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Jun 24th, 2006 - 09:24:34 |
Kaanaeli Kaale
YOUTH ENTREPREPRENEURS NETWORK-TANZANIA
PROGRESS REPORT
YOUTH ENTREPREPRENEURS NETWORK was established in 2004 and registered in 2005 with the main objectives of empowering youths and women through entrepreneurship capacity building to improve their livelihood. To achieve this YEN-TZ has four other objectives which are: To empower and or facilitate youth and women in order to increase their income, To formulate youths and/or women groups to participate in business/ developmental activities ,To cooperate with youths and/or women entrepreneurs groups for proper sustainability of their activities and To conduct training on small business development and create opportunities for self employment to youths and/ or women.
In order to achieve the aforementioned objectives to date YEN-TZ has done many community activities pertaining youths and or women, these activities includes; Assisting Youths to formulating and registering their own companies, two business companies namely SPE Co. Ltd and Kavaga Co. Ltd dealing with agro-processing were registered in 2005, they have 10 members each having 5 shareholders, they are now performing better as companies since they operate under legal umbrella.
Upon recognition of the youth’s unemployment crisis, YEN-TZ initiated the training of entrepreneurship to youths as the best alternative solution to tackle the crisis. To date YOUTH ENTREPREPRENEURS NETWORK has conducted several entrepreneurship training in secondary schools at Morogoro, including in February 2006 where 60 youths were trained and 64 others were trained at Kigurunyembe secondary school, these training help youths to be able to Scans their business environment, Identifies a business opportunity, Organizes their resources and launches their business enterprise and Manages their business enterprise with a principal motive of making profit. Most of the participants of the training have now transformed their mindset towards entrepreneurship as their means of livelihood.
Apart from this YOUTH ENTREPREPRENEURS NETWORKin collaboration with Peace Corps in February 2006, at Morogoro, organized and conducted a 4 days seminar on Life skills, which was offered to 40 youths. The aim of the seminar was to impart youths with communication skills, negotiation skills, interview skills, goal setting and confidence. Certificates were offered to those who successfully completed the seminar.
April 2006, YOUTH ENTREPREPRENEURS NETWORK conducted a seminar presentation at Sokoine University of Agriculture titled, Graduates business incubator Model, the aim of the presentation was to pose the challenge faced by graduates on labour market and come up with the solution of establishing incubators which will impart skills and experience to graduates and later generate employments. 30 academic staff and researchers and 70 graduates participated in the seminar.
The financial organs requires proper business plan to finance projects, being aware of this YOUTH ENTREPREPRENEURS NETWORK in May 2005, conducted Training on Business plan write up skills to 30 youths at Morogoro. The training covered all technical aspects for measuring business worthiness and viability. Majority of the participants of the courses are now doing their own consultancy work on writing simple business plan.
YOUTH ENTREPREPRENEURS NETWORK anticipates having the following events on its calendar:
June 26-30th, 2006: Training on Chalk manufacturing technology at Morogoro, 50 Youths are anticipated to participate at the training, after the training Machine and raw materials will be provided to start up the business for participants. Anticipated Output: More than 50 youths to be self employed under the case. To be facilitated by TIRDO under the fund of MKUKUTA
June 27, 2006: Seminar on Entrepreneurship awareness creation to Morogoro Teachers:
30 teachers will participate. Trickle down approach is employed. More than 3000 youths are anticipated to get awareness of the unemployment crisis and entrepreneurship as the best alternative solution
Conclusion:
Youth Entrepreneurs Network-Tanzania YOUTH ENTREPREPRENEURS NETWORK), anticipate that if serious effort will be put towards entrepreneurship, and creating the value of self employment, then we could some day call youths unemployment as a thing of the
Jun 20th, 2006 - 06:17:39 |
Kaanaeli Kaale
NEWS! Front page... The Citizen June 20,2006
10,000 teachers’ jobs announced
By Damas Kanyabwoya, Dodoma
The Government of United Republic of Tanzania yesterday announced emergency steps to fill nearly 10,000 teaching jobs created in fast-expanding secondary schools.
Unemployed Form VI leavers with a third division or higher are among those targeted for the positions, the Minister for Education and Vocational Training, Mrs Margaret Sitta, announced in Parliament yesterday.
The government has set aside Sh8 billion in the 2006/07 Budget to finance the fire-fighting strategy to cater for the recent jump in secondary schools and student enrolment under the successful Secondary Education Development Programme (SEDP).
Mrs Sitta told Parliament that the country needed 9,500 new secondary school teachers to cater for the educational needs for this year. But only 3,707 teachers graduated from teachers’ colleges and the University of Dar es Salaam this year, leaving a shortfall of 5,793 teachers.
“To deal with this acute shortage of teachers this year the government has devised a short term mechanism that includes providing a one-month special teaching training course to 3,500 form six leavers whose passing levels are Division III or higher,” she said.
The crash courses will be carried out at Butimba, Mtwara, Morogoro, Monduli, Tabora, Tukuyu and Korogwe teachers’ colleges.
Additionally, the government will also extend for two years the contract of 250 retiring teachers who are still able and willing to continue teaching.
The government is also planning to employ 260 graduating university students from other fields other than education and provide them with teaching education laterin order to reduce the shortage of teachers, she said.
“The government will continue to devise similar strategies and programmes to cater for increasing demands of teachers in the country,” she said.
The SEDP, which was started in 2004, has made it possible for 49 percent of last year’s primary school leavers or 243,359 students to join secondary school by March 2006 surpassing this year’s target of 40 percent.
Mrs Sitta said that since the programme started, the number of public secondary schools in the country has almost tripled from 649 schools in 2003 to 1,699 in May 2006. In the three years of SEDP alone 1,050 schools have been built.
“One lesson we have learnt from this dramatic increase of secondary schools is that whenever there is unwavering leadership and a positive public responseTanzanians can perform wonders for the benefit of the whole nation,” she said.
Jun 17th, 2006 - 07:46:22 |
Kaanaeli Kaale
Workshop Report on Facing Youth Unemployment in Tanzania
1. The Workshop on “Facing Youth Unemployment in Tanzania: Challenges and the Way Forward” was held at the National College of Tourism- Dar es Salaam, from 29 to 30 March, 2006.The Workshop was organized by the National Youth Information Centre (NICE), in collaboration with the Foundation for Civil Societies
2. Youth makes up more than 40 per cent of the world’s total unemployed. Forced by poverty and the lack of possibilities for better jobs, many young people in Tanzania have no alternative but to turn to informal activities to earn income. With economic growth being insufficient to absorb new labour force entrants, there is a danger that informal work will become the only option for large numbers of young people, thereby making the objective of a decent job for all increasingly unavailable.
3. In 2004 urban unemployment in Tanzania was rated at 20 percent and youth unemployment was at 40 percent, according to ILO statistics. That Tanzania is the leading country with young female neither in school nor unemployment in Africa 64% and the second with 39 percent of youth neither in school nor in employment- Gora Mboup 2004
4. According to the integrated Labour Force Survey (2002) out of estimated total labour force of 17.9 million people 65% are young men and women between the age of 15 and 35. The survey also revealed that unemployment for the whole country is 12.9% and the majority of the unemployed are living in urban areas. While 46.5% of unemployed labour force is living in Dar es Salaam alone, other urban areas have 25.5% and in the rural areas unemployment rate is 8.4%. The unemployment rate for young people aged 18 to 34 is 8.6% in rural and 41.4% in the urban areas.
5. The objectives of this project are:
(i) Assess current policies/programmes for youth employment, focusing on the 4 main aspects including youth employability, equal opportunities, entrepreneurship and job creation
(ii) Encourage/support the development of practical strategies for programme development and implementation to improve youth employability, equal opportunities, and entrepreneurship with support from the government and/or Private Sector i.e. financial institutions, private companies etc.
(iii) To develop concrete ideas to contribute to short, medium and long term development of youths in Tanzania as well as to create institutional and technical contacts between the government and the youths.
6. The workshop was attended by government official from the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Youth Development, Youth NGOs from Dar es Salaam, and leaders of students’ organizations from higher learning institutions in Tanzania located in Dar es Salaam. These are the following; The University of Dar es Salaam, the University College of Land and Architectural Studies, Muhimbili University of Medical Studies, Institute of Social Welfare, Hurbert Kairuki Memorial University, College of Business Administration, Aghakan University, Institute of Finance Management, Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology and Tumaini University. The meeting was also attended by 5 resource persons, as well as representatives of the International Labour Organization. A list of participants is attached to this report as Annex I.
2. Opening of the workshop
7. In his welcoming remarks, Mr. Chrispin Mwansanga, the Executive Director of National Youth Information Centre (NICE), expressed his appreciation to Mr. Edris Mavura, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Employment and Youth Development for accepting the invitation to come and open our workshop as a gesture of good will and partnership. He also thanked all participants for attending the Workshop. He told participant that unemployment problem requires two types of actions, Curative and preventive action. He concluded his remarks by emphasizing that youth unemployment is a serious problem which requires active participation of all stakeholders and that in this workshop youth should come up with realistic and practical solutions.
8. In his message to the opening session, Prof. Daniel Mkude, the patron of NICE from the University of Dar es Salaam, explained that youth unemployment is a complex issue which cannot be solved overnight. Therefore participants should look at the issue in its entire sense. He argued participants to take into consideration different levels of education, geographical setting and social setting as they affect employability. He gave an example of youths in rural setting Vs urban setting, standard seven, form four, form six vs. college graduates. Given his experience in working with youth, Prof. Mkude was of the opinion that solutions proposed by youth themselves are more likely to be productive than those suggested by others for youth to implement.
9. In his opening statement Hon. Edris Mavura, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Employment and Youth Development, expressed his appreciation and gratitude to all participants for attending the Workshop. Hon. Mavura informed participants that youth unemployment is a great challenge of our time in both developed and developing countries. He briefed the participants that much has been done to address youth unemployment in the past ten years. He cited VISION 2025, MKUKUTA, BEST, MKURABITA, Small and Medium Enterprise Development policy as examples of initiatives which took into consideration youth employment. He further added that the ministry is currently engaged in the preparation of the National Employment Creation Strategy (NECS) that will involve all stakeholders. He also told the participants that at the moment the government cannot assist youth on individual basis; therefore youths have to form groups and join SACCOS. He argued the youth to come out with proposals aimed at creating employment rather than waiting for the government to employ them. He reminded the participants that, the fourth phase government is committed to solving this problem of youth un employment as outlined in the CCM manifesto page 51. In his conclusion, He told the participants that it is high time we come out with something tangible not mere seminars and reports. “We have so many reports now we need action”. He concluded.
3. Election of Officers
10. The following members of the workshop were elected
Mr. Albin Salagu from UDSM & Ms. Madgalena Tesha from CBE Was elected as a Chairpersons, one for each day
Mr. Faustine China was elected as Rapporteur
4. Adoption of the agenda
11. The workshop adopted the agenda and corresponding time table which is attached to this report as Annex II
12. All available papers and presentations that were presented during the workshop will be made available for free at our office.
5. Summary of papers
13. Mr. Bashiru Ally, Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Dar es Salaam presented a paper on “The significance of political will, in solving Youth unemployment”. The presenter, among other things, highlighted social, economical and political changes in Tanzania since independence to date in relation to employment matters. He showed concern regarding liberal policies emulated by the government because they leave employment to be determined by the market. He suggested that there should be a mechanism through which such policies are adjusted accordingly to fit into our environment. The presenter further added that most of the Tanzanians are poor and that liberal policies would do much harm to the majority, a big proportion being the youths. He insisted that good governance and strong political will by leaders is the most important issue in combating youth unemployment. He finally praised the current governments’ willingness to solve the current unemployment problem.
14. E. Riwa, representative from the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Youth Development presented a paper on the “Role of the Ministry in Facilitating Youth Employment and Job Creation” The presenter briefly outlined some of governmental strategies in fighting youth unemployment in the country. She outlined several government initiatives for youth development: Youth Economic Groups, National Youth Week, Review of the National Youth Policy, Establishment of National Youth Council, Formation of Youth Organizations (Youth –NGOs), Youth Service Scheme Award Programme, and Information and Data Collection for Youth Development. She further explained in detail that at the moment the government is very willing to support youth groups who come out with innovative proposal aimed at solving the problem. She also informed the participants that at the moment the government is preparing the National Employment Strategy. She asked the participants to give their inputs in a matrix form. In her conclusion Ms. Liwa reminded participants to argue intellectually using evidence. She said “you are all from higher learning institutions, so if you want to argue something with the government you need to have three tools which are constitution of the united republic of Tanzania, the ruling party manifesto and the respective policy. You can also have other supporting documents like MKUKUTA, VISION 2025” These are the guiding instruments for the government. He argued participants to read those tools so that they all understand what is going on at the National level.
15 Mr. Jonathan Kingu from TMS CONSULTANTS presented a paper on “Self Employment Opportunities through SMEs Franchising Programme”. The presenter explained that franchising is any arrangement in which the owners of a business name; Trade name, trade mark or copy right has licensed others to use it in selling goods or services. With vast experience in business, the presenter briefly explained how his firm works in the fighting youth unemployment. He highlighted some of the areas for employment creation. The presenter volunteered to assist youth groups/organizations which will be formed by seminar participants to start their own business by giving them free consultancy. He provided the participants with contacts so that they can contact him if they are serious about starting their own businesses. He said so far TMS consult has given presentation at the University of Dar es Salaam and they plan to do the same in other institutions.
16. Mr. Khalidi Swabiri from University of Dar es Salaam Entrepreneurship Centre (UDEC) presented a paper on “The Role of SMEs in Job Creation and Poverty Eradication”. The presenter explained the overview of SME sector in Tanzania. The sector is estimated to generate about a third of GDP, employs about 20% of Tanzanian labour force and has greatest potential for further generation. Indeed, in the National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (MKUKUTA), SMEs have been identified as a means to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). He explained some constraints facing development of SMEs as unfavorable business environment, limited access to finance, lack of power to influence change, limited access to important network, limited access to support services and limited awareness and capacity. However, given its due attention, the presenter told participants that SMEs have greatest employment creation for youths. The challenge is to put policies in place that encourage youths to engage actively and productively in SMEs. He concluded his presentation by acknowledging the current initiatives by the government of fully supporting the growth of welfare to SME sector as an important step towards poverty eradication and job creation. And made his suggestion on what should be done to further strengthen SMEs. The suggestion included establishment of SMEs Bank, promoting SMEs networking through clustering, Government increase its support to SMEs and development of partnership with the government.
17 A paper on “The Role of Tourism in Economic Growth and Job Creation” was presented by Mr. Fred Msemwa and Damas Mfugale from the National College of Tourism. The presenters highlighted the role tourism industry is playing in creating youth employment. They further stated that the sector employs more than 200 million people in the world. Around 110,000 were employed in 1996 and currently around 322,000 people are working in the sector in Tanzania. Thus, tourism is a potential area to secure jobs compared to other sector due to rapid growth of the industry. They argued participants to see the possibility of joining the sector instead of complaining that the sector is full of foreigners. They gave an example of hotel managers coming from outside the country. Our universities do not offer degree courses in hospitality, so if the qualification is M.A in hotel management where are you going to get such a candidate. Mind you hotels are meant to save people from different nations and not mere Tanzania.
18. Mr. Godwin Kaganda, Lecturer from the Institute of Finance Management presented a paper on “The role of financial Institutions in job creation and Employment “The presenter highlighted the mechanism of financial institutions with regard to provision of financial facilities to youths. He recommended the government and other stakeholders to create enabling environment that will give youth access to enjoy financial facilities in an effort to fight youth unemployment. He concluded his presentation by informing the participants that financial institution relies heavily on the policy of the country, so the government needs to create policies which will influence financial institutions to easy their conditionality for youths to access funds.
7. RECOMMENDATIONS
7.1 RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT
7.1.1. Forming Groups and SACCOS
The government showed its commitment to solving youth unemployment problem by advising youths to form groups and form SACCOS to enable them get support for self employment. It was recommended that the government should publicize this idea and stipulate clearly what are the criteria for forming such groups. It was suggested that a good group should combine people from different education levels. Other criteria were left to be set by the government.
7.1.2 Setting of desk to deal with youth proposals
It was recommended that the government should establish a desk which will be responsible for receiving and scrutinizing proposals from youths. Participants suggested that to start with the government can set a desk at the ministry later on go to district level.
7.1.3. Education
Participants were of the opinion that the problem of unemployment does not only emanate from the liberal policies we emulate but also the education we receive from our educational institutions. Participants said that the current education does not meet the needs of the private sector nor self-employment. It prepares youth to take up ready made jobs in the public sector which are not available for all. It was recommended that the government should direct educational institutions to conduct a thoroughly study of the private sector to determine what are the human resources needs and adjust their curriculum accordingly.
Also Career guidance and counseling should be introduced in our curriculum so that it guides pupils in choosing their career and future employment with regard to their abilities and interests. So the government should direct teachers colleges to provide this kind of training.
7. 1. 4. Language
Language was discussed thoroughly; the participants recommended that, the current language debate of whether Swahili or English is misled. Participants were of the opinion that Tanzanians especially those in learning institutions should master both languages. In the current global economy knowledge of more than one language is an asset. Therefore, the government should invest in both languages English and Kiswahili.
7.1.5. Availability of Official Documents
It was recommended that the official documents which are supposed to guide youth and other stakeholders in trying to implement various activities aimed at improving the life of Tanzanians be made available to the public and youths in particular. The documents referred here are the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania, Ruling Party Manifesto, the ministry’s policies both Youth Development Policy and Employment Policy. These documents give direction on how to deal with youths’ issues including employment. More ever it is important to have these documents together with programme of implementation in order for youth who are the majority of stakeholders to know the National direction, visions, MKUKUTA, MKURABITA and how they relate to MDGs and their place of action.
7.1. 6. The Revised National Youth Development Policy
While the workshop was focusing on unemployment problem, the question of the development policy came up very clear. Participants were of the view that, the government should release this document to enable them participate effectively in different public affairs. It was noted that the issue of National Youth Council can hardly materialize if the policy is not yet realized. So the government is requested to release the policy together with the National Youth Council.
7. 1. 7. Youth Regional Integration
It was recommended that government establish a mechanism through which Tanzanians’ youth will participate in regional integration organs like EAC, SADC, and COMESA. The main reason was that Tanzanians’ youth will need markets and jobs in these member states. However, if there is no established mechanism youth cannot participate effectively and end up complaining about the influx of youth from other countries to Tanzanian labour market. A good example was cited of the East African Community where youth are not participating effectively. It was recommended to the government to establish a youth desk at EAC and SADC.
7. 1. 8. Youth Employment Network (YEN)
The government was requested to speed up the process of joining YEN. This process is very important as it reads to creation of National Employment strategy with the technical and financial support from International labour Organization (ILO).
7. 2. 0. RECOMMENDATIONS TO NICE
7.2.1. NICE should conduct more workshops in other parts of the country, involving both primary and secondary school leavers as well. People with disability should be involved in these workshops because the issues discussed affect them too, therefore, their contribution to solution seeking cannot be overlooked. The workshop should also include unemployed youth.
7.2.2. NICE should initiate the formation of youth groups. NICE being a youth NGO should share its experience with other youth on how to form groups, register, and run them.
7.2.3. The question of youth employment creation needs to involve different people. Therefore, NICE should conduct a special workshop involving people from the government, private sector, educational institutions, Tanzania employers association, International Partners, UN agents and other stakeholders. Given the importance of involving public and private partners as well as civil society in tackling the problem of youth employment, it is essential to hold this workshop which can help to set up institutional frameworks which will promote and facilitate such partnerships. The comments from that workshop should help the government get inputs for the preparation of action plan.
7.2.4. NICE in collaboration with the government and other stakeholders should conduct a study aimed at identifying opportunities available for youth self- employment. Some region up country should be picked for sample. The six region identified by the president as the list developed regions were proposed.
7.2.5. Participants should be given a copy of this workshop report.
8. CLOSING OF THE WORKSHOP
The workshop was officially closed by the representative from the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Youth Development, Ms E. Riwa. She assured participants that the government through the ministry and other stakeholders will work hand in hand with youth groups/organizations in fighting youth unemployment.
9. ADOPTION OF THE REPORT OF THE WORKSHOP
At its closing session, the Workshop adopted the report on 30th March 2006
Jun 17th, 2006 - 07:30:32 |
Kaanaeli Kaale
YOUTH CAMP AT ILONGA YOUTH CENTRE
Responsible organization; The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Youth
Development.
Key actors; Department of Youth Development in the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Youth Development.
Venue; Ilonga Youth Centre, Morogoro region in Kilosa
District.
Camp duration; One week (7 days) from 12 to 18 February 2006
Aim of the Camp; The aim was to promote Volunteerism to the youths.
Specific objectives; To build the concept of volunteerism through physical
participation in volunteer works and training in youth camp.
Participants; The youth camp includes forty (40) youths ranging
between 15 to 30 years who selected form genuine youth groups in Kilosa district (see table 1). Six (6) youth officers from the Ministry headquarters (The Directors of Youth Development (Mama Joyce Shaid inclusive) were also participated.
Camp activities; The camp activities were divided in to two sessions a day; volunteer works and classroom activities (More details see tables 2).
1. Volunteer works:
Physical environment cleanness.
Preparation of demonstration farm.
Trees transplantation
Pit -latrine excavation
2. Classroom activities:
The following themes were presented
Youth camp and the concept of volunteerism by Mama Joyce Shaid, Director for youth Development.
HIV/AIDS and life skills – by E.Riwa, Youth Officer.
The role of ICT in Youth economic and social development, by Mr. James Kajugusi, Principal Ilonga Youth Centre.
Constitution development and registration procedures for youth groups, by Mr. Kisui, Assistant Youth Development director.
Jun 16th, 2006 - 07:40:18 |
Kaanaeli Kaale
INTRODUCTION
On June 5, 2006 Tanzania Media and Youth Development Association in collaboration with Madale Youth Settlement Cooperative Society commemorated World Environmental Day by launching Youth Employment and Environmental Sustainability program. The event supported by Vice President Office through National Environment Management Council (NEMC).
The Tanzania Media and Youth Development Association (TAMEYODA) is a Non-Governmental Organization that is working toward building the capacity of youth to participate in social, cultural and economic advancement of our nation. The organization was formed in 1998 to secure the involvement of journalists in working to enhance the talent and potential of young people in Tanzania. The organization began after a group of journalists representing print media, radio and television media determined that there was lack of media involvement in issues pertinent to youth such as employment, health education and gender.
Over the past three years we have implemented projects dealing with HIV/AIDS prevention and care and have worked to establish youth groups in various regions of the country. Our on-going HIV/AIDS peer education programs allow young people to learn and teach about the facts of HIV/AIDS.
Currently TAMEYODA is leading the Youth Employment Summit Campaign, which also considers Environmental Sustainability as a key area to focus. We believe that it would be short-sighted to destroy our environment in the quest for transient employment opportunities. Therefore we are encouraging youth groups and community to seek sustainable employment opportunities based on attention to water, land, energy, the atmosphere, and biodiversity and eco-system management in order to avoid deserts and desertification.
In addition we have also taken on the role of advising various Youth NGOs in areas of program planning and project design. Our involvement in the campaign for youth employment is an extension of our efforts to help improve the lives of young men and women in Tanzania.
The work that TAMEYODA is doing toward the goals of the Youth Employment Summit involves the participation and support of the YES 2002 Tanzania Coordinating Committee as well as the Ministry directly responsible for youth development, the Ministry of Labour, Youth Development and Sports.
Madale Youth Settlement Cooperative society is located at Madale Village, Kunduchi ward, Kinondoni District, Dar es Salaam Region Tanzania. It is about 5-km West Side from Wazo Hill Cement Factory. Madale Youth Settlement Cooperative society was formed in 1983 by 14 young men but currently it has more than 150 youth men and women.
The mission of Madale is to create a condition, which will allow various unskilled/uneducated youths to participate in different social, cultural and economic activities
The YES Country Network (YES-Tanzania) is Part of Global Alliance for Youth Employment Decade long Campaign that promoting youth-led development which recognizes that no one organization can do it alone and take another look at current development challenges as opportunities for youth employment, engagement and empowerment. The YES Country Network - Tanzania includes governmental institutions, development agencies, private sector, governmental and international organizations, NGO’s, educational and vocational institutions, business groups, media, and youth-based organizations.
YES Campaign was launched by Former US president Bill Clinton and First Lady of Egypt, Mrs. Susanne Mubarak in the first Global Youth Employment Summit in Alexandria, Egypt on Septermber 2002 under the banner of the 6Es: Employability, Employment Creation, Equity, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Sustainability, and Empowerment.
The primary aim of YES Tanzania is to work with diverse stakeholders to empower youth and to develop programs and projects that promote sustainable livelihood for young people in order to achieve UN MDGS especially goal No 8 target 16.
Environmental Day June 5, 2006
Tanzania Media and Youth Development Association (TAMEYODA) as a leading NGO for Youth Employment Summit Campaign (YES Tanzania) in collaboration with Madale Youth Settlement Co-operative Society have commemorated World Environmental Day by launching Youth Employment and Environmental Sustainability program.
The event aimed at promoting environmental protection and preserves the nature by influencing the community particularly youth to take positive action on environmental conservation when they are running various social and economic activities.
The event held on 3rd and 5th June 2006 at Madale Youth Settlement Co-operative Society, Madale village, which is about 5-km West Side from Wazo Hill Cement Factory in Kinondoni District, Dar es Salaam. The event involved about 120 youth including youth groups and Youth Organization based in Dar es Salaam, community leaders, people from Madale village, Teachers and Students from Nakasangwe Primary School and Journalists.
On our Speech read by TAMEYODA Secretary Mr. Stephen Mbaruku emphasis the importance of Environmental Sustainability and welcomed the Guest of honour, the Country Network Coordinator for Youth Employment Summit (YES-Tanzania) Ms. Kaanaeli Kaale to launch the Youth Employment and Environmental Sustainability.
On her the Coordinator for YES Tanzania, Ms. Kaanaeli Kaale said that it will be short-sighted to destroy our environment in the quest for transient employment opportunities and encourage youth groups and community to seek for sustainable employment opportunities based on attention to water, land, energy, the atmosphere, and biodiversity and eco-system management in consideration of environmental sustainability.
She urged that the community is pivotal to changing attitudes towards environmental issues and advocate partnership, which will enable Tanzania people to enjoy a safer and more prosperous future. She added that through Youth Employment and Environmental Sustainability program Tanzanian youth would become active agents of sustainable and equitable development.
She officially launched the Youth Employment and Environmental Sustainability Program by leading the participants to plant 55 trees at Madale (Umbrella 10, Mistaferi 15, mifenesi 20 and Mivinje 10) and 47 trees at Nakasangwe Primary School (Mijohoro 10, Umbrella 10, Miarobaini 12, Mipera 10, and Mistaferi 5). The event followed by choirs, comedy and drama, drink and dance.
Media Coverage:
TAMEYODA succeeded to publicize the World Environmental Day by publishing caption story into different newspapers namely the Guardian, Mwananchi, Mtanzania, Tanzania Daima, Nipashe, Majira, and The Express, Dar leo and Alasiri. The story was also transmitted by Radio Tanzania, Praise Power Radio, Radio One, Radio Uhuru, Radio Clouds, ITV and Channel Ten.
On 3rd June 2008
TAMEYODA and Madale Youth ran a one day Workshop on Youth Employment and Environmental Sustainability. About 37 young people from different groups based in Kinondoni District, Dar es Salaam participated and learn how to create sustainable livelihood parallel to environmental sustainability.
The lessons provided by the Chairman of Tanzania Specialist Organisation of Natural Resources and Biodiversity (TASONABI), Mr Bakiri Karosi were divided in three parts.
1. Field visit which involved 10 youth leaders who went to different nursery trees in Makumbusho, Sinza, Africana and Kunduchi in order to identify and buy good trees.
2. About 37 youths attended 2 hours session and learned how to start successful tree farms. The lesson includes the importance of knowing good seed, type of trees, planting trees according to geographical environments (soils, steep slope, weather etc.) the purpose of planting trees as well as the benefit of farm trees. The lessons included project designing how to use 10,000 acre of land to plant trees, food crops, livestock and bee keeping also how to harvest water. Another lesson was how to prevent fire by planting tree which do prevent fire like jack fruit tree along the boundary of the farm as well as to leave clear spaces between acres.
3. Part three of the lesson was to visit tree farm at Madale Youth Settlement where the Forest Expert showed the youth some trees, which he identified as due to effect of wrong choice of seeds, bad pruning and wrong cutting during harvesting. The expert cautioned that the failure of choosing good seed, bad pruning and poor harvesting results to low quality of tree products. Youth from different place in Dar es Salaam learned from Madale Youth successful story on how to create sustainable livelihood parallel to environmental sustainability
In addition youth from Sinza Youth Development Association who attended Workshop at Madale decided to clean the environment at Sinza E streets on 4th June 2006. The Sinza Youth Development Association used four hours to clean Environments and create community awareness regarding Environmental conservation.
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