinavyotumika bila ushiriki wa wananchi wenyewe.