q Women only q Men only þ Both Women and Men

q Children and Youth

q Elderly people

The purpose of the project is to address the effects of marginalization of women and girls in Dodoma. The project intends to educate the society on the rights of women and girl children. The project has been necessitated by the deteriorating enrollment of girls in school and their high school drop out rates, early marriages, open discrimination of girls against the boys in most families in Dodoma, abortions, death from abortion and the lack of control of resources by women. The project adopts a lobbying and advocacy approach. It also adopts an empowerment approach.

Strengthening the role of the church (ELCT-Dodoma) in community based project implementation through de-linking and restructuring of the department in charge of project implementation from the mainstream evangelical activities.

Empowerment of women and girls in Dodoma region through addressing their basic rights.

Uplifting the standards of living of women through initiating income generating activities and training in small business management.

Strengthening the role of women in addressing their basic rights through lobbying and advocacy.

Training women and girls in vocational skills to enable them to be economically independent and also to enable them to support their families.

In recognition of the serious effects of HIV/AIDS to the women and girls, the project will initiate a HIV/AIDS campaign that will penetrate to the grassroots.

The project will also promote networking with other faith based agencies and other organizations sharing similar aspirations with ELCT.

The mission of ELCT is to encourage people to know and depend upon Almighty God through Jesus Christ and to fully enjoy an everlasting life. ELCT aims at building a self-supportive community which value peace, love, spiritual and self-development.

In 1999, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania ELCT established a special department to cater for community development needs. The establishment of this department was as a result of increase in social and economical problems affecting the church members and the community at large.

ELCT’s secretary general currently heads the Special Department for development. The Special Department is under the Special Committee for Development and Stewardship at the Diocese level. The committee is answerable to the Executive Council/Governing body of the Dodoma Lutheran Church. ELCT has its headquarter in Dodoma City. The Headquarter is in charge of 30 congregations/churches spread out in Dodoma region.

Since ELCT established the Special Department for Development in 1999, it has accomplished the following activities,

Sinking of two boreholes in Aya secondary school and in Kijiji cha Chitego.

Purchasing 4 tractors to assist the community members from the whole diocese.

Establishing 2 posho mills in Kondoa and Dodoma municipality.

Conservation of environment in Bumira through tree planting.

Sensitizing the community on establishment of fishing activities in Kongoa and Mpwapwa districts.

Conducting HIV/AIDS awareness in Kondoa.

Establishment of 6 dispensaries in Kodoa, Chemchem, Chamkoroma, Kitali, Lwihomelo and Lufu.

Purchasing of a lorry that assist the villagers in transportation services in Wotta district.

Putting up of hostels in Dodoma, Kangowa, Kibakwa and Mpwapwa.

Establishment of a secondary school in Kondoa.

Establishment of a Heifer project in Dodoma region.

Among the above projects, the Heifer project, the borehole, the secondary school, the fishing program and the HIV/AIDS programs are directly under ELCT headquarters in Dodoma. The other projects are under the church parishes in the divisions.

ELCT has plans to:-

Establish a referral hospital for central Dodoma zone.

Construct a Women Center that will train women in vocational skills.

Construct more hostels in Dodoma city.

Renovate the existing dispensaries.

Increase the number of streams in the ELCT secondary school.

Establish a primary school for training English language.

Establish a Mission Center with the following facilities:-

Musical training facilities.

Open library.

Youth center.

Headquarter of the Diocese.

In the past three years, the activities of ELCT have been supported by the following:-

In the last four years that ELCT has been implementing community-based projects, it has gained considerable experience in project implementing. ELCT utilizes the church capacity in most of the community projects. ELCT has a network of 30 congregations spread out in the five districts of Dodoma region. These congregations play a vital role in implementation of projects and in needs assessment. ELCT has a functional office at its Headquarters in Dodoma. Presently, the Diocese intends to strengthen the Special Development Department through de-linking the evangelical activities from development work. This is intended to make the Special Development Department to be more efficient in serving the community.

III SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT

ELCT, Dodoma Diocese covers the whole of Dodoma region except some parts of the Dodoma East and South. The region is centrally positioned and covers 5% of Tanzania. It borders Arusha to the North, Iringa to the South, Singida to the East and Morogoro to the South. Much of the region is a plateau rising gradually from Bahi swamps to the highlands of Kondoa. Administratively, the region consists of four rural districts and one township authority. The districts include Dodoma rural, Kondoa, Mpwapwa, Kogwa and Dodoma municipality. The four districts and the municipality are further divided into 26 divisions.

Bantu speaking people mainly inhabits the region. The major tribes include the Wagogo and the Warangi, other small tribes include Wamasai, Wanguu, Wasagara, Wamangati, Wambulu Watatoga, Wafyomi, Wakaguru, Watindiga, Wabena, and Wahehe. The average population is about 1.5 million and the growth rate is about 2.4%. At the village level, the community relies on subsistence farming and livestock rearing. The crops grown include maize, sunflower, groundnuts and beans. The rains are moderate and the temperatures are high.

The Diocese was inaugurated in 1988 and covers an area of 41,300 square kilometers. At the time of inauguration, it had only 5000 ELCT members. Since then, the membership has increased to 15,000. Dodoma has a mixture of people from different communities and from different parts of Tanzania. Majority of the inhabitants have low levels of education while a big number is illiterate. Statistics indicate that 43% of male and 61% of females have never gone to school. It is only about 0.21% of the Dodoma population that has university education. The living standards are low except for the few who are either employed by the Government, corporations or Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). A few people are also in the informal sector. The health status of the populace is low and the ratio of doctor to patient is very high. There are many communicable diseases that affect the people. They include malaria, water borne diseases, respiratory diseases and sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis and eye diseases.

III PROBLEM TO BE ADDRESSED

Majority of women and girl children in Dodoma face serious marginalization as a result of cultural, social and economic factors. As happens in many parts of the world, women face serious discrimination on basis of gender. Besides the discrimination, the women and girls also face rights abuse by the mainstream society. Most are denied the right to education and self-advancement. In most of the communities, women are not supposed to own or control any property. For these reason the women remain dependent to their male counterpart. In Dodoma for instance, the number of girls accessing education is very low. This low level of school attendance is not necessary due to lack of resources but is as a result of male parents having no value for girl education. Population statistics indicate that for every one boy, there are three girls born (1:3). Sampling done in different schools however indicates a reverse in regards to the attendance to school.

Statistics indicating the levels of enrollment of girls to school:

V: PROJECT TO BE CARRIED OUT

In response to the outright discrimination and marginalization of women and girls in Dodoma region, ELCT intends to initiate a project that will try to reverse these trends. The project is intended to sensitize the Dodoma community on the rights of women and girls. The project also intends to mitigate against the effects of economic and social discrimination by empowering women and girls through training and access to capital for initiating small businesses. The project will also mitigate against the effects of the HIV/AIDS among women and girls and the community at large.

IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY

To initiate economic empowerment of women through training and setting up of income generating activities.

At least 660 women trained in business skills by the end of the first 3 years. The training starts in the second month of the project. At least 120 to be trained every half year.

A properly structured Revolving Loan Fund established by ELCT-Dodoma by the end of the first 6 months.

At least 50% of the women trained in business accessing business loans every year.

Skills training courses started within the first half year

At least 120 women graduating in basic computer trainings such as tailoring and Hotel management, food processing, knitting and embroidery after every 6 months.

10 businesswomen visiting 3 successful micro credit enterprises in Kenya annually for experience sharing.

ECLT business department linked and sharing experience with at least 4 network members involved in micro-credit by the end of the project.

To build the capacity and to lobby for the rights of women and girls in five divisions of Dodoma.

80 church representatives from Lutheran Church, Anglican Church, Morovian church, Mennonite, Church of God, Baptist Church, Assemblies General and the Catholic Church trained on the rights of women and girls and draw up action plan.

Religious organizations actively advocating for the rights of women and girls also highlighting gross violations of women rights and liaising with the relevant government departments for action.

Setting one day annually for celebrating the rights of women and children.

A representative of each church trained in lobbying and advocacy annually and incorporated into the interchurch lobbying and advocacy group.

Advocates for the rights of women and girls making headway in promoting girl child enrollment in schools, reduction in school dropouts as well as reduction in gender bias.

To build the capacity of the community in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Dodoma region.

Training Ward Social and Primary Health Care workers on home based care and counseling of people living with HIV/AIDS.

Formation of church HIV/AIDS steering committees in each Parish to coordinate HIV/AIDS activities.

Capacity building of the Ward Social Workers and Primary Health Workers through providing them with HIV/AIDS materials.

Hiring of HIV/AIDS counselor and trainer at the diocese level.

Establishing a HIV/AIDS counseling and resource center at ELCT headquarters.

26 Ward Social and Primary Health Workers (from Dodoma Rural with 8 divisions, Dodoma urban with 4 divisions, Kondoa with 8 divisions, Mpwapwa with 3 divions, Kongwa with 3 divisions) trained on home based care and counseling of people living with HIV/AIDS

26 divisions of Dodoma actively involved in controlling the spread of HIV/AIDS and also mitigating against the effects of the HIV/AIDS among the grassroots community.

Communities at the grassroots knowledgeable on how they can keep away from contracting HIV/AIDS.

Ward Social Workers and Primary Health Workers equipped and enabled to travel to the interior of Dodoma to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS in public gatherings.

A HIV/AIDS counselor hired and actively offering counseling services and training church representatives on HIV/AIDS counseling.

A counseling and resource center established and equipped with HIV/AIDS resource materials

Home based care services supported with materials and basic drugs

A HIV/AIDS steering committee at each parish coordinating HIV/AIDS activities at the parish level.

26 ward social and primary health workers trained on home based care for people living with HIV/AIDS in the first year and using the knowledge to support their target communities.

Awareness creation undertaken in the divisions by the Ward Social Workers and Primary Health Care Workers through barazas and public gatherings.

The counseling and resource center in use by ELCT-members and non-church members to gain insights into HIV/AIDS.

A HIV/AIDS steering committee formed at each parish to support home based care services and support systems with knowledge, materials and drugs.

To build the capacity of ELCT-Dodoma to place it at a strategic position in provision of services to the community.

De-linking the Special Development Department from the mainstream evangelical activities.

Hiring of a Project Manager to take over the Special Development Department and also to implement the proposed activities.

Establishment of a business Department and hiring of a specialist in micro credit to head the Department.

Organizing a strategic planning workshop that outlines the modus operandi of the Diocese and the Special Development Department.

Improving the data processing and reporting capacity through training and purchase of a computer and a printer.

A more streamlined, more efficient and more independent implementing wing of ELCT-Dodoma diocese with its own constitution and by-laws.

An efficient and more effective Project Manager with skills in project management, report writing, project monitoring and evaluation, fundraising (proposal writing skills), project conceptualization skills to carry forward the development work.

Project staff trained in data collection and processing.

ELCT-Dodoma strategically equipped to offer better services to the community.

ELCT-Dodoma has mainly been working with Church Based Agencies. Presently, ELCT-Dodoma is in partnership with North West Ohio Synod, Trannstein Church District in Bavaria State, Emsland Benthain Church District, Loatzen Springer Church and the Lutheran Community Foundation.

ELCT-Dodoma also collaborates with other church denomination in areas of Development. It also works hand in hand with the Government of Tanzania. Most of the time, the Government of Tanzania offers technical contributions to ELCT programs.

Achievement of maximum utilization of resources can only be realized where there is marked competence and efficiency within the management and the implementing personnel. In recognition of this, the project is investing in streamlining the management structure of the Special Committee for Development. The restructuring will include recruitment of a Project Manager and a Credit Officer. The Project Manager will interpret the project proposal and implement the activities accordingly. He/she will monitor and evaluate the project to see that all the desired outcomes have been realized. In addition, the Project Manager will increase ELCT’s resource mobilization through active fundraising.

The Special Committee for Development and Stewardship (the governing body) will oversee the project implementation and will ascertain that the implementing staffs are implementing the activities as postulated in the project proposal. The Special Committee for Development and Stewardship will expect the Project Manager to furnish them with regular reports of the progress of the project.

The inputs of the Micro Credit Development Officer will play a very important role in the attainment of sustainability of the Revolving Loan Fund. The Micro Credit Development Officer will be adequately prepared for this role through qualifications and through the refresher courses. The exchange visits and networking with other organizations, which are undertaking Revolving Loan Fund, is geared towards jumpstarting the program. Under this program, loan repayment, group formation, savings, group insurance and payment of interest will be key to the sustainability of the RLF program.

The counseling and HIV/AIDS train will impart the necessary skills and monitor the quality of services provided by the home based care providers.

V: REPORTING, LEARNING AND EVALUATION

VI: BUDGET AND TRANSFER REQUEST (Attached)

The training workshops will be held in Dodoma. Transport allowance has been considered for those who come from the divisions. Each training workshop will have one facilitator. A rate of US $ 30 is considered for the facilitator. The training workshop venue will be hired for US $ 30 per day. A night allowance will also be provided for the participants. Night allowance includes hotel and accommodation.

Particulars of the workshops

A basic package of US $ 150/mon will be used to meet the communication overheads. These includes telephone, fax, e-mail, postage and courier services. Expenses that exceeds this amount will come from the Organizations contributions.

During the implementation ELCT-Dodoma will contribute a vehicle that will be extensively used for the project work. A budget allocation of 800/year is provided to cover the fuel expenses. All other expenses incurred will be met by ELCT.

Every year an external evaluation will be undertaken. The external evaluator is supposed to ascertain the extent to which ELCT-Dodoma has been able to achieve the set objectives. The evaluator will also be expected to measure the sustainability of the project and to offer recommendation of how best the project can attain total sustainability. Special emphasis should be put on the micro credit scheme.

A 5% contingency has been allocated. The contingency should only be used for activities within the budget line items. The contingency should be used for budget oversights and to cater for inflation.