Magugu, Tanzania

Health workers and volunteers learn about malaria.

Health and sanitation

• Trained 26 village health workers, 14 traditional healers and 10 traditional birth attendants in malaria detection, care and management
  

HIV and AIDS

• Trained 47 primary school teachers in age-appropriate HIV and AIDS and life-skills education
• Held community meetings in seven villages to form a community care coalition
  

Education

• Provided 100 two-seater desks for two primary schools
• Started to construct two classrooms and one teacher’s house
  

Economic development

• Formed 68 income-generating groups and trained 112 group leaders
  

Leadership development

• Trained 40 local government leaders in leadership skills, project management and advocacy issues
• Trained 29 development committee members in financial management and formation of income-generating groups
  

Justice

• Trained 20 members of children’s committees in child rights
• Educated seven advocacy committee members about advocacy issues including the dangers of female genital mutilation

Challenges
The people of Magugu still have a number of challenges ahead of them. During the next year, World Vision will focus on:

• Training young people to teach their peers about HIV and AIDS
• Improving the ability of community members to support their families through agricultural and economic development activities
• Continuing to improve the leadership skills of the development committee and community leaders