Soko liko wapi

Soko liko wapi
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Tufanyaje Kuondoa Mimba za Utotoni




Above: a 12 year old girl, at Turiani Hospital, Morogoro, at labour ward waiting for her turn to deliver. Above left: An 18 year old secondary school girl given money donation from journalists to get operation on her breast absess. Below: A 13 year old girl breat-feeding her baby, a product of rape. She lives in Bariadi, SImiwi Region. Tanzania
Mimba za Utotoni kwa sasa limekuwa kama ugonjwa wa kuambukiza. Ingawa baadhi ya maeneo tatizo hili linanekana lakini kuna maeneo mengine, hasa vijijni, tatizo hili limekuwa kubwa na linaonekana kukosa dawa ya kuliponyesha kabisa.

Wasichana wa umri mdogo wanapata mimba kutoka kwa watu wazima na wengine wanapewa na watoto wenzao. Vyanzo vikubwa ni umasikini wa watoto na wazazi, na kukosa elimu ya kutosha kuhusiana na elimu ya afya ya uzazi na kupata ujuzi wa stadi za maisha zitakazoweza kuzuia vishawishi.

Wazazi na shule wanapaswa kubadilisha mfumo wao wa kuelimisha na kulinda watoto na kujifunza mahitaji ya mazingira mapya kwa watot. Mazingira haya ni pamoja na kuwa rahisi kwao kupata taarifa kutoka televisheni, radio, magazeti na majarida, intaneti au simu bila kuingiliwa na wazazi, walezi au walimu.

Rural Infonews Network inashauri kuwa wadau wote katika suala hili, ikiongozwa na idara au wizara husika za serikali, watafute njia mwafaka za kutatua tatizo hilo. Aidha nadhani huu ni wakati mwafaka vile vile wa kushirikisha vyombo vya habari ili vitumike kama nyenzo za mabadiliko ya kitabia miongoni mwa vijana na watu wazima pia.



THE WATER PROBLEM

FETCHING WATER FROM DRY RIVER BED


AND IT IS WOMEN AND GIRLS WHO SUFFER.






COULD YOU DRINK THIS WATER?




(ALL PICTURES ATTEMPT TO DEMOSNTRATE THE INTENSITY OF THE WATER PROBLEM IN RURAL COMMUNITIES, YOU SEE PEOPLE GETTING WATER FROM UNSAFE SOURCES WITH OTHER DIGGING THE DRY RIVER BED TO SEE IF IT STILL RESERVES WATER)


For rural community getting safe and clean water is increasingly becoming a nightmare. Water is becoming scarcer by the day in most areas, as water sources dry up due poor environmental management. Seeing women walking long distances and end up at an unsafe water source is normal. In some cases, when it rains, communities along tarmaced roads attempt to harvert water running off the roads, usually unsafe and unclean.

Water scarcity causes an increased burden to women and young girls who do the reporductive responsibilities at home, and in some cases it may lead women to getting raped, or attacked by wild animals.

It is time the responsible authorities work out strategies, jointly with local communities, on how to address the problem. It is obvious that access to clean and safe water is essential in making MKUKUTA work and realizing the Millenium Goals.

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These pictures show the real situation of agribusiness in rural areas. It kids and women who do the farming; in most cases one is not sure where to find a

buyer for their crops , and market days (gulios) are handy opportunities, though unreliable, so they sit by the roads for any passer-by, and transport to market centres is always a difficult one

Workshop on Media and Agriculture

PRESS RELEASE


ACTESA holds agricultural journalists’ workshop

June 29,2010, Dar-es-Salaam- The Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa (ACTESA), in collaboration with the Agricultural Council of Tanzania (ACT), will host a three day workshop on the role of media in promoting agricultural commodity trade and in fostering effective agricultural policies. The workshop kicks off at the Movenpick Hotel in Dar-es-Salaam from Wednesday, June 30th, 2010.

The workshop brings together sixty journalists from Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Malawi to share practical experiences of reporting agriculture and related issues and to hear technical perspectives on the key policy issues affecting agriculture trade and marketing.

The conference will have presentations on GMOs, the effects and impact of land policies particularly land grabbing, agricultural commodity pricing policies and the role of media in fostering effective policies for Agriculture among others.

Issues affecting food price stability, the role of government fertilizer subsidies in improving agricultural productivity, regional integration and agricultural export bans will also be discussed.

“As well as theoretical presentations, there will be field visits to various commoditiy trading centres around Dar-es-Salaam,” ACTESA CEO, Dr. Cris Muyunda said, adding that, “participants will also have opportunities to interview key personalities and officials from both the government and private institutions participating in the sector.”

Facilitators for the workshop are drawn from various institutions within Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and the World Bank. Distinguished international and local reporters will also be present to share their experiences with the participants.

A special blog for the workshop has been set up and can be seen at the following address http://aampjournalism.wordpress.com.

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The workshop is being held under ACTESA’s programme, the African Agriculture Markets Program (AAMP), which is funded by DFID through the World Bank.

For further information contact:

Mr. Charles Mustapha Kayoka
Conference Facilitator
0786-653712

Ms. Carol Jilombo
ACTESA media relations manager
cjilombo@actesacomesa.org

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Monday, June 28, 2010

Welcome, Karibu




Welcome, Karibu dear readers,


This is the first ever blogspot which will provide you with information and news on rural issues. The minds behind this blogspot are Charles Kayoka and Hassan Simba (see pictures above). This blogspot will be out dynamic news and information spot on various relating to anything about rural communties. the issues we are going to cover are anything to do with health, water, education, politics, agriculture, gender and related issues, HIV/AIDS and whole host of issues from there.


We welcome partners to use the commentary access at the end of each posting to provide us with tips and all sorts of ideas to improve our coverage.




RURAL INFORMATION AND NEWS NETWORK is a project started to provide information on various issues on rural areas. it is a media service project doing features and news stories/ bulletin. We also do video and audio documentary and special supplementaries on issues to do with the rural sector. The directors of the project are Charles Kayoka and Hassan Simba who can be access through +255786-653712 and 0652-200630 respectively. You can also access them through the following email- simba.kayoka@yahoo.com




You are warmly welcome