The rationale of this project comes from poor living standard of the people from the project area due to many problems related to poor sanitation and hygiene among the community members.
The Kigoma Ujiji municipal council conducted the survey to assess hygiene and sanitation of household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene at home and public places. The results indicated high water borne diseases among the community members. Such diseases were; Malaria which affects 10307 persons, Respiratory diseases which affects 5084 persons, UTI which affects 4387, Diarrhea that affects 2464 and intestinal worms affects 1951 persons. Also, the leading diseases for children under five are: Malaria which affects 4342 children, Urinary infection which affects 2762, Diarrhea which affects 1264 children, UTI which affects 1230 children, rheumonia which affects 749 and intestinal worms that affects 623.
This research explained that there is a need to provide education in the community about hygiene and sanitation, household drinking, hand wash, waste management to community members. The research also indicated poor knowledge on government water policy and by low that govern the sanitation and hygiene in the community. Hence, there is a need to promote the awareness on water policy and by-law related to sanitation and hygiene of the people, hence reduce the infectious diseases and improve the living standard of the people.
Kigoma Ujiji Municipality has 42,780 households. Among these 18,333 households have latrine and 4,808 household have hand wash facilities. Kigoma Ujiji Municipality produces 174 tons of solid waste per day and its capacity to collect the solid waste is 30 tons per day (Kigoma Ujiji Report 2016)
The sanitation and hygiene among pupils and students of schools are also poor. The Kigoma Ujiji report indicated that; there are 45 primary schools, with 45,169 pupils, among these 22,650 are male and 22.519 are female). The required drop holes are 3156, among these the present drop holes are 392 and 2764 are missing. The number of teachers are 919 (410 are male and 509 are female). The required drop holes are 89 while the present are 54 and missing drop holes are 35.
Kigoma/Ujiji Council is among of the least developed Towns in the country. The per capital income is estimated to be Tshs. 510,000 (Kigoma Ujiji Municipality report, 2016). Kigoma Ujiji lack essential activities to enhance income. E.g. there is no cash crops, industries, technical and entrepreneurship Capacity.
The major economic activities are: –
- Fishing
- Trading
- Small scale Agriculture
- Small scale industries
Peasants allocated in the peri-urban of the Municipal practice agricultural activities at low level. The middle- and high-income earners engage in fishing, small scale industries, dairy and trading. The major constraints to these activities are lack of entrepreneurship skills.
The local government has been working to improve hygiene and sanitation, household drinking water, hand wash, waste management at home and public places. However, it has been done in general services to community members which had less impact to the project area due to location, level of education of the people and environment constraints. All these require special attention to alleviate the problem of poor sanitation and hygiene of the people.
The target people are from four wards of Kigoma Ujiji mucipality. The wards have higher population and poor sanitation and hygiene to Kigoma Ujiji municipality. The community members are extremely poor that aggravates the life situation of the people. KACON will collaborate with the local government authority to implement the project. Together they will provide education to community members about hygiene and sanitation, household drinking water, wash hand, and waste management at home and public places. The District Health Officer will be among the project facilitators. They will provide knowledge about the government local plans for, sanitation and hygiene in the district, water policy and by-laws (district level) about sanitation and hygiene. The KACON will lead and organize the project and provide human personnel. The KACON will involve local government for implementation of the project.
General Objective
The overall aim of the project is to improve the quality of life of community members through promotion of hygiene and sanitation, household drinking water, hand wash and waste management at household level, primary and secondary schools and public places in Kigoma Ujiji municipality.
Specific Objectives
- To raise awareness and empower community members through promotion of hygiene and sanitation of household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene at home and public places.
- To raise awareness on sanitation and hygiene among primary and secondary schools in Kigoma Ujiji municipality.
- To enhance community participation in promotion of sanitation and hygiene in Kigoma Ujiji municipality.
- To increase the implementation rate of government water policy and by-laws on sanitation and hygiene.
- To raise awareness on solid waste management among communities and solid waste collectors.
Project Activities and Work Plan
- To conduct training to local and religion leaders, teachers, CCAs from 4 wards on awareness on hygiene and sanitation, household drinking water, hand wash and waste management. A total of 60 persons will be invited, 15 from each ward. They will be provided with refreshment and transport.
- To conduct baseline survey to collect data about the current situation about hygiene and sanitation, household drinking water, hand wash and waste management at the family and public places in the project area. 70 persons will collect data for four days they will be oriented to activity before going to the field for data collection.
- To conduct four open mass campaigns against hygiene and sanitation of household drinking water, hand wash and waste management in all four wards.
- To provide allowances to community change agents (CCAs) who will visit house to house for community sensitization on hygiene and sanitation, household drinking water, hand wash and waste management in the project area.
- To prepare 14 bunners and place them at the public centers in project areas. And latrine wall painting with artwork messages that sensitize the promotion of hygiene and sanitation of household drinking water, hand wash and waste management in the community schools and public places.
- To increase community awareness on hygiene and sanitation, household drinking water, hand wash and waste management in the project area through public announcement and community participation.
- To increase community awareness on hygiene and sanitation, household drinking water, hand wash and waste management in the project area through media and radio.
- To conduct capacity building for school clubs on hygiene and sanitation, menstral hygiene, disability, household drinking water, hand wash and waste management in the project area, 19 schools will be reached (14 primary schools and 5 secondary schools)
- To conduct a forum of school competition on hygiene and sanitation, household drinking water, hand wash and waste management in the project area (SWASH). And commemorate the national day of use of latrine at district level where 2000 persons will be reached. This activity will also be used to disseminate education to the community members. The prizes and gifts will be provided to first three schools and families in the promotion of hygiene and sanitation of household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in the project area.
- To conduct monitoring and evaluation of the project, the joint supervision will be conducted (KACON staff and Municipality staff).
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