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Funding of groups

Violet Yimbo sent these photos from Tupendane, Tukolene, SOCAC, etc:

New report on how to care for most vulnerable children

Ulrike Block writes:

"Between February and July 2007 I talked to more than 70 stakeholders and I visited numerous projects that aim to support orphans. During the field study in Tanzania I realised that the necessary answers to the orphan crisis are already in the country - there is no need to import solutions, but there is a need to share knowledge and skills of organisations. Often I was asked how other projects deal with certain problems, which methods they use and how they finance their programmes.

"As a result I decided to write a “Best Practice Guide for comprehensive Orphan Care”, which I made available to all projects I visited in Tanzania. The aim of this handbook is to present the outcome of my research and to describe different examples of effective methods to care for orphans. The report on each program is a short description to give an idea about different possibilities. Links and addresses of visited organisations should facilitate an exchange and provide additional information. These should enable organisations to implement the programmes according to the individual problems and resources in their community."

Warning: this file is 1.6 megabytes; in Tanzania it may take up to 10 minutes to download.

Download brizay_best_practice_guide_ovc.pdf

A shorter version, which should download in half the time, but without pictures: Download brizay_best_practice_guide_ovc_without_pictures.doc

Good Samaritan work camp plan

Ndugu wanmtandao,

 

Poleni na kazi za kusaidia watoto.

 

Mwaka huu GSC imeandaa makambi kazi katika mwaka 2008 yatakayo fanyika maeneo mbalimbali inchini Tanzania kwa ajili ya kuhudumia jamii kwa njia ya kujitolea.

Tunawakaribisha katika mojawapo ya kambi kazi ili nawewe ujekujifunza jinsi zinvyofanyika.

 

Karibuni sana,

  Richard.

GOOD SAMARITAN CENTRE

WORKCAMP TIME TABLE FOR 2008

 

1:

Tanzania

: Good Samaritan Centre-Tanzania

Begin: Jan, 27th, 2008- End: February, 16, 2008

Topic: AGRICULTURE

Camp code: TZ-GSC/01/08

MBONDOLE AGRICUTURE GROUP

Mbondole Agriculture Group is a youth based organization initiated by 12 youth members after completing their 2 years training in the National service. The group formed with the aim of implementing agriculture activities, animal keeping and carpentry to help its members to be self reliant. The project takes place in the countryside at Mbondole village south of

Dar es   salaam

about 35km from the city center.

Work: Volunteers will join with members in various activities like building chicken housing, cultivating and weeding in their plantations

Study:”Agriculture is a backbone in

Tanzania

”

Accommodation: Mbodole hostel houses

Terminal/Region: Dar es salaam at GSC office.

Number of Volunteers: 20

2:

Tanzania

: Good Samaritan Centre-Tanzania

Begin: March, 9^th, 2008-End: March, 21^s, 2008

Topic: Others

Camp code: TZ-GSC/02/08

GOOD SAMARITAN CENTRE GSC

GSC is non-governmental organization which creates programs which provide basic needs to marginalized groups such as orphans and vulnerable children, Youths, Elderly and Widows. On 2007 bought a piece of land in Hoyoyo village in Coast region for building Orphanage centre. The project is located South West of Dar es salaam about 55km from

Dar es salaam

City

center

Work: Volunteers will do cleaning the bushes and plant tree like shadow plants, Fruit plants, and also volunteers will do environmental education at Hoyoyo primary school and constructing road.

Study: HIV/AIDS is one of the case resulted children orphans.

Accommodation: Classrooms or Tents.

Terminal/Region: Dar es salaam at GSC office. The Hoyoyo village is about 55kms from the city centre be prepared to use lamps,

Number of Volunteers: 20

3:

Tanzania

: Good Samaritan Centre-Tanzania

Begin: 4^th, May, 2008- End: 24^th, May, 2008

Topic: HIV/AIDS.

Camp code: TZ-GSC/03/08

PEMBA-ZANZIBAR

The

Island

of

Pemba

is 48km northeast of Unguja and 56km off the Tanzanian mainland. In order to make business more profitable, some fishermen leave their homes, camping and fishing for prolonged periods. Sometimes take for more than three months, leaving their families and children at their homes. It is common for fishermen to involve themselves in casual and unprotected sexual affairs with women around the villages in which they camp. So the possibility of these women indulging in casual sex and thus predisposing them to STD/HIV infections.

Work: To encourage fishers to take voluntary HIV/AIDS counseling and testing.

Study:

Accommodation: Sleeping in Classrooms or residential house.

Terminal/Region: Mkoani Pemba

Number of Volunteers: 10

 

 

 

 

4:

Tanzania

: Good Samaritan Centre-Tanzania

Begin: June, 8^th, 2008- End: June, 21^st, 2008

Topic: HIV/AIDS.

Camp code: TZ-GSC/04/08

UNGUJA-ZANZIBAR

Unguja’s sister

Island

of

Pemba

48km to the north. Some fishermen leave their homes, camping and fishing for prolonged periods. It took them away for more than three months, and involves themselves in casual and unprotected sexual affairs with women around the villages in which they camp. So made possibility of these fishermen indulging in casual sex and thus predisposing them to STD/HIV infections.

Work: To encourage fishers to take voluntary HIV/AIDS counseling and testing.

Study:

Accommodation: Sleeping in Classrooms or residential house.

Terminal/Region: At Forodhani grounds

Number of Volunteers: 10

5:

Tanzania

: Good Samaritan Centre-Tanzania

Begin: 15^th, June, 2008-End: 5^th, July, 2008

Topic: Environment

Camp code: TZ-GSC/05/08

ILALA-DAR ES SALAAM

In

Tanzania

, there is a campaign going on of building more Government secondary school and primaries namely as “Ward school”. Many of schools left unplanted trees.

Work: Volunteers will do tree planting to those new built schools and other places where Ilala Municipal council will want us to plant trees and visit other NGOs dealing with Environment issues.

Study: The city of Dar es Salaam have been polluted by plastic Cabbages, So volunteers will utilize their time to discuss in a group on environment pollution and see what other country do about it.

Accommodation: Sleeping in Classrooms or residential house.

Terminal/Region: Dar es salaam at GSC office.

Number of Volunteers: 10

6:

Tanzania

: Good Samaritan Centre-Tanzania

Begin: 13^th, July, 2008-End: 2^nd, August, 2008

Topic: Social Protection

Camp code: TZ-GSC/07/08

MERERANI-ARUSHA

Work: In collaboration with the

Tanzania

mineworker Development Association (TMWDA), we will promote awareness to Mineworkers on child labour and its worst forms issues.

Study: Cases of Child labour have been reported in many regions in

Tanzania

especially in Iringa, Arusha, Dodoma etc, therefore, Volunteers will share those challenges on child labour and its worst forms. We encourage you to come with your country information on child labour issues.

Accommodation: Sleeping in a residential house.

Terminal/Region:Tengeru(Wamata office.

Number of Volunteers: 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7:

Tanzania

: Good Samaritan Centre-Tanzania

Begin: 3rd, August, 2008-End: 23^rd, August, 2008

Topic: Environmental

Camp code: TZ-GSC/08/08

KILIMANJARO-MOSHI

The objective of this project is to promote communities development activities, to promote communities voluntarism awareness, fighting HIV/AIDS and environmental conservation through partnership activities

Work: volunteers will be involved in environmental activities like nature reserve, planting trees and discuss about HIV/AIDS as mortal threats to human resources

Study tour: Volunteer will access to visit the Kibo and Mawenzi pick.

Accommodation: At a community residential house.

Number of Volunteers: 15

 

 

 

8:

Tanzania

: Good Samaritan Centre-Tanzania

Begin: 7^th, September, 2008-End: 27^th, September, 2008

Topic: ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Camp code: TZ-GSC/09/08

KISARAWE-COST REGION

Kisarawe is a rural area situated to the southwest of

Dar es Salaam

. It has a population of roughly 100.000 people spread around the forest area. Poverty levels are high and education levels are low in this area. Illiteracy is common. The majority of the population lives of the forest, which is increasingly disappearing due to unsustainable exploitation. various NGO`S operate in this area in an attempt to combat HIV, poverty and overexploitation of the forest which in the near future could render conditions there critical.

Work: HIV/AIDS and Environmental campaign in rural area and primary schools.

Extra information: The camp fee is 210$ and 400$ for two camps. Transport cost from the meeting point to the orientation area is us$2, no extra cost to go to the host community.

Accommodation: vijana hostel.

Number of Volunteers: 10

9:

Tanzania

: Good Samaritan Centre-Tanzania

Begin: 14^th, September, 2008-End: 4^th, October, 2008

Topic: Environment

Camp code: TZ-GSC/06/08

TEMEKE-DAR ES SALAAM

In

Tanzania

, there is a campaign going on of building more Government secondary school and primaries namely as “Ward school”. Many of schools left unplanted trees.

Work: Volunteers will do tree planting to those new built schools and other place where Temeke Municipal council will want us to plant trees and visit other NGOs dealing with Environment issues.

Study:

Accommodation: Sleeping in Classrooms or residential house.

Terminal/Region: Dar es salaam at GSC office.

Number of Volunteers: 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10: Tanzania: Good Samaritan Centre-Tanzania

Begin: 12^th, October, 2008-End: 1^st, November, 2008

Topic: Environment

Camp code: TZ-GSC/07/08

KINONDONI-DAR ES SALAAM

In

Tanzania

, there is a campaign going on of building more Government secondary school and primaries namely as “Ward school”. Many of schools left unplanted trees.

Work: Volunteers will do tree planting to those new built schools and other place where Kinodoni Municipal council will want us to plant trees and visit other NGOs dealing with Environment issues.

Study:

Accommodation: Sleeping in Classrooms or residential house.

Terminal/Region: Dar es salaam at GSC office.

Number of Volunteers: 10

 

 

Taarifa ya shughuli za Mtandao kwa Octoba, 2007

Wapendwa wanamtandao,

 

Natumaini kuwa ninyi pamoja na watoto mnaowasaidia hamujambo.

 

Ziara za kwenye vikundi,

Mwaka uliopita ruzuku ya 2007 ilicheleweshwa na kwa hali hiyo watoto hawakuweza kuanza shule mwezi Januari kwa sababu fedha zilikuwa hazijafika.

Ili

kutochelewa tena, mwaka huu tungependa kuanza mchakato wa kuandaa ruzuku ya 2008 mapema iwezekanavyo.

 

Katika kutekeleza

hilo

tumekubaliana na Donatian kwamba atafanya ziara kwa kila kikundi kwa mwezi Novemba (na takribani vikundi vinne kati ya vilivyo imara zaidi kufanyiwa ziara mwezi Desemba). Natumaini hili litawasaidia kupata vitu vinavyohitajika tayari ili ruzuku zenu ziweze kugawanywa kwa hundi kwenye mkutano mwishoni mwa Mwezi Desemba.

Hii ina maana kwamba kwenye mkutano wa mwezi Octoba mkubaliane muda na tarehe ya kutembelewa na Donatian. Tafadhali muelewe kwamba ili aweze kutumia muda wake vizuri, Donatian atatembelea vikundi ambavyo viko karibu karibu kwa siku ile ile, hivyo atawatajia tarehe ya kuja kuwatembelea nanyi mjitahidi kadri muwezavyo ili kuhakikisha kuwa viongozi wote wa kikundi wanakuwepo siku hiyo. Donatian atajitahidi kuendana na muda wa kutembelea – kwa kawaida atatembelea vikundi vitatu kwa siku.

Donatian atawaelezea vizuri kwenye mkutano ujao wa mtandao ni maandalizi gani mtahitaji kufanya kwa ajili ya ziara yake.

Nategemea kuja

Dar es Salaam

mapema mwezi Desemba na kutembelea vikundi vyote vile ambavyo sikutembelea mwaka 2006.

Kama

utapenda kukutana na kuongea nami juu ya kuendesha mtandao wetu kwa ujumla na siyo kikundi chako tu, tafadhali mwambie Donatian na umweleze mada utakayopenda kuongelea naye atanitumia taarifa hiyo ili niweze kujipanga kwa ajili hiyo.

Mipango ya baadae ya Mtandao

Kama

mnavyojua, ruzuku yetu kwa mtandao wenu inadumu kwa kipindi cha miaka minne. Mwaka 2007 ni mwaka wa pili na hivyo mwishoni mwa mwaka huu itakuwa nusu ya safari yetu kushughulika na vikundi vyenu. Ni muda mwafaka sasa wa kuanza kufikiri jinsi ya kuufanya mtandao uwe imara zaidi ili kustahimili wenyewe baada ya shirika letu kusitisha ruzuku yake kwa miaka miwili ijayo. Tafadhali jadilini hili na wanachama wa vikundi vyenu na pia muzingatie hilo wakati mkiendelea kuhudhuria mikutano ijayo. Natumaini kwamba nitakapokuja mwezi Desemba tutaweza kuliona hilo zaidi.

 

Uchaguzi:

Mwezi Desemba utakuwa ni wakati wa kufanya uchaguzi wa viongozi wa mtandao. Tunadhani kwamba mtandao wetu utakuwa imara zaidi kama utashirikisha vipaji vya watu wengine zaidi. Ili hili liweze kutokea, tunahitaji watu wapya ambao hawajawahi kushika nyadhifa za uongozi ili waweze kutuhudumia kama viongozi wa mtandao kwa mwaka 2008. Kumbukeni kwamba hutahitaji kuwa na uwezo mzuri wa Kingereza au ujuzi maalumu au elimu ya juu ili kuwa kiongozi – isipokuwa kitu muhimu ni nia ya kufanya kazi kwa bidii na kuwa tayari kusikiliza maoni ya wanamtandao na kutawala mtandao vizuri ili uwe wa manufaa kwa wanamtandao wote. Tafadhali fikirini kwa makini namna ya kuwa kiongozi.

Mengineyo

Hatujapokea bado taarifa kutoka kwa viongozi juu ya shughuli zao katika mtandao wetu kwa mwezi huu, kwa hiyo basi tutatawanya taarifa za kawaida za kila mwezi za shughuli za viongozi wa mtandao kwa njia ya barua pepe (email) kwa wanamtandao wote. Kama huna uwezo wa kutumia barua pepe na ungependa nakala ya taarifa hizo basi mwambie Donatian naye ataorodhesha vikundi vitakavyohitaji ili kuandaa nakala za kutosha na atawaletea kwenye vikundi vyenu wakati wa ziara yake.

 

Nikiwatakieni matashi mema kwenu na kwa familia zenu,

Tim

 

Imeandaliwa na Tim Jackson,

Imetafsiriwa na Donatian Marusu

 

26^th October 2007.

Officer expenses for September and October 2007

Here are offier expense claims for September and October.
Download donatians_expenses_for_septoct2007.xls

Yaliyomo presentation

Kiswahili -- Here is the Yaliyomo presentation.
Download YALIYOMO.rtf

It is also available as a much bigger PowerPoint file. Note: this will take a long time to download if you are in Tanzania. It contains the same words as the file above, and no extra images.
Download YALIYOMO.ppt

Network meeting 27 October 2007

Two records - first Pascal Maziku, secretary; then Donatian Marusu, coordinator.

MINUTES OF AFCONET MEETING

Venue: Maktaba Hall
Date: 27th/10/2007

 

INTRODUCTION:

This report expresses the meeting which was conducted at Maktaba Hall(National Library hall) on 27th October, 2007.

Agenda of the Meeting:

* Opening of the meeting

* Reading of the minutes of the previous meeting held on 29th September 2007

* Session: TOOL ON ORGANIZATION SELF ASSESMENT FOR AFCONET AND MEMBER ORGANIZATION.

* Report on Exchange visits

* Different reports from Foundation-London

* AOB

* Closing of the meeting

 

1.0: Opening of the meeting:

The meeting was officially opened at 9.30 am by the Acting chairperson Mr. Steven Milambo.

 

2.0: Reading of minutes of the previous meeting held on 29th September 2007:

Following the introductory speech, the Secretary read minutes of the previous meeting of 27th September, 2007.

 

3.0 Matters Arising

* Child Beach Program preparation on process and finalizing budgeting and beach survey by the preparatory committee.

* The process of Opening the Network Account was reported to be well conducted .

 

4.0: Session 1. TOOL ON ORGANIZATION SELF ASSESMENT FOR AFCONET AND MEMBER ORGANIZATION (Prepared by NGO Resource Centre and TANGO)

The session was facilitated by the Network Coordinator Mr. Donatian Marusu and the following topics were covered: Assessment tool on leadership which has got 11 subsessions (The foundation of the CSO, Membership/Constituency,Governing Organ, Crosscutting issues, Sustainability). The tool is alike Tim Jacksons Organization Assessment tool hence it was some how easy for participants to follow. Toipc 2 was on Management and subtopics covered were: Organization structure, Org. Policies and procedures, management’s capabilities) The third topic 3. was on program planning and management – Strategic Planning this had the following subtopics: Strategic Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation and Documentation of Lessons). Topic 4 was on The Human Resource, this covered the following subtopics: Human Respource, Volunteers, Human Resource Development and Human Resource Management. Topic 5 was on Financial Management, the subtopics covered were on Sources of Income, Budgeting, Accounting, and Financial Reporting.

Topic 6 was on Infrastructure which included the following subtopics: Equipement and materials, Stock Control and Procurement. Topic 7 was on External Relations and covered the following subtopics: Society, Government, Donnors and Media. Topic 8 which was the last topic was on Building Coalitions, the subtopics covered were participation in Network activities and lobbying and advocacy.

It was beneficial to Network members because this topics after were clear to members, the facilitator requested that members should use the tool on the very day to Assess the Network, i.e using the Assessment Tool to Assess AFCONET. All members were given opportunity to do so in order that opinions will be collected from their free assessment of the Network and the Acting Chairperson assured participants that a compiled report about the assessment will be displayed in our website.

 

4.0: Exchange visits reports:

Seven Exchange Visit report forms were submitted even though the Exchange visit

Uzima visited Chimaba and leant how to empower out of school youth,

Sageta visited Redhouse and TWAFAHA, they learnt that despite the smaller office of TWAFAHA, they do a lot in serving the community. At Red house they also learnt that children can be empowered on various skills like leadership for them to stand on their own.

Vumwe no exchange visit this month.

CHAKUPAU no exchange visit this month

TUKOLENE no exchange visit this month

WOYONA visited CHAKUPAU,

TAWOSU no exchange visit this month

CHIYOWONET no exchange visit this month

TWAFAHA no exchange visit this month

RED HOUSE visited SIYOPE (leant about OVC Psychosocial care and support)

YLRF no exchange visit this month

WOLISU no exchange visit this month

IYANA no exchange visit this month

YOPAC no exchange visit this month

GOOD SAMARITAN no exchange visit done this month

SOCAC no exchange visit this month

MSWS visited CWCA and leant how to empower widows on legal rights. They also visited NICE where they leant on how to organize school programs on self reliance

POFIDESO no exchange visits done this month because they visited already 6 groups.

NB. The exchange visit spreadsheet has reached an end of its programming hence three exchange visit forms which have been submitted today couldn’t be recorded. The details of the forms are listed below:

* Exchange Visit No. 292 of 25/10/2007 WOYONA visited CHAKUPAU for 3 hours and Joyce Masami and Hadija Emidi from WOYONA did the visit

* Exchange Visit No.293 of 24/10/2007 MSWS visited CWCA for 3 hours and Samweli Kigeso and David Mussa from MSWS did the visit

* Exchange visit No.294 of 23/10.2007 MSWS visited NICE for 3:15. The following did the exchange visit Samweli Kigeso and David Mussa.

 

6.0: AOB

Feedback about Openning a New Bank Account to Baclays Bank was given by Jovita Makoko that at the Bank

an introductory letter from the WEO where the office is and a seal by an Advocate (In this case CWCA) will . It was suggested that the signatories should fill in the form from the WEO or CHIYOWONET to take charge to ensure that we get the letter. All other documents were reported to be ready submitted.

Meeting report about Beach Children program. It was reported that a total of Tshs 1,200,000 was estimated to be the budget of the beach program. Even tough the seal allocated fund for the beach program was reported to be Tshs.600,000.

The suggested Beach was mentioned to be COCO Beach, even though other beaches were suggested including MSASANI Beach and or MIKADI Beach at Kigamboni to avoid the highlighted risk of going to COCO Beach written as a concern below.

 

The committee suggested that every group can be given Tshs.20,000 for transport so that the 5 representative children from the member partners will be picked straight to the beach. The suggestion was put forward for further discussion and final decisions will be put in the next meeting.

In order to make the program lively, it was suggested to make the program child friendly program with for instance educational games and competitions.

 

Report from Tim Jackson.

Report from Tim Jackson was read and clarification was given by the coordinator Mr. Donatian Marusu.

As regards to the visits by Donatian to the different groups, Donatian promised to make a simple timetable which will be implement able and convenient group members too.

A list of groups to be visited and a draft Timetable was suggested as follows:

 

DRAFT TIME TABLE FOR THE COORDINATOR VISIT TO GROUPS - 2007

Date

TIME

Group

Kinondoni Route

4/11/2007

9:30am – 11:30am

IYANA

10:30am – 12:30

TAWOSU

1:00pm – 3:00pm

CHIMABA

3:30PM – 6:00pm

TUPENDANE

10/11/2007

9:30am – 11:30am

TWAFAHA

Ubungo Route

3:00pm – 5:00pm

RED HOUSE

6:00pm – 8:00pm

GOOD SAMARITAN

10/11/2007

9:00pm – 11:00am

MOMS IN TOUCH

Kariakoo Route

3:00pm – 5:00pm

YOPAC

6:00pm – 8:00pm

CHIYOWONET

11/11/2007

8:00am – 10:00am

CHAKUPAU

Temeke Route

10:30am -12:30pm

TUKOLENE

1:00pm – 3:00pm

SAGETA

3:30pm – 6:00pm

POVERTY FOGHTERS

17/11/2007

8:30pm – 10:30am

POFIDESO

Kawe Route

11:00am – 1:00pm

MSWS

2:00pm – 4:00pm

NICE

5:00pm – 7:30pm

WOYONA

18/11/2007

8:30am – 10:30

YLRF

Magomeni Route

11:30am – 1:30pm

VUMWE

3:00pm – 5:00pm

WOLISU

5:30pm – 6:00pm

PREVENTIVE

24/11/2007

8:00am – 10:00am

SIYOPE

10:30am – 12:30pm

CISO

3:00pm – 5:00pm

SOCAC

25/11/2007

9:30am – 11:30am

UPENDO GROUP

Mkuranga Route

2:30pm – 4:00pm

UZIMA CENTRE

As regards to those who would like to have special appointment with Mr. Tim Jackson in December 2007, the following requested to be listed;

* CHKUPAU, VUMWE, TUPENDANE, MSWS, POFIDESO and YLRF

 

FUTURE PLANS OF THE NETWORK

* It was suggested that we need to make as a special agenda in the next meeting to discuss more about the Network Sustainability. This followed a report that in two years to come it might be phasing out of the funding from London.

* Selfishness was warned to be the major threat of the Network.

CONCERN:

One participant raised the issue of security at the COCO Beach because it is the Beach where local people who cant afford going to the other expensive beach hence there is a risk to the children if they will be mixed with other children and peopleat the peach. It was a concern that we might fail to control the children.

Challenges:

* Children are scartered

* A common transport

* Risk of taking children to the Beach

* Security wise

7.0: The end:

The meeting was closed at 3:00 pm by the Chairperson.

The next meeting will be on 24th November, 2007.

 

Prepared by

 

Pascal J.Maziku

AFCONET

Secretary

 

REPORT OF THE 1OTH AFCONET MEETING

AT NATINAL LIBRARY CENTER

27TH OCTBER 2007

The meeting started around 9:30 a.m. preceded by registration and warm up tea. The meeting was chaired by deputy chairman, Steven Milambo

 

Attendance: by the start of the meeting there were 20 members but by the end the number increased to 27 of which 22 were the groups' representatives.

 

Debriefing of the past meeting:

The minutes of the past meeting were read by the secretary, Pascal Maziku and the concerns raised were clarified.

 

Exchange Visits:

1. Tupendane: represented by Rose Swai, did not visit any group in this month

2. Uzima: represented by V. Oganda, Visited Chimaba Sanaa Group and learned how they help youth for self-reliant initiatives

3. Sageta, represented by Jacob, Visited two groups: i) Twafaha and learned how they run a project on embroidery ii) Red house, and learned how they help to educate young children of different ages with an approach of child-to–child learning

4. Vumwe, represented by Mwanahamisi kivule, did not visit any group in this month

5. Chakupau, represented by Tunu Mponda and Jumanne Ngayama, did not visit any group in this month

6. Tukolene, represented by Peter Simon, did not visit any group in this month

7. Woyona, represented by Joyce Masami, visited Chakupau and learned how they help to care orphans by providing them with school materials

8. Tawosu, represented by Hadija Hemed, did not visit any group in this month

9. Moms in Touch, represented by Grace Nuru, did not visit any group in this month

10. Chiyowonet, represented by Emmy Kakwaya, did not visit any group in this month

11. Twafaha, represented by Halima Ibrahim, did not visit any group in this month

12. Red house, represented by Theobald Mtema, visited Siyope and learned how they assist children through counselling, also how they initiated project of renting a meeting hall.

13. YLRF, represented by Happiness Charles, did not visit any group in this month

14. Wolisu, represented by Ismail mahamudu, did not visit any group in this month

15. Iyana, represented by Simon King’ung’e, did not visit any group in this month

16. Yopac, represented by Stella Miti, did not visit any group in this month

17. Good Samaritan, represented by Winston, did not visit any group in this month

18. Socac, represented by Tabu Saadan, did not visit any group in this month

19. MSWS, represented by David Musa, visited two groups: i). CWCA and learned how they help widows and OVC on legal issues for free. ii) NICE and learned how they prepare seminars to equip children and youth with self employment strategies and also how to write good funding proposals

20. Pofideso, represented by Shaban Madega, did not visit any group in this month

21. Chimaba, represented by Azaria Mjengwa, did not visit any group in this month

22. NICE, represented by Chrispine Mwansanga, did not visit any group in this month.

 

Response to Network Operation report for October, 2007

 

* Site visits: during the meeting the members agreed that the visit be carried on week ends as suggested by Donatian and any possible convenient time. The following time was set and may be followed:

 

N0

Date

Route

Time/Group

Time/Group

Time/Group

Time/Group

1

3/11/2007

Kinondoni

8:00-10:00

Iyana

10:30-12:30

Tawosu

1:00-3:00

Chimaba

4:00-6:00

Tupendane

2

4/11/2007

Ubungo

9:30-11:30

Twafaha

3:00-5:00

Redhouse

6:00-8:00

Good Samaritan

3

10/11/2007

Ilala

9:00-11:00

Moms in Touch

12:00-2:00

CWCA

3:00-5:00

Yopac

6:00-8:00

Chiyowonet

4

11/11/2007

Temeke/Tandika

8:00-10:00

Chakupau

10:30-12:30

Tukolene

1:00-3:00

Sageta

4:00-6:00

Poverty FG

5

17/11/2007

Kawe

8:30-10:30

Pofideso

11:00-1:00

MSWS

2:00-4:00

NICE

5:30-7:30

Woyona

6

18/11/2007

Magomeni

8:00-10:00

YLRF

12:00-2:00

Vumwe

3:00-11:00

Wolisu

6:00-8:00

Preventive HCF

7

24/11/2007

Sinza/Bagamoyo

8:00-10:00

Siyope

10:30-12:30

CISO

3:00-5:00

SOCAC

8

25/11/2007

Kiwalani/Mukuranga

9:30-11:30

Upendo G.

2:30-4:30

Uzima C.

 

NB: emergencies can be accommodated if the group gives prior information. E.g. Iyana requested my Visit to be on 7th Nov. 2007 at 5:30 p.m. instead of 3/11/2007. I can arrange with them clearly and plan to visit them at the named time.

I hope to send this time table to the members for their reference after you approve it.

 

* Groups that would like to have meeting with Tim during his visit to Tanzania on December

1. Chakupau:

2. Vumwe:

3. Tupendane:

4. MSWS:

5. Pofideso: Subject: on the future of our Network

6. YLRF – subject: on Fund raising and Network sustainability

 

NB: other groups requested to deliver their subject after they consult other members in their group, hence I will send you ASAP when I get them.

 

 

* Opening Account at Barclays Bank, report from the treasurer says, most of the wanted documents have been presented to the bank and she expects to complete the process by next week.

Others:

* Children picnic: the committee is working on it and is expected to be done on November.

* We need to document picture events while writing monthly meeting reports or any network event

* Need to change caterer due to delay of lunch, services and menu incomplete e.g. in this meeting lunch was served at 3:45 p.m.

* Network constitution: every group needs to have a copy of original Constitution and a certificate of registration for ease reference

* The treasurer performed well her duty of paying the exchange visit costs

 

Comments:

The members were requested this time to be more cooperative during the site visits to make the exercise more successful

 

End:

The meeting ended around 4:45 p.m.

 

Prepared by:

Donatian Marusu

Coordinator

30/10/2007

Joan B. Kroc fraud follow-up

It turns out that the grant email we thought looked suspicious was definitely a fraud. We have just received the following email from the Executive Director of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice:

Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness in contacting Scott Appleby and me.  I believe Scott is traveling, so I'm not sure if he will checking his email.

You are so correct that this is a scam, but I am very impressed with what you have found out about it.  There is no Joan Kroc Foundation -- when she died in October 2003,

she gave all of her money away.  The scam is a good one as most of the information is correct -- they clearly did a good google search on Mrs. Kroc!   I appreciate

your suggestion to put a notice on our website and we will do so this coming week -- I thought the letters had stopped (we had a flurry of letters several years ago, and then again in

August - September, but nothing for the past month until your email),  but clearly they have not. 

For all the organizations who need funding,  I wish this were true -- what a nasty scam this is.  Thank you again for checking

with us and I wish you all the best with your good work.  Perhaps we will meet someday.

With best wishes,

Joyce Neu

    Dr. Joyce Neu Executive Director Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice University of San Diego San Diego, CA 92110 tel: (619) 260-7567 email: jneu at sandiego dot edu http://peace.sandiego.edu

Fraud warning: Joan B. Kroc

One of our network groups has received an email claiming to be from the Joan B. Kroc Foundation, saying the group has been shortlisted for a grant of $550,000. This is odd, since the group never applied for any such grant. There is an organization in America called the Joan B Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice. Unfortunately, we don't think this email is genuine. Here's why: 1. The address given in the email belongs to a supermarket in San Francisco called Mollie Stone's (see http://www.peasofmind.com/stores/stores.htm ) 2. The phone number given in the United Kingdom begins with +44 (0) 700. These numbers are personal numbers used only by individuals and not by organizations, and they are used to hide the real number you are calling. 3. The email gives no web site. The Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego (endowed by the wife of the founder of McDonald's) does peace work in Uganda, and can be found at http://peace.sandiego.edu/, but it does not appear to have a wider program of grantmaking to African organizations. 4. The recipient of the email was asked to contact a gmail address, and the message he received came from hotmail. In America and Europe, large organizations rarely use these type of web addresses. A common pattern with Internet frauds is that organizations are told they are going to receive money, but are asked to advance some of their own money as an administration or facilitation fee. Once this is sent, the so-called grantmaker disappears. We are publishing this email so that other organizations do not risk becoming the victims of fraud. If you receive a similar email in future but are not sure whether it is genuine, you can check it by: 1. Doing a Google search on (a) the organization name (b) its address (c) its phone number. 2. If you find the organization using Google, contacting it directly via its web site to confirm that the offer is genuine. The full text of the email is below: From: ann brown <annbrown31@hotmail.com> To: Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:49:33 +0100 Subject: GRANT NOTIFICATION JOAN B. KROC FOUNDATION Registered in England & Wales (No. 2826074) 15 High Street, London, NW8 7NG (UK) United Kingdom ==================================== Tel/Fax: +44 (0) 7024-098595 Fax: +44 (0) 7005-942733 ==================================== Dear Sir/ Madam, We wish to inform you that the above foundation has short-listed you for the grant of US$550,000.00 for your humanitarian/organizational activities; this grant is in recognition of your programmes and activities. Mrs. Kroc, who died on October 12, 2003, at age 75, left $1.91 billion to 10 organizations. She was the widow of Ray A. Kroc, the founder of the McDonald's Corporation. Her gifts were: $1.5billion to the Salvation Army, in Alexandria, Va., to construct and endow up to 50 recreational and educational facilities across the United States and UK; $200 million to National Public Radio to support the network's operating reserves and endowment; $60-million to Ronald McDonald House Charities to be distributed to its programs worldwide; $50 million to the University of Notre Dame to support the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies; $50-million to the University of San Diego to establish the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice; $20 million to San Diego Hospice and Palliative Care to support its programs and services; $10 million to the San Diego Opera to support artistic programming; $5 million to KPBS radio and television, in San Diego, to establish an endowment and operating reserve and create a capital-equipment fund; $5 million to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Diegoto build a high school; and $500,000 to Mama's Kitchen, a meal-delivery service in San Diego for people with AIDS. Before her death, Mrs. Kroc gave $5 million to the University of San Diego to endow a lecture series at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice. You're therefore requested to contact Keith Gramham either by e-mail: joan.kroch1@gmail.com or Fax: +44 (0) 7005-942733 for details and procedure to obtain your grant. Sincerely, Ms Anne Brown UK Foundation Secretary. ==================================== JOAN B. KROC FOUNDATION USA Office (Head Office):- 2435 California Ave. Seattle Washington 98116 USA. Fax: +1 (413) 376-2751 ==================================== Explore the seven wonders of the world Learn more!

26 May 07 Network meeting record

The network held its fifth meeting of 2007 on 26 May.

Donatian:
REPORT OF THE FIFTH AFCONET MEETING, 26TH May 2007

Venue: CARE International Hall.

The meeting started around 9:05 a.m. preceded by registration and warm up.

Introduction: The meeting started with greetings and a welcome note from the chairman.

All the officers were present and they carried out their responsibilities accordingly. i.e (Furaha Dimitrios (Chairman), Pascal Maziku (Secretary) and Yovita Makoko (Treasurer)

Attendance: 30 people attended the meeting while 25 were the groups’ representatives.
Absent groups were 3:  which were Twafaha, Redhouse 2000 and Socac,

Debriefing of the last meeting: The April meeting minutes were read by the secretary, Pascal Maziku and people were invited to ask for clarification, comments and suggestions.

Programmes:
The topic about INHERITANCE AND AN EXAMPLE OF WILL WRITING was presented by:     Utti A. Mwang’amba
         Centre for Widows and Children Assistance (CWCA)
        P.O. Box 60202
        Tel. 0754693892 or 0787088513
        Email. childrenwidows (at) yahoo.co.in or widows.children (at) gmail.com
        Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa.

The brainstorming questions raised were:
-What is inheritance?
-Types of inheritance
-Various types of inheritance laws
-Meaning of will write and its importance
-Types of will
-Legal aspects of will write

EXCHANGE VISIT REPORTS
The exercise of Exchange visit report was carried out for the members representing their groups to report whether they carried out exchange visit this month or not. So the following is the short report of the exchange visits carried in this month.

1.Preventive Health Care, represented by Violet Yimbo and Mary-Rose Michele, did not visit any group in this month.
2.MSWS, represented by Daudi Mussa, visited Chimaba Sanaa Group this month. During their visit they found the group busy with children performing art. They learned how the Chimaba officers manage to recruit the OVC by involving the local Authority officers.
3.Tupendane Women Group, represented by Amina Mfungo, visited YLRF group this month and learned about keeping good regular records.
4.YLRF Group, represented by Anna Njowoka, visited three groups this month, which are CWCA group where they learned how they offer legal assistance to widows and OVC. They also visited Tupendane Women Group where they learned how they provide HIV/AIDS education and ARV drugs to patients. They as well visited Chiyowonet group where they learned how to support children in schools with various needs such as uniforms, school fees and other school materials.
5.Vumwe Group, represented by Mwanahamisi Mvungi, did not visit any group this month.
6.Woyona Group, represented by Joyce Masami, did not visit any group this month.
7.Tawosu Group, represented by Cresentia Aloyce, Sperancia Kalinga and Mary Mabhaya, did not visit any group this month
8.Moms in Touch Group, represented by Liberatha Mushi, did not visit any group this month.
9.Wolisu Group, represented by Ismail Mahamudu and Devotha Nyondo, did not visit any group this month.
10.Good Samaritan Group, represented by Consalva Kasian, did not visit any group this month
11.Upendo Group, represented by Agnes Magembe and Flora Christopher, did not visit any group this month
12.Tukolene Group, represented by Magdalena Makala, Visited Good Samaritan Group this month and learned how they provide education to OVC of different ages, and more interesting was on to the young OVC who are raised in a special way to manage their studies in the future.
13.Chakupau Group, represented by Salha Ally, visited Good Samaritan this month and learned how they provide education to OVC through TV shows and design forms for OVC. They also visited SOCAC group where they learned how to carry out Home Based Care services to OVC and ways of looking and identifying funders
14.NICE Group, represented by Flaviana Ephraim, visited Vumwe Women Progressive Centre and learned how they help orphans get education by connecting them to schools
15.Chimaba Sanaa Group, represented by Azaria Mjengwa, visited MSWS and learned how they give support to OVC on uniforms and food, and also how they provide environmental care education to the OVC guardians
16.Yopac Group, represented by Stella Miti and Pascal Maziku, visited CWCA (revision to previous short time visit), learned how they give legal assistance to OVC.
They also prepared a bonanza using the shared grant Project offered by Argentarius foundation where the shared groups were given opportunity to send three representatives each.
17.Sageta Group, represented by Angelico Mwachali and Furaha Dimitrios, visited CWCA this month and learned how they give legal assistance to OVC, customer Care and good records keeping
18.Poverty Fighters’ Group, represented by Kassimu Mohamed, did not visit any group this month
19.Pofideso Group, represented by Shaban Madega, did not visit any group this month
20.CWCA Group, represented by Suresh Ashvin and Utti Mwang’amba, visited Sageta Group this month and learned how to communicate message to people by using posters and printings on the T-shirts. They also learned how to involve community in the group’s activities. They agreed to form a small network between them to continue sharing talents and information.
21.Uzima Centre Group, represented by Vedasto Oganda, did not visit any group this month
22.Chiyowonet Group, represented by Yovita Makoko, did not visit any group this month
23.Iyana Education Trust Group, represented by Simon King’ung’e, No information available about their exchange visit
24.Siyope Group, represented by Thomas Alex, no information available for their exchange visits
25.Ciso Group, represented by Joseph Mulamula, No information available about their exchange visits

Reflection about the Dar Network Operation report for May 2007
The Dar Network operation report for May 2007 was read in the meeting by Pascal Maziku, because Violet who was supposed to read was not yet in under emergency.  After the report was read the members rose up their concerns and challenges as follows:
1.About Exchange visit Records
-On the Table list of exchange visits – hosts, two groups are missing which CWCA and Moms in touch which according to the members of these groups, they received visits

a) Corrections:
-On the table list of Exchange visits – Hosts there are slightly changes to be remarked as follows:
Chiyowonet Group received 4 visits but the list shows only 1 visit.
Pofideso group received 5 visits but the list shows only 2 visits
Preventive H.C.F received 3 visits but the list shows only 1visit
Upendo Group received 2 visits but the list shows 3 visits
Yopac group received 2 visits but the list shows 1 visit
Moms In Touch received 2 visits but not shown in the list
CWCA group received 2 visits but not shown in the list

-On the Exchange visits for 2007 on the groups that made visits there were also changes as follows:
Chiyowonet Group visited 2 groups but the list shows 1
Moms in Touch visited 4 groups but the list shows 3
Pofideso group visited 3 groups but the list shows 2
Poverty fighters visited 4 groups but the list shows 3
Tupendane Group visited 1 group but not shown in the list
Upendo group visited 2 groups but not shown in the list
NB. I had difficulties in printing the updated table lists may be due to the settings you put. Again may you please for next time format with grid lines for ease references?

b) Recommendations:
The members gave recommendations about the Exchange visits as follows:
-The exchange visit report is good as:
It helps to ensure accountability
It clarifies the groups’ activities
It alerts the groups that have not done or with less exchange visit to do so timely
It helps and reminds the groups in bearing their due responsibilities
It helps in keeping records of the groups’ activities
Comment:  the exchange visits report need to be improved by clearly, correctly and properly showing the visitors and host groups and number of visits

2.Accounts
Discussions on accounts were basically based on why the monthly bank statement not reaching the Argentarius Foundation on time.  The Treasurer and the chairman explained the problem they face with the bank, “Savings and Finance Bank” which has a lot of bureaucracy in operation. The treasurer added saying that she sometimes faces problems in getting cash from this complicated bank where they need a lot of documentations and sometimes they tend to lack cash.
Solution reached was better to change the bank to another effective and efficient one like CRDB, NBC or NMB. The chairman begged the members to leave the issue to the officers to have some consultation to know which bank operates with good, simple and fair terms if at all we are to make a shift. I hope you will as well have some ideas about this. We hopefully wait for your suggestions as well.

3.About Funding Proposals for the whole Network:
The ideas from the members three things to be done if we seek to write funding proposal:
Experience shows that most Granters need to see whether the organisation has an office with required documents and with specific address
We need to have strategic plans- this area is very technical and hence we need to arrange to get facilitation on this that we all have to be aware and well informed about how to write strategic plans for funding proposal something which may also help individual groups
Each group of the Network was assigned to come next meeting with a theme for the proposal of which few expert members from the network will combine all the ideas and come up with an intensive proposal covering the integrated groups activities analysis.

4.Award for the best learning from the exchange visit
At the end of the meeting, the prizewinner of the Swahili Clock, Chimaba Sanaa Group happily received their long eagerly waited prize. Though seemed not aware on how the Swahili Clock is used, he thanked the Argentarius Foundation and the AFCONET for initiating such a wonderful competition, which they managed to become the prizewinner for 2007 competition award. Encouraging the other members to take part, while presenting the prize to the Director of Chimaba Sanaa Group, Azaria Mjengwa on behalf of the group, the AFCONET Coordinator (Donatian Marusu) commented that besides getting the prize, the competition has a lot of benefits including nourishing the capacity of the members in writing reports and even sharing the group’s activities with other groups for enhancing each other

5.On Email Training
The members were reminded on the email training that is going on to some of the members. The graduates of the training proved that they are carrying on well with using email without any severe problems. Those who are still on trainings were reminded to arrange with Donatian Marusu for progress. One member from Poverty fighters Group, Kassim Mohamed, requested for the training but he claimed to lack transport fair to and from the training venue, which cost about 2000 Tshs for public transport each day. I hope you will respond on this.

6. Other meeting undertakings
-
About Receipts for 2007 Grant: I had problems in identifying which groups have not yet sent receipts to you as some of the members claimed to have done so. May you please help me in giving the list of the groups that have already sent receipts to you via your airmail that I may know them and make efforts to remind those, which have not done so. Only one group, Tupendane Women Group reported to have not done so, I gave a copy of receipt to Amina Mufungo and promised to send you in two days to come. I hope you will receive it.
Treasurer’s activities: at the end of the meeting the treasurer, Yovita performed her task of payment to the different network activities expenses such as: Exchange visit Expenses (even the moms in Touch were paid), Coordinators and officers’ expenses, caterer’s expenses, and other associated expenses pertaining to the network activities.

End:
The meeting ended around 05:00p.m.

Pascal:

MINUTES OF AFCONET MEETING HELD 26th MAY 2007

 

Participants as per attached spreadsheet of the attendance register

 

Agenda of the Meeting:

* Opening of the meeting

* Reading of Minutes of the previous meeting

* Session on Inheritance and Writing Will Statement

* Different reports from Foundation –London ,

* AOB

* Closing of the meeting

 

1.0 Openning of the meeting

The Meeting was officially opened at 9:00am by the Chairperson

 

2.0 Reading of Minutes of the previous meeting

Following the introductory speech by the chairperson, the Secretary was invited to ready minutes of the previous meeting (Of 28/4/2007). The minutes were read and there was no matters arising than accepting them.

 

3.0 Session on Inheritance and Writing Will Statement

The session was presented by Utti A.Mwang’amba from CWCA.

In her session Utti shared about inheritance law background the concept, meaning and types of Inheritance, who inherits? Indian Inheritance Act of 1865, Islamic Law and Traditional law. Utti clarified strength and weaknesses of the current inheritance laws, advantage and disadvantages of failure to write will statement. She explained the advantage of both Primary and Documentary will. Utti also explained how much lawyers do struggle to amend bad laws on inheritance and made a call to AFCONET to join hands in the struggle to amend such laws.

 

 

In her session Utti distributed sample form to write Will so that participants may help other also on how to do so.

 

4.0 Different reports from Foundation –London

From London a performance report was read by the Secretary directly translating form English to Swahili on behalf of Donatian Marusu who was feeling sick. This concerned the three officers of AFCONET i.e Chairperson, Secretary and the treasure. Exchange visit reports also were distributed to members for their perusal.

Feedback from members about the reports from London were hailed that they are helpful as for credibility of the Network and transparency of the functioning of the Network. Even though members requested that forms should have a column to show names of the visitors too. This reflects the spreadsheet I send to you every month.

The issue of mobilizing resources from other donors had the following comment from members, the Network should have an office because most Donors like to visit partners and this goes in hand with knowing their operations location. This also is a demand by the registrar.

 

5.0 A.O.B

Chiyowonet and CHIMABA suggested that AFCONET may temporarily operate from their offices in order to meet the concern raised at agenda 4 above if you in London approves that.

Another issue was about writing a joint proposal but the following concerns were raised

* Having been implementing different activities from our groups, it will be difficult to come up with one joint activity and or joint proposal to be implemented together. It was suggested probably the committee will come up with constructive ideas.

*

6.0 END

The meeting was closed at 5;11pm. Next meeting will be held on 30th June 2007

 

Prepared by

Pascal J.Maziku

AFCONET Secretary.