Tanzania Sanitation - A Non-Profit Mission

"Kuelekeza si kufuma." - "Good intentions alone serve nothing if not followed by tangible results."

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UN Kicks Off Repatriation Programme for Refugees in Tanzania

The United Nations refugee has launched a landmark two-year programme to bring an end to one of the world's oldest protracted refugee situations: the exile of some 218,000 people from neighbouring Burundi who fled their country in 1972 to Tanzania.

Cholera Resurfaces in Slum Areas

Municipal authorities have issued an alert message to residents of Arusha calling them to be aware of an outbreak of cholera which until last week has rendered 54 residents bed ridden in a cholera camp.

Tanzania gets Aids help

Germany has signed an €18m aid agreement with Tanzania, as part of its budget support and to help it in its fight against Aids.

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Task: Fundraiser @ UNIS.
Status: Completed.
Notes: We are pleased to announce that we will be having our first official fundraiser for Tanzania Sanitation Project this Friday (March 14th, 2008) in the UNIS main lobby. The purpose is to not only to fundraise, but also spread awareness about the pressing issues concerning the Tanzania Sanitation Project. Brochures will be available around UNIS on Thursday and at our event booth on Friday. Stop by and help us promote the path to a cleaner community in Tanzania!

Task: Meeting with UNICEF representative, Peter Uannuaman.
Status: Completed.
Notes: A meeting was held with UNICEF representative, Peter, Thursday February 21, 2008 to present the plans for the Tanzania Sanitation Project. We have posted notes from the meeting which can be found on our forums here.

Task: New Affiliation System.
Status: Active.
Notes: We are in the process of contacting numerous waste management organizations for extra support in the tasks at hand (both in the development stages of the project as well as the actual implementation stages). We are pleased to announce that a few organizations based in Africa have expressed interest in the project. We are working on an affiliation system that will allow your organization to be placed on our site in form of a "personal profile page." This system is currently in alpha development and will soon be available. If you would like to affiliate yourself (or have already done so) and would like to have your page setup please contact Jordan, our technology administrator, at: jordan@tanzaniasanitation.org.

Affiliates:

The Tanzania Association Tanzania Association of Environmental Engineers (TAEES)

Local Partner

Partner Profile:

The Tanzania Association of Environmental Engineers (TAEEs) was established on 15th October 2004 as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), offering services in Facilitation of community based projects (such as water supply and sanitation, solid waste management, public health & hygiene education), Engineering studies, Design, implementation supervision of water supply and sanitation projects, Environmental and institutional development studies.

Community based Projects - Water Supply and Sanitation, Solid Waste Management, Public Health and Hygienic, Capacity Building; Environmental Information - Industry Associations: Technology Promotion, Trade/Export Chambers, Committees, Clearinghouses; Waste Water Treatment - General Wastewater Services & Misc.: Wastewater Plant Engineering, Design and Construction Services; Water Supply & Purification - General Water Purification & Misc.: Water Supply Consulting and Process Engineering; Waste Management - Waste Management Services & Misc.: Consulting Services, Waste Minimization, Hazardous Waste Management, Decommissioning.

The Environmental Engineering and Pollution Control Orgnaization

Local Partner

Partner Profile:

“EEPCO's vision is that of an organization which delivers quality services in training, Technologies development, extension work, research, documentation and information exchange and in terms of mission, EEPCO exists to empower communities to optimally engage in productive integrated use of natural resource/ ecological system management for their own improved social economic growth. EEPCO has distinguished itself as a leading program management firm for water-related projects in Tanzania. EEPCO's program management skills include: prioritization, schedule/document control, Solid waste Management, environmental review, Environmental Impact Assessment, financial management, and constructability assessment.

Our project experience encompasses Urban and Rural water, watershed management, Water Pollution Control, Sanitation, water and wastewater treatment, water supply, conveyance and storage. EEPCO's work is informed both by community inputs and research in order to increase access, acceptance and use of environmental services for all ages and all groups. Further, EEPCO programmes respond to identify community needs and its outreach efforts center on underserved urban, peri-urban, and rural communities. In the area of service provision, EEPCO offers a Community-Based environmental solution programme.” http://www.borda-sadc.org/ Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association (BORDA)

Focus Area
(Working area)

Water and sanitation, solid waste management, Pollution control. EEPCO has focused on delivering innovative solutions to the environmental challenges of Tanzania since 1994. The organization was founded on the principles of producing the highest quality work products for projects which enhance and improve our community and environment, employing the most enthusiastic and creative individuals, and dedicating ourselves to building valued, long-lasting relationships with our clients.

“The Environmental Engineering and Pollution Control Organization, EEPCO, facilitates with 65 full- and part-time employees, water & sanitation programmes in rural and urban areas of Tanzania. EEPCO is cooperating with INGOs such as WaterAID and works for programmes of the World Bank, UN-Habitat, UNICEF, GTZ and is a training organization of PHAST, successfully facilitating a number of inter-active awareness projects in schools throughout Tanzania” – Susmita, Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association (BORDA)

Special Contributors

We sincerely thank the following individuals for their valuable assistance and significant contributions to our endeavor.

Mr. Dushyat Joshi
Email: djoshi@unicef.org
UNICEF Representative

Mr. Peter Vanmannen
Email: pvanmannen@unicef.org
UNICEF Representative

Jack Hinshelwood
Vice President
Olver, Incorporated

Edmund John
Email: edmundjohn@gmail.com
The Environmental Engineering and Pollution Control Organization

Deus Masige
Email: ddeus2002@yahoo.com
Executive Director
Tanzania Association of Environmental Engineers

UNIS Parent and Faculty
United Nations International School
www.unis.org