KARAGWE RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION AGENCY (KARUDECA)
Proposed Projects 2016-2020
Introduction
KARUDECA was registered in December 2007 to operate in Karagwe district of the united republic of Tanzania.
Our core works include the following sectors: education, health, environmental conservation and women empowerment.
Our vision
KARUDECA aspires to promote better living standards to the Karagwe district rural residents and enable them meet the needs of globalization and free market economy.
Our mission
Promoting social and economic development among Karagwe district residents
Motto
Striving for Karagwe sustainable development
ORGANIZATION VALUES
Value Statements
KARUDECA is committed in developing excellent and professional operational systems and transforming itself into an excellent organization that contributes in achieving the challenging goals in economic and social development targets of its members. The following respected values and guiding principles characterize the work and life of KARUDECA and are embedded in all those who come to be associated with KARUDECA.
In fulfilling the Vision and Mission of KARUDECA the following Core Values would be adhered to:
q Cooperation
q Transparency
q Integrity
q Commitment
q Efficiency
q Competitiveness
q Professionalism
q Teamwork
q Volunteerism
ORGANISATION STRUCTURE
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OUR PLANS FOR 2016-2020
A. Developing the Projects in Progress: Where we are
1. Micro credit scheme.
We plan to develop our women micro credit scheme to more villages and wards of the Karagwe district. We are now running this project in Kayanga and Bugene wards. We plan to add more five wards in the five years. The project is funded by Wabia Network, a UK based organization.
2. Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR)
We are currently running a CBR project in partnership with KCBRP and KESUDE. The project is funded by Liliane Foundation-The Netherlands.
3. Club feet clinic Project.
In partnership with KADEF, KESUDE, KCBRP and NYAKAHANGA DDH, KARUDECA is running club feet clinic at Nyakahanga DDH. We rehabilitate children with club feet by using the Posent method, rehabilitation without surgery. The project is funded by Miracle Feet-USA
4. Microfinance Project/Hisa Project
KARUDECA is running a group of women and men who have decided to join together to boost themselves economically. They assist each other economically using the little resources that they have.
We would be grateful for anyone who willing to support these efforts.
Proposed project: Where we want to go 2016-2020
1. Environmental Conservation
We intend to launch a bee keeping project with our member as a means of environmental conservation and, economic empowerment and employment creation.
2. Health
We plan to provide capacity building to medical officers in public and private health centers to improve their working skills.
We also plan to run a cost-sharing rain water harvesting tank construction project for the needy families in Karagwe.
3. Education
We plan to build ten girls dormitories in ten government ward secondary schools to rescue young girls from early pregnancy and early marriage.
We plan to begin computer classes to teach ICT to the youths in Karagwe, as a means of development.
We also plan to provide capacity building to our staff for efficiency. We intend to partner with MS-TSDC for this task because the center has a long time experience in providing capacity building.
We also plan to provide education support to the needy children in Karagwe.
We also plan to construct an awareness creation hall for meeting and capacity building our beneficiaries.
We last intend to launch a KARUDECA COMMUNITY RADIO PROJECT. This radio will help in information and knowledge transfer to the rural parts of the Kagera region, Karagwe district in particular. As we all know that information is power, the radio station will transform lives of the residents of Karagwe.
4. Agriculture
We plan to run an agribusiness project to enable farmers in Karagwe practice commercial agriculture. We want to enable the people of Karagwe have a commercial agriculture and not for consumption as the situation is now.
We also plan to attract strategic investors to Karagwe,so that they can build industries and other projects which will provide employment and market to our agricultural products.
We plan to launch cattle revolving project and training to the beneficiaries on environmentally friendly animal husbandry.
We also plan to expand an agricultural lending system in Karagwe district.
5. Women empowerment
We plan to launch a women legal aid center to help the marginalized women out of intimidation, oppression and humiliation.
We plan to launch reproductive health campaign to female students in secondary schools in Karagwe so as to fight early pregnancy and truancy as means to women empowerment.
C. PARTNERSHIP
We will strengthen the existing partnerships while building new ones. At KARUDECA, we believe development is a collective endeavor.
We will insist and persuade our fellow local NGO to join networks / consortiums hence learn from each for efficiency.
D. CONCLUSION
Dear friends, well-wishers and partners,
Many thanks for joining hands with us.
We hope you will take time to read our future plans and do expect your continued cooperation.
You have been with us; we hope you won’t leave us on the way. We will still move together, as we still have a very long way to go.