RESCUE MAZINGIRA (REMA) LTD
P.O.BOX 403
Geita- Tanzania
Mobile: 0767864281/0753109381
Fax: +255 28 2520317
Email:rescuemazingira@gmail.com
PROJECT NAME: BEE-KEEPING PROJECT IN GEITA REGION
PROJECT CODE: REMA GT/17/07/2014
PROJECT LOCATION: GEITA REGION, TANZANIA.
PROJECT PROPONENT: REMA ORGANIZATION
PROJECT BENEFICIRIES: GEITA REGION SOCIETY
COLLABORATORS: REMA ORGANIZATION MEMBERS, GEITA COMMUNITY AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL
PROJECT LEGAL HOLDER/RUNNER: REMA ORGANIZATION
GENERAL STUDY: DONE TO IDENTIFY THE NEED OF THE PROJECT (BASELINE SURVEY)
DURATION: THREE YEARS
STATUS OF THE PROJECT: HIGHLY NEEDED BY REMA ORGANIZATION IN AREAS OF GEITA REGION
ACCOUNT NAME: RESCURE MAZINGIRA ORGANIZATION
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 1232255800
BANK NAME: CO-OPERATIVE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK (T) LTD (CRDB)
Table of Contents
ABSTRACT
BACK GROUND INFORMATION ……………………………………………
1.0 INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
1.1 HISTORY OF AN ORGANIZATION……………………………………
1.2 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN GEITA …………
1.3 PROPOSED SOLUTIONS/ APPROACHES …………………………………
2.1 DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT IDEA/PROBLEM
2.2 LOCATION/SITE OF THE PROJECT……………………………….
2.3 PROJECT GOAL …………………………………………………………
2.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT ……………………………………….
2.5 TARGET GROUP ………………………………………………………………………....
3.0 METHODOLOGY
3.1 OBSERVATION …………………………………………………………………………..
3.2 SURVEY ……………………………………………………………………………………
3.3 DISCUSSIONS …………………………………………………………………………….
4.0 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT
4.1 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE/ SUMMARY OF THE WORK PLAN …………………………………………………………………………………..
4.2REPORT WRITING AND INTERNAL AUDITING ……………………………………
4.3 OUTPUT OF THE PROJECT …………………………………………………………………………………….
4.4 PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY AND SOURCE OF FUNDING ……………………….
4.4.1 PROJECT BURDGET TABLE …………………………………………………………
4.5 ANNUALLY ACTIVITIES PERFOMING SCHEDULE ……………………………...
5.0 PROJECT RISK
6.0 CONCLUSION……………………………………………………………….
ABSTRACT
Thirty percent (30%) of Geita region is covered by Forest resource, however most of the region population is vulnerable under absolute poverty, this as to say there is poor utilization of Forest resource particularly in Bee-keeping which could improve human nutrition and rise up individual’s economy after the harvest of bee-wax which is to be consumptive as food or sold within a family level.
Implementation of the project would involve the participatory approach in which the whole community will be included as one among of stakeholder of the project with collaboration to Geita district and town councils.
With correspondence to education provision concerning the program of Bee-keeping and educating on different benefits on which will be obtained especially socially, economically, and environmentally when the project will be implemented.
Hence the community would not continue to suffer or being vulnerable and/or engulfing poverty in their families instead there is a positive solution of the existing problem through utilization of Geita forest resource (Bee-keeping)
Putting it into consideration due to its importance to the residents of Geita region and facilitating Forest resource conservation in Geita region, REMA as Non- Governmental Environmental organization decided to establish “Bee-keeping project in Geita region” so as to improve human health, poverty eradication and emphasizing environmental conservation within three years as the starting session of the project, otherwise the project life span will be expanded correspondence with budget availability since REMA as company limited by Guarantee and not having a share capital Association.
In order to run the project in a proper way, about sixty three million eight hundred thousand seventy eight thousand and nine hundred (63,878,900/=) is required so as to step the project (Bee-keeping in Geita Region) as illustrated in the table which is calculated and approximated to run the project until the end of its life span of three years.
BACK GROUND INFORMATION
Rescue Mazingira (REMA) is a non governmental organization that whose idea of formation was a great innovation from a group of courageous hardworking like minded people with such a great concern and enthusiasm towards sustainable conservation of Geita’s and the whole republic’s environment.
The organization was registered by the BRELA in 2013 and its headquarters are located in Geita district within Geita region.
1.1. Vision of the organization
To cooperate with private and public entities so as to make this planet a better habitable place.
1.2. Mission of the organization
Through unity and togetherness to work with the society at all levels so as to sustainably protect our environment as well as working with the society to become adoptive to the existing environmental dynamics.
1.2. Objectives of the organization
To create awareness to the public with regard to environmental conservation.
To cooperate with public and private institutions so as to promote environmental sustainability.
To offer consultancy services to whoever may feel concerned with the issue of environmental conservation.
To facilitate the society and institutions with respective conservation materials such as tree seeds and seedlings.
REMA is working hard day and night to make sure that it appropriately and accurately fulfills all the above summarized objectives despite some obstacles.
However the offices became very active in 2014 and ever since then, REMA has got a number of experienced staff so as to avail the set objectives and goals thus since January this very year we have mainly dealt with social issues specifically awareness and solving some of the legal constraints with the public of Geita region.
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 HISTORY OF AN ORGANIZATION
Rescue Mazingira is stated in brief as REMA was established for and is working toward developing the Environments in a sustainable manner and developing women, Children and The Society as whole to improve their socio – economic status. The association was founded in 2012 by a group of likeminded persons focused on community development ideas such as
• To improve the environmental health, water and sanitation and wellbeing of the most vulnerable communities, while protecting the country’s natural environmental through building community resilience in response to an increasing volatile climate.
• To help women develop their talents and capabilities so as to be able to fight and alleviate poverty among themselves and other women community by helping them advance their thinking capacity for their full utilizations of local and available recourse for their own development.
• To assist children in need, orphans, disabled, the aged and school drop out by offering technical education meant, for self reliance to make them self-reliant in their life.
• To establish centers for training and children care where needs arises
• To protect individuals, the environment –marine terrestrials, atmospheric and spatial-any ecosystem, community or habitat from any threat by human action and to ensure the earth, oceans, sky, and space remain for the enjoyment and sustainable use of all in perpetuity.
• To enhance socio-economic development of the community with the special emphasis on youth, men, women and other magnification.
REMA believes that Africa and the world over have necessary means and resources to alleviate Environmental degradation, if there is a genuine commitment and co- operation on all nations in this world. REMA also believes that the disadvantaged people in Tanzania are fully aware of their problems and are very keen and determined to reverse their problems through their efforts, and initiatives should be supported by donors. It is in this perspective that REMA play the facilitating role in assisting the marginalized segment of society to optimize their potentialities though popular participation.
In the same context one would generalize that REMA articulates the interest of the people at grass root level in areas of Environmental conservation and protection, orphanage welfare facility, health and evaluation facilities and women Empowerment.
The approach we intend to involve the participation of the people at grass root level right from the project inception in areas of decision making planning implementation monitoring and evaluation.
It is indeed imperative that imparting Environment community educations to the people would play the role of inflicting behavioral change toward Environmental restorations and there by alleviating poverty which is now rampant. Never the less where one individual spends below 1 USD (about 0. 5) per day and about 72 % of the workforce are engaged In agriculture in their Environment protection and orphans care and supports are crucial matter in this pro likelihood, hence land use management.
1.2 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN GEITA
Environmental degradation and destruction has been inherent character of traditional in Geita both rural and urban basing an traditional values. Norms and lack of technical knowhow, ignorance and lack of civil competence as regards to environment conservations and protection. However, lake Victoria basin faces an ecological imbalances the natural resources in lake basin are under heavy stress by rapid increase in population growth the lake and its basin are a common source of food supply water for domestic use and the main recipient for human agriculture and industrial waste.
The lake ecosystem is being seriously impacted upon by water hyacinth however increased human activities including poor land practices as well as in controlled pollutions of water bodies’ impact on the quality and quantity. Available water management has become an important water priority because of accelerated entrophication and other forms of degradation of the resource base.
Sustainable development of basin will always depend a wealth environment, sound natural resources and environment management. The current status is that the Victoria basin is made up of a great variety of ecosystems that provide a wide range of good services for the population in the basin. The basin has become under pressure as described above.
The stress and changes on ecosystems disturbed biodiversity loss of habitat along lake shores forestry degradations, flood plan degradation decrease in fish biodiversity wildlife degradations, agriculture activities inadequate sect oral environment legislation and regulations coupled with weak enforcement capacity which have contributed a deterioration of the ecological integrity of the basin. Hard and liquid waste have contributed big threat to human health and the environment, ravaging of the earth topology through cutting of trees (deforestation) for domestic, consumption burning of the bushes which also kills all biodiversity and some important bacteria which play a great role in decomposition of biomass in the soil for increased soil fertility.
However management of human waste material that the people living in highlands it is found throw away their fiscal matter by using plastic bags while Urine are discharged out from hilltop find the way down ward without knowing exactly where is it passes ie. They don’t have proper tool for storage of faces and urine, this disguising strange immorality but research show that its rampant particularly in Geita wards.
Not only that but also most of residents of Geita region are vulnerable to poverty (low income generation capacity) hence REMA organization aim to evacuate the community from poverty through emphasizing on Bee-keeping in the sense that many families would engage on the program which could rise up their income.
1.3 PROPOSED SOLUTIONS/ APPROACHES
Our project intends to stage an Environmental Education campaign and information disseminations to raise people’s awareness at grass root level so that they attain a tool of understanding in things related to Environmental plundering and how to reverse the situation through participatory approach while caring and supporting vulnerable children’s in Geita district by providing them food clothes, Education facilities and sending home displaced children’s.
The project shall promote and encourage community education awareness for a sustainable development of the basin, we intend to co-operate with stakeholders through participatory approach in respect of sustainable use of the donor resources appropriately and in so doing reversing the ecosystem in its naturality to assure sustainable forestry practices Agro-forestry and a forestation pasture husbandry, appropriate agriculture and land use, soil and water conservation, promotes of sustainable development and management of wetlands, Environmental health with reference to sanitation and hygiene.
The female gender will be given equal opportunities equal access to education and training the female gender will be empowered on decision making, planning and project executions to be more specific on gender mainstreaming concerning Bee-keeping programs.
In case of tree planting demonstration units that there will be the raising of seedling in 15 demonstration sites in Geita and the organization will impose by laws on nursery and tree management. These by laws will have to be passed by the village themselves or streets members.
2.1 DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT IDEA/PROBLEM
Bee-keeping involve the socio-economic practices of keeping bees for bee-wax and honey production and forest resource management. Geita region is covered by Forest resource, however most of the region population is vulnerable under absolute poverty, this as to say there is poor utilization of Forest resource particularly in Bee-keeping which could improve human nutrition and rise up individual’s economy after the harvest of bee-wax and honey which is to be consumptive as food or sold within a family level.
Hence the community would not continue to suffer or being vulnerable and/or engulfing poverty in their families instead there is a positive solution of the existing problem through utilization of Geita forest resource (Bee-keeping).
Putting it into consideration due to its importance to the residents of Geita region and facilitating Forest resource conservation in Geita region, REMA as Non- Governmental Environmental organization decided to establish “Bee-keeping project in Geita region” so as to improve human health, poverty eradication and emphasizing environmental conservation.
Source: Field Survey: Local/poor Method of Bee-keeping in Geita
2.2 LOCATION/SITE OF THE PROJECT
Geita is one of the Regions of Tanzania, lying Southwest of Lake Victoria. The region has the largest number of mining centers than any other region and district around the LVG. It has four major ASM centers namely Nyarugusu, Nyakagwe, Mgusu and Rwamagasa. These have several satellite centers of their own. Instead of having mining centers also the area is so strategic on Natural forests which can support habitat for bees and hence facilitate bee- keeping program. Those natural forests in Geita include Nyakabale, Mgusu, and Nyarugusu forests.The project will be conducting around all districts of Geita region especially areas which are accessible to forest resources and areas with conducive environment for bee habitation.
Source: Field Observation: Nyakabale Natural Forest Reserve in Geita
2.3 PROJECT GOAL
• To establish advanced technology of keeping bees in Geita region
2.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT
To reduce absolute poverty among the society, which threaten the environment and lead to excessive depression of environmental resources especially Forest resource.
To support the effort of environmental conservation particularly forest resource management.
To create people’s consciousness towards natural resource conservation.
To improve human health since the project aim to rescue the society from starvation.
To create employment opportunities among the community of Geita region in both rural and town areas.
To improve eco-system through encouraging habitat to bees in reserved Forests.
To assure sustainable forestry practices Agro-forestry and a forestation pasture husbandry, appropriate agriculture and land use.
To rescue the deforested areas by making forest rehabilitation.
To diversify economic system among Geita residents who keep much depending on small scale Agriculture, Fishing and Mining.
2.5 TARGET GROUP
• At a general level our target group of this project is the population as a whole community members in Region of Geita.
• But more specifically the largest group will comprise the youth, women whose environmental education impact plays a great role in their own emancipation, REMA as one of Environmental stake holders has acquired enough experience for having pursued various program concerned to Bee-keeping activities of the same kind in area such as Dodoma, Singida and Tabora. In this context REMA will be involved to facilitate the project because it has ever since been responsible for project design and construction and it is therefore charged of project execution and implementation.
• It’s our expectation that, project execution will automatically change people’s attitudes toward environmental management particularly on natural forest management, the project through people participation will cultivate a sense of ownership and obligations therefore, and people will take care.
• Additionally people will be sensitized and empowered to do things of their concern, and through approach mentioned above, people will be made to believe that the project is creation of their own mind and rising their economy hence they will tend to be more vigilant in terms of functional.
3.0 METHODOLOGY
3.1 OBSERVATION
This will involve physical observation on analyzing the situation or areas in Geita region which are likely to support Bee-keeping especially areas with forest and located near to water sources. Also observation method will be used the time when the project will be on its implementation, observing areas where the project is either successful or where is doing worse so as to facilitate project evaluation (Project running Situation Analysis).
3.2 SURVEY
Surveying different parts of Geita region will be encountered so as to identify all the program opportunities especially strategic areas where the project is to be established and where products can be sold which could facilitate project situational analysis and evaluation. This would involve conduction of different social research with respect to bee-keeping knowledge.
3.3 DISCUSSIONS
Initiating and promoting dialogue and collaborative actions among the beneficiaries, researchers, planners, policy makers, NGO and Donors in problem identification, project planning, implementation and evaluation for sustainable development. Networking with students, Scientists from learning institutions and NGOs locally and internationally to develop an International media of addressing environmental and development issues particularly in Bee-keeping. Also by conducting research and disseminating information by publishing text to enhance common understanding among local communities, researchers, NGOs and the Government in the development process.
Plan and conduct several social gatherings with educative, recreational, awareness raising, fund raising purposes. These gatherings could be;
• Seminars
• Debates
• Game and sports competition.
• Presentations on the current environmental issues.
4.0 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT
4.1 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE/ SUMMARY OF THE WORK PLAN
NO/ ACTIVITY/CATEGORY DURATION
1 Project situation Analysis (Survey) 1 month
2 Training workers (capacity building) 2 weeks
3 Public awareness creation 2 months
4 Implementation of the project 8 months per annum
5 Monitoring and evaluation process To be done on a daily bases
4.2REPORT WRITING AND INTERNAL AUDITING
Project activities record will be carried out since qualified profession will need to be identified who could be entrusted to write project functional report, usually done after three months when the project is on progress, together with the report books of accounts will also be quoted by a certified accountant to be done internally so as to encourage transparence and accountability as well as financial discipline.
4.3 OUTPUT OF THE PROJECT
Reducing absolute poverty among the society, which threaten the environment and lead to excessive depression of environmental resources especially Forest resource.
The project will support the effort of environmental conservation particularly forest resource management.
Creating people’s consciousness and altitude towards natural resource conservation.
Improving human health since the project aim to rescue the society from starvation.
The project intend to create employment opportunities among the community of Geita region in both rural and town areas.
Improving eco-system through encouraging habitat to bees in reserved Forests.
Assuring sustainable forestry practices Agro-forestry and a forestation pasture husbandry, appropriate agriculture and land use.
The project will result to economic diversification in which people will keep on bee-keeping and not depending on mono-economy.
4.4 PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY AND SOURCE OF FUNDING
This project has aimed to cover various possible sources in order to accomplish it, these include individuals, small scale companies, large companies, cooperative societies, Governmental and Non Governmental organization Institutions. In order to avoid misappropriate funding the donors of this project will be required to provide and requested to contribute, about Tshs sixty three million eight hundred thousand seventy eight thousand and nine hundred (63,878,900/=) which is required so as to run the project (Bee-keeping in Geita Region) as illustrated in the table below;
4.4.1 PROJECT BURDGET TABLE
S/N ACTIVITY CATEGORY COST (TSHS)
1 Project situation Analysis (Survey) Pre-visiting of the project site 4,22500
Surveying 5,57000
Market analysis 3,34500
SUB-TOTAL 1,314000
2 Public awareness creation Reading materials 8,74600
Stationeries 6,23250
Meetings 5,683,350
Music instruments 2,160,800
SUB-TOTAL 9,342,000
3 Training workers(capacity building) Reading materials 3,57200
Meetings 2,453,000
Stationeries 2,13450
Visiting of selected project sites 1,237,000
SUB-TOTAL 4,260,650
4 Implementation of the project Logistic of equipments 8,236,350
Equipment/ tools distribution and setting in various forest 3,012,000
Bee habitat creation or preparation 5,025,000
Honey and bee-wax harvesting 7,314,000
SUB-TOTAL 23,587,350
5 Monitoring and evaluation process Organizing and conducting participatory monitoring and evaluation 6,483,000
Report writing 7,92000
Auditing process 4,394,000
SUB-TOTAL 11,669,000
6 Administrative cost Paying salary to workers 12,783,300
Other charges (OC) 1,022,600
SUB-TOTAL 13,705,900
GRAND TOTAL 63,878,900
4.5 ANNUALLY ACTIVITIES PERFOMING SCHEDULE
ACTIVTY TIME FRAME 12 MONTHS (ANNUALLY)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Project situation Analysis (Survey)
Public awareness creation
Training workers(capacity building)
Implementation of the project
Monitoring and evaluation process
5.0 PROJECT RISK
Despite the factor that the project would result to positive impacts also will lie on adverse impacts which is so risk to the community as listed below;
The project will involve confiscation of the community land and forest resources.
Time consuming.
Life risk, bee-keeping involve the establishment of bee habitat near by human settlement which would endanger human life.
Emergence of fire outbreak in the forest which could arise during the time of honey and bee-wax harvesting.
6.0 CONCLUSION
REMA as a non Governmental organization through its competent staff do promise to make a tentative follow up and to work hand in hand with the respective authorities to make sure that through bee-keeping the residents in Geita region will positively reduce absolute poverty among the society, which threaten the environment and lead to excessive depression of environmental resources especially Forest resource, Creating people’s consciousness and altitude towards natural resource conservation, Improving human health since the project aim to rescue the society from starvation. Also the project will be there to create employment opportunities among the community of Geita region in both rural and town areas.