THE SPEECH OF THE VICE PRESIDENT’S MINISTER OFFICE ON CONSERVATION / ENVIRONMENT PROIJECTS
By DR. ENG.BINILITH S. MAHENGE (MB) ON OFFICIAL LAUNCHED ON 28/04/2015.
- Director of the UNDP Tanzania
- Representative of Tanzania Forest Fund
- Government official leaders
- Honorable Political parts Leaders/Religions Leaders
- All members who are here Ladies and Gentlemen
Ladies and Gentlemen I would like to Thank you God for giving me this opportunity to be here today, I have been honored to join you on this important events which has been prepared by the Children care Development organization (CCDO) to launch two projects conservation and environment in Makete District.
I would like to have this time to thank you the organization for the goals and work which they are doing and contribution to the Nation and the Government to fight poverty especially helping the children who are living in difficult and hard environment.
, today we are the witness of opening the two projects of the environment and conservation which will be implemented at our area .As I have been told one project is help the community to fight with the climate change of the country supporting community based adaptation initiatives to cope with adverse effects of climate, the other project is Tree plantation for maintaining
And improving forest conservation and community livelihood at Iniho ward along Unyangogo water catchment forest –Makete District.
Gentlemen and Ladies we all have witnessed about how our country has been destroyed of environmental and climate change. On 28/04/2015 the Government established a second report of environmental of the country, this report was about people population as well climate change and environment e.g. forest and the catchment water resources the report also mentioned about economy, Agriculture, Animals, Fishing, Technology, wildlife ,transportation, industry and health.
We all have see changes of; eg draught, unpredicted rains floods, Temperature diseases e.g. malaria to areas before there was no history of such diseases for example some of the areas in makete now days several regions malaria is reported like Iringa, Njombe, Mbeya, and Kilimanjaro .This witness of climate change in the country.
This reminds us all that we are responsible to take part of taking care of our environment due to disaster.
The government still continues to protect the law and environment in the country through implementing the project of conservation / environment by working together with other stake holders of environmental. I wish to give directives to the government authorities of wards to implement strongly and act through their leadership.
The law of environment of 2004 about conservation environmental development and their budget of every year .I appeal to new government organization, religion organization and stakeholders to join strongly participating in implementing of environmental every individual up to the community as whole. Let us keep our environment to protect our health for our new generation.
As you know the vice president office which has all responsibilities of conservation /environment in the country by the law which as I am its minister I appeal to all organization, none governmental and religions of the community to spend their time to great project and implement using their inner resources or development resources who are ready to support the environmental.
Ending my speech I want to thank you our comrade from UNDP and Tanzania Forest Fund for their sponsor due to the two projects which we are opening today.
I want to ensure you that the governments recognize your contribution my office will continue to support you and never tired to work with us to more areas. I thank you CCDO for selecting Makete as one of your areas I assure that you as a member of parliament I will continue to support in implementing your business ,I request to wananchi (citizen) that let us support them at high level to these stake holders for the development at our district .
Gentlemen and ladies after speaking few of these I declare that these two projects;
i) Supporting community based adoption initiative to cope with the adverse effects of climate change .and
ii) Tree planting for improving forest conservation and community livelihood at Iniho ward along unyangogo water catchment forest, Makete district are now officially launched.
Thanks