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Magu Health and Environmental Rescue Project

The project purpose is to provide strategic environmental management framework for the prevention of Lake Victoria shores for the communities residing along the lake shores. There is a vast increase in both point and non point sources pollution to Lake Victoria from the surrounding villages respectively. The pollution sources are contributed by the majority of communities who have no latrines completely or who make use of unimproved pit latrines with very shallow depths and poorly located. This has resulted into an increase in the waterborne diseases like typhoid, amoeba, bilharzia, dysentery and diarrhea. Some households have pit latrines but were detected to be poorly located above the water sources and thus polluting the water sources below them. Poor location of the latrines and non- use of the latrines at all are still a very big problem facing the project focus area. Upendo CBO proposes to address the above threats by: supporting and enhancing capacities of communities to conserve and protect Lake Victoria shores, improve community health through increased knowledge and awareness of target communities on environment protection and health issues, facilitate construction of demonstration pit latrines and support for the establishment of multipurpose tree nurseries and forestation/reforestation activities.

Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Upendo Community Based Organization

Country:

Tanzania

Area Of Work:

Multifocal Area

Operational Phase:

OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)

Grant Amount:

US$ 23,841.00

Co-Financing Cash:

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 5,960.25

Project Number:

TAN/NBI-NTEAP/06/10

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

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

Notable Community Participation

Project identification and planning, Mobilization of locally available materials and transportation of materials Establishment of tree nurseries and demonstration woodlots, Construction of fuel efficient energy stoves and public latrines Project Monitoring and Evaluation,

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

Promotion of trees planting, facilitating construction of public latrines and energy efficient stoves and facilitation of community capacity building on environmental education though done at a low scale but they all have a global environment impact.

Project sustainability

Sensitization of community leaders, influential people and the entire communities over the project plans, activities and strategies. Construction of demonstration VIP pit latrines for the community and the households respectively is meant to challenge the community to adopt the technology. Sensitizing communities to mobilize in kind community contributions, mobilization of locally available materials will stimulate their quest for sustaining the fruits realized from the project. The project will set a side a significant amount of funds for community capacity building and training. Provision of training to the beneficiaries ensures project sustainability in most cases more than providing cash and construction which does not consider training on the future uses, The project will use the available external (NGOs and council) technical assistance to make sure the project is a success. The available technical experts from the district will continue to assist the communities in question since this is part of their daily activities.

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

The project benefits include improved community health with a decrease in morbidity rates related to the water borne diseases, restored vegetation cover along the lake shores and surrounding community, increased community knowledge and attitude towards safe disposal of human waste, increased use of low energy consumption cooking stoves, reduced agro-chemicals from agriculture entering Lake Victoria, increased number of people using the latrines. The above benefits indicate how the project ideas have incorporated innovative financial mechanisms.

Gender Focus

The project facilitates construction of public latrines and energy efficient stoves. In additional to that the project facilitates establishment of woodlots which will be used to produce timber and firewood as by products for the households. Availability of fire woods within a short distance will reduce the women walking distance to collect firewood.

Capacity - Building Component

To conduct training to the community leaders and community facilitators on the protection and conservation of the shores, To conduct capacity building training to the TOTs on community health education, To train the community on how to treat water include water boiling, To train women groups on how to take care of the planted trees and on the effects of desertification, To conduct training to community leaders on the effects of farming along the lake banks and excessive trees cutting, To conduct training to selected households to manufacture low fuel wood consumption stoves,

Project Results

Improved income for the AIDS victims from the sale of trees seedlings as they will be running the nurseries,
Increased availability of fuel wood and fodder for the community use,
Improved community health with a decrease in morbidity rates related to the water borne diseases,
Increased use of low energy consumption cooking stoves,
Restored vegetation cover along the lake shores and surrounding community,
Increased community leaders knowledge and attitude towards safe disposal of human waste,
Increased use of low energy consumption cooking stoves,
Reduced silt and agro-chemicals from agriculture entering Lake Victoria,

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