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Our Philosophy Our History Our Programmes Why TeV? News     |
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Our ProgrammesChildren DevelopmentTanzania ecoVolunteerism’s mission is to advance the dignity of children around rural Tanzania by supporting innovative community-based organisations working with vulnerable children. The needs of children though in many ways universal, are best responded to in ways that fit the particular situation on the ground. Every child has the right to good education and every member of our community has a role to play, these basic beliefs guide us. Ecotourism & Cultural Tourism Ecotourism acts as a vehicle to enhance the communities’ capacity through training, education and awareness to improve the human resource base. Other tangible benefits from ecotourism include: Education & Sports "Education is not a way of escaping the country's poverty; it is a way of fighting it." Mwalimu Nyerere. Education is closely related to poverty and development, a basic education by which communities could acquire basic skills and knowledge to improve their living is one of the keys to break out of poverty cycle in which families and communities have been trapped for generations. We consider sportive, educational, cultural activities and as well as healthcare as an integral part of our basic functions giving a great importance to improve moral and physical health of these villages and their children. We are keen on using sports curriculum to create understanding and a spirit of cooperation between the most communities. Environmental Colours of Microfinance. This is, going beyond Microfinance in transforming the use of Nature to close the Poverty gap, which is the relation we have created between the environment and the rural marginalized communities. The Organisation promotes an economically, socially and environmentally approach to Beekeeping and Microfinance using modern Langstroth Hives, making them accessible to the marginalized rural community through their networks of partner groups on micro credit terms; loans are obtained on an agro-based system where repayment is done only when the hive is harvested.We guarantee to purchase every kilogramme of honey at fair price. This highlights a general manner for improving environmental management and the standards of living of the rural communities. It is meant to encourage thought and reflection. Health & Welfare Rural Health and Welfare improvements through accessing clean water, good sanitation are achieveable through a community participatory approach. Solid waste disposal and sanitation aspects face a challenge;a collective effort in planning service delivery is required to cover in areas of proper hygiene and sanitation behaviours, as well as water source management. Malaria & HIV / Aids Our partnership with the communities creates supportive environments, effective health services and health literacy at both the individual and communal levels. Malaria is the most important tropical disease. It exerts a heavy toll of illness and death, especially among children and pregnant women. Regular assessment of the rural communities' malaria situation is a better strategy for early detection contaminant of prevention of epidemics. So is health education, better control tools and concerted action to limit the burden of the disease. HIV/Aids. No single organisation or approach is able to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic on its own. We are engaged in a number of innovative partnerships, supporting crosscutting community projects that involve a range of participatory activities and approaches. We have the overall aim of promoting health-competent communities by advancing the field of health communication, based on proven and evidence-based strategies, experience and the development of new approaches. The Environment & Conservation Every year, the human population rises, and meeting Tanzania’s demand for land, water, energy, and food will be impossible - unless we make significant changes. Not only is there a compelling moral duty to tackle poverty and social exclusion countrywide, but also there are powerful practical reasons for doing so. Tanzania’s urban prosperity is not sustainable in the midst of countrywide rural poverty. Poverty breeds high levels of population growth, conflict, diseases, rural migration to the urban areas and environmental degradation. These will increasingly affect on us and on the future generations. We catalyse change in communities, who are living in extreme poverty yet surrounded by abundant natural resources, so they can make a difference that matters. WomenLINK…wanawake
She is the head of the household. She has the responsibility for the whole family and for work. She rises with the sun and doesn’t sleep before the sun. Anonymous Afrikan Saying. Everything we have learned shows that when women are empowered through laws that ensure their rights, healthcare that ensures their well-being and education that ensures their active participation benefits so far beyond the individual, they help the family and the community. The imbalance attributed to women’s place in a patriarchal society, their reproductive and productive roles and the fact that their roles as mothers and wives and community members put a constraint in their times and access to any credit or information. Women and rural communities are waking up to the reality of information communication technologies, including computer technologies like the Internet and email. TeV has been involved in documenting women's knowledge systems on "Women, Wisdom and Well being". Practices related to healing, cooking, animal husbandry, grain storage, water management and other such aspects that have been documented stand testimony to women's capacity of coping with constraints and their ability to adapt to limitations. YouthAKILI AKILI in Kiswahili is easily translated to the ‘intelligence’and together YouthAKILI inspires young people to utilise their potential by working as a team on adventurous, environmental and community oriented projects in Tanzania. YouthAKILI stimulates the cooperation and global integration of all young people involved by offering them active participation in the promotion of strong environmental awareness in the civil society, an alternative educational environment for the youth with learning disabilities, eliminate clash of ignorance through sport development and initiate poverty alleviation programme for their empowerment. YouthAKILI Sports Ventures will thus be breaking cultural barriers using Sports as a neutral platform! |
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