KIMWODA and COBIHESA to promote environmental health in Mishenyi district

Capacity building efforts  to mitigate the increasing environmental threats in Mishenyi district , Kagera region will receive a ‘push ‘ through a partnership between 2 indigenous Tanzanian NGOs concluded on August 9, 2011 in Dar es Salaam.

In a memorandum of understanding signed between  COBIHESA and KIMWODA, the two organisations will initiate the development of a training programme on environmental health issues for ward and village level actors in Mishenyi district , in collaboration with the district council and local NGOs, CBOs and FBOs.

COBIHESA will avail facilitation materials on environmental health, while KIMWODA will facilitate the organisation of the training workshops at ward and village level . Both partners will also jointly   mobilise the needed resources for organisation, implementation and evaluation of the trainings.

KIMWODA , a women and child rights organisation , has been implementing various development initiatives in Mishenyi district, in collaboration with grass root communities, including an intervention for vulnerable children. According to Ms Leocadia Rugambwa, the Director of KIMWODA, the training on environmental health for ward and village level executive officers and extension workers is urgently needed to build the capacity of local governments to address the growing threats to the environment in the district.

The training will be based on five modules:

• ·Module1: Community mobilization for environmental health( Uhamasishaji Jamii Juu ya Afya ya Mazingira).
• ·Module 2: Protecting Natural Resources for All (Tuhifadhi Maliasili kwa Manufaa ya wote).
• ·Module 3: Solid Waste Management (Usimamizi wa Taka Ngumu).
• ·Module 4: Building Toilets and Effective Use (Ujenzi wa Vyoo na Matumizi Yake).
• ·Module 5: Management of Toxic Wastes and Chemicals( Usimamizi wa Taka na Kemikali zenye Sumu).

The package has been adapted and translated into Kiswahili by COBIHESA from the Community Guide to Environmental Health , a comprehensive handbook for development workers developed collaboratively with input from actors in over 30 countries, and published by Hesperian Foundation.

COBIHESA KIMWODA na kukuza afya ya mazingira katika wilaya Mishenyi

Kujenga uwezo na kuongeza jitihada za kukabiliana na vitisho mazingira katika Mishenyi wilaya, mkoa wa Kagera kupokea 'kushinikiza kwa njia ya ushirikiano kati ya NGOs 2 asili ya Tanzania alihitimisha juu ya Agosti 9, 2011 jijini Dar es Salaam.

Katika mkataba uliosainiwa kati COBIHESA na KIMWODA, mashirika mbili kuanzisha maendeleo ya programu ya mafunzo kuhusu masuala ya mazingira ya afya kwa kata na watendaji wa ngazi ya kijiji katika Mishenyi wilaya, kwa kushirikiana na halmashauri ya wilaya na NGOs, CBOs na FBOs.

COBIHESA hautafaa vifaa vya uwezeshaji juu ya afya ya mazingira, wakati KIMWODA utawezesha shirika ya warsha ya mafunzo katika kata na ngazi ya kijiji. Washirika wote pia kwa pamoja kutafuta rasilimali zinazohitajika kwa ajili ya utekelezaji wa shirika, na tathmini ya mafunzo.

KIMWODA, wanawake na watoto wa shirika la haki, imekuwa ikitekeleza miradi mbalimbali ya maendeleo katika wilaya Mishenyi, kwa kushirikiana na jamii mizizi nyasi, ikiwa ni pamoja na kuingilia kati kwa ajili ya watoto wanaoishi katika mazingira magumu. Kulingana na Bi Leocadia Rugambwa, Mkurugenzi wa KIMWODA, mafunzo juu ya afya ya mazingira kwa kata na maofisa wa ngazi ya kijiji mtendaji na wafanyakazi wa ugani ni haraka zinahitajika kujenga uwezo wa serikali za mitaa kushughulikia kuongezeka kwa vitisho kwa mazingira katika wilaya hiyo.

mafunzo itakuwa msingi modules tano:

• · Module1: Jumuiya ya uhamasishaji wa afya ya mazingira (Uhamasishaji Jamii Juu ya Afya ya Mazingira).
• · Module 2: Mlinzi Maliasili kwa Wote (Tuhifadhi Maliasili kwa Manufaa ya wote).
• · Module 3: Solid Waste Management (Usimamizi wa Taka Ngumu).
• · Module 4: Kujenga Vyoo na Matumizi ya Muda (Ujenzi wa Vyoo NA Matumizi Yake).
• · Module 5: Usimamizi wa farligt avfall sumu na Chemicals (Usimamizi wa Taka NA Kemikali zenye Sumu).

paket imekuwa ilichukuliwa na kutafsiriwa katika Kiswahili na COBIHESA kutoka Guide Jumuiya ya Afya ya Mazingira, kitabu hiki kina wafanyakazi wa maendeleo kwa ajili ya maendeleo kwa kushirikiana na maoni kutoka kwa wahusika katika nchi zaidi ya 30, na kuchapishwa na Hesperian Foundation.