SUCCESS STORY FOR SUPPORTING  CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PROJECT

 The project of “Supporting Community Based Adaptation Initiatives to cope with the Adverse Effects of Climate Change in Tanzania ” has been approved by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). This is a wonderful partnership for the promotion of climate change understanding in the local communities where there are a lot of environmental shocks.

The project will be carried out in Iringa Region around the three Divisions of Pawaga, Kalenga and Isimani in Iringa District that constitute the major watershed for the Great Ruaha River. However, due to unsustainable land management practices and insufficient rains as a result of climate variability, inflows into the Great Ruaha River have fallen to its lowest levels. Crop production has also gone down putting villagers and their livestock to vulnerable socio-economic conditions. Wildlife at the Ruaha National Park is also at risk due to inadequate water availability for periods as long as six months per year. This project intends to strengthen the capacity of farmers and pastoralists in coping with the effects of climate change and addressing drivers of deforestation and forest degradation through community based initiatives.

The funded project primary objectives by the UNDP will be to strengthen the capacity of farmers and pastoralists in coping with the effects of climate change and addressing drivers of deforestation and forest degradation through community based intervention. While the CCDO implementing strategies shall be to increase awareness and understanding on the broader concept of climate change through village level meetings, identify and support conservation of water sources, establish woodland management on sustainable basis, promote wider use of indigenous knowledge in addressing the impacts of climate change, empower women, youths and school children on sustainable development through supporting conservation projects for demonstration.

The agreed project activities in this partnerships are to conduct village level awareness creation meetings in all three (3) target divisions in Iringa rural district, identify more than ten (10) water sources in need of rehabilitation, draw costed rehabilitation plans, implement rehabilitation plans, establish and train user committees for each source, identify more than seven (7) schools and three (3) youth groups in each divisions, draw plans for establishment and management of woodlots, and execute the plans through supervision of the proponent with technical support from the district.

While the project anticipated results include; increased awareness and understanding on the broader concept of climate change will sensitize about 10,000 local communities to refrain from local actions that degrade global environment and such malpractices will be listed for purposes of M & E, up to 10 water sources in the project area will be conserved, youths and school children that will participate in this project will be expected to be environmentally responsible citizens during their adulthood through the practical knowledge acquired during implementation of the project, sound woodland management coupled with conservation of water sources will improve ecological flows into the Great Ruaha River.

The project will provide relief in water fetching and woodfuel collection tasks to the women and girl-children, which is the group that is hit hardest by the effects of climate change.

The Children Care Development Organization (CCDO) as a friendly of the Name of our Christ we always respond to the word of God as illustrated by Richard Bauckham (1999) that,

“the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city; while, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. (Revelation 22: 1-2) Within the Bible water is often a symbol for the life-giving power of God, but in the hot dry climate of the Middle East it also inescapably reflects reality. Without water everything quickly dies”. Meaning that, ‘when it enters the stagnant waters of the sea, the water will become fresh. And wherever the river goes every living creature which swarms will live, and there will be very many fish...And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. (Ezekiel 47: 8-12).

Despite the success above and mutual relationship with UNDP and CCDO we still invite other climate change activists to join with us in this global campaign since the need is still there over the country of Tanzanian and even other parts of the world just to favour our women and girls-children who are emerging as the leaders of the 21^st century and their environment of tomorrow.

Former Prime Minister Fredrick Sumaye Lists Issues That Can Compromise Our National Peace in Tanzania.
 
Former prime minister of the United Republic of Tanzania Fredrick Sumaye with a microphone delivers speech to Iringa Municipal Council residents, at Samora grounds, during the CCDO fundraising event for the orphanage centre. Photo by CCDO Deputy Director Beatrice Mosha
 
Former prime minister of the United Republic of Tanzania, Frederick Sumaye listed issues that could compromise our peace in the country if they are left unattended. He also insisted that political fights should carefully be fought to avoid conflicts. He kept on saying that peace is an important resource in any country and once lost, it is difficult to restore  especially when the basis for that peace in that particular country are not respected by all citizens.The premier stated these when he participated in the gospel concert for the fund raising event held at the Samora grounds in Iringa municipal council where he contributed one million shillings. The funds were meant for the construction of information and communication technology (ICT) centre for the orphans in Iringa region by Children Care Development Organization (CCDO) orphan centre.

He mentioned issues that can lead into the compromise of our peace as different social discrimination, religion and faith segregation, political misunderstanding, unfair share of the national resources and extreme corruption and embezzlement of public funds. He advised government to firmly fight against corruption and embezzlement of public funds, as for a corrupt government, those with just will have not just and the vice versa is true because of the corruption if the corruption and embezzlement are left to deepen their roots.


Explaining more about those issues he mentioned earlier above, he said faith or religious discrimination is very dangerous for our country and it must be fought and condemned by all means because if it deepens its roots, the peace that we have will evaporate like an ice on the sun. Concerning political fights, Sumaye said political parties should fight while ensuring peace and stability since political fights require peace, calmness and tolerance amongst parties so that they cause no problems to the nation and instead of differing in their ideas and manifestos they end up fighting.

“…I am telling you, political movements should follow democratic rules, in politics there should be transparency and justice, those who fail in elections should admit their failure. …concerning those haves and haven’t  if national resources are accumulated to few and majority remain poor, peace wont prevail regardless of the means used to acquire those properties. i.e. legally or illegally. If this situation is in our country, it must be dealt with and the government has her ways of dealing with it. This must be fought in all areas such as service providing areas, political arena and judiciary systems”. He further said corruption and public funds embezzlement are threats to our peace if those thieves and corrupt will be given justice and the poor are experiencing no justice.

However, Sumaye argued Tanzanians to have a habit of helping those in need like orphans instead of investing in corruption and frauds which is dangerous to our peace. He went on congratulating the Centre’s Chairperson and Founder- Majaliwa Mbogella for his wise idea of helping orphans, he asked his fellow countrymen and outside to assist CCDO in fulfilling its mission of building the ICT centre which needed Tshs 120million equivalent to $75000  http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/capacity-building-and-empowerment-project-of-iringa/updates/?subid=44971&rf=progrept13404&utm_content=Project%20Report%3A%20YouthSparks%20%26%20Employability%20Creation%20Project%2013404&utm_campaign=Progress%20Report&utm_source=email2.globalgiving.org&utm_medium=email

Furthermore, he acknowledged the Coalition of Children Books Authors led by their Chairperson Professor Michael Provitera based on their books donation to the CCDO, he also thanked the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) for increasing women’s awareness on good governance in Tanzania through its partnership with the CCDO, while also he appreciated the contribution made by Miss Kimi Anderson - Founder of the TravelGiver Organization, and the President of World Computer Exchange Organization for their donation to the Tanzanian orphans under CCDO partnership.

Earlier on, Mbogella hinted out that the centre expects to have two branches one in Makete district and the other one in Iringa aiming at having 120 children who will benefit from this project. He also said the centre is already registered with registration number 000NGO/00003818/2009 and it has acquired land of 25acres, of which 5acres are at Mkimbizi in Iringa town and 20 acres at Nduli village in Iringa District. He asked all Tanzanians and other well wishers that have been touched by the life led by orphans to visit CCDO website http://www.envaya.org/ccdo or contact CCDO management through +255653813368 / 0754813368/ +255713311009/+255765568096. Majaliwa said the center will act as parents of the orphans and apart from providing services to Makete and Iringa orphans it expects to extend its services to the neighbor regions like Mbeya, Ruvuma, Morogoro and Dodoma where branches will be opened as well.

The Children Care Development Organization (CCDO) is hereby to introduce our partner Kimi Anderson  to all of our partners across the world and within the United Republic of Tanzania that we have established a partnership between the Children Care Development Organization and with Kimi Anderson –Director & Founder of the TravelGiver Organization.

Kimi Anderson has a Bachelor of Business degree, majoring in Marketing and Management and more than fifteen years experience in sales and marketing. The last twelve years have been in hospitality, working for a global accommodation chain. Wife and mother of one, she lives in Sydney  and has enjoyed a life full of opportunities and is surrounded by a loving family and friends. Knowing how lucky and fortunate she has been, by way of giving back, she launched TravelGiver.com with four clear objectives:

• Raise awareness of the amazing projects that are out there – give them a voice and help them to raise funds
• Provide a forum for people to research projects and destinations, share their experiences and contribute to human change.
• Use technology to really enrich peoples lives
• Develop a business model that is sustainable, utilises her experience, knowledge and networks and, change the lives of many.

To launch TravelGiver.com, she left a senior management position and has personally funded the development and launch of this website. Kimi is totally committed to achieving these four objectives and sees TravelGiver.com as a long-term investment in her future, as well as the future of projects and users who want to travel with a greater purpose. 

Today, TravelGiver now offers 165+ projects in 26 countries that travellers can give to when they make a booking, at no extra cost – click to view a map and a directory listing outlining the current projects where you can vote our Children Care Development Organization projects from a directory listing with respects to Iringa of Tanzania while you travel and feel good about your donation/giving to us. Such your humanely donated money can be used to feed, pay school fees,purchase school kits, uniforms, medication care, school desks, books, school bags to our most vulnerable children we support and care. Therefore, your donation to us will have positive impacts since it will help us to motivates the school dropouts, child labour and neglected girl children and early pregancy girls to get back to the formal school by giving psychologically and pysically training.

While you are exploring the height of TravelGiver Organization (http://www.travelgiver.com) just hear what our CCDO Partner Professor Dr. Michael Provitera.wmv - Founder & President of Motivational Leadership Training from the United States of America has  said based on the above, when you make a booking at TraveGiver.com just begin to see your success and do not neglect your success http://www.docprov.com,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXkcaft4X7U&feature=youtu.be,http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1466435836/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1466435836&linkCode=as2&tag=motivaleadert-20, https://www.facebook.com/LuckyTheMalteseDog

Dr. Michael Provitera is the great famous Author in the world and he wrote several books and his work has been designed so that you can reflect on your progress, record your success, and stay on track to reach your personal and professional goal http://www.docprov.com since mastering self-motivation begins with you own personal mission and vision. Self-motivation is built upon the premise that you lay a solid foundation--one that is filled with the necessary tools to help you build the foundation for personal excellence. Therefore, Dr. Michael Provitera has been joined with http://www.travelgiver.com and Children Care Development Organization (https://www.globalgiving.org/donate/12358/children-care-development-organization-ccdo/and soon is expected to come to give a speech to our Tanzanian children and women and share various life experiences with us so as to promote our reciprocal exchange information, research, experience and knowledge to our community we support and care. Just watch this Dr.Michael Provitera video based on children teaching methodology http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms8L9QWlnwc,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25EiLTob_6I, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcNn6ZWx4JU

The above photo described the day our friend Christ Lemmor from United Kingdom the day he visited us and provided school materials and tuition fees to the Iringa Municpality most vulnerable children who are in school as you can see their photo smile below

On behalf of the Childreen Care Development Organization management i would like to call any humanitarian organization or an individual aid  to join with Chris Lemmor and Ms Veronica Teleman to volunteer to come to assist the above most vulnerable and others missing in these photo by helping them tuition fees and school materials for their well-being since the Iringa region in Tanzania is named as a home of orphans due to HIV cases. If you feel prestige to join with  us, Chris Lemmor and Ms Veronica Teleman just email to us via this email: childrencareorg1@gmail.com for more partnership with us.James 1:27 from the Bible are referred in this vital partnership for the improvement of living standards of our orphans and poor marginalized women due to their poverty, ignorance, diseases and unemployment creation to them.

The Management of Children Care Development Organization is here by to thanks  the good job done by our friends Chris Lemmor from the right, and Ms Veronica Teleman at the Center and Project Consultant Coordinator Luvanda Michael for their commitment to mark papers of getting the best students from Iringa Secondary Schools participated in our essay competition based on our funded project by the African Women Development Fund on "Increasing Women's Awareness on Good Governance in Tanzania as you can explore more from our website and know our winners.

Ms Veronica Teleman marking papers as the desciribed  explaination above.

Hon. Minister Sophia Simba (MP) of the Ministry of Community Development, Gender and Children of the United Republic of Tanzania with CCDO orphans, sat at the center and from the left is honorable Ritta Kabati (MP) and from the right is the Iringa Municipality honourable Mayor Mwamwindi, the day they visited our Centre. These children need permanent Centre for advanced vocational training courses. Therefore, you are requested to join with us by giving your humanely donation money for the construction of our Europabook International orphanage rehabilitation centre.

SPEECH OF THE THE MINISTER OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, GENDER AND CHILDREN HON. SOPHIA SIMBA DURING THE LAUNCH OF THE PROJECT FOR RAISING AWARENESS OF TANZANIAN WOMEN IN UNDERSTANDING GOOD GOVERNANCE ISSUES,

IRINGA, 8^th JUNE 2013.

• Leadership of the Children Care Development Organization,
• The representative of African Women’s Development Fund from Ghana
• Regional Commissioner of Iringa Region
• Chairperson of CMM Iringa branch
• Chairperson of UWT Iringa
• Secretary General of Parents in Iringa region
• Honorable Rita Kabati – Special Seat MP of Iringa
• Bishop Mdengella of ELCT – Iringa Diocese
• Sheikh of Iringa Region
• Your lordship Mayor of the Municipality of Iringa
• Honorable District Commissioner of Iringa
• Honorable Director of the Municipality
• Honorable Director of Iringa Rural District Council
• University lecturers of Iringa
• The Media Houses
• Distinguished invited guests; Ladies and Gentlemen

First of all I thank the Almighty God full of mercies for enabling us to meet here in this important ceremony.

I take this opportunity to thank the leadership of Children Care Development Organization (CCDO), the people of Iringa and the rest of other Tanzanians for inviting me to join you in the launching of the project that aims at building awareness of Tanzanian especially women on good governance issues. I commend you so much!

The government on its part recognizes the importance of NGOs in bringing development for our citizens. Therefore we join you a hand of support on this good cause and we will continue to cooperate with you.

In addition, in a very special way I would like to take this opportunity to extend our appreciation to the Development of Women in Africa (African Women's Development Fund) from Ghana for financing the project. We thank you very much.

Fellow Citizens,

I have been informed that this project aims to provide educational awareness on the issues of good governance to all councilors of Iringa Region, journalists, leaders of government sectors and civil society, leaders of local governments, leaders of religious denominations and various stakeholders in development issues. It is my belief all those who will benefit from this project will use best the knowledge that they will receive for the development of the society of Iringa and the nation at large.

Moreover, in the case of women, the education you will get should be the catalyst of motivating you to appear and contest in various leadership positions in politics, in the coming elections of the year 2014 to 2015.

Fellow Citizens,

The main indicator of good governance is peace and tranquility from the family to the national level. It is a fact that in Tanzania we have the right to be proud of the peace that we have because good governance is sustainable from the era of the late Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Kambarage together with the President of The Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar, the late Abed Amani Karume. This phenomenon manifests itself in various areas in the country due to effective leadership under CCM.

Fellow Citizens,

Peace is a sole virtue that isn't to be compared with anything, in any nation on earth. The nation without peace finds itself in instability which forces the country to enter into serious problems that are then not forgotten by the existing generations and generations to come.

Countries like Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia, and Congo are examples of countries that have found themselves in civil conflicts due to the lack of peace.

Tanzanians should note that any nation without good governance is similar to a vehicle without fuel which could stop at any time anywhere.

Citizens ought to not be driven by some people who want to eliminate the peace of our country because of their personal or political ideology to be seen that they are the best. The CCM government shall ensure that it strengthens and maintains good governance for our nation to not involve in civil unrests as it is in our neighboring countries.

We should understand that many of the conflicts that occur in the country, the cause are personal ideologies of people who want to disturb the peace of our country so that the Government of CCM seems to have not done anything for the development of its people.

The CCM government says that good governance shall not tolerate such people and will ensure that they are mentioned to the public regularly in order to mend their ways to maintain the peace that we continue having as a country since we got our independence.

Fellow Citizens,

As Tanzanians we must realize that our country is one among the countries that should be proud of the many resources that we have, including national parks, minerals etc. Why not be proud of these resources given to us by Almighty God, and instead we get into nonproductive conflicts in the country?

Women will agree with me that, when chaos breaks out, it is we, the elderly, the disabled and the children who are the greatest victims.
Leaders of the Citizens ought to understand that good governance is not inflammatory issued statements, but it is ensuring that you collaborate with Citizens in decision-making in order to remove unnecessary conflicts.

"I wish I emphasize that the responsibility of creating, maintaining Integrity, Peace, Accountability and Transparency in our country is not an issue concerning the government alone, but also the responsibility of the entire community."

My Fellow Women,

I have been informed that your motto is "WITHOUT EMPOWERMENT A WOMAN CAN MAKE IT". This public is an example sufficient to show that you have decided to cooperate and attain a better life in your families and national development in general. Well done.

The Community recognizes that the cornerstone of our family is a woman. A woman is the mother, the nurse, the one who does hard and difficult works in our households’ welfare.

We all know that the issue of a woman's assigned place in the family and society as a whole, still has been a major problem in many communities. Still women do not participate fully in development processes, their thoughts contributions are not valued, despite the fact that women are half of all the Tanzanian citizens and are the biggest producers in the country's economy.

So it is my hope that the knowledge of good governance will help to overcome the prevailing patriarchal system and understand that women and men are equal and have the right to participate fully in the development of the country.

Fellow Citizens,

In women's economic empowerment, the government under my ministry has established the Women Development Fund (WDF) in collaboration with various councils where loans are given to women in order to get capital for income generating activities.

In addition the Ministry has also established the Tanzania Women Bank (TWB). I call upon the citizens of Iringa region to join Tanzania Women's Bank branches when they are open for business here in the region.

Fellow Citizens,

I am very pleased to see many groups of entrepreneurs here in Iringa, which are given loans by Children Care Development Organization. I would like to remind you that the loans that you were given should be used for activities that were intended. In addition you must pay the loans on time. Remember the cure of a debt is to pay the debt

Women along with our entrepreneurial activities I urge you to not stop taking good care of your families especially children. Look at their school progress; give them the best food for their health and growth.

Fellow Citizens,

Finally I call again reminding women to come and seek various opportunities being planned by the government. We must be part of economic, political and social reforms. Let us change. Opportunities will not come knocking at your door. Go out and follow it. Let us remove the silence.

Moreover I thank you again for inviting me to be the guest of honor at this ceremony. Having said that I declare that the project for raising awareness of Tanzanian women on issues of good governance has been officially launched.

God bless Tanzania

God bless Africa. 

Thank you for your attention

Children Care Development Organization is hereby to announce the winners of essay competition for Secondary Schools of Iringa Region in Tanzania under support from the funded project of “increasing women awareness on good governance in Tanzania” by the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF). The essay competition was as follows; despite the presence of movements for women equality in the world, still women are not actively participating in different leadership activities in Tanzania. The school student competitors were required to explain why women are still behind in participating and contesting in leadership positions even after celebration of 50 years of Tanzania independence, what should be done to promote and increase the number of women who are fully participating in leadership activities in Tanzania? Please see the presented essay of the first winner Ms Shindo Sungura, 19 years, Form V, female, student from Iringa Girls Secondary in front of the Minister of Community Development, Gender and Children honourable Minister Sophia Simba (MP) of the United Republic of Tanzania and each winner was awarded a computer under sponsorship from the African Women Development Fund (AWDF) in Ghana. See her  photo above and her essay below;

In 1979 the organization called “CEDAW” was formed. This organization stated discrimination against women as gender based discrimination which hinders the exercise of human right. And the most notable conference for women – movements toward their right that held in Beijing China in 1995, the conference stimulated women especially in Tanzania to demand for their right from that time there is the presence of movement for women equality in the world.

In fact that since before independence there is no equity between male and female but after independence women are not more discriminated due to different reasons like the above one. But still 2011 (year after celebration of 50 years of Tanzania independence) women most of them are not actively participating in different leadership. And this is because of the following reasons;

Family accountability, as it seemed that women are the one who are responsible for child care than man as it become hardly for them to participate in leadership activities and contesting. For instance child care for teaching good behaviour.

Religious beliefs, this also aware some for women to participate in leadership activity because of worship of a certain religion. For instance it seemed in Quran (102:13-17) that women are not allowed to talk in front of majority especially a place where there is men, when they do so, they will enter at “JEHANAM”. So until nowadays Muslims use Quran and worship on this. By so doing that the women become very difficulty to participate in leadership for fear to going against the written document.

Low level of education, practically it seemed that women are not well educated than male because of beliefs in traditional wares from their relatives. In Tanzania there are few educated women but after 50 years of independence of Tanzania many women are still studying because in order to be a leader of Tanzania even in parliament members you must have degrees, masters and so force. By doing so now days women are studying for aiming of competition. In this case women become difficult on participating and contesting leadership because leadership needs a person who has education.

Lack of well confidence, also practically seemed that women have not confidence means they have not an ability of expressing themselves as it make them to fear that they can’t talk anything in front of majority. For instance in Iringa Girls Secondary School, when Tosamaganga High School came in our school and pointed one among of the girl to talk anything, she was shivering and nothing to talk. In this case women cannot participate in leadership because when you will be a leader, you must talk in front.

Based on hog-wash slogan, also this make aware some for women to participate in leadership because of different slogan, example “WANAWAKE TUKIWEZESHWA TUNAWEZA”, this make women to become laziness, they just wait for to be financed, when they are not financed it means they cannot do anything as well as not participating in leadership because without financed in chances of leadership means they cannot participate and contesting on it.

Financial problems, this also make difficult for a women to participate and contesting on leadership because of the tariffs enter in competition. For instance when you need to compete in members of parliament you must pay amount of money for getting a form. By so doing that there are women who have education but they don’t have money for getting form of engaging. Also this make a women not participating in leadership because even after celebration of 50 years of Tanzanian independence still form of leadership are selling.

Nevertheless those women are not participating and contesting in leadership because of not only the above reason, but also there are many other like traditional beliefs, the women are not homage women, negative attitude and so on.

The following are the ways of promoting and increase the number of women who are fully participating in leadership activity in Tanzania under the concept of increasing women awareness on good governance in Tanzania. And this ways based on women themselves because there are improvements made by government to women awareness even during and after celebration of Tanzania independence but still women are not participating in leadership example education, seats for women in parliament.

Women should participate in political matters, this can some how make a woman to feel openly to participate on leadership. For instance provide 15% of the seats for women in the parliament chances. In this case women should participate in political matters because chances are there.

Government should enroll the women student, the enroll of women students should concerned all levels of education in the lowest level to the highest level. For instance enrolling is for university women students, how about ordinary and advanced level, all of them government should enroll so as to make them very easy to get education and easy to participate and contesting in leadership.

Women should not follow some slogans which are made them become laziness. In Tanzania there are equity between males and females. Males are not financed and still they are well participating and contesting in leadership, why women be financed even that there is equity. In this case women and government should stop this.

Men should homage a women, also encourage the women to participate in leadership because when women seem Anna Makinda (Speaker of Tanzanian Parliament) hot homage with the member of parliament some time discourage a women to participate. So men should homage a woman.