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A Case of Maji Ya Chai Community Women Training I i JANJA STOVE RENEWABLE SOURCE OF ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: A CASE OF MAJI YA CHAI COMMUNITY WOMEN TRAINING IN ARUSHA HARRISON E. CHONJO A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREEE OF MASTER IN COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE OPEN UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA 2014 ii CERTIFICATION I, Dr. SIMON WAANE, certifies that I have read and hereby recommend for the acceptance by the Open University of Tanzania (OUT) a project entitled, Janja Stove Renewable Source Of Energy For Sustainable Economic Development: Maji Ya Chai Community Women Training In Arusha in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Community Economic Development of the Open University of Tanzania. ______________________________________ Dr. Simon Waane (Supervisor) ________________________________ Date iii COPYRIGHT All rights reserved. No part of this work may be printed, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including photocopying or storing it in any medium by any electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this work without the prior permission of the researchers or Open University of Tanzania. iv DECLARATION I, Harrison E. Chonjo hereby declare that this project is my own original work and that it has never been submitted for the similar degree in any other University. ______________________________________ Signature ______________________________________ Date v DEDICATION To my beloved family, My Aunt Agnes A. Chonjo, my young sister Beatrice Mosha, Glory Chonjo and Lightness Chonjo, my niece Michelle, and my parents Mr. & Mrs. Elisonguo Chonjo and my brother Michael, Silas and Sifaeli and Prosper,. vi ABSTRACT Energy is one on the resource that human being/community use in daily life. The consumption of these energy counts on daily living cost and determine standard of living. Renewable energy sources are one of the friendly sources of energy in various spheres like; economic, health and environment. The main objective of this study was to assess the sustainability of Janja stove in the community by analyzing it financial advantages. Still there is a big existing gap in between the users and suppliers of renewable energy. Both public and private institution have to assort their effort together in promoting renewable energy not only for sustainable economic development but also for environmental and health security. The survey was carried out in Meru District in Arusha City between September 2013 and June 2014 in collaboration with the CARMATEC and ATC. It involved 117 respondents from Maji ya Chai ward and 7 village executive officer’s. The principal methodology used in this study was descriptive statistics where various tools were used include interviews, Questionnaires, Focus Group Discussion and Key Informants Interviews. The study suggest various mitigation to the problem; by conducting Community training on importance of renewable energy, The government should provide both financial and technical support to the isolated communities, Research on other renewable energies should be done so as to propel development in the community, Produced products should be customer oriented rather than producer oriented vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My first acknowledgement to All mighty living God who grant me abundantly with blessing without Him I wouldn’t reach at this point. He restores my soul; He leads me in the path of righteousness for His name’s sake. Second one to my beloved Aunt Agness Andrew Chonjo, the one who always stands up for my success. I appreciate her support from my junior level of education till at this point. Without a kind, friendly and effective teachings from Open University of Tanzania lecturers, it could be a myth for me to reach at this high level of success. Special thanks to my supervisor Dr. Simon Waane for devoted time he spent in guiding and corrects me about this study. I am much indebted to the WODSTA organization for sincere treatment during my attachment to the CED project. Special thanks to Lydia Joachim (Chairperson) Lynne Ukio (Organization Secretary) Deogratius Tungaraza (Project Manager) for his committed technical advice and supervision during the entire project. With heartily and friendly encouragement from my friend, Eliaza J. Mkuna. (M.Sc.In Agricultural and Applied Economics), Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA). I highly appreciate him for encouraging me to pursue this program. viii TABLE OF CONTENT CERTIFICATION ..................................................................................................... ii COPYRIGHT ........................................................................................................... iii DECLARATION ....................................................................................................... iv DEDICATION ............................................................................................................ v ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................... vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................................................... vii LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................... xii LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................ xiii ABREVIATIONS ..................................................................................................... xv CHAPTER ONE ........................................................................................................ 1 1.0 COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESMENT ........................................................ 1 1.1 Background information .................................................................................. 1 1.2 Community Profile ........................................................................................... 4 1.2.1 Geographical Location ..................................................................................... 5 1.2.2 Population Dynamics ....................................................................................... 5 1.2.3 Economic Activities ......................................................................................... 6 1.2.4 Community Based Organizations / Non-Governmental Organizations and Institutions ........................................................................................................ 8 1.2.5 Socio-economic Infrastructure ......................................................................... 9 1.2.6 Social Services ................................................................................................. 9 1.3 Community Needs Assessment ...................................................................... 12 1.3.1 Research Objective ......................................................................................... 13 1.3.2 Research Questions ........................................................................................ 14 ix 1.3.3 Research Methodology ................................................................................... 14 1.4 Community Needs Assessment Findings ....................................................... 21 1.4.1 Findings on Personal Particulars .................................................................... 22 1.3.1 Findings on Economic Assessment on Energy Used ..................................... 31 1.5 Community Needs Prioritization .................................................................... 40 1.6 Conclusion ...................................................................................................... 41 CHAPTER TWO ..................................................................................................... 42 2.0 PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION ................................................................ 42 2.1 Background to Research Problem .................................................................. 42 2.2 The problem Statement .................................................................................. 45 2.3 Project Description ......................................................................................... 46 2.3.1 Target Community ......................................................................................... 47 2.3.2 takeholders ..................................................................................................... 47 2.3.3 Project goals ................................................................................................... 49 2.3.4 Project Objectives .......................................................................................... 49 2.4 Host Organization .......................................................................................... 50 2.4.1 Community Based Organizations Leadership ................................................ 50 2.4.2 Vision .......................................................................................................... 51 2.4.3 Mission .......................................................................................................... 51 2.4.4 Activities ........................................................................................................ 51 2.4.5 Community Based Organizations Objectives ................................................ 57 2.4.7 Organization Structure ..................................................................................
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