KIWAKKUKI/BvLF ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 1
KIWAKKUKI /Bernard van Leer Fund Annual Report 2010
List of AcronymsOVC- Orphans and Vulnerable Children
MVC- Most Vulnerable Children
PLHIV- People Living with AIDS
BvLF- Bernard van Leer Foundation
ANNUAL REPORT JAN- DEC 2010Prepared by:
Lui Mfangavo-Programme Officer OVC
Verynice Monyo- Ass. Programme Officer OVC
Stephen Sikumbili-Documenter
Submitted by: Egla Matechi- Acting Executive Coordinator
KIWAKKUKI/BVLF
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Acroynms:
PMCT- Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission
CTC- Centre of Treatment and Care
VCT-Voluntary Counseling and Testing
OVC-Orphans and Vulnerable Children
MVC-Most Vulnerable Children
ECD-Early Childhood Development
WHO- World Health Organization
ICDP –International Child Development Program
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1.0 Executive Summary
1.1 Background Information
1.2 KIWAKKUKI General Achievements for 2010
2.0 Results As Per Objectives for the ECD project
Outcome 1: Stakeholders (leaders and government officials) will understand the
evidenced-based ECD policies, guidelines & budgets (for children and their
caregivers) in the Kilimanjaro region in three districts. (Moshi Urban, Moshi
Rural & Mwanga)
o Output 1.1: Increased use of evidence based ECD advocacy by
stakeholders in three districts of Kilimanjaro region (Moshi Urban,
Moshi Rural and Mwanga) targeting policy and key decision makers
by 2015.
Activity 1.1.1: Conduct ECD sensitization meetings with
communities in 14 wards in Moshi Rural, Moshi Urban and
Mwanga districts to advocate for increase in number of
community-based ECD centers.
Activity 1.1.2: Conduct ECD advocacy meetings with
community leaders (WDCs) in 14 wards in Moshi Rural, Moshi
Urban and Mwanga districts to influence the inclusion of ECD
in local government plans and budgets. (14 in the Wards and 1
in each district equaling 17 meetings.)
Activity 1.1.2: Conduct ECD advocacy meetings with
community leaders (WDCs) in 14 wards in Moshi Rural, Moshi
Urban and Mwanga districts to influence the inclusion of ECD
in local government plans and budgets. (14 in the Wards and 1
in each district equaling 17 meetings.)
Activity: 1.1.3 & 1.1.4: Conduct a Community Assessment of
ECD policy and guidelines at the local level, Ward and District
Level.
Activity 1.1.4 : Conduct baseline survey to the community
regarding existing ECD Policy, gaps from Local to district
levels
o Output 1.2: Increased level of functional ECD resource teams in
three districts of the Kilimanjaro region (Moshi Urban, Moshi Rural &
Mwanga) by 2015.
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Activity 1.2.1: Facilitate the formation of functional ECD
Resource teams in 14 wards and at the three district levels.
(Note Activity 1.2.2 is to be funded as part of the 5 year
plan)
Activity 1.2.3: Support the resource teams to influence ECD
planning, budgeting and implementation from village to district
level. (This includes the possibility of a revolving fund for
loans that was first given to the villages by BvLF in 2009. The
funds were not given in 2010, but the process of the loan
indicated that the funds paid back from 2009 would be used to
fund new loans in 2010)
Activity 1.2.4: Organize biannual review meeting with the 55
child resource teams.
Outcome 2: To Improve economic capacity of families and communities
in Kilimanjaro region in three districts, Moshi Urban, Moshi Rural, and
Mwanga to provide holistic quality care to young children.
o Output 2.1: Families and communities increased their economic
capacity in 14 wards of Moshi Rural, Moshi Urban and Mwanga
Districts.
Activity 2.1.6: Support follow up of economic activities in 55
villages.
Outcomes 3: ECD stakeholders from grassroots to district level will have
improved their knowledge, skills & practices in early care and education
in Kilimanjaro region in the three targeted districts by 2015
o Output 3.1: Increased ECD capacity development programmes
among ECD stakeholders in the three targeted districts of
Kilimanjaro region by 2015. (also refer to Output 3.2)
Activity 3.1.1 (also refer to Output 3.2.4) Conduct annual
awareness raising meetings with parents and caregivers in the
targeted 14 wards regarding proper care for young children so
that they can reach their potential and build on the traditional
practices of ECD knowledge through songs, dances and
language.
Activity 3.1.2: (also refer to Output 3.2) Organize awareness
raising meetings in the targeted 14 wards with pre–primary (5-6
years) teachers, primary teachers, pre-school (3-5 years)
teachers.
Activity 3.1.3: Assist communities to establish 16 ECD centres
and establish a mechanism to assess and monitor them using
ICDP psychosocial meetings
Activity 3.1.4: Conduct training on psychosocial support, HIV
and AIDS, children’s rights and transition to school from
communities in the 14 wards.
Activity 3.1.10: Ensure involvement of men in ECD issues
from local to District levels through meetings/trainings.
Activity 3.1.11 Facilitate provision of integrated services
through special activities such as “ECD CHILD DAY”.
o Output 3.2: Enhanced collaboration with ECD professional
Institutions at local and National level by 2015.
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Activity 3.2.4 (see activity 3.1.4): Collaborate with ICDP
professionals from Norway for capacity development and
reflection of the existing caregivers meetings for Monitoring &
Evaluation
Outcome 4: Improved KIWAKKUKI management and technical ECD
capacity for transitions programme implementation.
o Output 4.1: Increased management capacity of organization in
quality provision of ECD services in Kilimanjaro region by 2015.
Activity 4.1.2: Participate in annual ECD partners Tanzania
meeting including Policy Forum to share experiences, skills,
and challenges in the ECD implementation.
Activity 4.1.3: Purchase one desk top computer, colored printer
and video camera for supporting research and documentation
activities.
Activity 4.1.4: Purchase one project vehicle to support project
implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation.
o Output 4.2: Enhanced M&E skills for Effective management of
ECD data
Activity 4.2.3: Organize quarterly meetings with community
supervisors and resource teams for planning and review project
implementation.
Activity 4.2.4: Conduct regular supportive monitoring visits
Activity 4.2.5: Participate in ECD partners Tanzania to
conduct 3 evaluations-Baseline, mid term evaluation and end of
project evaluation
Annex 1: Informed Consent for photos
Annex 2: Stories, testimonials and Photos
Annex 3: Report from ECD Norway Facilitator
Annex 4: Report from Partner’s Meeting (Will be included in Hard Copy
sent by DHL)
1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:1.1: Background Information.
Though the sero-prevalance HIV rates in the Kilimanjaro region appear to be
declining (reports from VCT and antenatal centers) the problems related to Orphans
and Vulnerable Children (OVC) and Most Vulnerable Children (MVC) {as defined
by the World Health Organization} and poverty amongst all families with children are
increasing towards a crisis. Though the role played by the civil society has
contributed greatly to the national efforts, more needs to be done to improve the
health, welfare, and quality of life for these OVCs, MVCs and poor children in the
Kilimanjaro community.
Current statistics of prevalence among Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission
(PMTCT) attendees in Kilimanjaro indicate the following: Rombo: 3.2%, Same:
3.3%, Mwanga: 4.9%, Hai: 3.7%, Moshi Rural: 3.8% and Moshi Urban: 6.1%
resulting in an average of 4.5%. The hospitals in the region recorded an increase in
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the number of patients attending the Clinical Treatment Sites (CTC) services which
reflects a reasonable acceptance of PMTCT and Voluntary Counseling and Testing
(VCT) as an important service.
However, many children have been affected by HIV/AIDS and these numbers are
increasing. Some of them were infected by parents prior to PMTCT. Some have not
been tested, and some mothers have been forbidden to be tested by their husbands
until it is too late to help them. For those who are or are not infected but have lost one
or both parents, or their relatives are forced to support extended family members
because of deaths within the family, their lives are dramatically altered by poverty,
lack of access to basic needs, including food, access to clean water, clothes, and
school fees. When a parent is HIV-infected, these children are burdened with
additional problems such as the need to perform basic household chores that would
ordinarily be reserved for much older children or adults. (Some 5-6 year old children
are reminding parents to take medicine, to cook and clean, and have not been able to
attend school). It is a common occurrence that these young children are now living
with grandparent (s) who are barely able to take care of themselves, and often not able
to work. The reliance on community and donor support is unfortunate but becoming
an increasingly standard experience as the very fabric of family and clan are being
destroyed by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and Malaria.
With these problems in mind, KIWAKUKKI designed our work with Bernard van
Leer Foundation (BvLF) for 0-8 year old children, and are now reporting the results
of our efforts.
This report covers the total programme implementation period of January – December
2010 and will focus on the improvement of our services for children ages 0-8 which
include but are not restricted to OVC/MVCs in 14 Wards of three districts of the
Kilimanjaro Region, Moshi Urban, Moshi Rural and Mwanga.
1.2 KIWAKKUKI General Achievements for 2010
The end of year 2006 was a bridging year leading to transformative approaches and
transition towards a new development phase in the life of KIWAKKUKI and all of its
programmes.
The new approaches were inevitable because there were three external evaluations
done by three different partners, each of which had a set of recommendations. These
recommendations were incorporated into the KIWAKKUKI 2007-2011 Strategic
Planning process which was started 2006 and ended in early 2007.
Programme activities went on with a major emphasis on HIV/ AIDS service provision
(with focus on Home Based Care, Memory Work, Psychosocial support and Orphan
Support) but also on empowering communities for sustainable responses to
HIV/AIDS prevention, support, care, gender inequities, and other healthy living
initiatives. (e.g., the International Child Development Programs (ICDP), human
rights, access to clean water, improved nutrition, and health issues such as bed nets
for all children and available access to medical care through dispensaries within the
districts, as defined by the World Health Organization, but tailored to the culture of
the Africa and of the Northern Zone of Tanzania.) KIWAKKUKI has always
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contributed to the Tanzania Vision 2025 1, 3 and 5) and the Millennium Development
Goals 2015 (1, 2, 3 and 6). This also included KIWAKKUKI’s contribution to
implementing poverty reduction policies such as the National Strategy for Growth and
Reduction of Poverty (NSGRP) and participating in the micro-credit systems
available in the community (SACCOS). The latter has changed the lives of many
households caring for very young children.
KIWAKKUKI greatly appreciates the contribution of BVLF and other partners and
donors to the work planned for 2010-2011.
2.0 Results As Per Objectives for the ECD project
Broad objective: “Improved access and quality of early care & education for children
of 0 - 8 years of age in 14 wards of Moshi Rural, Moshi Municipality and Mwanga
Districts, Kilimanjaro Region by 2015”
Planned Indicators:
• To document the percentage increase of increases of children accessing quality
care and education in three districts of Kilimanjaro region by 2015.
• To document the percentage increase of children with good nutrition status at
ECD centres.
Planned Outcome 1: Stakeholders (leaders and government officials) will
understand the evidenced-based ECD policies, guidelines & budgets (for
children and their caregivers) in the Kilimanjaro region in three districts.
(Moshi Urban, Moshi Rural & Mwanga)
Planned Indicators:
• The percentage increase of stakeholders in Kilimanjaro region participating in
ECD policy development forum.
• The percentage increase of ECD budget allocations from district to
village/street level.
Planned outputs:
Output 1.1: Increased use of evidence based ECD advocacy by stakeholders in three
districts of Kilimanjaro region (Moshi Urban, Moshi Rural and Mwanga) targeting
policy and key decision makers by 2015.
Planned Indicators:
• The percentages of ECD stakeholders using the available evidence-based
information to influence bylaws/ guidelines/ policies at district to village/
street level;
• Number and type of community leaders involved in community advocacy;
• Community/government leader’s positive perception on ECD integration in
their intervention.
Activity 1.1.1:
• Conduct ECD sensitization meetings with communities in 14 wards in Moshi
Rural, Moshi Urban and Mwanga districts to advocate for increase in number
of community-based ECD centers.
Planned indicator: Number of ECD sensitization meetings conducted.
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What was done:• Held one sensitization and education sessions in each of the fourteen Ward
Levels and one session with each of the three targeted District levels for local
leaders, project supervisors and parents/caregivers regarding National Health
Policies for children; (total of 17 sensitization and education meetings);
• Disseminated information through monthly meetings of caregivers/parents
regarding children’s health information (and adult health information);
• Gave an opportunity in each community village meeting (at each village four
times a year) to sensitize community members on ECD.
Results of the activity:
• Each of the 14 Wards held a community sensitization meeting in Moshi Rural,
Moshi Urban and Mwanga districts to advocate for an increase in number of
community based ECD centers;
• Community members are now knowledgeable on children’s issues, such as
rights (as per WHO and the Tanzanian Law of the Child Act 2009) and needs
especially for young children.
• Through this knowledge a total of 96 playing grounds in three districts were
formed. Each of these grounds has been placed in the hands of the community
to keep secure and available for the children, 27 in Moshi Urban 63 in Moshi
Rural and 6 in Mwanga.
• These caregivers and community members learned through the sensitization
meetings that the Child Law Act gives them the right to advocate for the
promotion protection, and maintenance of the well-being of their children and
their neighbours.
Activity 1.1.2
Conduct ECD advocacy meetings with community leaders (WDCs) in 14 wards in
Moshi Rural, Moshi Urban and Mwanga districts to influence the inclusion of ECD in
local government plans and budgets. (14 in the Wards and 1 in each district equaling
17 meetings.)
Planned indicators: To reach all leaders with ECD Advocacy Meetings at the
Districts and Ward Levels.
What was done:
• There were 98 leaders from the 14 Wards who participated in Advocacy
meetings regarding increased knowledge on the importance of including
children’s issues in their budgets and plans.
Results:
• The Ward leaders agreed to put the planning for their children in their own
annual plan for the Ward;
• A Ward Counselor now attends the District meetings, and as a result of the
sensitization and information, has been able to have a voice in the plan to add
children’s rights and plans into these three District plans;
• Village leaders have agreed to include children’s issues in their village
meetings for sensitizing and planning;
Impact of District Meetings:
• It is obvious that the ability of families to support and prepare young children
for school and better growth and development depends on a number of factors
ranging from socio-economic status of the family to the ability to mitigate
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such hardships. While parents and caregivers are struggling and working very
hard to prepare their young children, they also need additional support to
achieve their goals. This must primarily occur from within the community
and others as appropriate.
• Community members know that their children should attend school, but are
unaware of how to help their children make the most of their education
experience. Parents do not understand how other factors, such as the
importance of health care, maintaining a nutritious and balanced diet, having
access to clean drinking water and having time and location for safe playing
and interacting can influence a child’s performance and concentration at
school. Women are the key in the care for young children that includes
making sure that the socialization for all young children is taking place in a
correct way. Now they are aware that the community is expecting this
education and awareness.
• Although a majority of families reported that they are able to easily access a
variety of services, including health, sanitation, transport, nutritional foods,
etc., poor families still have inadequate or limited access to such resources,
including community services that are necessary to promote and support
children’s development and school readiness.
Activity: 1.1.3 & 1.1.4
Conduct a Community Assessment of ECD policy and guidelines at the local level,
Ward and District Level.
Indicator:All levels participated in the assessment through a base line survey.
What was done:
• Identification of community members who will participate in a needs
assessment training;
• Invitation letters to participants were sent;
• Letters were sent to District Executive Directors of Moshi Urban, Moshi
Rural and Mwanga Districts for permission to conduct the survey;
• 69 community members were trained on the purpose of the survey and
questionnaires were needed to accomplish the survey;
• KIWAKKUKI hired an ECD consultant to accompany them and to
facilitate the training activity and review the district documents with
KIWAKKUKI staff and the other community members;
• This consultant and KIWAKKUKI Staff members collected data regarding
current ECD policies if they were present.
Results:
• Permission letters were available
• Survey tools were ready.
• Survey was started
Conduct baseline survey to the community regarding existing ECD Policy, gaps from
Local to district levels.
Indicator: Existence of baseline data regarding ECD policy gaps
What was done:
This baseline survey has been completed and is now being analyzed.
Results:
• A group of 69 assistant surveyors working together with community
leaders went house to house to complete the surveys;
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• Data was collected in the3Districts about what has been done and where
the gaps are for children’s rights;
• Data analysis has been completed and compiled by the ECD consultant
and the report is attached;
• The report demonstrated that each department in each District has
policies regarding the general population, but not specifically for
children’s rights and treatment. (The social welfare offices do have
certain policies for children, but they are more generally focused.
• The survey report will be used to continue advocacy meetings with the
local and central government leaders.
Output 1.2:
Increased level of functional ECD resource teams in three districts of the Kilimanjaro
region (Moshi Urban, Moshi Rural & Mwanga) by 2015.
Planned Indicators:
• The Number and composition of resource teams actively engaged in policy and
ECD budget process at district and village and street level;
• The increased number of villages and streets for the District’s planning and for
allocating the ECD budget.
Activity 1.2.1
Facilitate the formation of functional ECD Resource teams in 14 wards and at the
three district levels.
Indicator: Existence of ECD resource teams from ward to district level.
What was done:
• KIWAKKUKI ECD staff held one meeting with each village level (55)
and their leaders to establish committees to form functional ECD resource
teams;
• ECD KIWAKKUKI staff facilitated at each meeting regarding the need for
quality education of early learning, nutrition, psychological needs,
vaccinations, violence and abuse against children.
Results of this process:
• 55 functional ECD teams were formed in 14 wards. The teams consisted of
two KIWAKKUKI members, two community facilitators members
fromthe community (2 women and 3 men);
• ECD resource teams were rejuvenated (Government had ordered these to
be started, but they were inactive at the time of the project) in each project
village.
Impact of the service:
• KIWAKKUKI leaders who have been trained in ECD and ICDP have
made monthly visits to the villages and report that the children, focusing
on 0-8 years in these villages are enjoying their rights; (the leaders are
identifying the needy children, locating a safe place to play, protecting
them from abuse, and sensitizing the groups at the meetings about the
importance of birth registration, on going health care, bed nets and
immunizations.
Activity 1.2.3
Support the resource teams to influence ECD planning, budgeting and implementation
from village to district level. (This includes the possibility of a revolving fund for loans
which was first given to the villages by BvLF in 2009. The funds were not given in
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2010, but the process of the loan indicated that the funds paid back from 2009 would
be used to fund new loans in 2010.)
Indicator: The Number of resource teams participated in planning, budgeting and
implementation from village to district level.
What was done:
• Wards meetings were conducted in fourteen wards: Rau, Msaranga, Mwika
North,Marangu East, Old Moshi East, Shimbwe Juu/shimbwe chini and Uru
East,Kighare, Mwanga small town,Majengo,Kaloleni,Kirua West,Kirua
East,Uru east and Kimochi;
• A sensitization meetings washeld in each ward for the existing and new
caregivers on birth registration and each caregiver was encouraged to look for
birth registrations of their children whose ages are 8 and younger years, and to
follow through with the search (dispensary, church, mosque) if these records
could not be found in their home.
Results:
• A children’s committee (made up of members from the sub-village/street were
formed in every village that meets once in a month to discuss issues relating
to childrenswell being.
• The community orphan’s committees involve local leaders and KIWAKKUKI
members who are the decision-makers in planning how to enroll new
caregivers in offering loans (as according to the ward planning). Local leaders
became helpful in the process of allocating loans to the caregivers and writing
supportive letters for the caregivers, thus enabling the local leaders to be the
decision makers and empowering them.
Impact of the service:
• There is now a permanent structure in place that will continue to implement
the ECD work.
Activity 1.2.4
Organize biannual review meeting with the community supervisors(facilitators)
Indicator: Number of meetings organized.
What was done:
• In each district KIWAKKUKI leaders held two meetings which addressed
children’s issues;
• At each meeting there was feedback regarding what was being done at the
village level;
• Each village was asked to incorporate the best practices from the other villages
(sharing with each other what was working).
Results of this process:
• From the feedback, each village was able to incorporate the best practices that
other villages were using; thus they learned from one another;
• Also from this feedback, the village representatives were able to talk about
things that did not succeed; thus, other villages could be warned about trying
unsuccessful ventures out in their own places;
• They also learned how to sensitize the community regarding children’s abuse
(harsh language, beating, raping, etc) and to report these issues to the proper
authorities, and to do this in a village culturally appropriate way;
• Some of these villages were included in the groups of ICDP (Groups of six
people who meet eight times each year). There are three groups that have met
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in each village. Thus a total of 990 persons have been sensitized. These
meetings are sponsored by BvLF.
Impact of the service:
• The village people and leaders are able to see that the approaches that are
being used are actually part of their own culture, and not just “western”
culture;
• They see that these approaches work with their own children and those of
others and that children are happier and healthier;
• They also can use traditional practices of caring for children who have lost
their parents or who do not have both parents present and/or are cared for by
an elderly grandmother or child under the age of 18;
• Young children who are abused are being reported to the authorities, and
interventions specially targeted for each individual child is formulated. The
amount of reported abuse has dropped dramatically.
Outcome 2: To Improve economic capacity of families and communities in
Kilimanjaro region in three districts, Moshi Urban, Moshi Rural, and Mwanga
to provide holistic quality care to young children.
Planned indicators:
• The percentage increase in number of children accessing ECD services in
Moshi Urban, Moshi Rural and Mwanga districts;
• Percentage increase in community resource mobilization for ECD
Output 2.1: Families and communities increased their economic capacity in 14 wards
of Moshi Rural, Moshi Urban and Mwanga Districts.
Planned indicators:
• Number of participating VICOBA (community based banks) based groups
realizing income from IGA.
• Number of participating community members applying adequate
entrepreneurship skills.
Activity 2.1.6
Support follow up of economic activities in 55 villages.
Indicator: Number of support visits conducted by KIWAKKUKI members and trained village
leaders.and community supervisors.
What was done:
• Field visits were organized to families taking care of children 0-8 years to
assess the progress of their projects;
• Local community supervisors were assisted with transport fees that
encouraged them to perform their duty on voluntarily basis;
• Local community supervisors were assisted through the community council
when difficulties were noted during project monthly house to house followups.
Results of this process:
• Through KIWAKKUKI’s process of empowering and supporting these
community supervisors and leaders, about 40% of the wards have begun a
children’s fund;
• The groups have formed by-laws. For instance, if a child is not attending
school, the group leader will contact the parent or caregiver to find out why
the child is not attending school;
• As a result of the transport support, the community supervisors are following
through on their duties and making their regular visits;
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• The community councils are addressing the difficult issues, families and
problems noted by the supervisorswith the council and the family to come to a
satisfactory resolution even if it means some form of punishment.
Impact of the service:
• More children are attending school, even being offered fees in 40% of the
wards. The Community leaders are following through with their promises;
• The By-Laws have remained in tact and the group leader has enforced them in
nearly all cases;
• Transport support has been crucial for the volunteers to have access to the
families, but it is clear that in some way it must be sustained in order to
continue these activities. The village leaders are often as poor as the families
they visit and are unable to pay for this oversight from their own “pockets”;
• The community has agreed to allow the community councils to resolve
difficult issues that arise.
Outcomes 3: ECD stakeholders from grassroots to district level will have
improved their knowledge, skills & practices in early care and education in
Kilimanjaro region in the three-targeted districts by 2015
Planned Indicators;
• The percentage increase of house holds and ECD centres practicing holistic
ECD services;
• The percentage increase in children accessing quality early care and education.
Output 3.1: Increased ECD capacity development programmes among ECD
stakeholders in the three targeted districts of Kilimanjaro region by 2015. (also
refer to Output 3.2)
Planned indicators:
• The percentage of children enrolled in appropriate ECD centres, pre-and lower
primary education;
• The measured increase level of ECD understanding and practicing among
parents/caregivers.
Activity 3.1.1 (also refer to Output 3.2.4)
Conduct annual awareness raising meetings with parents and caregivers in the
targeted 14 wards regarding proper care for young children so that they can reach
their potential and build on the traditional practices of ECD knowledge through songs,
dances and language.
Indicator: Number of awareness meetings conducted and response to the meetings:
What was done:
• There were 55 awareness raising meetings held at village level with
approximately 150 at each group (the groups met 6x in the year);
• The meetings were led by the village leaders and KIWAKKUKI members
were given time to talk about child development and care;
• The participants were the caregivers, parents and other community members
from the Wards and village levels.
Results of this process:
• A total of 24,750 new parents and caregivers were sensitized on ECD
knowledge;
• The parents and caregivers and community members understood and could on
their own describe the need for better child rearing practices;
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• Village leaders have given the opportunity for peer educators to talk to the
group about child rearing and methods;
• Because the meetings were open and public, the attendants were able to accept
that these new practices were actually part of their culture.
Impact of the service:
• Community members reported that child care is a cooperative effort among
the government, other NGO’s, community leaders and parents, it is not the
work of one single person;
• Because of the meetings the community leaders felt the importance to have
by-laws regarding the proper care of children, such as birth registration,
enrollment in school, having places to play, having bed nets, clean drinking
and receiving proper immunizations (vaccinations);
• By having these by-laws, there was now a provision to enforce these
appropriate care measures. If a caregiver or parent was not making sure that
there children attended school, the parent could be brought to the community
council for answering why the children were not registered or attending
school, etc.
• Community leaders set aside places reserved for children to play and
community members, caregivers and parents were empowered to monitor
these places for safety
Activity 3.1.2 (also refer to Output 3.2)
Organize awareness raising meetings in the targeted 14 wards with pre–primary (5-6
years) teachers, primary teachers, pre-school (3-5 years) teachers.
Indicator: Number of awareness meetings conducted.
What was done:
• One meeting was held for all three districts;
• KIWAKKUKI ECD staff facilitated the trainings;
• From Mwanga four teachers (2 in pre-school and 2 in pre-primary teachers)
attended;
• From Moshi Rural sixteen teachers attended (8 in pre-school and 8 in preprimary
teachers);
• 4 wards from Moshi Rural West and 4 wards from Moshi Rural East were
represented;
• From Moshi Urban 8 teachers attended (4 in pre-school and 4 in pre-primary).
Results of this process:
• The teachers who attended the meeting were given much information
regarding care of children, teaching practices that included peace and love
rather than punishment and harsh language;
• The teachers realized that teaching methods such as using traditional, songs,
story telling and role playing, and even traditional cooking can be learning
tools;
• The teachers were taught about what it means to have a “transition” to school
and how to improve this process so that the children would not cry when they
learned that they were starting school;
• The teachers learned about the child needs and rights based on ICDP which
includes the right to play and have a play space;
• The teachers were very attentive to the trainings and felt able to talk to the
trainers giving feedback about their learning processes.
Impact of the service:
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• The teachers now allow “wazee” older KIWAKKUKI members to attend
some classes and teach songs and traditional ways of playing such as making
mud dolls and cars, and toys with banana leaves or grasses, making balls out
of traditional materials even old plastic bags, mud and banana leaves;
• They also allow the wazee KIWAKKUKI members to cook with the children;
and report that the children really enjoy even the cooking;
• They reported that the children are now not afraid to leave their parents and
caregivers because they see children playing and laughing and singing;
• Parents and teachers reported that the children are now seeing school as a
place to enjoy and not a punishment;
• The parents have prepared their children to go to school and now the teachers
are better prepared to receive the children in school, the transition is working
better;
• The teachers reported that this information was very important and not
represented in their teaching manuals. All that was in their manuals was
directives regarding what the children should and should not do, what they
should learn;
• The teachers requested more time (more days) for the trainings and for more
teachers to be able to attend so that they could learn not only about the child
rights but also more about how to make the teaching environment friendly;
Activity 3.1.3
Assist communities to establish 16 ECD centres and establish a mechanism to assess
and monitor them using ICDP psychosocial meetings.
Indicator: Number of ECD centres established under the collaboration with
communities.
What was done:
• KIWAKKUKI staff assisted the communities to establish 59 playing grounds
(each village had at least one, and a few villages had more than one);
• The playing grounds are either near or next to their homes
• The Community and KIWAKKUKI staff created a check-list to make sure that
the centers and playing grounds were being used properly and according to the
principles from the ICDP psychosocial meetings.
Results of this process:
• Parents and Community members follow the check-list and did monitor the
areas making sure that the children were safe and secure;
Impact of the service:
• Community members, caregivers and parents reported that the children were
using the playing grounds and enjoying them;
• Caregivers and parents reported that the children were happier and behaved
better at home because they were given places to play;
• Children were being treated better by the community as they had been trained
to love and support the children and not use harsh language or abuse to make
them obey.
Activity 3.1.4
Conduct training on psychosocial support, HIV and AIDS, children’s rights and
transition to school from communities in the 14 wards.
Indicator: Number of facilitators, caregivers and parents trained on psychosocial
support, HIV and AIDS, Child rights and transition to school.
What was done:
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• An ECD trained facilitator from Norway was sponsored by BvLF to assist the
ECD KIWAKKUKI staff to conduct the psychosocial refresher course to 42
participants. (BvLF supported her transportation and air fare, the facilitator
provided her own support for hotel and food. This facilitator is well known to
KIWAKKUKI and dedicated to KIWAKKUKI’s work.);
• These participants were divided into groups of six to discuss the issues of
psychosocial support, HIV and AIDS prevention and care, and what children’s
rights are, especially in relationship to their transition to school from their
homes and community;
• Each group made lists from the group process regarding these issues;
• Each group discussed what they felt were best practices in child rearing;
• A reporter from each group reported to the total number what they had
discussed and what they thought the most important points were.
Results of this process:
• When the groups came back together, they reported that young children need
more nutritious food, such as fresh fruits and vegetables and not sodas so that
the brain can grow well;
• Children need to receive the vaccinations that are important for them;
• All children need to have birth registrations, and mechanisms need to be put in
place for communities and villages to know that each child has been registered
particularly for those children eight years and under;
• Young Children need to receive love and attention and be listened to rather
than being shouted at and beaten;
• Children need to have safe water so that they don’t have diseases related to
bad drinking water, water too close to sewers or standing water;
• Children need to sleep under bed nets. For children, malaria and other fevers
are much more severe than they are for adults. A child can die within 48
hours. Thus, the importance of bed nets for children was accepted as a strong
need.
• The Government is providing free mosquito nets and the community
supervisors are making sure that every child in her village has acquire one.
Impact of the service:
• The participants put together a strategy for their return to their villages
whereby there would be a mechanism to report caregivers and parents for
children who were being abused, raped, beaten or having harsh language;
• They also put a strategy together for having safe drinking water, better
nutrition, immunizations, for children to sleep under mosquito nets, and
children to be taken to centers or pre-schools.
Activity 3.1.10
Ensure involvement of men in ECD issues from local to District levels through
meetings/trainings.
Indicator: Number of men involved in ECD issues
What was done:
• There had been very few men involved in the ECD process in the past. The
goal was set that by 2015, there would be a participation of 50% women and
50% men;
• Local leaders recruited men to be involved in the ICDP meetings;
• Wives recruited their husbands to participate in the ICDP meetings;
Results of this process:
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• In all districts, there are now 20-25% men participating in the ICDP meetings.
• Some communities are doing better than others in the recruitment, but all have
been recruiting men.
Impact of the service:
• Men shared that previously, they had thought that only women were wanted in
the groups and that only women were responsible for raising the children;
• The men reported that they now felt that they could participate in the raising
of their children;
• The men stated that they would recruit other men to participate in the ECD
meetings and use the ICDP principles;
• Other men are now requesting to join and some of them are actually
performing better than some of the women. (Perhaps this is because they
really had to start from “scratch” and sincerely made the effort to look deeply
at their behavior to change it.)
Activity 3.1.1
Facilitate provision of integrated services through special activities such as “ECD
CHILD DAY”.
Indicator: Number of children participated in special events
What was done:
• The day was chosen as the celebration of “African Child Day” and set in
Moshi Urban;
• This day was chosen because across Africa June 16th is dedicated as “African
Child Day” and it was known that many leaders would attend this celebration
which would make it the perfect opportunity to add in ECD child day;
• Peer Educators were selected to present;
• There was a meeting with school teachers so that they could prepare with the
children for the day;
• The children prepared songs, poems and role plays and doing a short play;
• They prepared a presentation for the guest of honor;
• Six hundred children were invited for the day;
• District Directors, District Commissioner, District Education Officer, District
Medical Officer, District Community Development Officer, District Health
Officer, and other District officers were invited;
• There was an announcement through the streets of Moshi Urban to welcome
all community members to attend.
Results of this process:
• About 600 children attended;
• Most District Officers attended, only a few sent their assistants but
representation was 100%;
• The Guest of Honor was the District Commissioner;
• Many people in the community saw the large crowd and joined in;
• The children had been prepared and gave the entertainment of songs and
poems and role plays were message laden with words and activities
demonstrating that adults and parents needed to change the way they were
dealing with young children;
• There was a peer educator who spoke to the District Commissioner about the
issues of child rights and the rules of ECD;
Impact of the service:
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• Many community members were impressed that the children were brave and
willing to speak out about the rights of children. Some of these were people
who had not heard about the “Africa Child Day” but in passing had seen the
crowd and attended;
• The District Commissioner promised that he would work with all the
municipal departments on the requests that the children made and stated that
he had heard the children and understood what they were asking.
• He also stated that the children were well prepared and that he was impressed
that they felt empowered to speak to him directly;
• The children also got something back from the occasion. They were proud
that they were listened to, they were proud of their presentations; they were
pleased that they had worked hard and were prepared to give the presentations,
and they and their teachers felt that a great deal had been accomplished on that
day through their hard work.
• The children thanked Tanzania and all of Africa for setting aside this day
particularly for them, so that they had the opportunity to present their songs
and poems and to be listened to. This was perhaps the first time that they
spoke directly about children’s needs and rights because of the ECD trainings
and the ICDP principles that had been worked on throughout the year. They
were grateful to BvLF for providing them with the opportunities to improve
their condition;
• Pictures will be attached to this report and a video is being sent through mail.
Output 3.2: Enhanced collaboration with ECD professional Institutions at local
and National level by 2015.
Planned indicators:
• Number of ECD professional Institutions effectively collaborating with
organization
• Number of events jointly implemented with professional institutions.
Activity 3.2.4 (see activity 3.1.4)
Collaborate with ICDP professionals from Norway for capacity development and
reflection of the existing caregivers meetings for Monitoring & Evaluation
Indicator:
How many people attended the refresher training for ECD and what did the site visits
show for the monitoring and evaluation.
What was done:
• The ECD Facilitator returned from Norway with sponsorship in part through
BvLF (airfare and transport to the sites, she paid her own hotel and food costs
because of her long standing relationship on psychosocial issues with
KIWAKKUKI);
• This facilitator and the KIWAKKUKI ECD staff attended the one week
training on site and one week monitoring and evaluation in the field;
• The Staff and Facilitator checked on two sites to evaluate how they were
doing in their ICDP programs;
• The week long training was attended by 42 people;
Results of this process:
• The facilitators attending the refresher continued to train other peers in their
communities with the information that they took from the training;
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• These facilitators were also trained in how to follow-up with the monitoring
and evaluation in the project areas (the three Districts, 14 Wards);
• The site visits in the field showed that things in the two sites were going well;
o The women were working conscientiously;
o The children were playing happily;
o The women demonstrated what they had been doing at their sites;
o She visited a home based ECD Center and found that all things had
improved from what had been previously reported;
• The Norwegian Facilitator wrote a report which is attached on the progress of
ECD in the targeted area.
Impact of the service:
• The people who were in the week long training pledged to return to their
villages and train others. They were empowered by the training;
• Because the training was “adult learning based”, in other words that they
worked together in groups to come up with their own concepts, they felt
ownership in the process and it become more of their own culture;
• The refresher training allowed the trainers to incorporate what they had
learned and to present it to the community as the community plan;
• Because there was inclusion of the “old ways, old songs, stories and food” the
ICDP and ECD was not just “the western way” but accepted as their own;
• The visits to the sites pleased those local women because they were able to
demonstrate what they had learned about ECD, and the children showed that
they were happy. Again, it was clear that these concepts had been
incorporated into the culture of the villages that were targeted.
Outcome 4: Improved KIWAKKUKI management and technical ECD capacity
for transitions programme implementation
Planned indicators:
• Increase in quality document and project reports (Results oriented report,
documented success stories and best practices);
• The percentage increase in resources mobilized for ECD interventions.
Output 4.1: Increased management capacity of organization in quality provision
of ECD services in Kilimanjaro region by 2015
Planned indicators:
• The percentages of ECD services and coverage in participating districts.
• Presence of staff with adequate capacity in documentation, research and data
analysis.
Activity 4.1.2
Participate in annual ECD partners Tanzania meeting including Policy Forum to share
experiences, skills, challenges in the ECD implementation.
Indicator: Number of ECD partners meetings that KIWAKKUKI staff participated in
What was done:
• In the past we had attended meetings with each partner’s groups four
meetings/year;
• In 2010, we attended one meeting in Mwanza. (The funding was for one
meeting to share the work we have doing for one year and way forward for the
partnership.
Results of this process:
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• The partners total six. TAHEA in Mwanza, MPDI in Arusha, KIWAKKUKI
in Kilimanjaro, KINAPA in Manyara, Amani ECD in Dar Es Salaam and
SAWA in Morogoro;
• The total number attending was 10 because KINAPA was unable to attend;
• Each of the partners shared what had been done, achievements and challenges
in their areas;
• The way forward towards 2015 was designed and agreed upon. The report
was written and sent to BvLF.
Impact of the service:
• Each partner now knows what has happened with the others; for instance, the
KIWAKKUKI partners shared about the trainings, the refresher training, the
empowerment of the communities, ECD Child Day, the efforts to attract more
men, the peer education within the villages, and empowerment of the people
to meet with the village leaders, how we are now working with the
government leaders to adopt child development policies, how we have secured
playing grounds targeted communities, and how we gave teachers additional
training particularly focused on ECD/ICDP principles of child development.
KIWAKKUKI also shared with them the responses of the various groups and
how appreciative they were for these trainings and meetings;
• Attached will be the report from the meeting;
• The partners are struggling to plan the “way forward” if we should not receive
additional funding from donors because we realize that there is still much to
be done, and many other communities that we will not have reached by 2015
as many are not in the targeted areas. Kilimanjaro, for instance, is a vast
region with great differences in each district.
Activity 4.1.3
Purchase one desk top computer, colored printer and video camera for supporting
research and documentation activities.
Indicator: Number and types equipments purchased
What was done:
• A desk top computer was purchased;
• A printer was purchased;
• The camera is being researched for the best buy for the remaining money and
will be purchased in the near future. In the meantime, another camera has
been used to document the activities and the videos are available.
Results of this process:
• The desk top and printer are huge aids in documenting the activities that have
been completed;
• Both are also used to make the plans for the villages to have;
• They have been very helpful in maintaining the budget, what has been spent
and what not;
• And all activities of the local projects are documented.
Impact of the service:
• The equipment has improved the quality and quantity of services. It has
allowed for better time management, and lowered stress levels with the two
project people;
• The video camera is expected to be able to document activities to last for other
generations and to be able to demonstrate all over the region what can be
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done. Already, people from other districts are requesting the ECD training
because of pictures, videos and word of mouth of what they have seen.
Activity 4.1.4
Purchase one project vehicle to support project implementation, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Indicator: Availability of project vehicle
What was done:
• A dark blue Hiace (Toyota) was purchased;
• This vehicle was researched well for its brands maintenance history;
• The vehicle has space for up to ten people.
Results of this process:
• The van transports teams of people to and from the KIWAKKUKI base office
and the villages;
• The van is capable of transporting people to the communitiesk
• The van is capable of transporting people to different sites for inspection.
Impact of the service:
• The van has been a great asset to KIWAKKUKI’s work in the three districts;
• Because of its capacity and good records, it can travel to the rural areas with
no difficulty, can maneuver in rainy season, and is able to manage poor roads
in the area. Most especially, the van is very good in Moshi Rural and getting
to and from Mwanga.
Output 4.2:
Enhanced M&E skills for Effective management of ECD data
Planned indicators:
• Existence of readily ECD data and other relevant planning information
• Level of utilization of M & E data in planning and implementation within and
outside of the organization.
Activity 4.2.3
Organize quarterly meetings with community supervisors and resource teams for
planning and review project implementation.
Indicator: Number of quarterly meetings organized.
What was done:
• Wards meetings were conducted in all 14 targeted wards namely Rau,
Msaranga, Mwika North, Marangu East, Old Moshi East, Shimbwe , Uru East;
Kirua West, Kirua South, Kighare, Mwanga town, Majengo, Kaloleni,
Kimochi (total of 56 meetings;)
• Held sensitization meetings to the existing and new caregivers on birth
registration and encouraged them to look for the birth registration for each of
their children whose ages are less than or equal to 8 years (four meetings for
each ward total of 56).
Results:
• The quarterly meetings were an opportunity to share challenges, give reports
on the activities of the ECD work, give case studies, talk about achievements;
• There are now 14 children’s committees. The members are from each village
/street in thewards
• The childrens’ committees meet once a month to discuss issues relating to
children’s wellbeing as agreed .
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• These community children’s committees involve local leaders and
KIWAKKUKI members and they sit and make decisions on how to enroll new
caregivers according to loans which had been given to a limited number of
people in 2009. Because no new money for loans was given in 2010, the new
enrollees can only be offered loans if the money has been repaid within the
ward. (see discussion of loans below);
• Local leaders became helpful in the process of allocating caregivers and
writing supportive letters for those who are believed to have the biggest need
and best potential to be successful.
Impact of the service:
• At the village level now many issues regarding children are addressed with
these committees. (It is impossible to get through all the issues);
• Some of the issues are birth registrations, enrollment of children in schools,
maintaining the playing grounds, & refreshing parents and teachers on the
rights of children in the ECD model;
• When the leaders in the children’s committees learn of problems within
households at village levels, especially with those who received loans in 2009
and have failed to pay them back, they are reviewed to see what can be done;
• For those who have paid the loans back, the impact has been pride in
successful IGA, and being able to support their children as well as to see that
others are benefiting from loans;
• Over the two years, there has been evaluation of which projects seem to be
more successful than others. For the farming projects, problems such as rains,
no available market, (Kiboroloni being moved) common diseases of some of
the animals, and sickness within the family and inability to care for the
business has shown that new loans need to be careful thought through if they
are to be involved with farming;
• Better farming practices such as sack farming can save water and improve
outcomes for vegetables;
• The children’s committees are paying more attention to safe drinking water,
and mosquito nets.. The villages are much more accepting of the focus being
on all children, and accepting of these children’s committees because they are
seen as local. This helps a great deal for the villages to feel ownership of the
projects and pride in the village;
• With the mosquito nets, the government provided free nets for all people in
the districts with children under five. This year the government states that
they will give free nets to all families with children.
Activity 4.2.4
Conduct regular supportive monitoring visits
Indicator: Number of supportive monitoring visits conducted.
What was done:
• Each District Coordinator is required to bring quarterly reports from their
District. This is a KIWAKKUKI requirement for all 7 Districts. In these
reports are documentation of problems and issues for all of their reporting
areas.
• In the targeted location, if special attention is paid to success and to problems.
• If problems are reported in the target area, a plan is made with the district
coordinator for a response, though some regular visit is made once a quarter,
more visits occur when a problem is reported.
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Results of this process:
• It is easy to identify projects that are not doing well and support the person
with ideas of how to go on with the project or to change the project because of
these quarterly reports.
• The recipient of the project is asked to make his or her own list of possible
projects if one is failing. (an example of this might be someone who has
chickens and they are being killed by a neighbor, they become old and don’t
produce, or they die from disease.) They would then be asked to make a list
of other possible projects;
• From these reports also, KIWAKKUKI staff can identify things that are going
well and visit and make sure that these projects are known by other villagers
so that they might model their own projects on successful projects;
• Numbers of children who have been birth registered, enrolled in school, and
have bed nets are noted by these reports so that weaknesses with these
children can be addressed with parents and teachers;
• 12 regular visits have been made to the three targeted districts. An additional
4 visits to each of these three targeted districts were made in 2010 (total 12) to
address problems that have occurred within some of the 14 wards.
Impact of the service:
• Because the targeted areas are very poor, all the children’s problems cannot be
solved with one visit or even many visits; however, we can see the changes
that have occurred due to the oversight of this project;
Activity 4.2.5
Participate in ECD partners Tanzania to conduct 3 evaluations-Baseline, mid term
evaluation and end of project evaluation.
Indicator: Number and type of evaluation conducted
What Was Done:
• One meeting has been held in Mwanza where a two-year plan was discussed;
(First December-Fourth December)
• ECD Strategic Plan and funding opportunities was discussed;
• Funding opportunities beyond BVLF was discussed;
• ECD partners sustainability.
• Way forward for the ECD Partners was discussed.
Results:
• Strategies to sustain the partnership were agreed upon;
• Will find new funding sources and ways to work together;
• Some will be with new donors interested in helping with children.
Impact:
• KIWAKKUKI has a long history of collaborating with other projects
throughout the Northern Zone of Tanzania. An example of this was the Life
& Living project (Kenya and Africa) that was sponsored in collaboration with
the Spanish government. KIWAKKUKI was selected as the lead agency for
the other groups, and successfully coordinated the activities throughout the
selected target areas until the Spanish economic woes forced a precipitous end
to the renewal of the project. (report available upon request)
• KIWAKKUKI because of its regional memberships and strong leaders
recognizes that in order for the Northern Zone to make differences for children
and their caregivers, such that all children are served, that it maintain good
relationships with the government and has many collaborations within the
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local and regional government. As noted, the Regional Commissioner has
attended many meetings as special guests, and the Regional and District
Government officials with Health, Education, and Medical Offices have
attended these meetings that highlight the work of KIWAKKUKI throughout
the region.
• KIWAKKUKI is dedicated to collaborating with the other BvLF projects
some of which have not received funding this year, because together they
serve the needs of the caregivers and children and many strides have been
made that require oversight and support. Without this perceived support, the
projects may fail due to discouragement and the feeling that no one recognizes
their problems and needs.
• KIWAKKUKI will continue to develop and collaborate on a plan looking at
other means of support as well as continued relationships with BvLF.
Annex 1: A sample consent form
KIWAKKUKI recognizes that increasingly privacy issues and informed
consents for publication of stories must be obtained from caregivers for
themselves and their children. Sample Informed Consent is written below and
sees attachment # 4
I _______________(name) give my permission to have my picture, name and
story as well as my children or those orphans who are in my care, to the
Bernard van Leer Foundation (BVLF) and KIWAKKUKI for their use in reports
and publicity for the program.
Signed: ______________________________
Witnessed:____________________________
Note: If Caregiver is unable to sign his or her name, an X may be used as
long as it is witnessed by someone other than the monitor.
Annex 2:
A CASE STORY From MOSHI RURAL EAST
A case story on ICDP that was brought to KIWAKKUKI by one of our
parents/caregivers who was given an education on ICDP The case story is as
follows :
I, Anna Kimaro(not her real name), live in a Moshi Rural Ward that has
been helped by the KIWAKKUKI ECD project. I want to express my gratitude for
being able to receive the education that I received on ICDP.
I am the mother of three daughters. One of my daughters had a habit of
leaving the house without any notification. When she returned, she brought gifts,
clothes and money. This behavior made me angry and frightened and I punished
(beat and yelled) her harshly several times without seeing any changes.
When the facilitators from ICDP visited my home and I explained the
situation concerning my daughter, they invited me to attend the ICDP training. At
first it was difficult for me to understand what these concepts were but slowly I
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began to understand them. I really started working on them, most especially on
the 8th guideline principle which is “let a child control himself /herself by
monitoring the scope of his/her behavior. This can provide better direction for
him/her. At the same time, the parent can get involved in planning his/ her
activities in a well mannered way together.” Since that day I have been able to
control my anger and win my daughter’s love and respect.
I talked with her and she told me her problem. She told me she was not
happy seeing her fellow girls wearing nice clothes, having cellular phones and
cosmetics which she did not have. Also she said she is in the group of four girls
and all of them except for her have boyfriends who have big shops from where
they get all the things they want.
The ICDP volunteers helped me and we told my daughter together what
our real life situation was and that our family was completely dependant on our
small level of income. These volunteers helped me by providing her with small
necessities. I was advised by to educate her, both with a trade and with the facts
about the dangers of HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and possible abuse
from these men. I took her to a Vocational training center where she is now
studying tailoring. Due to this training and the interest she has in being
independent, she is now dedicating most of her time to learning rather than
roaming around the streets with the other girls and “fast boys.” She understands
the “facts of life” and is much more settled and mature.
Strategies and way forward :
1. Helping my daughter set an example for the other girls who are older;
2. Visiting with the mothers/caregivers of these girls to help them see the
dangers of their girls behaviors;
3. Following up on her other three friends and make sure they are change
their behaviors;
4. Requesting the other parents/caregivers to learn about ICDP, and to tell
other parents/caregivers about it;
5. Helping my daughter to set an example for my younger daughters who are
in primary and pre-primary so that they will understand the right way to
behave;
6. Explaining the other parents that very young children can benefit from
ICDP especially those 8 years and younger.
I would like to thank KIWAKKUKI for the trainings I got from I.C.D.P.
A CASE STUDY FROM MOSHI URBAN:
A CASE STORY OF MR.ANDREW ABRAHAM (not his real name), A
PARENT, BEFORE AND AFTER ATTAINING EDUCATION OF ICDP ON
27TH APRIL 2010.
I, Edward Abraham (not his real name), am married to Aisha Omari (not her real
name). We have blessed with three children, two girls and one boy.
I used to be very harsh towards my children. Whenever they did something wrong, I
used to beat them badly. I believed that according to Africans custom and traditions “
beating a child is the only way to get a child to respect his/her parents.” These beatings
made them very afraid of me and hate me. My first daughter Ashura (not real name) was
studying at Moshi Technical School. Because I was so rude and harsh to her, she decided
to run away from home, stop going to school and moved in with a man. They went far
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away and after a long time my daughter came back home. Unfortunately, my daughter
had become infected with HIV from the man who had already died from AIDS.
My second born is now married and lives in Dar-Es-Salaam. Though I was harsh
to her, she managed to put up with me and was able to study up to form four at Kibo
Secondary School (a boarding school, so she was frequently away from home).
My lastborn Omari (not his real name) is now in form three at Majengo Secondary
School and is doing very well.
Since being invited to ICDP education, I have learned that I should not have
blamed my wife for not raising my children well, but myself. It was my behavior that
caused them to hate me and to be afraid, and run away. I was actually being rude,
harsh, beating them, and misunderstanding the extent of “African culture” on raising
children.
The education I got from ICDP has helped my family and me, especially my
children. I have learned that beating a child is not the proper way to discipline a child,
rather I have learned to be loving, caring and understanding to my children, like I
never was before. I grieve over the illness of my daughter but am determined that she
will receive medical care and medicine when she needs it, and we will go on with our
lives. My other children are benefiting from my education and I can now be loving
and caring for them and for my wife who really had a hard time before she helped me
to get this ICDP training.
I have now joined with others to be a model for ICDP and to watch out for the
very young children and their caregivers who need guidance about how to raise
children in a kind and loving way.
Lastly I would like to thank KIWAKKUKI. I pray that they will be able to
continue to educate others for a better society.
A CASE STUDY FROM MOSHI URBAN
A CASE STORY FROM MAKANGE VILLAGE
This is the case story from ICDP brought to KIWAKKUKI by one of our facilitators
who got education from ICDP. The case is as follows:
I Mary Mjau (not real name) of Majengo ward; I give my sincere appreciation
and thanks to ICDP for the education I got and how it changed my son’s and my life
(David). My son and I never got along well because I have been a very high, quicktempered
parent who never listed or heard anything that he was saying. As life
between us continued in this way, David became a child who never listened to me.
He stopped going to school and started to behave badly and hang out with bad
company. He even began to steal things at home and from our neighbors. The
situation got worse and I started beating him to the point that I once threatened to
break his legs. That experience overwhelmed me and I decided to leave him alone.
But, then, I heard of the ICDP. I took a step and told the ICDP volunteers
about my situation. They sat and talked to both my son and me and helped us
together to resolve our differences. From the education we got from the ICDP, life
for my son and me has been peaceful. Now we sit and talk, we listen to each other
and respect one another. My son is now going to school, has stopped hanging out
with the “bad crowd” and is doing well and my temper has begun to cool down. I
also feel less stress.
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This was a lifesaver for both my son and me. I am able now to talk to others
who have even young children about principles of ICDP and Early Childhood
Development. I wish I had been able to start with my child at a very young age. Now
I do understand things better.
Kilaweni Village—Mwanga District
Our caregiver from Kilaweni village reported, “Thank you for
KIWAKKUKI”. My child was coming home late from school. He had friends who
were going to disco houses and he wanted to go, too. The other children’s parents
were not asking their children why they were late coming home. It was not easy for
me to also ask my child why he was late. In fact, I was just angry. After the
sensitization meetings, I learned how to talk to my child in a way in which he could
listen and answer me. But, I also learned that I was so harsh to my children that they
were no longer listening to me. With the trainings, I was able to change my attitude
towards my son and the others and be close to them. I asked him positive questions
that showed him that even though he was coming home late, he is my son and I love
him. After building a better relationship with him, I explained the reasons that I was
angry with him for coming home late, that I was worried because so many terrible
things could happen to him when he is out late, and these things interfere with school
and his future.
Since the sensitization, my son has changed his behavior and is coming
straight home from school. We have together made a plan that he will rest, do
homework, small household activities and go to sleep. His friends are asking him
why he is not going to the disco anymore, and he said, “I am building for my future”.
He has influenced one of his friends not to go to the disco either and they are now
studying together. Even other community members are asking me, “What did you do
to change your son so well?” I reply to them, that I had the help of the ICDP worker,
and have learned that I could even start with them at the very young age of two or
three to give love and share. In this way, my children would have gotten off to the
“best start”. Now I am ready to help other young mothers and their children.
I could not have done this without the help of KIWAKKUKI’s ICDP
sensitization and program.
Pictures from ECD Training Meetings:
A. ECD District Level Meetings:
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Above, Verynice Monyo encourages groups on as they work.
Below, KIWAKKUKI ECD staff person Lui Mfangavo assists in group process.
BvLF funded Car
BvLF funded computer and printer
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ICDP Training of Trainers:
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Children perform traditional dances and dress up according to old ways.
Quarterly Monitering and Evaluation ECD Partnership Groups
Here the
KIWAKKUKI
trainers stand
with Greta
Flakk, ECD
facilitator from
Norway.
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Mshiri ICDP Group
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Nursery School supported by KIWAKKUKI in Kirua
ECD trained Caregiver and Nursery Teacher Verynice Monyo and nursery children
Mary and Lucy
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Nursery School Children singing and singing Kwaheri
Annex 3: Report Kiwakkuki visit the 6th – 19th of March 2010
Grete Flakk, ICDP consultant, Norway
Background
The ICDP (International Child Development Programme) work in Moshi has been
going on since July 2004, when the first psychosocial training concerning children’s
situation and welfare took place. The training was initiated by Mai Bente Snipstad at
the University of Bergen, Norway, as a result from her research regarding the
situation for vulnerable children and youth in the Kilimanjaro region. The seminar
was collaboration between the University of Bergen and KIWAKKUKI. 20
KIWAKKUKI staff and volunteers participated in the training that altogether lasted
for seven weeks at a period of two years. By the end, the 20 participants were certified
as ICDP facilitators. 12 of the facilitators continued the training and were trained to
the level of trainers, certified in March 2009. Grete Flakk was responsible for the
ICDP part of the training in collaboration with Mai Bente Snips tad.
The local trainers have been training a group of new facilitators. There are now 65
certified facilitators and 12 certified trainers in the Kilimanjaro region. 28 new
facilitator candidates were trained during this visit.
Visit activities
The purpose of the visit was to follow up the ICDP Programme conducted by the
local ICDP trainers: support and assist their work and monitor the quality of
implementation of the programme.
Schedule for the visit:
7th of March: Meeting with Lui Mfangavo and Verynice Monyo in order to plan the
visit more in detail, especially the content of the ICDP facilitator seminar
8th – 11th of March: Facilitator seminar
9th of March: Meeting in Moshi with the founder Chanel Croker and the Director
Fizza Moloo from Amani ECD, Dar Es Salaam
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12th of March: Work at Kiwakkuki office; planning field visits etc.
15th of March: Network meeting with facilitators and trainers in Moshi municipal and
field visit to a caregivers’ group in one of the four wards
16th of March: Network meeting with facilitators and trainers in Moshi rural west and
field visit to a caregivers’ group in a village in one of the four wards
17th of March: Network meeting with facilitators and trainer in Mwanga district and
visit to a caregivers’ group in Usangi village
18th of March: Network meeting with facilitators and trainers in Moshi rural east,
Marango, and visit to a caregivers’ group in Mshiri village
19th of March: Work at Kiwakkuki office; meetings with Lui Mfangavo and Verynice
Monyo in order to sum up the visit and give suggestions for future work. Meeting
with Karen O’Donnell, Duke University, and Shannon Dorsey, University of
Washington, USA, in order to discuss the ICDP Programme and a new project
concerning trauma treatment for children and adolescents, CBT.
ICDP facilitator seminar
28 volunteers from the districts Moshi municiplal, Moshi rural west, Moshi rural east
and Mwanga were given a four day training in ICDP the 8th – 11th of March. The
seminar was conducted by the local trainers Lui Mfangavo, Verynice Monyo and Egla
Matechi and followed the usual agenda for facilitator seminars; covering topics as
child rearing in the region before and now, the caregiver’s concept of the child, three
dialogues and eight guidelines for good interaction, 7 principles for sensitization,
principles for implementation and preparation for field work (self-training project).
The seminar was conducted in a participatory way, and the participants were very
active during the seminar. During the seminar the participants expressed that they
gained lots of new knowledge, and some of them expressed that the programme also
changed their personal lives during these days.
Two Norwegian students followed the seminar as part of their practice at Kiwakkuki
office.
Network meetings in the districts
During the visit network meetings were conducted in the four districts Moshi
municipal, Moshi rural west, Moshi rural east and Mwanga. The purpose of the
meetings was to link the new 28 facilitator candidates with the experienced 65
facilitators in the districts, exchange of experiences and planning of new activities
together. The meeting in Moshi municipal was conducted by Lui Mfangavo, assisted
by the trainers in the district, Violet Kessy and Durriyah Akber. The meeting in
Moshi rural west was conducted by Vernice Monyo, assisted by the local trainers
Shirikiande B. Moshi, Mary Lyatuu and Scolastica Mbuya. The meeting in Moshi
rural east was conducted by Vernice Monyo assisted by the local trainer Vicky Temu,
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and the meeting in Mwanga was conducted by Verynice Monyo assisted by the local
trainer Rose Matay.
In all the districts the experienced facilitators shared their achievements and
challenges with the programme with the new facilitator candidates, and they all
shared the impact of the programme in their personal lives. The stories about the
achievements are amazing, showing great changes, both with respect to caregivers’
attitudes and behavior towards the children and children’s behavior. The reports show
in short that the caregivers now treat the children in a much more human way, and the
children are more cooperative. The caregivers have seen the value of coming close to
the children, and they put emphasize on the importance of having a safe and
transparent atmosphere in the family, were the children can come and discuss their
problems with their caregivers. There are lots of reports of decrease in using the stick,
as this is the usual way of punishing and guiding the children.
Other achievements that were reported were related to decrease in family conflicts in
general, in domestic violence and in alcohol abuse. The gender issue was also often
discussed during the meetings, and the facilitators report that this programme
contributes to equality between husband and wife. More and more men participate in
the caregivers’ groups, and they realize the importance of being an active part of the
children’s lives. One reason for this development might be that whenever the
facilitators plan to conduct a new group, they approach the village leaders and the
ward leaders to ask for permission and for help to identify caregivers for the group.
The leaders are mostly men, and when they give their permission, they also often
decide to participate in the groups themselves. During my field visits I met several
leaders as participants in the caregivers’ groups, and they were all very dedicated to
the ICDP work and told about great changes in their own lives.
For more detailed reports about achievements, see the appendix with quotes from
facilitators and caregivers.
The challenges the facilitators reported were
• Logistics (large districts and poor public transport)
• Change in attitudes and behavior sometimes take time…
• Expectations from the caregivers to be paid in order to attend to the groups
• Caregivers bringing huge family problems to the group
• How to act when you see a neighbor treating her child badly
• The importance of being a good model as a facilitator
• How to help children directly when their caregivers do not change – the
problem of teaching the children their rights and thus create conflicts in the
family
• Conflicts among caregivers in the group
• How to recruit more men to the groups
The challenges were discussed, and solutions were shared among the participants.
Part of the meetings was used to go through the eight meetings agenda for the
caregivers’ groups. In some of the districts there also was a need to repeat some of the
guidelines or the principles of sensitization.
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The last part of the network meetings were used for planning of conducting new
caregivers’ groups. In some of the districts the facilitators decided to work one new
and one experienced facilitator in pair. The new facilitator candidates will be
supervised by the local trainers in the district. The trainers in each district are
responsible for following up all the facilitators in the district, with support from the
two trainers at KIWAKKUKI office, Lui and Verynice.
Field visits to caregivers’ groups
In each of the four regions I visited a caregivers’ group. Some of the groups
conducted part of a meeting when I was present, and all the groups gave me the
opportunity to interview them. All the participants told very touching stories about
how they experienced to be in the ICDP group and how this had made such a
difference in their lives. The stories about less harsh behavior from the side of the
caregiver and more respect and cooperation from the side of the child were constantly
repeated. They told stories about how they see their children in different ways now
and how they get amazing results when they treat the children differently. One of the
caregivers was asked what made the difference in such a way that she could change
both her attitude and her behavior towards the child. She answered: “This programme
touched my heart. I could feel that this was true. We were asked to go home and
practice our new knowledge through home tasks, and we reported the results in the
next meeting. In that way we realized that the message really was true.”
One of the groups had made a song. They put one person in the middle of the circle of
caregivers, and this person was singing, while everybody was dancing: “Who am I?”
The others answered: “You are a child. Your caregiver needs you and depends on
you. Our community needs you and depends on you. Our nation needs you and
depends on you.”
Then they switched, and another person entered the middle of the circle, singing:
“Who am I?” The others answered: “You’re the caregiver. The child needs you and
depends on you. Our community needs you and depends on you. Our nation needs
you and depends on you.”
Then they switched again, and the person in the middle of the circle was singing:
“Who am I?” “You’re our facilitator. The children need you and depend on you, the
caregivers need you and depend on you, our community needs you and depends on
you, and our nation needs you and depends on you.”
See the appendix for more quotes from the caregivers about the impact of the
programme.
The caregivers expressed that they were grateful to have been invited to participate in
the groups, and they keep telling their family and their neighbors about the
programme and how to treat the children.
Meeting with Amani ECD
Amani ECD works as an ECD resource organization and facilitates partnerships for
collaborative action to improve early childhood policies, programmes and budgeting
at all levels. KIWAKKUKI is a partner organization to Amani ECD, and during her
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last visit to Moshi, Chanel Croker in Amani learned to know about ICDP and the
achievements for children in the Kilimanjaro region. She wanted to learn more and
decided to come with Amani’s new Director Fizza Moloo to Moshi for a meeting with
Lui Mfangavo and me.
The situation in Tanzania at the present is that the government is working on an Early
Child Development policy. The work is initiated by Unicef and supported by other
organizations, among them Amani. The Ministry of Education is in charge of working
on the issue, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Social
Welfare and the Ministry of Community Develoment. Staff from Amani is in regular
contact with the Ministries, and so is Lui Mfangavo from KIWAKKUKI.
The plan is to have a pilot project in 6-8 districts in Tanzania to implement an ECD
strategy. ICDP is according to Amani and KIWAKKUKI a very interesting
programme to be implemented as part of this strategy. The first step now will be to
make a good presentation from the work in the Kilimanjaro region and approach the
Ministries with this presentation. Amani will collaborate with KIWAKKUKI to
achieve this.
If the programme is going to be implemented on national level in Tanzania,
collaboration with ICDP International is needed. Thus I will contact Karsten
Hundeide as chairman of ICDP International and inform him about the ongoing work.
Meeting with representatives from the KIWAKKUKI CBT project
Kiwakkuki is now in the first phase of implementing a new two-year pilot project
concerning treatment of children and adolescents that have experienced trauma. The
pilot project is carried out in collaboration with and funded by Yale University, USA.
The CBT plan is to form 4-6 groups with 8 participants in each group. Each group
will have an agenda of 12 meetings, with topics of trauma and loss. There will be
parallel groups for children/youth and their caregivers.
In order to see how the ICDP Programme and the CBT project can correspond and
supplement each other, Executive coordinator at KIWAKKUKI, Dafrosa Itemba, Lui
Mfangavo and I had a meeting with the responsible staff from Yale and University of
Washington. We informed about the content of the programme in general and how
locally made drawings have been used in order to help the caregivers to understand
the child’s thoughts and feelings in a better way, related to the situation like sickness,
loss of caregivers, attending to funerals, orphans approaching a new home, children
watching domestic violence etc. The representatives from CBT found the work
already done very interesting, and they will continue to work with Lui Mfangavo to
see how their project can build upon the already existing work done by the ICDP
facilitators.
Strengths and challenges
The local trainers in KIWAKKUKI have step by step taken over the responsibility for
training and implementation of the project ch is very important to make the work
sustainable. Thetrainers planned and conducted the training of new facilitators,
network meetings and field visits. The capacity and competence of the trainers differs
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from person to person, but they all contributed in some way. The staffat
KIWAKKUKI, Lui and Verynice, are mainly responsible for the project trainer Egla
Matechi in Moshi rural east, and that the other trainers assist them and take
responsibility in the different districts.
The KIWAKKUKI staff and volunteers have very good procedures for implementing
the project their way of going through the ward and village leaders. The facilitators
have achieved a lot by sensitizing the caregivers, and the result is change of the
caregivers’ attitudes and behavior. The changes are not only at the level of interaction
and the relationship between the caregiver and the child, but also on family and
community level. It is amazing that a relatively simple and short intervention can
make such a difference in the lives of so many people. It seems to me that the power
of the message of love and closeness in a society that traditionally raises children in a
harsh way is the key. The facilitators are touched by the message themselves, and they
convey it to others in a very strong way.
The challenges, , are to understand the content of the ICDP programme even better in
order to keep the quality of the programme. I noticed that both trainers and facilitators
needed to repeat the eight guidelines for good interaction and that it is difficult to
understand some of them. If possible, I would recommend more use of video analysis
during the training of new facilitators and network meetings in order to understand the
guidelines better.
We have since the beginning been working a lot with understanding the difference
between an instructive programme and a sensitizing programme. This is still an issue.
It is especially needed to stress the subject when training new facilitators, as the use
of the word sensitization often is differently in KIWAKKUKI from how we use it in
ICDP. The most important is probably to show the facilitators in practice what
sensitization means, find good questions related to the local context to be asked etc.
Other challenges now are making a good system for training, certifying and follow up
of facilitators, and to provide them with needed materials in order to carry out the
sensitization in the groups (for example pictures and drawings). It would also be
good, if possible, to make a leaflet for the caregivers, showing the eight guidelines for
good interaction in text and pictures. The text is available in Kiswahili, and so are
most of the pictures from the local context.
Conclusion
The ICDP work in KIWAKKUKI is going on very well, and it is good to see how the
local trainers and facilitators take over the responsibility for the implementation and
adapt the programme to the local context. The programme is locally owned now, and
this makes it sustainable in the region.
However, it is still needed that ICDP consultants outside Tanzania follow up the
work, especially with respect to guide the local trainers in the content and the quality
of the ICDP programme itself. It is also important to give support to the staff in
charge of the programme at KIWAKKUKI. As they are responsible for following up
the other trainers and facilitators, they need support and a feeling that they have
someone to lean on. They also need to feel as part of a network that can give new
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knowledge, support and motivation. So far staff from KIWAKKUKI has attended
twice at the yearly ICDP network meeting for Southern African countries in Maputo,
Mocamique. Hopefully this participation can continue.
And, by the end: If the programme is going to be scaled up to other regions in
Tanzania, it is very important to make use of the competence of the Tanzanian staff
that is already trained. International consultants can support and monitor the work, but
the training of new staff and/or volunteers should be done by Tanzanian trainers.
Meeting with experienced and new facilitators in Moshi the 15th
of March 2010
The facilitators told stories from the achievements they had experienced in their
groups with the caregivers. They also told how the programme had influenced and
changed their personal lives:
“I used to abuse alcohol, because I was very stressed. My wife died, and I was very
harsh to my children. I felt that the children were bothering me, and I said to them: “I
didn’t kill your mother, so why do you bother me?” The children were afraid of me,
and they ran away from home. I thought I could solve my problems, calm down and
reduce the stress by drinking. Through sensitization in the ICDP group I learned to
calm down and to treat the children differently. I learned to be close to them and to
have a transparent atmosphere in the family. I have stopped drinking, and everything
is peaceful in the family now.” Other facilitators added to his story and told that he
had changed completely, and appeared like a new person, both to his children and to
other people.
“I had lots of anger inside me, and I felt that the children were bothering me. I was not
capable of taking care of my own children. After the sensitization I calmed down, and
now I take care of an orphan in my home in addition to my own children. The people
in my village keep asking what happened, and they think that I take medicine to calm
down!”
“I have become enlightened and changed by the spirit of love. I have learned that even
if a child does something wrong, he should be shown respect and love, not the stick.”
“I was not aware that rudeness is not good to the child. Now I am humble and polite.
My children cooperate now. We work together, and there is no spirit of problems in
the family. The caregivers in the group I facilitated have also changed.”
“I did much progress, and so did my family. I was a very rude mom, and when my
child did something wrong, I hit him with the stick. Now I guide him and direct him,
and I praise him. One of the caregivers in the groups I facilitated said that he had a
child that was not good. Now, after the lessons, he can sit with the child and listen to
the child’s problems. They have become friends.”
“When I came home after the first group meeting, I was more humble. I started with
talking to my husband; I came close to him and discussed how we could raise the
children in a good way. When the children experienced that we cooperated, they
became very cooperative too. This programme is very good to our society, and I want
to sensitize many more caregivers.”
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“I learned that a better way of being closer to the children is to be as a child. You
can’t rear the child by using the stick. When you show love to your child, the child
will understand that he is a person, too.”
“I was an alcoholic, and so was my husband. He was cruel, and I was harsh with the
children. After the sensitization I have reduced the drinking, and I have slowed down.
Now I can sit with the children, and they have come much closer to me. Now the
children are very cooperative, and they arrange everything in the home when I am
away. All the family members are calmer now. I am so happy about this knowledge.”
“I am a widow, and I used to drink too much alcohol. I didn’t pay attention to my
children or acknowledge their needs. After the sensitization, something happened in
my heart. I have changed. I was harsh, and now I am polite. I learned about the
guidelines, and I understood that I didn’t follow them. I looked at the pictures, and I
understood that I had to come closer to my children.”
“I saw all the activities from my grandsons as they wanted to disturb me. Through the
guidelines of showing love and following the child’s initiative my grandsons have
come closer to me. Now they don’t run away any longer.”
“I was very strict, and I didn’t like the children to touch the TV or the video. Now I
encourage them to examine things, because I understand that in this way they can
widen their knowledge.”
One of the most frequent stories is like this:
“The message of love changed my life. The understanding of the importance of
staying close to my children was crucial. When I stay close to my children, show
love, follow their initiative and praise them, the children completely change their
behavior. They trust me and dare to tell me about their problems, and we can sit down
and discuss how to solve the problems. The atmosphere in the family is the one of
transparency.”
Stories from meeting with caregivers in Moshi municipal the
15th of March 2010
“I used to treat my children in a very harsh way, especially in the morning. I shouted
to them to make them get up and to get to school.” “Me also. My children were very
scared of me. I shouted at them and used the stick to punish them, and they used to
run away from me. Now the whole atmosphere in my family is different, and
everything is going on very easily. The children behave in a good manner, and there
are no problems. Through the sensitization in the group of caregivers I changed my
mind and my behavior. “
“I think this programme is very important to me as a man. I used to be harsh to my
children, and so was my wife. After participating in the group, I transferred the
knowledge to my wife, and also to the neighbors. There is a completely different
atmosphere in my family now.”
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“The ward leaders also experience a change. Previously they were overwhelmed by
people coming to their office with family problems. Now they are relieved by the
ICDP programme, and the cases in need of help are decreasing.”
“The difference with this programme is that the knowledge touched my heart. I could
feel that this was true. We were asked to go home and practice our new knowledge
through home tasks, and we reported the results in the next meeting. In that way we
realized that the message really was true. We changed our behavior, and the children
also changed. The first home task was: How can you come closer to your children?”
Meeting with caregivers in Moshi Rural East 18th of March 2010
A grandmother told the following story about how she changed her behavior:
“My grandson joined a group of bad boys. He let his hair grow, and he started to plate
it. I didn’t like it at all, but he said it was a matter of fashion. After the sensitization I
asked one of the other caregivers in my group to sit down with him and talk with him.
She approached him in a very nice way, and they built a trustful relationship. They
were discussing the problem with the hair, and he agreed to cut his hair. Now he is
very cooperative.” –Later in the meeting the teenager came to the group and told that
he was very happy with this solution. He was so happy that the caregiver discussed
with him in a nice way instead of being harsh to him. He had now left the group of
bad boys.
Another woman told: “My son earned money as a porter at Kilimanjaro, but he spent
the money in a very bad way by drinking alcohol. I didn’t know how to change him.
After the sensitization I decided to call him nicely and ask him to sit down and talk. It
was very useful, and now he has changed completely. He has agreed to spend the
money for building a house.”
A village leader told the following story: “I used to think that my child was a bad boy.
One day he threw an egg to the ground, and the egg broke. Usually I would have
become angry; talk to him in a harsh way and maybe beat him to make him
understand that this is unacceptable. However, since this was after the sensitization in
the group, I stopped myself, and I asked him the reason for throwing the egg. He
answered that he was wondering what was inside the egg. In this way I understood
that my boy is not bad, but he is curious and wants to develop his brain. From there I
could guide him and help him to understand that this could be done in a better way
then throwing the egg to the ground. Now I am proud of him!”
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