UK Registered Charity No.
1013768
AUTUMN FUNDING ROUND 2022
(Please ensure your Application is no longer than 8 pages)
Name of Organisation: Kwa Wazee-TatuTano
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Title of Project: TUBONGE: Deciding Our Future
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Address of Organisation:
BOX 56 MULEBA
KAGERA-TANZANIA
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Telephone Number(s): +255754756495
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Person responsible for this Application:
Full Name: Abdon Daudi
Title (Mr./Mrs./Miss./Ms./Dr./Other): Mr.
Email: abdondaudi8@[Link]
Telephone Number: +255767796236
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Social Media Presence:
Website:
Facebook: Kwa Wazee
Instagram:
Twitter: Kwa Wazee
Other:
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Please state the Organisation'sObjectives:
1. Implementing a social protection program for elderly, young people and people living
with HIV/AIDS
2. Facilitating and organizing a community based-structure for promoting the rights of
elderly and vulnerable children
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3. To learn and share lessons learnt from our programs implemented to other interested
people and organization regionally, nationally and internationally.
Organisation Staff Information - number of employees:
Full time: 5 Part time: 10 Volunteers: 40
Project (for which you are applying for funds) Staff Information - number of employees:
Full time: 1 Part time: 2 Volunteers: 10
Constitution &Management of the Organisation:
Name, surname, title &contact details of the head of the Organisation:
Lydiah Peter Lugazia
Executive Director
+255754756495 Email: llugazia2001@[Link]
Is the Organisation non-profit-making?- Yes
Is the Organisation a registered charity?- Yes
If yes, please state:
Registration Country: TANZANIA
Government Department the Organisation is registered with: NGO Registrar
Registration No: 05NGO/1864
Registration Date: 27th December 2006
Other type of registration (if applicable):
Does the Organisation have a Management Committee, Board of Directors, Board of
Trustees? Please give details.
Kwa Wazee-TatuTano has xx board members who meet quarterly to review organization
progress; review activities implemented and make decisions on issues.
How many Management Committee Members/Trustees/Directors does your Organisation
have?
8 members (4 Male and 4 female)
Do any of your officials also hold office in a local authority as a paid officer or elected
councillors? No
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Details of the Organisation's Premises:
Owned by Organisation
or
Rented by Organisation
other (please explain)
Are the premises shared with other Organisations (if so, please explain)
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Project:
Project Duration: 12 Months
Full details of the Project for which funding is requested (please give a good, clear and
precise description of the Project and how you propose delivering it).
HIV is a generalized epidemic in Tanzania but there are also concentrated sub-epidemics
among key populations. Women and girls continue to be disproportionately affected
compared to men, with adolescent girls and young women accounting for 80 percent of all
new HIV infections (USAID, 2021). About 95% of sexually active Youth in Tanzania are
not yet HIV positive. It is vital that we do everything we can to prevent new infections.
Education and awareness campaigns, condom distribution and testing are important ways to
prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS. The silence and stigma surrounding HIV and AIDS
must be broken and replaced by openness, good communication and compassion.
According to Tanzanian Children`s Perceptions of Education and their Role in Society:
View of Children by MUKUTA (2007) the education system in Tanzania is shaped in fairly
limited range of communication. Children tend to be at end of receiving of information
rather than actively seeking it out, thus trough this book child are concluded that they want to
be listened and taken notice of, and want to share their opinion. A participatory method
which will allow more discussions between them and their parents, faith leaders, healthcare
workers and other community members is proved to be effective means of raising their
awareness on HIV/AIDS prevention. That means it gives them a chance of deciding what is
supposed to be done for effective achievement of their dreams thus, Deciding Our Future
Project.
The Deciding our Future project will target 1200 adolescents in four secondary schools and
500 out-of-school adolescents in Muleba District-Kagera region and local leaders. The
activities will be coordinated by three Kwa Wazee staff members, two local health
professionals, 4 school coordinators and 10 Tatu Tano members who will be selected and
trained as peer educators.
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This project will aim at the following objectives:
1. Sensitize in school and out-of-school youth about HIV&AIDS and gender-based
violence related to HIV
2. Increase access of HIV testing and services among youth
3. Sensitize youth about impacts of early pregnancies
Project activities:
1. Engagement meeting with government officials, school coordinators and health care
workers-
2. Peer educators/facilitators training
3. Meeting with school coordinators, academic teachers and health issues teachers
4. Sports bonanzas
5. School dialogues and debates
6. Establishment of TUBONGE CLUBS
7. Community dialogues
8. Monitoring of groups and clubs activities
With lessons learnt from “TUSEME” approach used in educating youth on HIV and AIDS
and Life Skills in Arusha, Tanzania, this project will use a related approach with the phrase
“TUBONGE”. This is also a participatory approach which involve training sessions and
discussions. However it will encourage more discussions not only among in and out-of-
school youth but also with their parents, healthcare workers, faith leaders and other
community members.
An engagement meeting with government officials, school coordinators and health care
workers will be conducted before the launch of this project. Thereafter, selected peer
educators will be trained on mobilizing other youth on accessing HIV/AIDs services,
preventing stigma and protect themselves against HIV/AIDS. Then, a meeting with school
coordinators, academic teachers and health issues teachers will be done to develop an
effective implementation work plan for effective implementation of project. A one-day
sports bonanza will begin the launch of the 12-month project. The bonanza will feature
interactive games like football, netball, dancing and HIV testing and counseling to attract
both in-school and out-of-school adolescents. These activities will be designed to raise
awareness about HIV/AIDS prevention measures, gender-based violence related to HIV and
early pregnancy risks for adolescents. During the bonanza Tatu Tano peer educators will
take informal surveys of participants’ knowledge and attitudes about HIV prevention
measures and stigma and discrimination issues related to HIV. The results of these surveys
will be analyzed and provide direction for follow up school and community discussions and
debates.
A series of monthly school and community dialogues and interschool debates will be held
following the bonanza to directly address the information needs identified during the
bonanza. The dialogues will facilitate formation of “TUBONGE” clubs during which
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weekly discussions will be facilitated by peer educators and school teachers while monthly
discussions will be facilitated by Tatu Tano staff members, local health professionals, school
coordinators and peer educators.
During the first 3 months of the project, we will conduct a community dialogues within our
targeted community with influential community members, youth leaders, health care
workers, faith leaders and other local leaders on HIV/AIDS prevention measures, gender-
based violence related to HIV and early pregnancy risks for adolescents. During last? 6
months of the project, a second sports bonanza will be held, featuring interactive games and
activities to attract both in-school and out-of-school adolescents and further their awareness
of issues related to sexual and reproductive health. During the second bonanza Tatu Tano
peer educators will take informal surveys of participants’ knowledge of level of access to
HIV services for adolescents, the quality of services currently offered, and how these
services can be improved. This information will be analyzed and shared with local authority
and health providers in order to improve HIV services and sexual and reproductive health
services for adolescents.
Tatu Tano staff will conduct quarterly track visits to schools, health facilities available at
neighboring communities to record clubs progress, changes among adolescents, services
attended at health facilities and notable knowledge gap expressed by adolescents when
seeking services at health facilities. The information will be documented for project
improvement and shared with various stakeholders.
Why is there a need for this Project?
With 1.7 million people living with HIV in Tanzania as of 2019, Tanzania continues to be a
global priority country in prevention and treatment of HIV(UNICEF, 2022). The national
HIV prevalence among adolescents and adults aged 15–49 years decreased slightly from
5.1% in 2014 to 4.8% in 2019. Prevalence among women is higher compared to men (6.2%
versus 3.7%). The number of people living with HIV increased from 1.3 million in 2010 to
1.7 million in 2019, while deaths associated with AIDS decreased from 52,000 in 2010 to
27,000 in 2019
It is vital that we do everything we can to prevent new infections. Education and awareness
campaigns, condom distribution and testing are important ways to prevent the spread of HIV
and AIDS. The silence and stigma surrounding HIV and AIDS must be broken and replaced
by openness, good communication and compassion
Who will benefit from the Project? (please add more lines as required)
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Beneficiary Groups (e.g.
No. of Intended
children under 18, What Geographical Areas
Beneficiaries in
students over 18, pregnant will be covered?
Beneficiary Group.
women, sex workers, etc.)
Four secondary schools
In-school adolescents 1200 selected
Communities around selected
Out-of-school youth 500 secondary schools
Is your Organisation in contact with or co-operating with other Organisations for this
Project? No
If so, please give details (for example, names of Organisations, formal or informal
relationships:
Is there anything that you do that is particularly unique or innovative (please describe).
How are you working to ensure the sustainability of your Projects?
The formed TUBONGE clubs in schools and communities will be monitored by teachers and
peer facilitators after the project phases out. Also, the trained peer facilitators (volunteers)
will be visiting schools quarterly to document clubs progress and changes and assist
adolescents with various posed questions during their discussions.
If you undertake other projects as an Organisation, please describe if and how these Projects
complement and enhance your HIV/AIDS Awareness and Education Project(s).
Tatu Tano has implemented a child protection program since 2006 in Muleba district-Kagera
with three components. First is Self-defense trainings for girls (2010) aimed at empowering
girls to respond to the consequences of violence, protect themselves against any act of
violence, and prevent HIV infections and early pregnancies. The second one is Peace is a
Decision for boys (2012) aimed at encouraging positive and constructive male roles in a
rapidly changing world, discussing possible coping mechanisms and actomg as change
agents to violence prevention against children and girls at specific. This program was created
to prevent violence against children and girls and in other hand prevent HIV infections.
The proposed project is aimed to create more chances for the trained adolescents to have
more open discussion and debates on HIV prevention and awareness.
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Finance:
Have you previously applied for a grant to the Mercury Phoenix Trust? NO
If so when? N/A
Was your application(s) successful? N/A
If successful, please state year(s) and grant amount(s) awarded: N/A
If the amount requested is less than the budget amount, please state where the shortfall is
coming from:
What was achieved with funding in the last financial year (if applicable)?
Please attach a budget for the Project with explanatory notes:
Amount of funding needed for the activity in total: 7820 USD
Amount of funding requested from the Mercury Phoenix Trust: 7820 USD
(in GB £, US $ or Euros)
Statement of Verification:
I Lydiah P. Lugazia, hereby state that all the information contained in this application and
supporting documents, including financial information, is true and correct. Should any of
the information be falsified or untrue, I understand that The Mercury Phoenix Trust reserves
the right to outright reject the grant application and not accept any further applications from
our organisation. I understand that an invitation to apply is not an automatic grant award and
that this application may or may not be successful. I further confirm that I have the authority
to sign on behalf of the organization.
Signature:
(Duly Authorised to Sign on behalf of the Organisation)
Name (Printed): Lydiah P. Lugazia
Position in Organisation: Executive Director
Date: 15th October 2022
Please indicate which of the following documents you have attached:
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Name of Document Y N If no,please explain
Registration Cert./Proof of Registration. V
FCRA Certificate. Not applicable
Audited Accounts for last financial year. V
Constitution or Memorandum & Articles of V
Association.
Latest Annual Report. V
Stamped & signed letter from your bank V
with requested detail (refer to guide notes).
Reference Letters (from funder and V
international or national NGO).
Organisation’s Financial Policy & V
Procedures.
Please submit your application by email to: jan@[Link]
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