Bukene, Tanzania: Snippets

Bukene, Tanzania

2 June 2005

Snippets

The following are some achievements in Bukene ADP since October 2003:

Health and Sanitation

Trained 30 traditional birth attendants to educate the community in primary health care initiatives.
Held 30 community health meetings.
Held a health screening for students of a local school.
Constructed five water filters and 25 water storage jars.
Formed 10 HIV/AIDS committees who performed 11 HIV/AIDS education campaigns in 10 villages and involved 10 sports clubs in HIV/AIDS activities.

Education

Trained 10 school committees.
Held 10 education meetings to encourage parents to enrol their children in school.
Held two planning meetings with the District Education Officer and his team.
Facilitated mock examinations for 430 children in standards four and seven.

Agriculture and food security

Harvested drought tolerant maize crops successfully.
Trained 20 village agriculture facilitators who in turn trained 256 farmers in improved agricultural techniques.
Held 20 community meetings on agricultural topics.
Trained 10 farmers in fish farming.
Supported 256 farmers with the provision of 2,000 kg of improved maize seed.
Supported 20 farmers’ focus groups.

Economic Development

Held two meetings for the Bukene association of economic groups and two meetings for economic leaders.
Trained 141 people from 14 microenterprise groups in micro-entrepeneurship skills.
Set up village banking systems for 11 microenterprise groups.

Spiritual Development

Formed a committee of church leaders and facilitated a workshop for the committee.

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