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Schools? Environment Improvement through NTEAP Project, in Misungwi District, Mwanza Region

The project purpose is to strengthen the capacities of two primary schools along the lake to overcome environmental threats with negative impacts to Lake Victoria through addressing effects of deforestation and use of industrial agro-chemicals. The project will operate in two schools of Kigongo and Bulemeji in Misungwi district. The project will enhance environmental education and community health education to the two schools, support schools to establish tree woodlots at their respective compounds to minimize soil erosion and act as wind breakers during windy period and will promote organic farming activities in schools to minimize the non point source pollution entering the lake from the excessive use of industrial agro-chemicals. The above schools and the neighbouring villages are threatened by non point sources pollution resulting from the agricultural activities done by both the schools and the community members along the lake; there is excessive trees cutting in search of fuel and extra income from sale of charcoal or firewood, this has affected even school woodlots and school reserved areas.

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Green Hope Youth Organization

Country:

Tanzania

Area Of Work:

Land Degradation

Operational Phase:

Phase 3

Grant Amount:

US$ 24,242.00

Co-Financing Cash:

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 7,735.87

Project Number:

TAN/NBI-NTEAP/06/03

Start Date:

7/2006

End Date:

12/2008

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

All community members are participating in the project

Notable Community Participation

Community identification and planning, Mobilization of locally available materials and transportation of materials Establishment of tree nurseries and demonstration woodlots, Establishment of organic farms, Project Monitoring and Evaluation

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

Emphasis on multipurpose trees production and establishment of organic farms will earn project beneficiaries the necessary income which will be used to improve the community livelihood,

Capacity - Building Component

Project management, book keeping and report writing skills, Trees and tree nursery management, Organic farming techniques Community health education

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

Promotion of trees planting, organic farming and community capacity building on community health education though done at a low scale but they all have a global environment impact,

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

The project benefits include improved schools compounds, reduced non point sources pollution to the lake resulting from use of industrial agro-chemicals; increased vegetation cover in schools and community around the schools, increased school income resulting from the sale of organic vegetables and increased organic faming and tree nursery management knowledge to the school pupils and community. The above benefits indicate how the project ideas have incorporated innovative financial mechanisms.

Gender Focus

The project facilitate establishment of demonstration woodlots. The woodlots will be used to produce firewood for the households. Availability of fire woods within a short distance will reduce the women walking distance to collect firewood

Project sustainability

The project will create community awareness towards the activities conducted by the project through exhibition and demonstrations which will create a community interest towards the project activities, Through school pupils the project will sensitize communities to establish woodlots which will ensure project sustainability because the community will be harvesting timber and charcoal from their woodlots and not from the schools, The project will produce more tree seedlings than its requirement for selling purposes. Sale of tree seedlings to the community at a subsidized price will also ensure sustainability because the realized income from the sale of tree seedlings will be used to acquire other immediate school or project requirements, Some members of the school committees are village government councils and ward development committee?s members. The project will use those members to facilitate formulation of community woodlots conservation by laws which will serve the woodlots from fire and human and animals encroachment,

Project Results

Improved schools compounds and environment;
Reduced non point sources pollution to the lake resulting from use of industrial agro-chemicals;
Increased vegetation cover in schools and community around the schools,
Increased school income resulting from the sale of organic vegetables and
Increased organic faming knowledge to the school pupils and community.

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Biophysical

Number of innovations or new technologies developed / applied 1

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