1e Trimester rapportage van het jaar 2010. Rapport geschreven door de projectverantwoordelijke in Tanzania. Het eerste deel is vertaald. De indicatoren en de reactie daarop is in het engels.
DE NAAM VAN HET PROJECT : HANDENI HET PROGRAMMA VAN DE ONTWIKKELING
DE NAAM VAN DE PARTNER : VRIJE KERK PENTECOSTE VAN TANZANIA-HANDENI
BEGINNENDE DATUM : 2009
DE DUUR VAN HET PROJECT : 5 JAAR
HUIDIG JAAR : 2de JAAR
RAPPORTERINGSPERIODE : EERSTE TRIMESTER (JANUARI - APRIL)
Het doel van het project : Betere levensomstandigheden onder de gemeenschappen van Handeni/Kilindi tegen Dec 2012.
Doel project 2010 ; 5% of the targeted population (9000) increases household income and 20 household improve their shelter by Dec 2010
Result 1 - Access to better shelter improved
Result 1-Indicator 1 - 20 households have occupied improved housing units and 95% show satisfaction with (size, cultural relevance, quality, privacy) by the end of 2010.
Answer - Identification and physical verification of this year’s beneficiaries has been done at Kwabaya, Kibaya and Kwenjugo Magharibi villages. Building sites including sites for brick fabrication have also been identified.
Result 2 - Improve household food security and household income.
Result 2-Indicator 1 - 25% of 200 households engaged in agriculture undertake conservation agriculture leading to conserved land resource and increased yield per acreage (600-1200 Kg) by 2010.
Answer - During the first round, 65 farmers from 5 villages (Kwamasaka, Kwabaya, Kilimilang’ombe, Konje and Malezi) received capacity enhancement on various aspects of conservation agriculture including its basic principles such as zero/minimal tillage, crop rotation and intercropping. Among these, 15 farmers were coached as para-professionals in their respective villages. the training addressed the following topics:
• The importance of having a sound conserved environment
• What is conservation agriculture and its importance to the environment
• Different techniques of conserving the environment while doing agriculture/the practice of conservation agriculture
• the disadvantages of shifting cultivation
The para-professionals were trained and coached on various critical issues as stipulated in the newly inaugurated country strategy for improving agriculture known as Kilimo Kwanza (agriculture first strategy):
• Why having paraprofessionals and basic principle for extension education.
• The importance of engaging in mixed cultivation at Handeni district.
• The recommended agricultural practices for different cash and food crops.
• What are the good practices for crops harvesting, storage and preservation.
The roles of these paraprofessionals are emerging due to the shortages of professionals as follows;
• Work as an assistant to the few available extension officers.
• By owning farms and follow recommended agricultural practises they will act as demonstrations farmers.
• They will offer immediate response to the farmers who need assistance while on their day to day activities.
The monitoring of the trained paraprofessionals is expected to be done by respective village/ward extension workers and village governments
The following are the indicators which will be monitored at the time of farm preparation, planting, weeding and harvesting to ensure that communities are trained and follow the recommended practice;
• Percentage increase in number of farmers who are ploughing the field
• The number of farmers practicing appropriate mixed cultivation/intercropping and agro-forestry
• Percentage increase in yield per acreage
Conservation agriculture is encouraged to farmers especially the poorly resourced ones because it ensures optimum production along side healthy land utilization practices at minimum costs. At this instance, the training has served as a base/reference point for small scale farmers towards improving agricultural production. These practices will potentially increase output per acre, reduce soil erosion and improve soil fertility.
Result 2-Indicator 2 - 25% of 200 households able to increase knowledge in chicken production and increase production under improved conditions (improved housing, feeds and feeding regimes and disease control).
Answer - 50 farmers from Kwamasaka, Kwabaya, Malezi and Kilimilang’ombe villages have been trained by Chanika and Vibaoni wards agricultural and livestocks officers on improving production of indigenous chicken under improved conditions. After the training, participants were required to construct recommended chicken housing and do vaccination before poultry diseases season which start on July. Monitoring indicators will include number of farmers with improved chicken houses, those carrying out regular vaccination and proper feeding practices.
Result 2-Indicator 3 - 3 Support groups (with 20 members each) engaged in different farm and non-farm activities formed and able to linked to different micro-credit schemes and other financial institutions.
Answer - The support groups are yet to be established, expected to be done on the successive semesters.
Result 2-Indicator 3 - 10% of 200 households have improved household income through engaging in cash crops production ( jatropher/ banana)
Answer - Communities in Kwamasaka, Kwabaya, Malezi and Kilimang’ombe villages have been sensitized on the importance of cash and perennial crop farming such as bananas, jatropher, sim sim, cassava, ground nuts and sunflower. As a result 30 farmers have started to cultivate cassava, sunflower and banana and other 20 are willing to engage in the same over the coming season. Successful engagement in cash crop production will most likely boost household incomes by providing a room for diversified source of income as opposed to the current situation where households have depended mainly on maize production both for food and cash.
Result 3 - Sanitation and basic hygiene improved
Result 3-Indicator 1 - 20 households are able to access clean and decent latrines by Dec 2010.
Answer - Identification of beneficiaries and mobilization of construction resources have been carried out. Much of the construction activities will be reported in trimester two.
Result 3-Indicator 2 - 25% of 200 household are able to utilize improved basic hygiene (cleaning water storage containers, clearing bushes, maintaining clean houses and compounds, improve personal hygiene, washing hand with soap after using toilets, using racks to dry utensils, and use rubbish pits) by Dec 2010.
Answer - Progress will be monitored in the progressive trimesters
Result 4 - Increased awareness on HIV prevention and control.
Result 4-Indicator 1 - 40% of 200 households are utilizing one method of ABCD to prevent HIV infections by the end of 2010.
Answer - 21 Community Health Workers have been trained on HIV/AIDS prevention and education while training of primary and secondary pupils on the same is on progress. The following topics have been covered:
• Perspectives on HIV/ AIDS and means/ways of transmission
• Different methods for preventing the spread of HIV
• The social practices which contribute to the spread of HIV
• The relation between tuberculosis/TB and HIV
The expected outcome are;
• Community will receive more HIV and TB education on their day to day activities.
• More people will be able to talk about HIV/AIDS openly
• More people will test for HIV voluntarily
• Decreased stigmatization for those infected with HIV
Community Health Workers are community volunteers who formally recognized by the local government authorities. Their activities are monitored by the village governments in collaboration with the home based care section of the district’s health department. The CHWs core responsibilities include:
• sensitization of the communities against all factors which can enhance the spread of HIV and stigmatization
Bring the community at large to the point of testing HIV to know their status, and for those infected what are they supposed to do in order to extend their lifespan.
Q - Did any deviation(s) occur or were any problems encountered? Which? What was done to solve them?
A - The construction of houses was supposed to start during the first trimester but late transfer of fund for the implementation of this year activities / and weather condition causes delay of the process.
Weather condition:
Delay with respect to starting construction activities has been greatly contributed by changing weather condition. This is because the preparation of hydra foam bricks need dry soil and not wet soils. The normal mid March to late May rains started early in January till now such that it has not been possible to make the hydra foam bricks (as they require dry soils as opposed to the present wet soils). The unpredictability of rain this year/early commencement disoriented farmers and thus failed to prepare their fields under ordinary circumstances.
Q - Describe developments/realisation of the external factors important to the project/program. (risks & assumptions)
A - The unstable local currency reflected by high inflation rate imposes reasonable challenge to the project budget.
Q - Please explain deviations in the budget over the past four months.
A - No deviation.
Q - How did beneficiaries participate in the project/program over the past four months?
A - Beneficiaries participated directly in a number of activities such as attending the preparation of hydra foam training and sites preparation. The project management committee who are the representatives of the community (beneficiaries) involved village governments in identification of beneficiaries and verification / give evidence on site ownership as a necessary step before starting actual construction.
Q - What new insights have you had concerning the project/program?
A - The project has gained broader recognition after the successful first year of implementation. More villages are increasingly asking when the project will reach their areas.
The district council has promised to offer the diesel powered hydra foam machine when the project needs it as part of its contribution toward improving housing status and environment conservation campaign in the district. The machine is expected to simplify and speed up of the bricks making exercise.
