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

Objective

The principal aim of this project is to improve the welfare of Tanzania through health education and environmental sanitation. These goals will be accomplished by implementing a waste management system in each village in order to enhance the general health and hygiene of the inhabitants, by raising the villagers’ awareness as to how to dispose of their wastes, and by recruiting local participation and efforts to dispose of their wastes in a proper, appropriate manner.

One of our primary focuses will be to advocate environmental sanitation by utilizing local participation in the implementation of our system, and by raising the villagers’ awareness concerning proper waste disposal and garbage collection. This increased awareness will further ensure long-term sanitation sustainability and proper hygiene.

Another chief aim of the project is to provide employment opportunities in order to guarantee that the waste management systems are properly maintained and that the benefits that will emerge from the project are fully sustained. Steps that will be taken for this to be achieved are primarily to raise awareness of the proper methods concerning waste disposal and collection, and then progress into the training and organization of jobs. Recruiting local participation will provide occupational opportunities for those who are in dire need of a secure job. Villagers who wish to partake in this sort of occupation will be trained in taking responsibility of the waste management systems and making sure they are consistently upheld. Local engagement in the waste management systems will allow villagers to take control of their hygienic future and provide them with stable employment. This particular objective is a crucial aspect of the project, as it ensures long-term advancements in environmental sanitation, as opposed to ineffective, short-term benefits. By and large, this project has the capability of reducing diseases and pollution, achieving general and environmental health and improving hygiene conditions, which are severe consequences of the poor waste management systems and disposals in modern-day Tanzania, in addition to providing employment opportunities to the community.

Aims:

  • Sustainable waste management systems in targeted areas including collection, transportation and land filling.
  • Prevention of pollution and littering.
  • Educating locals on environmental sanitation and the need for a proper management of waste.
  • Involvement and participation of the Tanzania community.
  • Employment opportunities.


Anticipated Impacts of Tanzania Sanitation Project

  • Efficient waste disposal and collection system
  • A cleaner, healthier environment
    • Each year over 200 million tons of human waste and huge quantities of solid waste are uncollected and untreated around the world. This fouls the environment and exposes million of children to disease and squalor. Improved environmental sanitation leads to less environmental degradation, increased sustainability of environmental resources, and a safer atmosphere for children.
  • Lower mortality rates
    • Due to decreased rate of diarrhea and other diseases transmitted through wastes.
    • 88% of all diarrheal deaths are due to poor hygiene and lack of access to sanitation.
    • Diarrhea: 2nd highest single cause of child mortality.
    • Ratio by which improved sanitation reduces diarrhea-related deaths: 2/3.
  • Awareness of the significance of proper sanitation
  • Long-term sanitation sustainability
  • Decreased rates in unemployment

Source: UNICEF International Year of Sanitation 2008 – Information Package