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Arusha, Tanzania June 16th, 2010

Arusha Monduli

Meru

Sources: TASAF Official Documents TASAF Website www.tasaf.org/ TASAF Public Works Handbook Maps from Wikipedia and Google maps

7 The current is divided into 3 divisions (Manyara, About the Tanzania Social Action Fund and Kisongo), 11 Wards and 39 Villages. The District has an area of 6,419 km2.

The Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF) is the Tanzanian Population. According to the 2002 Census, the District had 185,237 government agency that provides funding to local and village people. The major Ethnic groups are the Wamasai (40%) and the governments to respond to community demands for interventions Waarusha (20%). that will contribute to the attainment of specific Millennium Development Goals. Economic Activities. More than 90% of the population in Monduli District is engaged in keeping livestock and agriculture. The District is In May 2005 the Government launched TASAF II, with financial estimated to have 105,547.5 hectares of potential arable land but support from the World Bank. The program is nationwide and its only 87,632.5 hectares are under cultivation. Although large scale main objective is to improve access of beneficiary households to farming is practiced in the Southern part of the District (), enhanced socio-economic services and income generating subsistence farming is the main form of farming. Major food and cash opportunities. TASAF II covers all 121 Local Government Authorities crops are maize, beans and paddy which are leading staple food (LGAs) on the Tanzanian mainland and . crops. Coffee and sunflowers are grown at a small scale.

TASAF has two major components: The National Village Fund (NVF) and Capacity Enhancement (CE). The Public Works Program (PWP) C. COUNCIL targets the Food Insecure Households, which is one of the three beneficiary groups under the NVF component of TASAF; the other Administrative areas. The district is divided into three divisions two beneficiary groups are Service Poor Communities and Vulnerable namely: Longido, Enduimet and Ketumbeine. It is further divided into Groups. 9 Wards and 32 villages. It has an area of 7,782 km2.

The PWP is designed to provide an effective safety net for targeted Population. The majority of the inhabitants of Longido District are the persons from able bodied but food insecure households in identified Maasai, an ethnic group whose major economic activity is poor communities. PWP does so by promoting labor intensive pastoralism. Currently, it is estimated that Longido has a population activities that create job opportunities for the poor and in the process of 93,778 people. The growth rate is 3.8%. create or improve infrastructure. Economic Activities. The main economic activity is keeping livestock. Since TASAF II was established in 2005 a total of 492 sub-projects By December 2002 the district was estimated to have 137,383 cattle, worth TZS 14,402,937,707 (US$ 10,082,056) have been supported 129,308 goats, 83,786 sheep, 14,422 donkeys and 180 camels. (as of May 30th, 2010). A total of 332,698 direct beneficiaries However, productivity of livestock keeping and agriculture is low due participated in these sub-projects. to subsistence farming techniques in use, traditional animal husbandry practices, coupled with insufficient extension services and undeveloped marketing systems for livestock products.

Special thanks! Agriculture is largely dependent on both traditional and modern We thank TASAF, staff and program beneficiaries methods with medium technology. The main cash crops are maize, for their time and efforts in hosting this fieldtrip. wheat and barley.

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About the Districts Fieldtrip objectives and agenda

The is divided into 7 District Councils: Arusha The field trip is one of the highlights of the South-South Learning Municipal, Arusha Rural, Ngorongoro, Meru, Karatu, Monduli and Forum “Making Public Works Work.” The delegates will have the Longido. opportunity to see programs under implementation, bringing to reality the concepts being discussed during the workshop. They will A. COUNCIL also be able to see additional areas of worksite implementation logistics. Location. Meru District Council is located in the North –Eastern Part of Arusha Region. It lies on the slopes of Mt. Meru which is the The field trip covers public works sub-projects in the areas of second highest mountain in Tanzania after Kilimanjaro. environmental conservation, and rehabilitation of community roads and irrigation canals. Each delegate will visit two public works sub- Administrative areas. The District Council is divided into three zones projects. namely the upper belt, the middle belt and the lower belt. It has 17 Wards, 69 Villages and 275 Sub villages. The objectives of the fieldtrip are: (i) See first-hand how the “nuts and bolts” of workfare implementation have been put in practice in a Population. According to the 2002 National Census the District specific setting; (ii) discuss with sub-project managers specific issues of Council had a total population of 225,611 people. Furthermore, the project implementation (e.g. set up of the project, day to day issues at District Council had 48,768 households of an average size of 5 the worksite, etc.); and (iii) learn about the sub-projects from members. The population growth rate was 3.1%. beneficiaries’ perspective and their impact in the community.

Economic Activities Agenda Additional things you  Highland/Upper Belt: Agriculture based on coffee, pyrethrum, will see: bananas and round potatoes. 8:00 Departure from hotel  Middle Zone/Belt: Livestock keeping and agriculture. The crops  Worksite supervision grown in this belt are coffee, bananas, maize, beans, wheat, rice, Meeting with Community arrangements fruits and horticulture crops. Management Committee (CMC)  Lower Zone/Belt: Agriculture is the most important activity. Rice, and Village Councils  Muster roll management maize, beans, fruits and horticulture crops are produced.

Visit to first sub-project worksite  Worksite amenities Livestock production consists of indigenous cattle, dairy cattle, Lunch indigenous goats, sheep, donkeys, pigs, indigenous chickens, layers &  Labor Organization broilers, and rabbits. Visit to second sub-project worksite  Female participation Meeting with local TASAF officials, B. MONDULI DISTRICT COUNCIL and local authorities  How real people benefit! Administrative areas. Monduli District was established during British Return to hotel colonial rule. In 2005 the district was divided into Monduli and

Longido Districts.

5 2 Supervision arrangements: Day to day activities on the site are 7 About the Sub -Projects done by the CMC and overall supervision is done by the Village Council with technical support from the LSP and Local Government Authority. All ten sub-projects were initiated on May 1st, 2010 and will continue until August 2010. Key elements of program implementation include: The sub-projects to be visited are located in the District Councils of Meru, Longido and Monduli as detailed in Table 1. Procedure for beneficiary selection: Families with a food shortage that have filled a Subproject Interest Form (SPIF) and have been TABLE 1. TASAF SUB-PROJECTS IN ARUSHA scrutinized in the Village Assembly meeting based on a wealth ranking tool. District Community Sub-project TASAF No. of Council Type Funding* Beneficiaries Procedure for sub-project selection: Eligible sub-projects are Male Fem identified in the Village Assembly meeting facilitated by the Meru Rehabilitation of TZS 29,880,290 50 50 Extended-Participatory Rapid Rural Appraisal (E-PRA) team from community road ~US$20,916 the District Council. Final sub-project selection is based upon Meru Kitefu Rehabilitation of TZS 29,962,900 50 50 highest priority community needs. community road ~US$20,974

Longido Tingatinga Rehabilitation of TZS 27,853,987 34 66 Implementation arrangements: The Tanzania Social Action Fund community road ~US$19,497 (TASAF) supported the community based on a prepared micro plan. Project and financial management provided by the Meru Samaria Rehabilitation of TZS 29,714,960 50 50 community road beneficiaries and Community Management Committee (CMC) ~US$20,800 supervised by the Local Service Provider (LSP). Longido Ngereyani Rehabilitation of TZS 27,452,150 50 50 community road ~US$19,216 System of wage payment: Payment is made on “piece rate/work Meru Msitu Wa Rehabilitation of TZS 29,995,900 50 50 achievement” basis. Mbogo community road ~US$20,997

Wage delivery mechanism and frequency: Cash payments are Meru Valeska Rehabilitation of TZS 29,649,732 50 50 made twice a month (i.e. mid and end month) by the CMC irrigation canal ~US$20,754 treasurer. Monduli Mbuyuni Environmental TZS 28,597,800 35 35 conservation/ ~US$20,018 Daily wage and hours worked: Daily wage is TZS. 2,500 reforestation (US$1.75) for environmental conservation sub-projects and TZS. Monduli Oltukai Environmental TZS 28,131,070 30 30 3,000 (US$2.10) for rehabilitation of roads and irrigation canals. conservation/ ~US$19,691 Wage is based on task rate for eight hours per day. reforestation Monduli Lossimingori Environmental TZS 28,597,800 30 30 Attendance and monitoring system: Attendance is filled daily and conservation/ ~US$20,018 countersigned by the chair person of the CMC after completion reforestation of the piece work allocated to the beneficiary. *Exchange rate: TZS 100.00 =US$0.07 (May, 2010) * 90% of TASAF funds are for direct subproject costs (including payment to beneficiaries) and 10% is for administrative costs (facilitation, supervision and monitoring).

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