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BE GIRL - PERIOD PANTY PILOT STUDY

Maji Safi Group partnered with Be Girl, a social

enterprise, to provide re-usable and sustainable

menstrual products to girls and women. 100

period panties were donated and distributed to

secondary school participants in the MSG Female

Hygiene Program. These period panties double as

underwear and offer menstrual protection. They

are made of 100% leakproof material which allow

girls to be confident while menstruating and able

to focus on studies, instead of worrying about

MAJI SAFI GROUP (MSG)

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

1 January – 30 June 2018 Volume 2, Issue 1 (2018)

Quest for ‘equity’ in WASH

Inside this issue:

Members project updates

From the new Board

1-6

7

Visit DPA in Tanzania and

SAM Conference Dodoma

8

Menstrual Hygiene Day

2018 and World Water

Week 2018

9

Innovation Week HDIF

and Launching of the

Eastern Zone Forum

10

Pilot Sanitation Project in

Singida

11

Governance, Workshop

and BORDA Sanitation

Training

12

Information & Updates 13

TAWASANET e-news letter

SINGING AND DANCE PROGRAM “RORYA WANAVIPAJI“

Maji Safi Group‟s Singing and Dance Program hosted the fourth annual

Rorya Wanavipaji (Rorya’s Got Talent) event. Over 30 artists from

throughout the Rorya District showcased their singing, dance and skit

skills and creatively incorporated WASH lessons into their art. Once the

best 10 participants had been chosen, MSG hosted a semifinal event and

then a final event that attracted over 2,000 community members.

https://web.facebook.com/MajiSafiGroup/videos/1522063854557518/

100 period panties were donated and distributed

to secondary school girls

leaking blood on clothing while at school. Be Girl

panties are cost-effective and reusable, providing a

full year of menstrual protection and are

convenient because the fabric minimizes the

amount of water needed for washing and dries

quickly. In February program participants received

the panties free of charge! Participants„

experiences while using the period panties and

their effect on the girls„ confidence, comfortability,

school performance, and other indicators will be

evaluated throughout the year.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN‘S DAY

On March 8, 2018, MSG was invited to participate in the district wide

International Women‟s Day event in Rorya. MSG presented about the

importance of Menstrual Hygiene Mangement, giving girls access to

menstrual hygiene products, and providing education about female

hygiene.

International Women’s Day event in Rorya

https://web.facebook.com/MajiSafiGroup/videos/1522063854557518/

Newsletter Title Volume 2, Issue 1 (2018)

Sanitation and Water Action (SAWA)

O&M plans for SWASH developed

and functional in 2 schools through

strengthened School Management

Committees.

SANITATION, WATER AND HY-

GIENE SERVICES IN TUNGULI AND

MSAMVU- FUNDED BY MISSION

MOROGORO (MM)

SAWA is supporting improvement of basic

sanitation and water services in two vil-

lages (Msamvu and Tunguli) and 4 schools

(2 primary schools and 2 secondary

schools) in Kilindi District Council in

Tanga Region under support from Mission

Morogoro (MM). The project contract is

for one year and it is implemented in col-

laboration between communities, schools‟

committees and leadership, schools‟ stu-

dents and pupils, parents and the LGA

(Kilindi District Council). Interventions

will directly benefit more than 3,997 peo-

ple in both Tunguli and Msamvu villages

SCHOOL WASH PROJECT (ILALA

AND TEMEKE)

SAWA was contracted by TOTAL COM-

PANY LIMITED to implement a school

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (SWASH)

project in 2 primary schools of Kivule and

Yombo Dovya, Ilala and Temeke districts.

The project involves hygiene promotion,

improving sanitation facilities through con-

struction of toilets with a great considera-

tion of pupils with disabilities and provi-

sion of special rooms for adolescence girls.

Additionally, provision of hand washing

facilities, extension of water service to

toilets and capacity building for sustain-

ability enhancement. The project has a

total budget of 59,832,330 Tshs where by a

total of 5988 pupils (3209 girls and 2779

boys) will benefit from the services. The

implementation has started since January

2018 whereby inception meetings has been

conducted successfully and the toilet

blocks have been constructed into 60% of

completion.

After completion of project the following

are expected results:

Improved access to sanitation and

hand washing facilities in 2 schools.

Improved hygiene behaviors

(especially hand washing with soap)

among pupils in 2 schools and respec-

tive communities through strengthen-

ing capacities of teachers in deliver-

ing effective hygiene education.

including 1,213 students (575 girls and

638 boys) and 33 teachers (16 female and

17 male) in 4 schools (2 primary schools

and 2 secondary schools).

Expected Results:

Strengthened community

management entity (COWSO) and

able to operate and maintain WASH

services.

Improved environment sanitation

(household will construct and use

latrine).

Active school health club - engaged

in hygiene promotion.

Reduced water and sanitation related

diseases.

The implementation has started in March

2018; introduction meetings were con-

ducted at district and ward level where by

the project package and implementation

plan was shared; and other activities are

continued.

Inception meeting conducted at Yombo

Dovya primary school

On progress toilet block with 5 sc tanks

MHM facilitation at Tunguli secondary

school involving teachers from primary and

secondary schools in Tunguli and Msamvu

villages

SAWA Projects (Cont...)

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Conservation of School Environment through

tree plantation

SAWA is also implementing two projects

funded by WARIDI - one for Strengthen

Community Management for Sustainable

Water and Sanitation services (COWSO

PROJECT) and the second for support to

Sustainable Improvement of District Sani-

tation and Hygiene behaviours (ODF PRO-

JECT) both in Kilosa District Council. The

contract is for 1 year project started August

2017 to July 2018. SAWA is working

closely with the District Facilitation Team

as part of capacity development and ex-

perience sharing for sustainability after

project completion.

ACCELERATING ACCESS TO

QUALITY AND EQUITABLE WASH

SERVICES IN INSTITUTIONS AND

HOUSEHOLDS FOR MOST VULNER-

ABLE CHILDREN AND WOMEN IN

MAKETE DISTRICT.

This is another project implemented by

SAWA through UNICEF support. It inte-

grates school and community WASH

(Phase 2 program) in 11 schools and 17

villages in Matamba division found in

Makete District. The program improved

access of WASH services, meeting needs

of all pupils including disabled and adoles-

cent girls. Facilities improvement have

been completed in 11 schools and pupils

now enjoy access of improved WASH. The

program constructed and rehabilitated 39

toilet blocks with 83 stances for girls in-

cluding MHM rooms, 69 stances and 12

urinals for boys, 11 stances for disabled

pupils and 21 stances for teachers. Water

supply systems connected in the toilets,

one DP‟s with 3 taps in each school and

hand washing points constructed in each

facilities. A total of 46 Group hand wash-

ing facilities (F4S core models) installed in

11 schools. Pupils use the facilities for

practicing hand washing with soap in

groups in a child learning methodology to

facilitate behaviour adoption.

The program analyzed impact of Phase I

UNICEF supported 7 schools and shown

increase in admission by 16% for boys

(from 585 to 678) and 41% for girls (from

468 to 660), while school attendance in-

creased with absenteeism rate reduced

from 6.15% (In 2014) to 1.92% (in 2017)

for boys and from 5.21% (in 2014) to

1.06% (in 2017) for girls. School Health

has improved at Magoye primary school

were faecal-oral transmitted diseases de-

clined by 67% (from 30 in 2012 to 10 in

2017 for boys) and by 79% (from 73 in

2012 to 15 in 2017) for girls.

To advocate for sustainable behaviour

change and inclusion of improved

WASH practices in regional and dis-

trict plans the program conducted Fit

for School review meeting. A total of

21 participants (8 women & 13 men)

attended from. Participants where

Regional SWASH coordinators from

Dar es salaam, Mbeya, Iringa and

Njombe RS; District SWASH coordi-

nators from Mbeya DC, Mbarali DC,

Makete DC, Njombe DC, Iringa DC,

Mufindi DC and Temeke municipal

and implementing partners from

SAWA, CRS and PDF. Participants

reviewed and learned best practices

on fit for school implementation and gen-

eral SWASH sustainable management.

Field visit was organized at Lupeta Pri-

mary School of Mbeya DC funded by

UNICEF implemented in partnership be-

tween CRS and Mbeya DC to learn sus-

tainable WASH interventions and hygiene

promotion through songs and puppet

methodology. Key things to remember for

F4S sustainability are USE, CLEAN,

MAINTAIN.

Facilitating households on constructing

and using improved facilities and adopt

improved hygiene practices is key on re-

ducing fecal oral transmitted diseases. In

view of this the program promoted sanita-

tion and hygiene improvement for house-

hold adoption using CLTS and social

marketing approaches. In March 2018

external verification team comprising of

regional and district visited four villages

for ODF verification as per national ODF

verification guideline. Three of the visited

villages granted ODF level 1 (all house-

holds have improved latrines with hand

washing facilities) and one village granted

level 2 (all households have latrines and

hand washing facilities). This adds to a

total of 12 ODF villages out of 17 pro-

gram villages in Matamba thus impacted

58% of community members accessing

improved facilities and reduction of water

borne diseases as witnessed by health

centers of the division.

Picture taken during Hygiene and Sanita-

tion promotional event Kitete village

SWASH clubs practicing hand washing at

Ujuni primary school of Kitulo ward

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SHIPO

Installation of

n e w w a t e r

points

The project was

also providing

access to water

for all 10 vil-

lages.

Improved water

catchment areas

S H I P O i s

responsible of

improving water

catchements in all 10 villages to improve

water resources and manage the use of

water in the villages. The project expects

to benefit 5431 people (2350M, 3081F). 8

water sources have been completed out of

10.

Construction of schools double Vault

latrines

The objective was to improve health and

sanitation environment in schools under

the project considering gender needs.

1654 boys and 1677 girlsbenefit from this

project. A total 100 pitholes from 5

schools, 25 urinal rooms for girls and 5

urinal channels for boys were constructed.

Construction of Rain water harvesting

tanks

The project aimed at providing and

improving the access to water and

sanitation respectively in schools.

MAWENGI, MILO, MLANGALI

INTEGRATED PROJECT (MAMMIE

PROJECT)

The aim is to contribute effectively to the

development of quality education in 20

primary schools in the Ludewa district,

creating a conducive learning environ-

ment for about 1,094 pre-primary and

6,427 primary school students and 172

teachers.

MBOZI FARMERS LIVELIHOOD

PROJECT (MFLI PROJECT)

The project is implemented in Mbozi

District, Songwe targeting coffee farming

households. The partners on this project

are Heifer International, Mbozi District

council and SHIPO. SHIPO undertaken a

component focusing health and water. The

project targets 10 schools and villages.

WASH Training to teachers and

students

The objective was improving hygiene and

sanitation behaviors to school‟s teachers

and Pupils so as to minimize the spread of

hygienic and sanitary related diseases.The

total number of trained teachers is 40 (13F,

27M).

Formation and training school sanita-

tion clubs – SWASH Clubs

Clubs are responsible of making sure

school environments are clean and pupils

practice hygienic behavior and sanitation

in schools. A total of 431 club members

have been recruited from 10 schools at the

average of 44 (22M, 22F).

Sanitation and hygiene sensitization

meetings to Communities

The objective was to sensitize the commu-

nity on the importance of using improved

toilets, keeping their surroundings clean to

avoid contamination in water and food that

leads to the risk of getting diseases.

The Expected Results of the MAMMIE II

Project are:

Teaching competences are improved

among the teachers of the 20 target

schools.

Improved leadership, management and

governance in the 20 target schools.

Improved infrastructures and learning

environment in the 20 target schools –

already 1 block is completed with 6

potholes and 1 urinal room.

Increased awareness on child rights and

child protection among the 20 school

communities.

In this year SHIPO expects to complete 12

blocks from 7 schools where 6 are for boys

and 6 for girls. Each girls latrine onsists of 1

special room, and each boys latrine consists

of 1 urinal room.

SWASH Club formation at Igamba primary

school.

One of the improved water source at Isansa

A Complete latrine block for Lufumbu primary

school.

Ileje Env. Cons. Association (IECA)

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K i t c h e n v e s s e l s

distributed includes: -

Saucepan‟s, serving

plates, Serving spoon,

wooden ladles, Plastic

casks, Plastic water

storage, Buckets, Water

Jugs, Kitchen knifes.

One of the greatest

challenges in school

feeding program was

shortage of cooking

vessels. The distribution

of cooking vessels in

project schools will

result the following:

Preparation and

serving of food on time.

Increase in schools enrolment and

attendance among school – age chil-

dren due to availability of school

feeds.

Reduce hunger and malnutrition

among children in school.

Improve the nutritional status of chil-

dren in school.

Improve the cognitive or academic

performance of children.

II. Purchase of school

feeds storage materials

and provision of fund for

improvements of school

feeds storage

All types of ingredient, as

we l l a s co mp l e t ed

compound feeds, require

special care during storage

to prevent deterioration in

q u a l i t y , a n d l o s s .

Additionally they are very

valuable commodities and

need to be subjected to

careful stock control to

prevent theft. Stock

control is also essential to

enable school to fulfill the

STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY

ACTION ON SUSTAINABLE REDUC-

TION OF EFFECTS OF HUNGER

AMONGST SCHOOL CHILDREN IN

TANZANIA - PROJECT

I. Purchase and distribution of cooking

vessels

Hunger and malnutrition among children in

primary school is a major obstacle which

continues to impair health, quality of life,

school enrollment, absenteeism during

class hours and survival. It is estimated

that malnutrition and fall of a child

academic performance in class studies

related to failure of nutrient-based

guidelines that substantially influence

dietary patterns in primary school. The

purpose of purchasing and distributing

food service equipments was:-

Improve nutritional status of children

in school.

Meeting with school feeding commit-

tee and set plans for preparing a real-

istic estimate of school feeds for

weekly, monthly, semi-annually and

annually.

To ensure that primary school children

are best able to take full opportunity of

the education offered whilst relieving

any possible short term hunger by

providing lunch to the pupils in the

middle of class hours.

feed needs to the children adequately and

to ensure that schools have enough, or

excess feeds of each ingredient available

for meals.

Good storage is essential because the

value of the feed that is present needs for

consumption before it deteriorates/spoils.

Feed spoils during storage -whether it

deteriorates quickly or slowly depends

partly on its quality but very largely on

how school feeds are stored before

consumption.

The objective of distributing feeds storage

materials to school beneficiaries was:-

Losses and Deteriorative Changes

which Occur During Feed Storage

Reduce losses due to human theft,

fire and the consumption of scaveng-

ing animals such as rats and birds

Damage due to rain and condensation

and too high temperatures

Changes in the quality of the feeds

due to enzymatic actions and the de-

velopment of oxidative rancidity

IECA will continue working closely with

9 schools in Ileje to ensure the school

feeding program sustained and replicated

in other areas of Tanzania. Distribution of kitchen equipments in Namasele primary schools

Distribution of storage materials in Chitete primary schoool

Newsletter Title Volume 2, Issue 1 (2018)

IECA (Cont…)

OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH

EMPLOYMENT (OYE)

SNV‟s Opportunities for Youth Employment

(OYE) is a market based project to sustainably

r e d u c e y o u t h u n e m p l o y m e n t a n d

underemployment. The project act as a match

maker between young people and private

companies. A model used is based on SNV‟s

decades‟ long experience in value chain and

inclusive market development for the agriculture,

energy and sanitation sectors.

The project is implemented Rungwe District –

Mbeya Region. The project is based on Agro-

business and livestock keeping. 180 youth were

recruited and form six groups located in Isyonje

(Nsani and Ushirikiano group), Unyamwanga

(Mbomboyaje and Hwaasha group), Vijana

wajasiriamali group in Idweli and Umoja wa vijana in Mbeye I.

Using IECA„s extensive experience in local markets, youth

groups are connected with companies and trained on basic life

skills, leadership skills, entrepreneurship and business

development skills, IECA cooperate with vocational training

centers and local companies to provide technical skills training

and apprenticeships. We match trained young people with

employment options in local growth markets, and continue to

mentor them deep into the job. Youth are supported to access

credit facilities through peer savings and lending associations.

Four groups employed in pigs farming projects.

They were assisted with construction of pig

house, four (4) pigs are distributed to each group,

vaccine and six (6) bags of rational pig feeds

were supplied to each group. Youth are trained

access credit facilities through youth saving and

lending association model (YSLA) and they

managed to save TZS 5,237,000/-.

A part from the group enterprise, individual youth

are employed themselves in production of cash

and food crops (potatoes, trees farm and maize),

Boda boda transportation, restaurants, Butcher

and Grocery.

The remaining two groups are employed in fish

farming. Two ponds were excavated with

capacity of rearing thousand fish each. Youth

were assisted with materials for excavating fish

ponds, Tilapia and catfish species and fish feeds. Youth

groups managed to save TZS 2,300,000/-. Youth are able to

secure loans from group and use loans in their business

undertakings.

Fish ponds of Mbomboyaje group

Vijana wajasiriamali - youth in his potatoes farm

From the new Board (2017 - 2020)


The new Board, composed of 8 members, came in existence

since 1st November 2017 after being elected at the 9th An-

nual General Meeting, to serve a 3 years term (2017-2020).

The elected members were:

Eng. Herbert Kashililah (Chairperson);

Mr. Boniface Mliga

Dr. Rosemary Daniel

Mr. Enock Maduhu

Mr. Lawrence Kitogo

Mr. Msangu, Mathew Halla

Mr. Terdey Mhagama

Ms. Askinia Lyambal

As of January to June 2018, the Board held its Constitutional

Meetings and assumed its responsibilities. Among others, the

Board resolved the following:

Dealing with debt (with a target of closing the chapter

by this 2018). This will be done through (among others)

subscriptions; requesting relief; and members contribu-

tions as per previous AGM resolutions.

Increasing TAWASANET engagement through identifi-

cation of members in thematic working groups.

Reviewing the Equity Report preparations, through es-

tablishing guidelines/criteria for members to be engaged.

Reviewing the TAWASANET Vision, Mission, and

Logo to represent the roles and responsibilities of the

network.

Following up progress of the AGM established commit-

tees (Code of Conduct; Constitutional Review; and 10

year anniversary) for feedback to be presented to the

upcoming AGM.

Resource Mobilization through establishing the TAWA-

SANET resource mobilization strategy; mapping of potential

funders; and the amount to be solicited.

Approving new TAWASANET members - Pamoja Maz-

ingira Management Organization (PAMAO); NGO Network

for Dodoma Region (NGONEDO); as well as approving list

of Constitutionally Ceased Members.

Reviving the advisory group members through invitation to

express their interests.

Strengthening TAWASANET ICT visibility through engag-

ing competent person (looking from members).

Developing the TAWASANET publication protocol (a guid-

ing document for the network publications).

Finalizing and adoption of the Board Charter.

Zonal Platforms to provide regular updates (progress reports)

to ensure their functionality.

AGM 2018 (as the network is facing financial constraint

Secretariat to prepare projection budget and request members

opinion on how to hold it).

For Board meetings, seeking attending meetings with own

contribution, as well as exploring electronic meetings ave-

nues.

On sector engagement, send memo to members to use local

platforms at Regional and District levels to engage. Zonal

forums to be used as platforms to engage.

The Board is aware of the huge expectations from members,

stakeholders, and the sector at large. Despite, collaboration from

all stakeholders will contribute in attempts to profile TAWA-

SANET further in the near future.

Board Members in a group photo after election 2017

Board in one of its strategic meetings

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DPA visit in Tanzania

In February 2018, Peder, the Development Coor-

dinator of Danish People‟s Aid, visited Tanzania.

Together with the TAWASANET Secretariat, he

visited the offices of TAWASANET member

organisations CHESO and CEMDO in Dar es

Salaam and the field project of TAWASANET

and IECA in Ileje. The main goal of the visit was

to discuss the new DPA Programme for 2019-

2021. DPA is willing to continue the collabora-

tion with TAWASANET also for the new Pro-

gramme. The final programme is in elaboration

and will be finalized this year. Together with

DPA, the network will continue to support the

Tanzanian Government to improve the WASH

situation of the population and to achieve the Sus-

tainable Development Goals 2030.

Group Foto with project representatives and school chirdren in Ileje

World Cafe Session

From 21st to 22nd February, TAWA-

SANET conducted a strategic Social Ac-

countability Monitoring (SAM) Confer-

ence in Dodoma. The participants from

TAWASANET member organizations,

other invited stakeholders and political

representatives got information about

SAM. The different monitoring tools were

presented and discussed, and different pro-

jects presented their experience with SAM

in the field. Presentations were held by

Policy Forum who shared a general over-

view of definition of Social Accountability

and the monitoring tools; Shahidi wa Maji

presented their experience with SAM in

the Uhakika wa Maji Project; AFNET

shared their experience with SAM in the

health sector and finally, Simavi and

Social Accountability Monitoring (SAM) Conference

CBHCC presented the Maji kwa Afya ya

Jamii (MKAJI) project in which they

have been working with Social Account-

ability Monitoring tools.

Reflection and learning:

When someone considers SAM as a

project is very expensive and

unsustainable, but if it is taken as part

of our life is very cheap. It does not

cost much to attend the Council As-

sembly for example, but most of us

are not care. SAM is fundamental

human rights.

In doing SAM, consider your

context, including the contribution

you want to make.

All of us are facilitators; we should

not place ourselves as SAM

implementers, rather the communi-

ties.

The cholera challenge

shows deficiencies on

W A S H i s s u e s ,

communities should be

sensitized more. Previ-

ously community offi-

cers were closely to

communities, unlike the

current trend. SAM

should be used for more

accountability on water

supply and sanitation.

Flow of information, from the

national to local level and vice versa

is one of the challenge.

Everyone should be accountable, for

transparency and effective flow of

information at all levels.

If SAM will be well executed, the

current increasing tendency of

communities waiting top leaders to

raise their voices will be reduced.

The only way is to ensure that

communities are able to demand

through the available channels. So-

cial Accountability is a „two way

traffic‟, there are levels and should be

used as a source of information and

taking actions.

Group picture of SAM Conference participants


Menstrual Hygiene Day 2018

The Menstrual Hygiene Day 2018 on 28

May was celebrated in many location all

over Tanzania and TAWASANET mem-

bers were represented at several events.

The nationally organized events took

World Water Week 2018 ply;

Urban planning is important but needs

to go hand in hand with law enforce-

ment;

Prices for water have to be fair and

reasonable also for poor families;

The urban water supply can be suc-

cessful if there is a collaboration be-

tween the city/municipal councils and

the utilities and if there is a strong and

willing leadership.

The second event of the World Water

Week with TAWASANET participation

was a Tanzania Gender Networking Pro-

gramme (TGNP) Discussion Round for

the Commemoration of the Water Week.

Darius Mhawi from the TAWASANET

Secretariat presented paper on Menstrual

Hygiene Management practices and the

importance of water for improving the

situation. The mixed group of participants

improved their understanding of the

WASH and MHM issues.

During the World Water Week in March

2018, TAWASANET together with I4ID

organized a workshop about “Urban Wa-

ter Services” in Kibaha. The participants

from TAWASANET member organiza-

tions (representatives), Utilities represen-

tatives and other sector stakeholders dis-

cussed the issues of urban water supply

with a special focus on policy implica-

tions. The discussions have revealed that:

There is a need for a better link be-

tween urban planning and water sup-

place in Dodoma; and another

at the Police Officers Mess in

Dar es Salaam, under the slogan

“No More Limits”.

The event in Dar es Salaam

focused on public awareness

raising. The aim was to put a

spotlight on the challenges of

breaking down the stigmas and

taboos around menstruation and

thereby ensuring that women

and girls are able to manage

menstruation with dignity in a

safe and hygienic way. The

event started with a walk, fol-

lowed by speeches of the Guest of Honor,

Deputy Minister of Health, Community

Development, Gender, Elderly & Chil-

dren and the special invitees. School Chil-

dren performed in Storytelling, Poem and

Entertainment to exchange information

and break the silence.

In Dodoma, the addressee were the Mem-

Participants of the Menstrual Hygiene Day

2018 in Dar es Salaam

bers of Parliament and other national poli-

ticians. In the morning, an exchange be-

tween present NGOs, International Organi-

sations, Government representatives, pri-

vate sector representatives and other sector

stakeholders about ongoing initiatives,

strategies as well as successes and chal-

lenges and potential synergies was organ-

ized. In the afternoon the Members of Par-

liament were informed about the issues of

MHM and structural, political and cultural

limits, received an update about current

research data and recommendations con-

cerning the decision making about tax-free

pads. The Sustainable Development Goals

include a target which advocated for spe-

cial attention to the needs of woman and

girls in access to adequate and equitable

sanitation. Proper menstrual hygiene man-

agement is crucial to ensure that this target

is met and the situation for girls and

women improves.

Left: I4ID and

TAWASANET

workshop in Ki-

baha about

“Urban Water

Services”,

Right: Presentation

at TGNP about

MHM and water

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Engagement at the Innovation Week - HDIF

The Human Development Innovation

Fund (HDIF) Innovation Week 2018

took place from 21 to 26 May; whereby

HDIF organized a session about

“Innovation and the role of the public

and private sector in providing inclusive

solutions to sanitation challenges in Tan-

zania” and “The role of technology and

innovation in bringing about inclusive

access to safe water for Tanzanians”.

The TAWASANET member organiza-

tions BORDA and CRS presented their

projects “DEWATS for Dar: A pioneer-

ing community latrine emptying and

Decentralized Wastewater Treatment

Solution (DEWATS) for Dar es Sa-

The launching of the Eastern Zone Forum

was officiated by Eng. Elizabeth Kingu,

the Dar es Salaam Regional Water Engi-

neer who was the Guest of Honor. The

TAWASANET Zonal Forum is a platform

to exchange between TAWASANET

member organizations and other WASH

stakeholders in the specific regions. The

Eastern Zone Forum for the Regions of

Dar es Salaam, Morogoro and Pwani was

launched at this event in April 2018. The

objectives are to share experience on

WASH sector issues, identifying existing

cross-sector collaboration on WASH at

local and sub national level and to develop

Launching of the Eastern Zone Forum

a comprehensive framework for institu-

tional collaboration of WASH stake-

holders.

Apart from the launching, three presenta-

tions were made: Eng. Herbert Kashililah

from Shahidi wa Maji and Chairperson of

TAWASANET presented about Social

Accountability Monitoring Mechanisms

for improved governance and democracy

and better sustainability in the WASH

sector. The presenter showed how Social

Accountability works, starting with em-

powered citizens and civil society through

participation, inclusion, expression of

voice and advo-

cacy. Duty bearers

have to be in-

formed to act

transparently and

with integrity to

implement and

improve perform-

ances which at the

end lead to better

service delivery,

access to govern-

ance, resources

and information.

The second pres-

entation was made

by Japhet Makongo from I4ID in which

he gave an overview of the workshop

about “Urban Water Services”.

Ms. Dhahia Mbaga, a WSSCC MHM

Trainer, reminded participants about men-

struation issues and that WASH practitio-

ners must create chances for talking about

menstruation to break the silence. She

clarified that Menstrual Hygiene Manage-

ment (MHM) is an entry point to unlock

multiple benefits for women and girls,

also to facilitate discussion on other taboo

topics for vulnerable and marginalized

populations linked to WASH. The discus-

sion raised the issue of proper solutions

for sanitary pads disposal which is not

solved yet.

In the end, the Memorandum of Under-

standing was signed by all TAWA-

SANET members of the Zone. The par-

ticipants agreed, that the Forum members

should get involved and be active in dif-

ferent sector activities, exhibitions and

government interventions and that they

should have a culture of supporting inno-

vative long time value creation through

learning from failure and celebrating suc-

cess within their organizations and institu-

tions.

laam‟s un-served urban communities”,

respectively “Remittance Recovery in

Water” which they are implementing in

collaboration with HDIF. These mem-

bers also participated at a panel discus-

sion of the event.

The common understanding of the par-

ticipants at the end of the day was that

enough technological know-how and

possibilities are available for a improved

water supply and access to sanitary fa-

cilities, but with the lack of policies and

commitment of the Government, the

development and implementation takes

longer than necessary.

Planel discussion at the HDIF Innovation Week

2018 with Jutta Camargo from BORDA (first from

the left) and Godfrey Mpangala from CRS (third

from the right)

Group picture of Eastern Zone Forum


Pilot Sanitation Project in Singida

Improving the ability of 11 members of the School Committee to fulfill their roles and duties regarding sani-tary conditions and school hygiene;

Raising awareness on hygiene issues among approximately 1,697 Pupils and the surrounded local en-vironment; and

Strengthening the potential of the in-habitants of the 4 vil-lages from which the students of the school come, in order to en-sure their active involvement in developing and maintaining healthy and hygienic conditions at school.

The project is implemented through the TAWASANET member organization—Health Actions Promotion Association (HAPA) based in Singida, whereby TAWASANET Secretariat plays an oversight role and communication to the donor. It is financed by the Polish development cooperation programme of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland. After implementation of the project, the learning effect will be replicated as far

as the application of the National School WASH Guidelines is con-cerned. The experiences will be shared to TAWASANET members, the respon-sible Ministries and other Stakeholders to facilitate future investments of mor or less the same projects. The project is supplementing part of the investment of the National Sanitation Campaign as well as School WASH and contributes to reach the National targets and the Sustainable Development Goals.

In April 2018, a collaboration of Polish Aid and TAWASANET for Improving Sanitation and Hygiene Practices among pupils of Ntunduu Primary School and local villages in Singida District started. The planned activities of the sanitation project at Ntunduu Primary School in Singida include; to repair the existing school premises, the construction of new sanitary facilities at the school according to the National School WASH Guideline, to create educational materials, to conduct train-ings of School Health Clubs and the School Committee including teachers and parents’ representatives as well as to hold educational meetings in the local communities for sensitization. The objectives of the project are:

Providing the necessary sanitary infrastructure at school (adapted to needs of students with disabilities) by the end of 2018;

Improving the ability of 15 mem-bers of the School Health Club to maintain healthy and hygienic con-ditions in schools as well as shap-ing attitudes that serve these pur-poses;

The construction works of the sanitary

facilities at the Ntunduu Primary School in

Singida.

Through theater and artistic performances, the

topics become easy to understand for

everyone.

Pupils washing hands in the only existing

water well at the school compound


Governance, Resource Mobilization and Financial Management Workshop

The objectives of the TAWASANET Gov-

ernance, Resource Mobilization and Finan-

cial Management Workshop at 2nd and 3rd

May 2018 were to improve the knowledge

and skills among network members regard-

ing NGO governance, Resource Mobiliza-

tion and Financial Management, and to

enable network members asses the organ-

izational capacity using the TAWASANT

tool for Governance and Financial manage-

ment evaluation. The discussed challenges

regarding NGO governance, which were

mentioned by the participants, were

amongst others, lack of ownership and

commitment among the organisations, over

expectations and lack of creativity. Con-

cerning resource mobilization the partici-

pants were introduced to a system of get-

ting resources from a wide range of re-

source providers through a number of dif-

ferent mechanisms, this can be financial

and non-financial resources. It describes

The participants discussed challenges and

methodologies in group works and

presented their findings

The TAWASANET member organisation

BORDA prepares regularly Woman Sani-

tation Trainings for Government represen-

tatives from municipal and regional level

at the BORDA Training Center at Kigam-

boni, Dar es Salaam. The objectives of the

trainings are identifying the gap in Fecal

Sludge Management (FSM) Business for

women and knowing the roles

played by women to manage FSM.

The training starts with providing

basic knowledge about waste man-

agement, hygiene in the household

and sanitation. In several trainings

the participants can gain knowledge

in sanitation and FSM. They also

get introduced in the

Decentralized Waste-

water Treatment Solu-

tion (DEWATS) which

has been implemented

by BORDA in various

neighborhoods, hospitals and

schools to improve overall

sanitation and mitigate risks

of water born illness and

death, especially amongst

women and children.

The BORDA Training Center in Kigamboni

provides the information clearly

the activity of finding new ways of engag-

ing resources in the local environment to

support an organisation and make it self-

sustaining. The last part of the workshop

focused on financial management which

involves planning, organizing, controlling

and monitoring financial resources through

a range of financial tactics in order to

achieve organizational objectives.

BORDA always invites two TAWA-

SANET representatives to participate at

the trainings to share knowledge and for

scaling-up the DEWATS model. This

trainings are useful for capacity building

from members to members. Interested

organisations to participate at further

trainings in Dar es Salaam can get in con-

tact with the TAWASANET Secretariat.

BORDA Sanitation Training

The Sanitation Training includes

the imparting of basic knowledge

about waste management and

recycling

Sinza Area, Mbutu Street, Gate No. 13,

P.O. Box 33410, Dar es Salaam,

TANZANIA.

Phone: +255 22 2 462 065

E-mail: [email protected]

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Tanzania Water and Sanitation Network (TAWASANET)

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Other updates:

The Sector programme (WSDP) is under review, inputs from CSOs re. performance and the dialogue

mechanisms is crucial at this stage.

TAWASANET is a network of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) working in the water and sanitation sec-tor, established in 2008 with the aim of ensuring equitable access to safe water and improved sanitation to all citizens. VISION STATEMENT: “A strong and vibrant Tanzania Network in which all citizens have equal access to safe water and improved sanitation”. MISSION STATEMENT: “To strengthen coordination, networking and building capacity of Tanzania’s Civil Society Organizations and other stakeholders in the water and sanitation sector through education promotion and advocating for good practices“. OBJECTIVES:

i. To provide a forum for collaboration and the interchange of ideas and knowledge among Members in the provision of services in water and sanitation sector.

ii. To promote partnership between civil society and other stakeholders in the water and sanitation sec-tor.

iii. To encourage and foster public, government and industry understanding of water and sanitation and its contribution to socio- economic development, quality of life and the environment.

iv. To contribute to the development and implementation of sector policies, strategies, standards and guidelines in the water and sanitation sector.

v. To increase the knowledge and skills of people working in the water and sanitation sector. vi. To strengthen the overall human and institutional capacity of the water and sanitation sector in Tan-

zania in order to contribute to the wise use of water resources and sanitation facilities.

vii. To serve as an important Tanzanian link to the international water and sanitation network. viii. To promote the protection of environment/water sources and ecosystem. ix. To establish and maintain a water and sanitation resource centre. x. To do all related things necessary for and incidental to the advancement of its objectives from which

it was formed. PROGRAMME FOCUS:

Coordination and Networking

Documentation and Dissemination

Policy, Research and Advocacy

Capacity Development

Resource Mobilization


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