REPORT ON WORKSHOP FOR TERRE DES HOMMES NETHERLANDS PARTNERS IN TANZANIA
MUSOMA
7-10 MAY 2013
Donald Kasongi Facilitator Governance Links Tanzania P.O. Box 1923 Mwanza-Tanzania E-mail:donaldkasongi@yahoo.co.uk May 2013 1
Table of content 1.0 Executive summary ................................................................................................................................. 3 2.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 5 3.0 Workshop objectives: ............................................................................................................................. 5 4.0 Day one of the workshop ........................................................................................................................ 5 5.0 Cross introductions ................................................................................................................................. 5 6.0 Presentation on the upcoming changes Terre des Hommes Netherlands Tanzania office .................... 6 7.0 Presentation on learning agenda by Dennis Maina ................................................................................ 6 8.0 Background presentation on Child protection, violence and labour in Tanzania................................... 7 9.0 Sharing of challenges on serving the same target group by partner organisations ............................... 7 10.0 Lessons and Conclusions from learning on overlapping ..................................................................... 14 11.0 Day two of the workshop .................................................................................................................... 15 12.0 Presentation on policy advocacy and influencing............................................................................... 16 13.0 Day three of the workshop ................................................................................................................. 18 14.0 Sharing lessons from programming .................................................................................................... 19 15.0 Day four of the workshop ................................................................................................................... 23 16.0 Presentation on Civil Society Index ..................................................................................................... 23 17.0 Panel Discussions ................................................................................................................................ 24 18.0 Planning for the next workshop and CSI Forum ................................................................................. 25 19.0 Concluding remarks from workshop participants............................................................................... 25 20.0 Facilitator’s remarks............................................................................................................................ 26 21.0 Workshop evaluation .......................................................................................................................... 27 22.0 Workshop schedule ............................................................................................................................ 28 23.0 Participant attendance ...................................................................................................................... 29
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1.0 Executive summary
Terre des Hommes Netherlands is a development organisation dedicated to children. It works for children’s rights and equitable development, providing assistance to children that are in, or at risk of becoming involved in abusive, exploitative and dangerous situations. The country office in Tanzania organized a four day workshop for partners from 7th to 10th May 2013 at Musoma. Partner organisations were represented at this workshop by a combination programming and management staff. The workshop was facilitated by Donald Kasongi, a development consultant based in Mwanza. A total of 29 participants attended the workshop. The objectives of the workshop were to support partner organisations become actively engaged in advocacy and policy influence, become an active part of civil society in the respective region and or sectors, improve representation of their target group to government ministries, and actively engage their target groups in decision making and in local committees. The country manager, Anke Groot, presented updates on the current strategic directions of Terre des Homes Netherland on child exploitation, addressing both preventing child exploitation and protecting exploited children, focusing primarily on the worst forms of child labour, prevention of child exploitation, assistance to exploited victims and advocacy on the rights of the child, emphasizing that the ultimate objective of the programme is that child exploitation is reduced. Dennis Maina from Lake Victoria Disability Centre (LVDC) presented a draft of the report from a study on the effectiveness of Vocational Training in Tanzania commissioned jointly by Liliane Foundation and Terre des Hommes Netherlands and conducted by Romme. The inventory study focused on the characteristics and training needs of Vocational Education and Training beneficiaries. Major findings from stage I of the study were presented together with recommendations from stakeholders. The general conclusion from the study is that there are gaps in vocational training programme in Tanzania that lead to less realization of the main objectives despite the relatively huge inputs. The facilitator presented sets of background information on child exploitation in Tanzania, based on studies and reports produced by the Government of Tanzania and development partners. The presentations focused on frameworks and policies for child protection, opportunities and challenges for institutional responses and provided a summary for a comprehensive response to violence against children. Participants discussed the implications of such data and what it means for civil society involved in promoting the right of the child. Further, the facilitator elaborated the civil society interventions on promoting the right of the child at community level .It was elaborated that, in practice, sometimes organisations appear to be overlapping in geographical targeting and ending up working with the same beneficiaries. In plenary discussion, partner representatives acknowledged the existence of the perceived overlaps in the field. The discussion was followed by group discussions on the challenges emerging from serving the same target 3
groups. Recommendations from the discussion were that organisations should consider focusing on their comparative advantages, organisations to reflect on their interventions to differentiate between awareness raising and advocacy at community level ,organisations working on similar interventions should promote institutional collaboration for increasing their voices, increasing transparency ,demonstrating both upward and down ward accountability and strengthening and promoting continuous improvements in documentation . A presentation on policy advocacy and influencing covered public policy , Policy and Practice changes, Human Rights Approach to development, Advocacy and Human Rights, The change triangle(Organisational capacity, Thematic competence and Advocacy),Advocacy strategies and roadmaps Advocacy planning and implementation, Advocacy Monitoring and evaluation. The presentation was followed by a plenary discussion on the conceptual understanding of advocacy and distinguishing awareness raising and advocacy. Participants worked in groups for a simulation exercise on advocacy .Groups presented their work to the plenary and presentations were discussed. A presentation the Civicus Civil Society Index by the facilitator covered the Civicus Civil Society Index and its objectives of enhancing the strength and sustainability of civil society ,the Civil Society Index Diamond framework ,the conceptual approach and indicators, data collection through consultations, presentation and recommendations The presentation was followed by a questions and answers session on the Civil Society Index and its importance in strengthening civil society work .Participants appreciated the index as a way to rate performance of civil society and providing a framework for identifying areas for improvement. A panel of speakers was selected from among participants to lead a broader discussion on policies and practices related to child abuse and responses at institutional and community levels. Participants raised a wide range of issues from field experiences and how policies and practices can be improved through advocacy. Concluding remarks from the discussion recommended that civil society organisations and network need to build capacity in strategic engagement with local government and influencing local leaders, and that meaningful advocacy on child rights, will need to strengthen collaboration among them within their geographical and administrative areas without waiting for mobiliser from outside. During the concluding session, workshop participants representing partners of Terre des Hommes in Tanzania remarked that partners will need more resources to strengthen both the conceptual understanding and processes, progress on advocacy will require joint efforts of partners and continued commitment of leadership , collecting, analyzing and packaging information is a critical requirement for advocacy, there is shortage of corrective facilities for children with disability in prisons, the existence of “Baraza la Walemavu�-A Council for People with disability in Mara Region is an opportunity for alliance in advocacy. Further, participants requested partner organisations to allow the same participants to the second workshop for consistency and for Terre des homes to consider providing certificates of attendance to participants as an incentive and for recognition.
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2.0 Introduction Terre des Hommes Netherlands is a development organisation dedicated to children. It works for children’s rights and equitable development, providing assistance to children that are in, or at risk of becoming involved in abusive, exploitative and dangerous situations. For many years Terre des Hommes Netherlands has been an active player to protect children from exploitation. Together with its local partners, it implements programmes and projects to combat child exploitation in all the countries where the organisation is working. The country office in Tanzania organized a four day workshop for partners from 7th to 10th May 2013 at Musoma. Partner organisations were represented at this workshop by a combination programming and management staff. The workshop was facilitated by Donald Kasongi, a development consultant based in Mwanza. A total of 29 participants attended the workshop.
3.0 Workshop objectives: The objectives of the workshop were:
Partner organisations become actively engaged in advocacy and policy influence
Partner organisations become an active part of civil society in the respective region and or sectors
Partner organisations improve representation of their target group to government ministries
Partner organisations actively engage their target groups in decision making and in local committees
4.0 Day one of the workshop
5.0 Cross introductions Participants were asked to identify people they know very little about to partners with during cross introductions. Following the exchange of personal and organisational information, each participant was introduced to the group by the partner.
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6.0 Presentation on the upcoming changes Terre des Hommes Netherlands Tanzania office Anke Groot presented updates on the current strategic directions of Terre des homes Netherland on child exploitation, addressing both preventing child exploitation and protecting exploited children, focusing primarily on the worst forms of child labour, prevention of child exploitation, assistance to exploited victims and advocacy on the rights of the child, emphasizing that the ultimate objective of the programme is that child exploitation is reduced. Anke further outlined the funding priorities up to and scenarios beyond 2015.
7.0 Presentation on learning agenda by Dennis Maina Dennis Maina from Lake Victoria Disability Centre (LVDC) presented a draft of the report from a study on the effectiveness of Vocational Training in Tanzania commissioned jointly by Liliane Foundation and Terre des Hommes Netherlands and conducted by Romme. The inventory study focused on the characteristics and training needs of Vocational Education and Training beneficiaries. Major findings from stage I of the study were presented together with recommendations from stakeholders. The general conclusion from the study is that there are gaps in vocational training programme in Tanzania that lead to less realization of the main objectives despite the relatively huge inputs. The presentation also provided key elements for stage II of the study. Workshop participants discussed the findings and recommendations, providing the following comments:   
There is an urgent need to analyze the relevance of the framework guiding vocational education and training in Tanzania to ensure that it is suffices to respond to the contextual need of the society. The establishment of vocational education and training should be preceded by in-depth market studies to align the programmes and curricula to demand characteristics instead of focusing on supply characteristics only Programmes for vocational education and training need to include skills matching components in order to understand the skills required practice ahead of the training.
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Dennis Maina presenting findings from the study on Vocational Education and Training
8.0 Background presentation on Child protection, violence and labour in Tanzania The facilitator presented sets of background information on child exploitation in Tanzania, based on studies and reports produced by the Government of Tanzania and development partners. The presentations focused on frameworks and policies for child protection, opportunities and challenges for institutional responses and provided a summary for a comprehensive response to violence against children. Participants discussed the implications of such data and what it means for civil society involved in promoting the right of the child.
9.0 Sharing of challenges on serving the same target group by partner organisations The facilitator provided opening remarks on civil society interventions on promoting the right of the child at community level .It was elaborated that, in practice, sometimes organisations appear to be overlapping in geographical targeting and ending up working with the same beneficiaries. In plenary discussion, partner representatives acknowledged the existence of the perceived overlaps in the field. The discussion was followed by group discussions on the challenges emerging from serving the same target groups. Partner organisation representatives presented lessons from group discussion as follows: Group I: ACT-DIOCESE OF MARA GROUP ACT Mara developed and have a final draft of their child protection policy, waiting the approval of the Diocesan council scheduled for 10-11 May 2013 .ACT-Mara works in Bunda, Butiama ,Musoma and Serengeti Districts of Mara Region. The programme beneficiary groups are the all children under 18 years, especially street children, orphans, abused children and malnourished children. ACT-MARA has been working in partnership with Pamoja tuwalee, CBR Mara, Compassion, GVB project, Nutrition project, Malaria Hygiene and sanitation Project, Mother’s union Project for disadvantaged children and BRAC. Key challenges observed in implementation include low levels of community understanding 7
towards child rights, some children seeking unwanted jobs like in mining, street vending (machinga), domestic work, fishing and early marriages, bad agricultural practices and relative poverty. Other organisations working with children in the same geographical areas include Centre for Widows and Children Assistance, Red Cross-Musoma, St. Justine Hostel, Jipe Moyo, Umabu project, Community Alive, Watoto Wapinge Ukimwi, AICT –Pamoja Tuwalee and Special education centers.
ACT MARA team during group work on overlapping interventions
Group II: Catholic Diocese of Musoma-Early Childhood Education and Development Based on its Child Protection Policy , interventions in The Catholic Diocese of Musoma ECED focus on addressing Children exploitation, prevention, networking with education stakeholders ,awareness creation for parents and the wider community, training pre-school teachers , medical check-ups and monitoring .Other interventions have been on construction of water tanks and pit latrines ,STOP programme to 11 schools and Public Expenditure Tracking (PETS).The programme is implemented in Butiama, Musoma Rural, Rorya and Serengeti Districts in Mara Region .Beneficiaries of the programme include children in school ,pre-school ,Std1&2,pre-school teachers ,Primary 1& 2 teachers and the community .Achievements registered include reduction of gender disparity in access to education increase in enrolment ,attendance and completion ,reduction of water borne diseases and hence increase in school attendance rate ,parents creating the spirit of taking their children to health facilities, increase in number to training ECED teachers and delivery of their education facilities. An overarching challenge was lack of sense of ownership of programme at community level.
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A plenary session in progress
Group III -KCBRP-KARAGWE, KOWAK HOSPITAL, ST ANHTONY VTC The organisations are working on prevention of violence against children, providing counseling to parents, guardians and children, vocational training, providing start up gears and medical assistance to reduce deaths. The programmes also promote collaboration with the government to prevent transmission of HIV and other diseases, requesting the government to top up funds for sending disabled children to special schools, and supporting disabled children to referral hospitals. Challenges observed in implementation include increasing numbers of disabled children beyond the capacity to serve, illiteracy in community, rising operational costs, parents not able to pay fees, trained youth failing to start their business after vocational training. Specific beneficiary groups are children age 1-14 years for KCBRP, Under 17 for St Anthony VTC and under 5 and pregnant mothers for KOWAK Hospital. Achievements in these programmes include increasing rates of safe deliveries, reduced children death rates and increasing number of youth who are employing themselves.
Group IV: Caretakers of the Environment Tanzania (COET) COET has a wide range of projects :Community project-Dealing with street boys 5-15 years and families, TSC Sports academy 5-20 years both girls and boys ,Street born 11-20 years girls ,Binti Maringo Vocational catering Training Centre for both boys and girls over 16 years, assistance, reintegration, education support ,psycho-social support ,counseling, family therapy and medical support ,loans for starting small businesses, advocacy, home visits to local leaders, families and community .COET programming is based at Balewa street in Mwanza City. Achievements at COET include the successful integration 20 children during the period January 2012 - January 2013, successful home visits and creating awareness to the community. Key challenges include increasing use of drugs by clients, lack of 9
trust between programme staff and teen-mothers, children having abusive language and lack of cooperation with other community members as well as local leaders. Lesson learnt include the value of creating rapport with children, regular counseling with children, home visits and follow ups and holding street visits to create rapport with children and community.
Group V: Community Alive Community Alive has a Child Protection Policy in place. The work of Community Alive on child protection involves awareness creation to parents and care givers on issues relating to child abuse /exploitation, education support, counseling of children and care givers. The organisation networks with CWCA,Watoto Wapinge UKIMWI,AFREDA, and schools. Programming is based in Musoma municipality, reaching children in primary, secondary and Vocational training centres and care givers. Achievements of the programme include: children supported successfully complete primary education, secondary and vocational education with some going for higher education .One of the supported children has completed his degree in tourism in the United Kingdom. Challenges include poverty in families, some care givers not valuing education, poor performance of some children in school and drop outs.
Joseph Musira presenting the Community Alive interventions on children
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Group VI: St Anthony Vocational Training Centre The interventions of St Anthony Vocational training centre focus on addressing child exploitation .Majority of these children are orphans coming from families which have lost parents , and not well cared by relatives .The centre undertakes prevention ,counseling to parents guardians and children about child rights and effects of child labour. Programing is based in Musoma District, Mara Region. Specific beneficiaries of the programme are boys and girls under 17 years, and needy groups. The centre also provides start up gears for those completing vocational training through donors and government leaders .Youth trained from the centre are employing themselves , there is reduced idleness, communities are aware of child rights. Challenges encountered include inability of parents to pay school fees and operational costs.
Group discussion in progress Group VII: Nairobits -Musoma Information Centre The Nairobits-Musoma Information Centre focuses on preventing child exploitation and assistance to vulnerable children. Nairobits works with Community Based Organisations (CBOs) including Jipe moyo and Watoto wapinge UKIMWI to reach vulnerable youth .Nairobits also provides training in ICT and links to trainees to internship and placements. Nairobits works in Musoma, Mara Region, reaching vulnerable youth 17-24 years. Challenges experienced by Nairobits include funding and youth being unable to raise commitment fees and youth not willing to move away from local area in search of employment.
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Group VIII: Centre for Widows and Children assistance (CWCA) CWCA focuses on promotion and protection of Human Rights, Child rights and Women Rights in the society. The organisation supports abused and exploited children through legal aid , mobile legal aid in rural areas , visiting child labour sites, creation of awareness about child rights and human rights and laws as well as counseling .The organisation participated in advocacy for influencing changes in policies and laws which exploitative to children like the law of marriage. CWCA has produced booklets concerning the rights of children .The organisation works in Mara Region. Specific beneficiaries of the programme are children facing all forms of abuses, exploitation, neglect, and widows. In areas where CWCA is working community members are becoming aware about child rights and human rights ,cases of child abuse are being reported ,mostly being concluded in favour of those abused, some children from child labour sites have gone back to school and VCTs (St Anthony) ,children are independently reporting cases at government offices and trainees of child rights report matters of child abuse. CWCA networks with other NGOs. Challenges encountered in the field include corruption in police and court of law, high court fees, delaying cases in court, cultural and traditional norms accelerating child exploitation.
A plenary session in progress
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Group IX: UMABU Programming on child exploitation in UMABU focuses on Child rights promotion, prevention of child violence, Early and Childhood development (ECD), Public Expenditure Tracking in schools (PETS) ,Secondary education girl sponsorship, Girl guide and Child rights clubs .UMABU works in four wards of Musoma District in Mara Region reaching children of school going age. Victims of child abuse are being assisted by UMABU, accountability of service providers has increased and vulnerable children are going to school. Key challenges include staff turnover in the organisation, poor sustainability strategies and inadequate security of activities
Jennifer, Naomi and Domina during a health break
Group X: Foundation Karibu Tanzania Foundation Karibu Tanzania is based in Mwanza, focusing on prevention and elimination of child domestic torture or abuse through rescuing children abused by either parents or care takers, providing assistance to abused children, medical care, temporary shelter, awareness creation in the community on elimination of child abuse and advocacy. Foundation Karibu Tanzania uses counseling of abusers as a 13
tool for psychological healing .Beneficiaries is children at home up to -14 years and parents on parental care skills, anger management, alternative punishment, food and nutrition , the law of the child .Over 100 children have been saved from hands of abusers, over 200 parents rehabilitated through counseling ,rehabilitated parents and children reintegrated together .FKT organizes a monthly parents day with local leaders. Reach out is supported by a cinema van .FKT works in Ilemela District, Mwanza Region .Challenges encountered include belief that children child do not belong to society but to biological parents and people in the community becoming more individualistic. FKT is mobilizing for establishing child protection teams in Ilemela District, identifying partners to address domestic child abuse and teaming up with other NGOs working for children welfare. Group XI: Young Women Christian Association (YWCA)-MOSHI YWCA work on child rights focuses on improving quality of life children with disability through rehabilitation and educational support ,with particular interventions in awareness raising ,microfinance support, educational support, rehabilitation, assistance to abused children , psychological support ,networking with legal aid organisations and the police force, training community leaders and advocacy. The current programming area covers Mto wa mbu(Arusha) ,Moshi ,Rombo ,Same and Hale (Tanga).In the programming area , parents are take children to school and for rehabilitation, some children who were drop outs are able to continue with school .Challenges encountered include the attitude of women neglecting children ,lack of commitment from parents ,lack of regulation centres, lack of educational facilities for child with disability
Group XI: Action for Relief and Development Assistance (AFREDA) AFREDA focuses on providing education on child rights to guardians, education on income generating activities (IGAs) to guardians, promoting education for both girls and boys. AFREDA works in 16 wards in Musoma Urban, Butiama and Bunda Districts, Mara Region. Beneficiaries of AFREDA interventions include Women living with vulnerable orphans and children with disabilities .Through the interventions, women in the programme areas have become knowledgeable about child rights ,there has been increase in awareness on gender issues and HIV/AIDS, and women are conducting business professionally to improve their income and able to provide children with basic needs .Challenges to the work of AFREDA include cultural norms and limited funding to cater for the needs of children.
10.0 Lessons and Conclusions from learning on overlapping In the wrap up plenary sessions, the group concluded the following in addressing institutional overlaps in interventions for addressing child exploitation through service delivery and advocacy: 
Organisations should consider focusing on their comparative advantages so that they can do what they are best at and known for
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There is a need for organisations to reflect on their interventions to differentiate between awareness raising and advocacy at community level Organisations working on similar interventions should promote institutional collaboration for increasing their voices when engaging with local government for partnerships Organisations should increase transparency in their interventions and reporting not only to government but also to communities in which they work Institutions need to demonstrate both upward and don ward accountability Strengthening and promoting continuous improvements in documentation provides organisations with a strong tool for advocacy
11.0 Day two of the workshop
Recap of day 1 using the ball game A recap was organized using a “ball game” .A participant with the ball was required to reflect on the important issues to remember from day one. The ball was passed from one to another until everybody in the entire group had contributed to the reflection. Issues which dominated the recap were :Poverty and child abuse ,Vocational education and its relevance ,Terre des Hommes new directions towards advocacy and focus on child exploitation ,the need for visibility of organisational interventions, collaborations across organisations , representation of communities and beneficiaries in decision making in organisations ,child exploitation in Tanzania and building capacity for documentation within organisations. Sharing Presentation by YWCA on Child neglect as abuse Representative from YWCA briefly presented YWCA‘s experience on Child neglect as a form of abuse She narrated the experience of YWCA on neglect as a serious form of abuse. She emphasized on the need to understand how neglect can be identified in abused children and how it can be addressed in combination with other aspects. Neglect happens at family (household), community and even at
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institutional levels.
Foundation Karibu experience on formation of Child protection teams Emanuel Sagenge shared the experience of Foundation Karibu Tanzania on the formation of Child Protection teams in Ilemela District. He encouraged participants to reflect on the subject as a way of scaling up reach out to children in various forms of exploitation.
Sharing by ACT Mara on research funded by TDH on disability in Mara Region Dr Yoggo shared the findings from a research funded by Terre des Hommes and conducted by ACTMara in collaboration with Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences Bugando on the “Magnitude of physical disabilities including cleft in Mara Region “
12.0 Presentation on policy advocacy and influencing The facilitator presented a thread of issues on policy advocacy and influencing covering the following : o o o o o o o
Public policy, Policy and Practice changes Human Rights and Advocacy models The change triangle(Organisational capacity ,Thematic competence and Advocacy) Advocacy strategies and roadmaps Key questions in a developing an advocacy strategy Advocacy planning and implementation (Key steps, Theories of Change and Theories of Action) Advocacy Monitoring and evaluation
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(Details of the presentation are provided in a separate file )
The presentation was followed by a plenary discussion on the conceptual understanding of advocacy and distinguishing awareness raising and advocacy.
Group work-Simulation exercise on advocacy Participants were divided into four groups to reflect on experiences, opportunities and challenges for advocacy on child rights. The summaries were presented in plenary as follows: Group Group I
Experience/Capacity *There is some experiences on advocacy framework and processes , although not formal Capacity for lobbying ,emphasizing and establishing the implementation of primary education development policies at the local level
Opportunities Community structures can be a useful entry points for advocacy work s *Putting the Change triangle into practice *Pre-primary school s were established so as to give children a right to education
Challenges *Unavailability of funds for pre-school and learning/teaching materials *How is the Change triangle relevant?
Group II
*Based on CWCA experience, CWCA collaborates with WLAC, TAWLA, LHRC on law of marriage ,Alliance with CARE International ,TAWLA,WLAC on preparation of bill for safe motherhood
*Invited to municipal meeting, NGOs offering services *Reporting to municipal council *Media *Members of Parliament
*Political interest *Negative attitude towards human right activities *Insecurity *Relevance of the Change triangle *Thematic competence , information and the real situation of organisational capacity
Group III
*Experience -mostly case advocacy at the
*Political interest, local leaders ,training /capacity
*Time intensive *Bureaucracy
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Group IV
local level *Capacity -registered organisations, research evidence , professional staff
building ,timing ,religious leaders ,presence of media alliances, community involvement
*Human resource *Knowledge *Methodology /technics *Networking
*Policies and practices
(CS/Government ), *insecurity and fear *Political interests *Involvement of the community in decision making to give the organisation more credibility *Reluctance of authorities to take actions *Funds *Threats from people within authority *Making the Change triangle work effectively to achieve results
13.0 Day three of the workshop Recap on day 2 A recap on day two was conducted using the ball game. Participants reflected on issues covered during day two and underlined the following as emerging issues:
Participants were able to distinguish between awareness and advocacy Neglect as a form of child abuse is always hidden Medical response to child violence has always been visible in physical violence to children Working with others is key in advocacy, but organisational networking does not happen automatically, it has to be nurtured Critical Advocacy is a process and not an event “Small successes are better than big failures “ Building knowledge base through skills and updated information builds credibility for advocacy Civil Society-Government collaboration is the strategic entry- point for advocacy Organisations wishing to do effective advocacy must invest in research to establish strong evidence base Levels of advocacy The change triangle is valuable in analyzing comprehensiveness of the organisation The shift from needs-based approach to rights based approach in the organisation requires understanding and commitment at all levels
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14.0 Sharing lessons from programming
Karibu Tanzania Foundation The Karibu Tanzania Foundation shared experience on their campaign “Vunja ukimya, fichua ukatili” meaning “break the silence, disclose violence “ The team explained how they are working with various community structures and leadership groups to encourage individuals to report acts of violence against children at household level and within the wider community. A violence card with photographs showing various abuses and appearance of victims was displayed. Simulation exercise on policy advocacy and influencing based on organisations: Participants worked in groups (taking selected organisations as examples) to test their capacity for developing advocacy interventions on child rights. Groups presented the following summaries in plenary:
Organisation Issue & Analysis
Objective /Strategy
TFGM
Objective : To eradicate FGM ,to educate the community , to involve the government enforcing anti- FGM laws Outcomes *Reduced death rate *Reduced early marriages *Ending child exploitation through genital mutilation Strategy *Capacity building *Meeting with clan and community elders *Registration of girls to become members of FGM eradication training *To involve media to advocate fights against
*Female Genital Mutilation in Mara Region *FGM is done by cutters to earn income and as a respect / pride to parents and girls. *It is a sign of transition from child hood to adulthood *Arrangement of cutters in different clans *It is done in December every ear
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Implementation /Monitoring & Evaluation Implementation *Annual Plan *Meeting with community and clan elders Field visit with DC to address the problem Monitoring *Different FGM branches located in various clans *Police force Evaluation *Data collection *Hospital records on FGM *Awareness report
COET
*Vulnerable children Home is a safe place for children to build values *Working in a community where morals have declined. *Street children as a result of violence at homes, death of parents /care taker, divorce or poverty *Working in a community whereby parents caretakers have sent their children into street to beg
FGM *Networking with police ,courts Alliances with other CSOs ,Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Ministry of Gender Women and Children , donors and religious organisations, Traditional leaders, Clan leaders Objective *Identify and register children living in streets *Provide a shelter for rehabilitating them *Creating rapport *Home assessment *Reintegration Outcome *Reduced theft, robbery , *Behaviour change *Turned to be responsible member in their families and community at large Develop strategy *Data survey *Audience with the right holders *Audience with Ward Officers to create child protection team to influence commitment in families and monitoring of children welfare *Identify alliances *Networking with other CSO ,Police, Local leaders, Religious institutions Social development Institutions Opponents *Crime promoters ,some family members ,particularly in broken marriages Resources *Funds 20
Implementation *Draw action plan *Introduce the project to government and local leaders and community at large *Launching activities of the project Monitoring *Writing reports *Keeping records *Following up on *Documenting Evaluation *Project review reports , interviews ,stakeholder , beneficiaries ,visitation recommendations , way forward *Lessons learnt Street does not produce children. Children originate from their respective families. *Children living in street can be turned to be good citizens The issue of vulnerable children is a process
*Competent human resources UMABU
Issue -ICT teaching *Ordinary secondary school curriculum stipulates that ICT should be taught but it is not implemented. *The global changes make ICT an important skill requirement in the job market. Not exposing students to ICT denies them of those skills and thus employment opportunities
Objectives *The policy should be implemented in secondary schools Specific objectives *The government should allocate funds for ICT teaching *The government should train ICT teachers in colleague and university level *Government should establish ICT labs in secondary schools Outcomes Simplified and more effective learning /teaching environment for both student s and teachers *Can get learning materials *Teachers can reach more students through video conferencing *Students can share knowledge *Distance learning -more professional development opportunities for teachers *Youth /graduate secondary school leavers will have skills to compete in the job market *Improved application and integration of ICT use in daily activities *Business opportunity for youth *Alliances with FSC,CWCA, Watoto Wapinge ,Ukimwi ,Hakielimu ,Twaweza ,Ward Officers ,MPs Opponents21
Implementation and Monitoring *Gather evidence *Research, *Approach partners and form alliances , *Influence Ward officers and build exemplary ICT lab *Meeting with government officials *Meeting with MPs and following up national assembly meetings Involving media in national campaigns Evaluation and Learning *Through meetings and discussions *Use reports
Bureaucrats ,Training institutions offering basic computer knowledge Strategy *Gather evidence in places and conducting research *Identify alliances and opponents *Influence partners and alliances through evidence and make possible alliances *Influence ward officers at the local level *Mobilize resources and build an exemplary ICT lab in one of the secondary schools *Meeting with government officials(Ministries *Influence MPs in our localities to push the agenda in the national assembly *Media campaign ACT MARA
Issue identified-Exploited Children health rights *Health policy provides that every child under 5 years should receive health services free together with pregnant women. But there are many gaps in implementation of health policy. *Shortage of medicines and medical equipment, shortage of fuel and ambulances. *Whenever there is referral the patient is required to contribute money towards fuel and nurse *The health policy provides that government assistance is needed in those health care services provided free to children under 5 years and pregnant women. *Those in private health care
Objective *Approach government authorities whenever we are invited to meeting *Implementation of health policy locally from grass root level Outcomes *Medicines and medical equipment are available in health care centres especially for kids and pregnant women *Funds allocated for health care which provide free services to children under 5 years and pregnant women are provided in time and appropriately Transport available for referral Strategy *The organisation will 22
Implementation and monitoring *Quarterly review of the advocacy strategy and activities with alliance members Evaluation and Learning *Examine impact and effectiveness at the end of the advocacy interventions *Lessons will be used for scaling up
which do not offer freely services they never receive any assistance from the government
mobilize other civil society groups working on child rights and organize meetings with local government authorities in districts of intervention while separate meetings will be organized with councilors and Members of Parliament. Progress reports from the interventions will be used for engagement leaders in discussion. Media-Victoria FM,(Child rights programme ) CWCA,UMABU ,OKOAJAMII ,Newsletter (CWCA)+Local authority and other NGOs
15.0 Day four of the workshop 16.0 Presentation on Civil Society Index The facilitator mad a presentation on the Civicus Civil Society Index, the presentation covered:
Introduce the Civicus Civil Society Index and its objectives of enhancing the strength and sustainability of civil society and strengthening civil society to positive social change. Provide introduction and discussions on the Civil Society Index Diamond framework Present the Civil Society Index conceptual approach and indicators Guide group work for data collection through consultations Guide data analysis, presentation and recommendations
(Details of the presentation are provided in a separate file) The presentation was followed by a questions and answers session on the Civil Society Index and its importance in strengthening civil society work .Participants appreciated the index as a way to rate performance of civil society and providing a framework for identifying areas for improvement.
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17.0 Panel Discussions A panel of speakers was selected from among participants to lead a broader discussion on policies and practices related to child abuse and responses at institutional and community levels. The panel was chaired by Siku njema(ACT-MARA) . Participants raised a wide range of issues from field experiences and how policies and practices can be improved through advocacy. Concluding remarks from the discussion were:  
Civil society organisations and network need to build capacity in strategic engagement with local government and influencing local leaders. For meaningful advocacy on child rights, civil society organisations will need to strengthen collaboration among them within their geographical and administrative areas without waiting for mobiliser from outside
Panel members responding to questions from the rest of the participants
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18.0 Planning for the next workshop and CSI Forum Participants discussed in groups about their availability for the next workshop .It was finally agreed that the next workshop be held from 4th to 7th June 2013, with emphasis to ensure that the same participants will be available for consistency in learning. For the CSI forums, participants proposed that CSI forum I focus on Violence against children while Forum II will be determined through communication with partners during the second workshop. Participants requested for change of venue (if possible) of the second workshop to allow partners in Musoma to learn from other areas like Mwanza.
19.0 Concluding remarks from workshop participants During the concluding session, workshop participants representing partners of Terre des Hommes in Tanzania remarked as follows:
The need for training on lobbying and advocacy is urgent .Partners will need more resources to strengthen both the conceptual understanding and processes Progress on advocacy will require joint efforts of partners and continued commitment of leadership Commitment is critical We have realized that collecting, analyzing and packaging information is a critical requirement for advocacy. More support in this area will be required There is shortage of corrective facilities for children with disability in prisons. This is one of the areas poorly attended, therefore for partners to follow up and advocate for. In Mara Region, there is “Baraza la Walemavu”-A Council for People with disability. Partners of Terre des Hommes in Mara Region may need to discuss how we can engage with the council as a strategic ally for advocacy.
It would be useful for partners of Terre des Hommes to allow the same participants to the second workshop for consistency
The training on policy advocacy and human rights is a high level training. Terre des homes could consider providing certificates of attendance to participants as an incentive and for recognition
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20.0 Facilitator’s remarks I.
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Most partners indicated to have a Child Protection Policy guiding the organisational responses. Partners should be encouraged to reflect on their policies to ensure analysis of interventions and consistency of responses. The focus of Terre des Hommes on child exploitation and support for advocacy work may need on-going clarification for partners to be on track with the processes for coherent programming. Capacities for strategic alignment on child rights within partner organisations appear to vary. It is crucial for Terre des Hommes to take into account these variations when rolling out the support for policy engagement Discussions on next steps for gradual integration of advocacy plans into their work indicated that partners will be in position develop the plans using the skills from both policy influencing training and the workshop on engagement. Plans can therefore be expected after the training on engagement. Partners indicated to appreciate the values of collaboration through networking and partnerships, particularly when combining service delivery and advocacy. However, for progress to seen more explicitly, this element should be included in the monitoring frameworks.
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21.0 Workshop evaluation A total of 21 participants participated in the workshop evaluation .The results were summarized as follows with rating 1=lowest and 5=highest
18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0
1 2 3 4 5
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22.0 Workshop schedule
Time 8.30 9.00 9.15 9.45 10.30 11.00
Item
Lead
DAY ONE -07/05/2013 Introduction of participants Workshop Objectives Upcoming changes Terre des Hommes Netherlands Tanzania office Change of partner funding and SCE strategy Presentation/Discussion on learning agenda Break
Donald Kasongi Donald Kasongi A.M. Groot A.M. Groot Dennis Maina- LVDC All
12.00
Sharing of challenges on serving the same target group by partner organisations
Donald Kasongi
13.00
lunch
All
14.00 – 17.00
Sharing of challenges by partner organisations continued DAY TWO 08/05/2013 Recap of Day one Public Policy advocacy and Influencing Health break Human rights , public Policy Advocacy & Change Lunch break Break
Donald Kasongi
12.00
Sharing of challenges on serving the same target group by partner organisations
Donald Kasongi
13.00-1400
lunch
All
14.00-17.00
Sharing of challenges by partner organisations continued Wrap up of Day two DAY THREE 09/05/2013 Recap of Day two Simulation exercise on policy advocacy and influencing Break Group work –Simulation exercise on advocacy
Donald Kasongi
8.30-09.00 9.00-11.00 11.00 11.30-1300 13.00-14.00 14.00-15.30
17.00 8.30-9.00 9.00-11.00 11.00-11.30 11.30-13.00
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Donald Kasongi Donald Kasongi All Donald Kasongi All
All Donald Kasongi Donald Kasongi All All
13.00-14.00 14.00-17.00 8.30-11.00 11.00-12.30 12.30-13.00 13.00 14.00 – 16.30 16.45
Lunch Break Plenary presentations and discussions on advocacy DAY FOUR 10/05/2013 Introduction to the CSI index CSI in practice(Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Questions and Answers on Civil Society Index lunch Panel discussion and Planning for the next workshops Closing
All All Donald Kasongi Donald Kasongi All All Donald Kasongi Donald Kasongi
23.0 Participant attendance
1
Name Winner Chimba
Organisation YWCA Moshi
E-mail contact atienochimba@gmail.com; ywcamoshi@hotmail.com
2
Naomi Ragai
Nairobits
naomi@nairobits.com
3
Jennifer Mtaki
COET
precious1802@gmail.com
0767376376
4
Domina W.Mabebe Sr Mwion Hughes Peter B.Nyarufunjo
COET
dominamabebe@yahoo.com
0753539660
Watoto Wapinge UKIMWI
Pnyaru4@yahoo.com; watotowapingeukimwi@yahoo.com
0688232154/ 0713753636
7
Pantaleon M.Kuyenga
UMABU
pkuyenga@gmail.com; pantaleokuyenga@yahoo.com
0784 431 524
8
Sikunjema Mahenge Burude Ndago Hezborn William Sr Margaret John, IHSA
ACT MARA ICDP
asherysikunjema@yahoo.com
0754093299
UMABU ACT-MARA MHSP
mugoris@yahoo.com;umabu@juasun.net;
0714 043 620
St Justin CWDC
Sr.margaretjohn@yahoo.com
Johannes Emanuel
Foundation Karibu Tanzania
5 6
9 10 11
12
Phone contact
Watoto Wapinge
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17 18 19 20 21 22
Emanuel W.Sagenge Joseph C.Musira Dr Henry Yoggo Edward Mpaka
Foundation Karibu Tanzania Community Alive
Sr Tresa Jose Fredy Francis Mayanja Alexander C.Mwita Dennis Maina Archard Rwamunwa Barbina John
esagenge@yahoo.com
0764/0784/ 0715-606010
musira.joseph@yahoo.com
CBR Mara KCRP Tanzania
mpakaedward@ymail.com; mpakaedward@gmail.com
0756 789 789
KOWAK Hospital St Anthony VTC
fredymayanja@yahoo.com
0766533581
LVDC
macconrfucius@gmail.com
0755444940
Lake Victoria Disability Centre Diocese of Musoma ECED AFREDA
denrose001@yahoo.com;
balbinajohn@yahoo.com
0753 339 570
23
Irene Kashweta
AFREDA
Irenekashweta.afreda@yahoo.com Afremusoma@yahoo.com
0754342435
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Bernadetha Masanja Diana Robert Thomas Muruga Alexander Maregesi
CWCA
bernadethamasanja@yahoo.com
0782894025
ACT Mara TFGM
ger.bai@yahoo.com
0757934075, 0784200086
Francisca Lyimo Sr.Rozina Kimaro
TAMH
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28 29
TAMH
St.Anthony VTC
Maregesi2003@yahoo.com sengeremaspecialeducation@yahoo.com
Stanthvtcmakoko@yahoo.com; kimarozina@yahoo.com;
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0762987276; 0682016427;