Performance Review Workshop for ZACP

The past 3 days have been really long but really productive and interesting days. I was invited to represent ZANGOC at a workshop hosted by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to review and evaluate the achievements, challenges, gaps and solutions that were utilized towards the achievement of the previous strategic plan for ZACP (Zanzibar AIDS Control Program) which ended in 2010.

There were roughly 30 participants in this workshop from various government and nongovernmental organizations such as:

• The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
• The Department of Substance Abuse, Prevention and Rehabilitation (Read about their work in Zanzibar)
• ICAP (International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs)
• ZAC (Zanzibar AIDS Commission)
• ZACP (Zanzibar AIDS Control Program)
• ZAPHA+ (Zanzibar Association of People Living with HIV and AIDS)
• ZANGOC
• ZANA (Zanzibar Nurses Association)
• UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund)
• UNICEF

One the first day of the workshops, 8 groups were established to represent each strategic area of ZACP. These groups were:

• Home Based Care
• Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission
• Monitoring, Evaluation and Management
• MARPs and STIs (Most at Risk Populations including: MSM [Men who have sex with Men], IDUs [Injection Drug Users] and CSWs [Commercial Sex Workser] and Sexually Transmitted Infections). This group also included condom programming and STI management
• Care and Treatment (including HIV counseling and testing, HIV in infants and blood transfusion
• Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) which included IEC (Information, Education and Communication), advocacy as well as stigma and discrimination
• Laboratory Services
• Institutional Capacity (including pharmaceutical services)

I was in the Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) group along with a colleague from ZANGOC, a Program Officer from ZAC, an Assistant Program Manager from ZACP in Pemba and a Program Analyst in Reproductive Health from UNFPA.

What is BCC/IEC and Advoacay? 

Behaviour Change Communication (BCC): This is a strategy, which refers to the systematic attempt to modify/influence behavior, or practices and environmental factors related to that behavior, which indirectly or directly promote health, prevent illness or protect individuals from harm.

Information, Education and Communication (IEC): IEC combines strategies, approaches and methods that enable individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities to play active roles in achieving, protecting and sustaining their own health. Embodied in IEC is the process of learning that empowers people to make decisions, modify behaviours and change social conditions.

Advocacy: aims to influence public-policy and resource allocation decisions within political, economic, and social systems and institutions; it may be motivated from moral, ethical or faith principles or simply to protect an asset of interest. Advocacy can include many activities that a person or organization undertakes including media campaigns, public speaking, commissioning and publishing research. Lobbying is a form of advocacy where a direct approach is made to legislators on an issue which plays a significant role in modern politics.

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Throughout the 3 days the BCC group worked on identifying the achievements, facilitating factors, gaps in previous response as well as challenges in achieving the strategic activities for BCC on the past strategic plan, what was done and what can be done within the next 5 years to achieve the BCC strategic issues that still exist in Zanzibar. 

We identified the following issues, challenges and goals within BCC:

Click the table to enlarge!

The next step:

The facilitator of this workshop will be combining the proposed strategic issues from each of the 8 groups over the course of the next week. After this is complete, we will all meet again for another workshop from June 6th to 9th in order to review the issues and work to draft a new strategic plan for ZACP. 

How this helps ZANGOC:

Since I am also working to draft ZANGOC's strategic plan for 2011 -2016, the information, issues and goals proposed during the ZACP workshop will be very useful. I will be able to identify the issues that ZANGOC can also work to achieve over the next 5 years, in accordance with those of the Government of Zanzibar (ZACP, ZAC and the Ministry of Health).

ZIFYA Workshop

Outside the ZIFYA conference room

ZIFYA – Zanzibar Initiative for Youth Association contacted me a few weeks ago to ask if I would facilitate a workshop for some of the members of their executive committee. I wanted to say yes straight away but ZIFYA had to submit an official letter of request to ZANGOC to be approved by my supervisors. The request was approved last week and today, Monday May 23^rd, I facilitated a workshop for the NGO on the topics of effective group and team work, as well as Monitoring and Evaluation.

The group and team work section was no problem for me to design, having been involved in many group work activities over the past year with Humber classmates and YCI colleagues, I might be able to consider myself a “pro” at something!

However, I by no means consider myself a “pro” at M&E, so I had a little bit more difficulties designing this section of the workshop. It was especially difficult consider the topic is very large and I wasn’t sure of the baseline knowledge of my participants on the topic. I assumed that considering I was working with the executive committee that most of the participants had designed and implemented a project or two for their organization in the past. This assumption turned out to be correct. The assumption that I totally blew was that they were aware of the stages of the project cycle and what outputs, outcomes and impacts are...oops! 

 

I didn’t mind stopping to explain all of this as we really didn’t have a time schedule to follow. The project cycle is easy enough to explain and to grasp the concept and I explained where M&E comes into the project cycle. By drawing the project cycle on their white board, I was able to clarify that monitoring occurs on a continuous basis throughout project implementation and answers the question “are we doing things right?” While evaluation is conducted to assess the extent to which the project achieved it stated goals and answers the question “are we doing the right thing?” 

Next I explained the results chain and outputs, outcomes and impact; a concept to which no one had heard much of until that very moment. I did my best at defining the terms and then had someone from the group describe to me a project that they are currently working on in order to put the terms into perspective for them. The project they identified was a support project for most vulnerable youth in the community. With this information we developed the following on the results chain:

Activities/inputs: Identify 30 most vulnerable youth in Chukwani

Output: With assistance from community leaders, 30 most vulnerable youth are identified  

Immediate Outcomes: youth receive school support packages and engage in psychosocial support to combat risky behaviour such as drug abuse and crime

Intermediate Outcomes: increased school attendance rate of identified youth and an increase willingness to participate in group activities

Impact (long term result): To decrease school dropout rates and reduce risky behaviour such as crime and theft amongst 30 most vulnerable youth in Chukwani

From this point we discussed effective means of monitoring and evaluating the project throughout the project cycle and I feel as though the ZIFYA participants actually grasped the concept. I offered to come back another time and discuss M&E further as this was a topic that everyone was very interested in learning more about.

The workshop ended with a great discussion on how to mobilize youth in their community to participate in events and how to get the youth to talk about issues that affect them the most. My colleague suggested starting youth groups and identifying a few youth to become leaders and to act as a youth representative, someone who will bring their peers issues to the forefront instead of NGOs deciding what is important for youth to learn. 

Workshop participants

After this workshop I had a meeting with my country manager and discussed the formation of youth groups in the Chukwani area and I think this is something that YCI and YCI volunteers can be involved in order to make their own projects more sustainable.

USAID – “From the American People”

On Friday May 20^th I was fortunate enough to be invited to attend a very high profile meeting in Stone Town at the ZAC (Zanzibar AIDS Commission) office with representatives from USAID, VSO, ZAC, ZANGOC and ZAPHA+. This meeting was in regards to a call for proposals that was recently sent out by USAID/Tanzania for a 5 year funded program for comprehensive and sustainable clinical and community based HIV services throughout Tanzania. Amongst those eligible to apply for this funding opportunity are Tanzanian, international or US NGOs who are able to form a consortium or partnership with other like minded NGOs to develop and submit applications to USAID for a wide ranging clinical and community based HIV services both at facility and community levels.

Outside the ZAC office in Shangani, Stone Town

 

Zanzibar is eligible to form a consortium and apply for this funding under “Core 2” which will cover community‐based HIV/AIDS care and support programs in Iringa, Dodoma, Morogoro, Singida, Mwanza, Kilimanjaro, Tabora and Zanzibar.

The purpose of the meeting on Friday was to get the ball rolling and to decide how many NGOs in Zanzibar this funding will be directed to and to identify which NGOs these will be. The decision came down to the following NGOs: ZAC, ZANGOC, ZAPHA+, WAMATA and UMATI. It is inevitable that other NGOs in Zanzibar will be involved in the roll out of this program as ZAC is a coordinating NGO and ZANGOC, as we know, is an umbrella organization and will hence distribute funds to its member organizations that have the capacity to take on such a large program.

The next steps for the Zanzibar Consortium:

The representative from VSO is to meet with USAID in Dar es Salaam on Monday May 23rd to see if the first round of concept papers due in February had been obliged. If not then the aforementioned NGOs will form a group and write a concept paper to USAID that will be due on June 24th (something I hope to be involved in, one way or another!)

It is possible that the second round of applications will be canceled if funding has been fully obligated. It is also possible that no Concept Papers for “Core 2” will be accepted in the Second Round if an award for “Core 2” has been made as a result of the First Round.

So, hopefully by Tuesday we will find out if we are able to move forward in writing a concept paper for this amazing opportunity.

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HIV/AIDS in Tanzania

Mainland Tanzania is grappling with a mature, generalized HIV and AIDS epidemic. According to the

2007‐08 Tanzania HIV/AIDS and Malaria Indicator Survey (THMIS), adult HIV prevalence in the country is estimated at 5.8% and an estimated 1.4 million Tanzanians are living with HIV and AIDS, of which approximately 10% are children HIV positive. Prevalence has declined slightly from an estimated 7% in 2004. Despite this documented decline in prevalence, an estimated 217,704 people contracted HIV in Tanzania in 2008, according to national surveillance data (National Prevention Strategy Review, 2009). Over 80% of HIV transmission in Tanzania occurs through heterosexual contact, approximately 18% through mother‐to‐child transmission, and 1.8% through medical transmission or traditional practices. Women in Tanzania make up 56% of the HIV‐infected population. With more than 1.8 million births and 6.8% HIV prevalence at antenatal clinics (ANC), approximately 100,000 HIV‐positive women deliver HIV‐exposed infants annually.

In 2010, the USG and United Republic of Tanzania (URT) signed a Partnership Framework (PF) outlining the two nations' joint commitment (2009‐2013) to a durable and effective response to the HIV and AIDS crisis in Tanzania. The Partnership Framework in Tanzania is representative of the core principles of PEPFAR II and focuses on building capacity for a greater country‐led response, increasing Tanzanian ownership of the HIV/AIDS response, scaling up effective prevention interventions, and laying the foundation for more sustainable country programs. The Partnership Framework is consistent with Tanzania’s National Multi‐Sectoral Framework on HIV/AIDS (NMSF 2008‐2012), and the Health Sector Strategic Plan III (HSSP 2009‐2015), and is intended to align the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) with United Republic of Tanzania (URT) national priorities.

Under the National Multi‐Sectoral HIV/AIDS Framework 2008‐2012 and the Health Sector HIV/AIDS

Strategic Plan III 2009‐2015, the Government of Tanzania (GOT) has laid out an ambitious plan to implement several key HIV/AIDS interventions. This document outlines key clinical HIV/AIDS services program such as Prevention of Mother‐to‐ Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT), Counseling and

Testing (CT), TB/HIV, Facility and community based HIV/AIDS care and support programs for PLHIV such as Home‐based care and nutritional support services. Other supporting documents include the

National Care and Treatment Plan which aims to provide treatment services to over 440,000 people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), the Pediatric HIV/PMTCT Scale up Plan, the TB and TB/HIV

Collaborative Policy and Implementation Plan and the National Guidelines for Home‐ based Care Services.

The 2010 PEPFAR/Tanzania Annual Progress Report (APR), indicates the USG currently provides care and support services to over 900,000 PLHIV of which over 250,000 HIV positive clients are on treatment (ART) and 150,000 clients receive community based care and support services. Over

1,300,000 pregnant women received HIV testing and over 60,000 HIV‐positive pregnant women received antiretroviral prophylaxis.

Most of the USG‐supported HIV/AIDS services are implemented through grants to international partners who in turn support the URT/ Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) in both the mainland and Zanzibar, as well as local partners to roll‐out interventions at regional, district and community levels.

CHALLENGES

Despite successes in enrolling Tanzanians into care and treatment programs and saving lives, the national HIV/AIDS program faces formidable challenges. Long‐term financing and sustainability are especially problematic as the current program is almost completely donor‐funded. Under PEPFAR Phase One, national HIV/AIDS services and programs were launched as an emergency response, implemented primarily through NGOs and international technical assistance partners with foreign donor funds. Tanzania’s endemic health delivery system weaknesses ‐‐the absence of viable health systems and health information systems; a severe lack of human resources; absence of basic infrastructure, shortages of drugs, and commodities; and inadequate financing – have been temporarily patched through PEPFAR and Global Funds inputs but the health delivery system as a whole remains fragile and overly dependent on donor support. Despite enormous inflows of donor funding and international technical assistance, the national HIV/AIDS program continues to suffer from a lack of patient follow up outside the clinical setting, and inability to enroll target populations into care and treatment programs and a significant loss of retention of HIV positive patients on antiretroviral treatment (ART).

Around the world in Dar

This past weekend I decided to combat island fever by taking an overnight trip to Dar es Salaam. I am still waiting on my residence permit to come through but I was in some much needed time off the island so I sucked up the extra cost of the non resident price and sailed to the mainland on Saturday morning with Sabrina and Jamie.

We arrived in Dar around noon on Saturday then headed to the Oyster Bay area of town where our friend is staying who was kind enough to let us crash in her apartment for the night (that’s one key benefit to having friends around the world!) After we unloaded our bags we headed to the mall for some retail therapy. The mall in Dar is actually incredible, it’s huge and has everything you could possibly want, making the whole experience kind of overwhelming!  While I was in Accra I did go to the mall but the one here in Dar is way more impressive. I think because Tanzania is so close to South Africa we can thank the country for providing massive chain stores such as Mr. Price and Shoprite. I can best describe Mr. Price as your regular home store meets clothing store and Shoprite as your Walmart meets Best Buy and both store allow you to pay with visa which is also a scary thing. Thankfully I left my visa in Zanzibar and only had a limited amount of shillings on me which allowed me to purchase only a modest amount of items instead of cleaning out the stores!

Saturday evening we decided to head out for a nice Italian dinner at a restaurant called Zuane which is where our global adventure started. The food and service at this restaurant are both amazing and the pizza is thin crust greatness!

One of the main modes of transportation around Dar is little 3-wheeler taxis which are half the price of a normal taxi and twice the fun and adventure. In Dar these taxis are called Bajajis (named after the Bajaj company that manufactures them in India). 

With this being said, after our fabulous Italian dinner 5 of us pile into 1 bajaj and head off to the Slipway to use the Barclays ATM. Now, the slipway is in a rather upscale area of Dar, I know this because the Hilton is in this area! However, the road to Slipway is just filled with potholes. Now picture this road all muddy because it rained in the afternoon, oh and also picture 5 of us in a bajaj driving down this road with the driver doing an amazing job a manoeuvring around the potholes and trying to not tip the bajaj over! I was actually 80% sure that I was going to end up with my face in the mud but we did make it clean and smiling only to use the ATM then turn around and drive back the same way we came. My question was, why don't they repave the road? Apparently the reason I was told is that if the road is fixed then the Hilton would have to open up their parking lot to public parking and they don't want to do that. Not sure how much truth there is to this answer but that's all I've found out thus far!

Our next stop around the world in Dar was at a British pub which was so surreal it was like being at pub in London except they had Kilimanjaro on tap and not Guinness. We stayed until the crowd started to thin out then we decided it was time for some dancing so our next destination was a salsa bar bringing our adventure to Latin America. I just love how every big city I’ve been to has its own salsa community with fabulous dancers, it’s amazing to watch and although I did partake in some salsaing I still require more lessons to be considered an OK salsa dancer!

Our final global adventure in Dar brought us to India at a place called Garden Bistro. Who knew there was such a huge Indian community in Dar, it was literally like we were transported to a bar in New Delhi (not that I can compare first hand but I can only image the scene being exactly the same!)

So 1 night, 3 “continents,” I can say that Dar is a cool place and I realized that in Zanzibar I live in a sheltered bubble – paradise in disguise! While I do appreciate the fact that I can visit a gorgeous beach any day of the week, I do miss the options and amenities of bigger cities. Thankfully the ferry is only 2.5 hours each way making Dar an easily accessible weekend trip once I have my residence permit.

ZANGOC Member Orgs - Part 1

Originally I wanted to wait on this blog post until I completed all of my visits with the member organizations. However, as the remaining organization are out of town and people are busy I have a hard time arranging these meetings and transportation. 

My target amount of members to visit is 36 out of 40 as 4 organizations operate on Pemba Island (a smaller island in the Zanzibar archipelago 50km north of Unjuga - Unjuga is the island I live on). Don't get me wrong, I would love to go to Pemba for a visit as it is supposed to be very beautiful and very different than Unjuga, however, it is highly doubtful that I can fund such an excursion for myself and someone from ZANGOC to go with me. 

Purpose of my visits with the member orgs:

To conduct a data collection mapping exercise of the service and program areas of each participating NGO registered with ZANGOC. This exercise is not to be an evaluation, but a chance for ZANGOC and YCI to learn about the services provided by its NGO members. This information will help us identify training needs and possible areas for coordination. With this information, we hope to produce a ZANGOC directory of its members and the services they provide.

Purpose of these particular blog entries:

Most of the member organizations, including ZANGOC, do not have websites where they can engage in the Tanzania and international communities and share their experiences and knowledge. My aim of these blog posts is to increase the visibility of ZANGOC and its member orgs on a national and international level. I intend to create a short synopsis of each organization with contact info and then allow my blog to be "google searchable." This will hopefully increase the visibility of these organizations whereby if one were to "google" COWPZ or entrepreneurship, they will find a link to my blog and be able to contact COWPZ for more information on their organization and projects.

Please note that these particular blog entries are not intended to be read in their entirety as they will be very long. However, if you are interested in Zanzibar’s NGOs on HIV/AIDS prevention and control then I encourage you to skim through the information below!

Thank you

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COWPZ – Catalyst Organization for Women’s Progress in Zanzibar (NGO)

Vision: to support and empower women and young people socially, economically and politically through financial support, entrepreneurship and capacity building.

Project focus: HIV/AIDS, malaria, empowerment of women entrepreneurs (through management skills, loans and Income Generating Activities)

Email: catalyst_91@hotmail.com  

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TAMOFA – Tanzania and Mozambique Friendship Association

Vision : To provide education for the provision of HIV/AIDS, the environment and women’s groups

Mission: To eliminate HIV/AIDS infection and poverty reduction in Tanzania and Mozambique through coordination with other NGOs

Project focus: Education sector on advocacy, poverty reduction, gender, environment

Email: tamofaznz@yahoo.com

 

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UMAWA – Retired Armed Forces Organization

Vision/Mission: To reduce poverty and provide education and awareness to members on HIV/AIDS infections and environmental issues

Project focus: health education, HIV/AIDS awareness, Behavioral Change (with young and adult males), MARPs - Most at Risk Popoulations, focusing on MSM (men who have sex with men)

Email: umawa65@yahoo.com

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ZAPHA+ - Zanzibar Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS

Vision : To envision a stigma and discrimination free Zanzibar where people infected by and living with HIV/AIDS are socially, economically and politically empowered and treated equally

Mission: To improve the equality of life of people infected or affected by HIV (physically and psychosocially). Also to increase participation on decision making powers through strategic prevention, care, treatment and support impact mitigation and enabling environment interventions.

Project Focus: Awareness, IGAs, care, OVC programs, children and youth clubs, VCT pre and post counseling, psycho-social support and materials. Therapists, training, life skills, reproductive health, stigma reduction. All programs and projects aim to be gender sensitive.

Email: zapha_2003@yahoo.co.uk

Website: http://www.freewebs.com/zaphaplus/  

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Anglican Church

Vision: to spread the holy bible so everyone can carry out his/her own work load

Project focus: Heifer projects which focus on awareness on HIV/AIDS

Email: secactznz@zanlink.com

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RADEA – Rahaleo Development Association 

Vision: to have an association that is well aware of political, social and economic development

Mission: to make sure the constituency are well conscious and aware of their own constitutional development and to steer community development

Project focus: electoral campaigns to make people aware of their rights and choices. Post electoral campaigns to unite people in all Sheiahs in the constituencies (hold annual football tournaments). Referendum campaigns to help people understand issues. Advertise through TBS (Tanzania Broadcast Association). 

Email: radea2009@hotmail.com

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Media Group

Vision: to educate the community on HIV/AIDS, poverty reduction and its related issues

Mission: to increase awareness on these issues to the community through media interventions

Project focus: adult and reproductive health, support to conduct activities on education on HIV/AIDS to youth through media

Email: newstz@yahoo.com

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ZAO – Zanzibar Anti Poverty Organization 

Vision: Better and improved living for youth in Zanzibar in all aspects of life, in rural and urban areas

Mission: Involving youth and to facilitate their activities toward a better living situation individually and for the community

Main Objective: to help youth who drop out of school early due to poverty

ZAO takes a cooperative effort to make sure youth get a good up bringing and to encourage them to escape bad group pressure and to educate them on the affects of HIV/AIDS, early marriage and drug abuse. ZAO also focuses on support for OVCs and MVCs – questionnaire is used to select these target groups

Project focus: HIV/AIDS prevention, stigma and discrimination reduction, poverty reduction in the sectors of IGAs, culture, environment and education

Email: zaochumbuni@yahoo.com

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ZIFYA – Zanzibar Initiative for Youth 

Vision: to build a community for all which cares, protects, fights and unites youth to have fair participation in community activities thereby strengthening the capacity for social and economic development

Mission: To build a community in social and economic development within satisfactory environment to ensure youth participation inclusively within communities within Zanzibar

Project focus: HIV/AIDS prevention, stigma and discrimination reduction, poverty reduction, environmental issues, drug abuse, entrepreneurship, election campaigns. Sectors: Health, Environment, Education, Drug utilization

Email: zanzifya@hotmail.com 

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ZASO – Zanzibar AIDS Association and Support of Orphans

Vision: ZASO is dedicated to build a society that will not stigmatize the AIDS orphans

Mission: to contribute to the wellbeing of the AIDS orphans in Zanzibar

Main Objectives:

1. To provide support for the physical and social well being to AIDS orphans
2. To mobilize and educate the community on the need to live harmoniously with AIDS orphans
3. To collaborate with legal institutions so that rights of AIDS orphans are protected
4. To educate the community about AIDS and prevention techniques so as to lower the number of infected persons and orphans in Zanzibar

Previous programs:

1. Material support to orphans including school and bedding materials, food, hygiene etc
2. Peer education and theatre shows to OVCs and youth through trained peer educators and theatre artists
3. Home Based care for orphans who are HIV+
4. IGAs to guardians and older orphans
5. Debate competitions in schools to enhance HIV/AIDS current information and giving skills in leadership development

Email: zaso96@hotmail.com

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ZAIADA – Zanzibar Association of Information Against Drug Abuse and Alcohol

Vision: ZAIADA envisions creating a substance abuse free society in Zanzibar

Mission: Reducing the demand of psychoactive substance abuse and lessening the socio-economic impact associated with the abuse of the substances on individual, family and the community at large

Goals:

1. To contribute to the reduction of psychoactive substance abuse with specific attention to youth
2. To contribute to the reduction of socio-economic impact related to psychoactive substance abuse in the society

Email: zaiada@hotmail.com

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ZANA – Zanzibar Nurses Association

Vision: High standards of nursing services and professionalism

Mission: To promote, strengthen and advocate for the nursing profession which will result in high standards of nursing services and professionalism.

Main Objective: Improving the quality of nursing services and the betterment of health care services to the Zanzibar community

Current project: 4 year Home Based Care project to people living with HIV/AIDS and chronic diseases funded through Africare

Previous projects:

·         Malaria prevention funded through ZMCP

·         Reproductive health and post exposure funded through the Ford Foundation and UNICEF

·         Providing food to vulnerable children funded through the WFP

·         Workplace violence funded through ECSACOM (East, Central, South Africa Community)

·         Family planning (natural methods SDM) funded through the Ford Foundation

·         HIV/AIDS prevention and advocacy funded through ZAC

·         Home based care funded through RFE

Email: zanaju2001@yahoo.com

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ZAMWASO – Zanzibar Muslim Women’s AIDS Support Organization

Project focus: Counseling and home based care of orphans and families, awareness raising on HIV/AIDS, spiritual counseling, capacity building, environment, malaria control

Target population: OVCs and women

Email: zamwaso@yahoo.co.uk

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ZACA – Zanzibar Association for Children’s Advancement

Vision: ZACA envisages creating a Child and Youth Friendly Society in Zanzibar

Mission: To contribute to the improvement of the most vulnerable children’s condition and to promote positive behaviour change of youth in Zanzibar through Advocacy, training, provision of psychosocial support and education

Goal: To attain a level of awareness where the society adheres to all child and youth rights and protects those who are in poor living conditions and or at high risk

Past and Current Projects:

·         Protecting youth against HIV, prevention training to MVC and youth between the ages of 10-24yrs

·         Advocate for children’s rights and to train the community on the rights of the child (this project is in 2 districts)

·         Weekend trainings on HIV prevention to domestic house girls: to know their rights and how to stay safe from abuse (100 girls trained in urban and west districts)

·         Established 120 child clubs to empower children and youth to know their rights and to avoid violence against children/youth

·         Supported vulnerable children by giving school fees. This was done in 9 Sheiahs in West, South, Urban and Central districts

Email: zacatz@yahoo.com

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UMATI – Family Planning Association of Tanzania

The Association has a long history of leadership in SRH programmes in the country, including pioneering in family planning (FP) services, Family Life Education for youths, and providing integrated clinic and Community based service delivery approaches.

Current Project of UMATI Zanzibar: Ujana Rapid Response Project funded through FHI.

Main objectives of project:

1.       Improved knowledge of parent to youth communication and education

2.       Improved knowledge of unsafe sex with multiple partners in CSW

Past Projects: Substance abuse funded through FHI, a 4 month project in 2010. Parent to child communication project funded through RFE, a 1 year project in 2009-10 reached 40 Sheiahs

Email: umatizanzibar@yahoo.com

Website: http://www.umati.or.tz/index.asp

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