Youth Life Relief Foundation is a community-based organization in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, that became a member of the AfricanCommunities.org network at the beginning of 2006. __________________________________________ Key facts about YLRF: Contact Details Email address for YLRF: youthlife2002@yahoo.co.uk Chair: Hatibu Kunga, 0754 441 191 Treasurer: Baila Kilumba, 0755 948 700 Secretary: Steven Milambo, 0713 280 128 Coordinator: Hadija Sumai, 0755 711 788 __________________________________________ Group activities YLRF has listed the following as its key activities, with the number of children it provided services to in 2007. Food (30 children) School fees and books (3 children) School uniforms (120 children) HIV/AIDS awareness (160 children) Other HIV/AIDS (80 children) __________________________________________ Assessment Each year, members of the network take part in an annual process using Geoff Foster's Community Capacity Assessment Tool. The tool, which consists of a set of multiple-choice questions, aims to produce a quantitative measure of the maturity of community organizations. It's organized into eight categories, and delivers a score to each community organization in each of the categories. YLRF's average scores (between 0 and 3) in 2006 and 2007 were as follows: Governance: 3.0 (2006), 3.0(2007) Finances: 2.8(2006), 3.0 (2007) Human Resources: 2.8 (2006), 2.8 (2007) Admininistration: 2.3 (2006), 3.0 (2007) Service Delivery: 3.0 (2006), 3.0 (2007) Community Ownership: 2.7 (2006), 3.0 (2007) Financial Support: 1.7 (2006), 2.7 (2007) Tech Support: 1.3 (2006), 2.3 (2007) Total: 76 (2006), 92 (2007) CCAT ranking among 28 groups in Dar network: 13 (2006); 2 (2007) Note: A ranking of one means the highest among the cohort. A ranking of 28 means the lowest. If two groups tie in first place, the next group is ranked as 3, and so on. A DIV error indicates that the group's responses were not recorded on the questionnaire. __________________________________________ Budget and other funders YLRF gave us the following budget information in 2007: Total funding from all sources in USD: $75 (2006); $1,578 (2007); $1,820 (2008 forecast) Percentage of total 2007 funding provided by AfricanCommunities.org: 74% Other sources of funding: Urtike Block; 0; 0. Note: a zero means that there were no other sources of funding. __________________________________________ Network participation During 2006, 2007 and part of 2008, YLRF took part in activities of Afconet, an NGO in Dar es Salaam which provided monthly training and exchange visits in which pairs of leaders from one group were funded to make short visits to other groups in the network. Twelve training meetings a year were held, and groups were invited to make at least six exchange visits and receive at least six visits. During 2007, YLRF attended 11 meetings, made 8 exchange visits, and received 9 exchange visits. Combined with the CCAT score, this placed the group's 'ranking' in the network at 1, where 1 indicates the most participative and 28 the least. __________________________________________ Current grant status Youth Life Relief Foundation received a grant in 2006 and 2007. During 2008, issues arose with financial controls in the Afconet NGO in Dar es Salaam, in which one of Youth Life Relief Foundation's leaders served as an officer. Although this did not reflect in any way on Youth Life Relief Foundation's use of funds, which we rated highly, the group was not eligible to apply for a 2009 grant until these issues were resolved.
December 2007 Site visit record
December 2006 Site visit record
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