Section 1: Project information

1.1. Project Title:
Raising community understanding on the primary sources of MSM, DA and CSW

1.2. Thematic area
Safety Nets

1.3. Overall Goal of the project
To contribute towards improving immoral community behaviors accelerating children and youths engagement into illegal groups of Men having Sex with men, Commercial sex workers and Drug abusers by activating the government and the general public’s attention to this course and hence set a foundation for the future generation.

1.4. Project summary
The project intends to strengthen communities on constructive and sustainable approaches of tackling the negative community perceptions and attitudes towards MSM, CSWs and DAs. The community will be fully involved in various ways to brighten their understanding of the sources of such kind of behaviors and how they have been the major contributing factors to such kind of behaviors since when the child is born. The project will also ensure that, the entire community stops blaming, pointing fingers on the MSM, CSWs and Drug abusers; instead they will be facilitated to come up with constructive approaches and strategies towards alleviating such practices. The project activities will be implemented in close collaboration with the ministry of gender, women and children, Ministry of health and social welfare, members of parliament committees, police, prisons and streets government in the respective wards.

Main development Objective is to control/stop illegitimate/immoral community behaviors accelerating youth’s engagement in Men having sex with men (MSM), Women having sex with Women(WSW) Commercial Sex Workers(CSW) and Drug abusers (DA) by activating the government and the general public’s attention to this course and hence set a foundation for the future generation. The main intervention will be to raise community awareness mainly education and advocacy on the origin of such behaviors from the family to the community levels, develop IEC materials for education, networking with other stakeholders i.e. Media as well as developing common strategies towards proper parenting and early child care,

1.5. Problem Statement
Tanzania like in many other sub-Saharan African countries, MSM, DA and commercial sex work has been rampant while at the same time not legalized and rather a criminal offence. Religion, community, Government and traditional leaders are criticizing the existence of these groups. Nevertheless, the profession is growing rapidly each passing day this is justified by the study carried down by the TAWIF which revealed the estimates of three thousands of commercial sex workers including MSM and WSW in Kinondoni Municipality out of 1.5 million people residing in the area
In 2008/09, TAWIF has been implementing a comprehensive Prevention of HIV/AIDS among CSWs, including Men having sex with Men and Drug Abusers in Kinondoni Municipality. However in the course of implementing the said project, experience revealed that, contrary to developed countries where this group get involved in this out of their choice, in developing countries particularly Tanzania Men having Sex with Men, Commercial sex workers and Drug abusers are the victims of the circumstances including poverty, being sodomised by the family members, religious leaders and teachers at very early ages mostly below ten years old.
The heartbreaking narrative about it is that once the parents or guardians realized that, their children have been trapped into it at a very late stage, they chase them out of the family. The society at large criminalizes them and curses them. They have no solace other than finding their peers. The same society which subject them into this victimization and vulnerability is the same which are the fore front at illegalizing, discriminating and stigmatizing them, the situation does not give any room to have any other alternatives and that is why significant number of this group that we are dealing with are eager to gate chance for the rehabilitation but the environment is no friendly in all perspective including community, government civil society organization illegal and regulatory frame work etc. As a result of this, most female youngsters gave birth to children who followed the same channel of either being an MSM, WSW, DA or CSW which threatens the future of our young generations.
Throughout the implementation of this project, TAWIF learnt a number of lessons as follows:
Most parents do not have time to discuss with their children on day to day life , the assumption of an African context is that a child is can be taken care with any community member so long as he/she is accessible to the child. This was proved to be very un practical since we found out that, most family/community members do not play their roles but rather spoil children and hence the influx of MSM, CSWs and drug abusers

On that ground then, Since TAWIF realizes that, MSM, CSW and DA are illegal in Tanzania. It is high time for a comprehensive educative project be implemented to raise community awareness on the contributory factors accelerating these groups to emerge. TAWIF will focus its intervention on the proper parental care and the importance of stopping extended families to all involved stakeholders including parents, teachers, guardians, other CSOs, religious institutions and the entire community of Kinondoni and Magomeni wards.

1.6. Project Duration
The project will last for 12 months starting from August 2009 to August 2010. Total Amount requested……………………………………

1.7. …………Ref FFCS application manual

Logical framework analysis
OUTCOME INDICATORS OUTPUTS ACTIVITIES
To reduce the influx of MSM, DAs, and CSWs through community awareness creation on proper child care focusing on community responsibilities by 2010  % of identified MSM, DAs and CSWs from Magomeni and Makumbusho wards  75 CSWs, DAs and MSM will have been identified by August 2010
 A full functioning community oriented information sharing system on child abuse in place by August 2010 Identify 75 CSWs, MSM and DAs from Makumbusho and Kinondoni wards to be trained by Dec 2009
% of CSW, MSM, and DAs decreased in the community by September 2010.

Increased level of confidence and reduced stigma among existing CSW, MSM and DAs
By April 2010  75 CSWs, MSM and DAs trained in life skills and how to cope up with the situation by August 2010  Facilitate peer education training to 75 CSW, MSM and DAs
 Facilitate life skills training to 75 CSW, MSM and DAs

% of stakeholders and community at large fully aware of the causes of CSW, MSM and DA from the grassroots level by April 2010  100 key stakeholders from Magomeni and Kinondoni Wards will have been trained on the causes of MSM, DAs and CSW from the community level by July 2009. Facilitate stakeholders training event on the causes of MSM, DAs And CSW in Makumbusho and Kinondoni wards.
% of community member knowledgeable of the stigma effects to CSWs MSM, DAs.

% of community members providing open educational and counseling to MSM, DAs and CSWs on the disadvantages of being into the high risk groups. by April 2010  2 Public sensitization sessions conducted on effects of stigma, causes, proper child care and importance of educating MSM, DAs reaching 3000 community members in Kinondoni and Magomeni wards by December 2010. Conduct two public sensitization meetings in Kinondoni and Makumbusho Wards by august 2010
Number of parents and guardians with high knowledge and understanding on the importance of being close to children, including having discussions with them about their rights from the family level by April 2010  100 parents and guardians trained on proper psychological, physiological and sociological child care including, child rights and transparency among children in Kinondoni and Makumbusho wards by Dec 2010 Facilitate training on proper psychological, physiological and sociological child care, including children rights by Aug 2010
 Number of Ward Primary school teachers with education on the value of taking proper care of a child when at their hands by April 2010  35 teachers trained on proper psychological, physiological and sociological child care including, child rights and transparency among children in Kinondoni and Makumbusho wards by Dec 2010  Facilitate training on proper psychological, physiological and sociological child care, including children rights by Aug 2010
Number of Members of, parliament aware on the rights of a child and how if violated accelerates CSW, MSM and DAs in the community. April 2010 1 National dialogue session conducted  Conduct national dialog meeting in Makumbusho and Kinondoni wards for awareness raising to members of parliament on the child rights and causes of CSW,MSM and DAs in the community by 2010



Outcomes Monitoring Plan

OUTCOMES (significant changes resulting from undertaking project activities) INDICATORS ( as in the logicalframe) Data source How frequent will the data be collected
To reduce the influx of MSM, DAs, and CSWs through community awareness creation on proper child care focusing on community responsibilities by 2010  % of identified MSM, DAs and CSWs from Magomeni and Makumbusho wards  Records of identification survey
Monthtly
 % of CSW, MSM, and DAs decreased in the community by September 2010.

 Increased level of confidence and reduced stigma among existing CSW, MSM and DAs

By April 2010  Training reports documents
Monthtly
 % of stakeholders and community at large fully aware of the causes of CSW, MSM and DA from the grassroots level by April 2010  Training reports documents
Monthtly
 % of community member knowledgeable of the stigma effects to CSWs MSM, DAs.

 % of community members providing open educational and counseling to MSM, DAs and CSWs on the disadvantages of being into the high risk groups. by April 2010  Training reports documents
Monthtly
 Number of parents and guardians with high knowledge and understanding on the importance of being close to children, including having discussions with them about their rights from the family level by April 2010  Training reports documents
Monthtly
 Number of Ward Primary school teachers with education on the value of taking proper care of a child when at their hands by April 2010  Training reports documents
Monthtly
 Number of Members of, parliament aware on the rights of a child and how if violated accelerates CSW, MSM and DAs in the community. April 2010  Training reports documents
Monthtly

Section 2: Organizational Details

2.1. Name of the Organization: Tanzania Women of Impact Foundation

2.2. Name you regularly use: TAWIF

2.3. Registration: Registered on 26th March 2005 under the society Ordinance Cap 1954 with Ministry of Home Affairs with registration number. SO 13019

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