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FEED THE FUTURE TANZANIA ADVANCING YOUTH Quarterly Report April 1 – June 30, 2019 Feed the Future Tanzania Advancing Youth | Quarterly Report #3, 2019 This document was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). DAI Global LLC www.dai.com 7600 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 200 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 USA Tel: (301) 771 7600 Fax: (301) 771 7777 Feed the Future Advancing Youth (AY) Plot 418, Ocean Residence Toure Drive Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Cover photo: A young mother from “Tupate Sote” Youth Saving and Lending Association (YSLA) youth group in Chake Chake, Pemba. Photographer: Ngasuma Kanyeka All photos by DAI Global LLC. 2 Prepared by Feed the Future Tanzania Advancing Youth activity Table of Contents List of Acronyms ................................................................................................................ 4 1. ACTIVITY OVERVIEW/SUMMARY .................................................................... 5 1.1 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................ 5 1.2 Summary of Results for this Quarter ................................................................................ 6 2. ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS ..................................................... 9 2.1 Implementation Status and Planned Activities ................................................................ 9 Component 1: Increasing Entrepreneurship and workforce-readiness skills of youth ........................................ 9 Component 2: Strengthening Leadership and Positive Youth Development ...................................................... 14 Component 3: Enhancing life skills for healthy living .............................................................................. 20 3. PLANNED ACTIVITIES AND IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES ........... 25 4. INTEGRATION OF CROSSCUTTING ISSUES............................................... 27 3.1 Gender Integration ............................................................................................................ 27 3.2 Local Capacity Development ........................................................................................... 33 3.3 Integration and Collaboration .......................................................................................... 33 3.4 Policy and Advocacy .......................................................................................................... 34 3.5 Sustainability ...................................................................................................................... 34 3.6 Environmental Compliance .............................................................................................. 34 5. STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION AND ENGAGEMENT ........................... 35 Government Engagement ...................................................................................................... 35 Partner Engagement ............................................................................................................... 36 6. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES ........................................ 38 7. COMMUNICATIONS .......................................................................................... 39 8. HOW IMPLEMENTING PARTNER HAS ADDRESSED A/COR COMMENTS FROM THE LAST QUARTERLY OR SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT .............................. 40 9. GRANTS ................................................................................................................ 41 10. FINANCIAL SUMMARY ..................................................................................... 42 ANNEXES ........................................................................................................................ 43 ANNEX I: M&E TABLES ........................................................................................................ 43 ANNEX 2: CONCEPT NOTES .............................................................................................. 46 3 Prepared by Feed the Future Tanzania Advancing Youth activity List of Acronyms AY Feed the Future Tanzania Advancing Youth AYAC Advancing Youth Advisory Council CHMT Council Health Management Team CM Community Mobilizer CO Contracting Officer COR Contracting Officer’s Representative COP Chief of Party CSO Civil Society Organization CYD Center for Youth Dialogue - Zanzibar DAI DAI Global LLC DC District Commission and/or District Commissioner DCOP Deputy Chief of Party ENGINE USAID Tanzania Enabling Growth through Investment and Enterprise FC2 Female Condom 2 FY Fiscal Year FP Family Planning GAP Good Agricultural Practices GBV Gender-based Violence GOT Government of Tanzania HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus IMO Iringa Mercy Organization IR Intermediate Result IRDO Integrated Rural Development Organization IP Implementing Partner IDIQ Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity IDYDC Iringa Development of Youth Disabled and Children KIWOHEDE Kiota Women’s Health and Development Organization LGA Local Government Authority MWAYODEO Mafiga Women and Youth Development Organization PY1 Project Year 1 PY2 Project Year 2 PIRO Pemba Island Relief Organization PYD Positive Youth Development RHMT Regional Health Management team SAGCOT Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania SIDO Small Industries Development Organization SNV Netherlands Development Organization STT Sunseed Tanzania Technologies TBI Tanzania Bora Initiative TAMASHA Taasisi ya Maendeleo Shirikishi kwa Vijana TO Task Order TOCOR Task Order Contract Officer’s Representative TZS Tanzanian Shilling USAID United States Agency for International Development YFS Youth Friendly Services YSLA Youth Savings and Loan Associations ZLSC Zanzibar Legal Service Centre ZOI Zone of Influence 4 Prepared by Feed the Future Tanzania Advancing Youth activity 1. ACTIVITY OVERVIEW/SUMMARY Activity Name: Feed the Future Tanzania Advancing Youth Activity Start Date: August 17, 2017 Activity End Date: August 16, 2022 Name of Prime DAI Global, LLC. Implementing Partner: Contract Number: AID-OAA-I-15-00014 Contract Number: Task Order Number: AID-621-TO-17-00004 Name of Subcontractors/ Pathfinder International, SNV, and Khangarue Media Sub awardees: Other Major Counterpart Government of Tanzania and Organizations The Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar Geographic Coverage Iringa - Iringa DC and Kilolo Districts (Districts, Regions and or Mbeya - Rungwe and Kyela Districts Zanzibar) Zanzibar - Unguja and Pemba Districts Date of activity April 1, 2019 – June 30, 2019 1.1 Executive Summary The Feed the Future Tanzania Advancing Youth activity (AY) is a five-year initiative (August 2017-August 2022) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). AY focuses on three regions in Tanzania–Iringa, Mbeya and Zanzibar. This includes both the Unguja and Pemba isles of Zanzibar and districts in the mainland within the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (Kilolo and Iringa Rural in Iringa, and Rungwe and Kyela in Mbeya). The AY activity’s goal is to increase economic opportunities for young people between the ages of 15 and 35 while promoting healthy lifestyles. Supporting their endeavors in agriculture-related fields, the activity is dedicated to building youth entrepreneurship, leadership, and workforce-readiness skills. It empowers youth to become leaders in their communities by connecting them to opportunities promoting employment, wellbeing and leadership. The activity will achieve this by: 1. Increasing entrepreneurship and workforce readiness skills among youth. (IR 1) 2. Strengthening leadership and positive youth development. (IR 2) 3. Enhancing life skills for healthy living and future planning. (IR 3) AY activity uses a positive youth development (PYD) approach to engage rural Tanzanian young people. Our PYD approach highlights income-generating potential across agricultural value chains and facilitates access to information and skills building, as well as opportunities to ensure success in business start-ups and employment. Our strategy focuses on delivering training and mentoring around three “L’s”: Livelihoods, Leadership, and Life Skills. 5 Prepared by Feed the Future Tanzania Advancing Youth activity 1.2 Summary of Results for this Quarter This report focuses on the third quarter of the project’s second year of implementation, covering activities carried out between April 1, 2019 and June 30, 2019. Below are the results achieved in quarter 3: 1. Under 1R1: Entrepreneurship and Workforce-Readiness Skills of Youth Increased: a. 487 youth (324 female, 163 male) across AY’s Zone of Influence (ZOI) were trained on on entrepreneurship and workforce development skills. b. 5 Rural SMEs (3 in Zanzibar and 2 in Mbeya) were established focusing on ICT and Agri- trading. c. 592 Microenterprises were established/improved (372 were female and 220 male owned entities). d. AY supported the creation of 175 new jobs for youth. These were created as a result of youth self-employment and hiring others through businesses they have established or improved (123 female, 52 male) in AY’s ZOI. e. 605 youth (372 female, 233 male) borrowed money this quarter amounting to TZS 108,671,500 (approx. USD $47,248). 98 percent of the borrowers used the money to either start or improve their businesses and the rest was used to better their quality of life in areas such as nutrition, paying school fees or medical bills for their families. The total value of YSLA to date is TZS 301,854,000.