ARUPA has three main targets: the youth, the women and the most vulnerable children. For each group, ARUPA works on different projects and activities.
A: Youth Desk
For the Youth: Currently, the most important program is AYETA (Youth Empowerment Program in Tanzania) and WAJIBIKA Project. Details are given for each section in different chapters and more analysis provided in the form of documentary and features. Formally, the young people section was running two interventions – one in promoting Youth to Youth HIV/AIDS Management and another Youth to Youth Environment Conservation Initiatives. The two initiatives have been resumed under AYETA.
B: Gender and Adolescent Desk
For Women: Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation (CAFGM) and a new proposed project (Promoting Human Rights and Enhancing Paralegal Aids in Manyara Region) are expected to bring remarkable changes. Previously, the African Queens of Drums from Nzali and Mtumba Village Women Group were the active interventions supplemented by Tumaini Women Group which has expanded into three groups of small scale livelihood development initiatives (involving Mshikamano and Tupendane Groups comprising 28 people living with HIV/AIDS – PLWHA). They all take care of our vulnerable children including 12 living with HIV/AIDS. The new programme (AYETA) seeks to empower them and facilitate their small scale saving schemes through entrepreneurship and small scale economic projects which have been approved as the only reliable sustainable facility. This Desk oversees also the implementation of the project aimed at tracking the Millennium Development Goals.
C: Children Rights Desk
For children: The Desk under Gender and Adolescent Sector has the role to coordinate and promote the children rights from infancy to adolescent stage. Thus Maternal and Child Health (PMCH) is one of the major sections under this Desk. So far radio programmes have been produced and aired although financial constraints remain as the major challenge of the section to be addressed by the new strategic plan. In this section violence against children is campaigned in collaboration with partners. The recently challenge escalated through a special research: include Female Genital Mutilation aimed at children from their infancy which promote underage marriage. This Project is undertaken by ARUPA in collaboration with international organization (Human Rights Watch) from USA. Psychosocial services for vulnerable children and other compulsory humanitarian aid will be enhanced through the new programme which has been developed for youth empowerment in Tanzania. More details for the new Programme continues here.
Through Cosultant working, ARUPA is implementing 'WAJIBIKA'project
From December 16th 2013
'Wajibika' Be Accountable Project is the project under Young Women Christian Assosiation(YWCA),Wajibika is the Youth movement for economic and environmental,justice to bring sustainable and development it is funded by YGlobal,KFUK-KFUM Norway.Areas where this project is implemented are:
- Mbeya
- Ilula
- Lushoto
- Dodoma
Here Dodoma is participating on implementing, on the PETS programme, (Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys) currently we are working on Nzunguni village
- ARUPA OBJECTIVES, PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES.
- Promoting African heritage such as cultural, natural resources, including folk music in remote villages.
- To sensitize and create awareness on the effects of harmful traditional and modern practices including the female genital mutilation (FGM), drug abuse, child labour, traditional population control and contraceptives for abortion, prostitution and commercial sex as well as violation and discrimination against women and children.
- Promote and raise the status of rural journalism in Africa and strengthening collaboration, training and capacity building for both media practitioners and stakeholders.
- Organizing research workshops, convention, seminars, debate and dialogue, investigative and special assignment particularly on burning issues affecting the life of rural people such as HIV/AIDS and other dreaded disasters.
- Promoting empowerment of women and youths and develop the sense of self supporting in identifying economic, social and political problems facing them and reach or take appropriate action for development sustainability.
- Lobbying and advocacy for human rights, democracy good governance, accountability, freedom of expression and fighting against corruption and mismanagement of public resources and properties.
- Encouraging development groups and becoming voice for voiceless, raising funds and seeking technical supports for humanitarian services to an affiliated groups of ARUPA such as Tumaini Women Group providing supports to over 60 orphans affected by HIV/AIDS and a group of youths providing environmental care and STDs/HIV/AIDS Education to their fellow youths in colleges, schools, offices, villages and elsewhere.
- To encourage and promote rural artists and seek
- National / international exposure through concerts.
ORGANISATION POLICY.
Awareness raising: -
- Popularisation: Of human rights, national and international policies such as land policy, natural resource policy, social, economic and political status, health policy, women and children policy.
- Education: Environmental health, population growth, community health, reproductive health, STD/HIV/AIDS pandemic and other communicable diseases.
- Community awareness: Raising at Grass root level for community involvement).
- Gender balance. All projects implemented.
1. NETWORKING.
- Establishing Groups of women and youths, pressure groups, peer groups and task forces as well as strengthening already formed groups and identify where allocated for further support.
- Strengthening linkages with community, partners, donors, local government, International agencies, religion institutions, Central Government, National and international media organisations.
- Arrange and participate in National, Regional and Inter national festivals, symposia conferences, competitions and seminars and concerts.
2. RESEARCH AND FACT FINDING MISSION.
- Data collection for documentary and
Dissemination through community, public andindependent media, national and internationally.
- Conflict management and socio-economic status.
- Training and workshops for stakeholders on: -
- Human Rights, Democracy and Good Governance, fighting against corruption.
- Gender issues.
- Income Generating Activities
(Small Scale Business Management).
- Internet and Computer Literacy
- The role of media in various fields.
- Poverty Reduction
- Environmental care.
3. ESTABLISH INFORMATION CENTRE.
- Hostel for girls and young women -Teen-mothers
- Community media - Radio, Magazine, Newsletter
- Library and Training Centre for Youths/ Women
- Internet service.
4. PUBLICITY AND PRODUCTION.
- Quarterly magazine and monthly Journal.
- Periodical, text books, booklets (serial) , posters, calendars and leaflets, brochures, t-shirts and
5. TRACKING MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGs) No 4 &5
Background and Situation Analysis
- World Health Organization (WHO) Statistics of 2009 show that about 1500 women die from pregnancy related complication everyday of which 99 % are in developing countries.
- In Tanzania current statistics estimate maternal mortality ratio to be 454 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.
- This ratio is somewhat lower than the ratio estimated for the 10-year prior to the 1996 – 2010 (578 maternal deaths per 100,000 births) and the 1990 – 1996 (529 maternal deaths per 100,000 births) according to TDHS.
- Until today, millions of women lack access to both information and health services, putting their lives at risk. The maternal mortality rate, for example in Dodoma Region still remains at an alarming stage as it stands at 124 per 100,000 and Singida Region at 207 per 100,000.
Through the Tracking MDGs/REMMOC, ARUPA is expecting tremendous changes by implementing the project through financial support from the Tanzania Media Fund (TMF). Hence, coming up with a proposal for raising awareness and galvanizing public opinion as a means to boost development support needed to reach the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 (particularly MDGs number 4 and 5) aimed at reducing maternal death and child mortality. Through this project efforts done under both MDGs and government strategies will be revealed and enhanced.
This project proposal stands as Fact Finding Mission (an investigative journalism approach and strategy) followed with production of informative and educative materials collected from health experts and people in grass-root level in a bid to empower and raise the voice of the marginalized people in rural and peripheral urban centre and aimed at creating awareness, enhancing HIV/AIDS control and Reproductive Health Education to both Women and Young people as the bases and preventive methodology.
Being approached in the first place, for financial support, the Tanzania Media Fund (TMF) advised ARUPA to collaborate with media outlets interested and committed to such public interest, investigative and poverty alleviation programmes for Broadcasting. With this proposal, 4 out of 11 media outlets interested to start implementing the Project are identified here:
- RADIO NYEMO FM
- RADIO KIFIMBO FM
- ABM Radio FM
- IMPACT RADIO FM –
