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ON THE GROUND gorta newsletter 2008/9 www.gorta.org
CONTENTS gorta’s vision: is a world where there is no hunger and where the poorest communities have the means to create a prosperous future for themselves and their children. gorta is a rural development organisation that aims to improve long term food security primarily in sub Saharan Africa. Our priority countries are Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia. gorta implements innovative and effective strategic partnerships with some of the world’s poorest communities focusing on >> Water and food security that sustains life >> Healthcare that saves lives
>> Education that empowers >> Livelihoods that create prosperity
...in a manner that strives to achieve social, environmental and economic justice for all. “GIVE A PERSON A FISH AND YOU FEED THEM FOR A DAY; TEACH A PERSON TO FISH AND YOU FEED THEM FOR LIFE.”
page WORLD FOOD DAY 2008
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The Global Challenge of Food Security, Climate Change and Bioenergy – a Private Sector Response; THE BUSINESS OF DEVELOPMENT-
AIG Builds Bridge to Save Lives
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Clean water critical for survival
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New Enterprise gives vulnerable women positive future
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Employees Raise Funds to Make a Difference
gorta provides sustainable water source for over 3,000 villagers
Sunflower seeds offer business opportunities
new water system improves quality of life
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gorta funds village renewal programme
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dramatic drop in waterborne diseases
Mosquito nets provided to all family members
gorta and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) gorta has dedicated itself to working as part of the global effort to achieve the MDGs, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. The MDGs represent global leaders’ commitment and response to the world’s main development challenges. Much progress has been made since the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000, and United Nations Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon recently stated, “The MDGs are still achievable if we act now. This will require inclusive sound governance, increased public investment, economic growth, enhanced productive capacity, and the creation of decent work.” At the 2008 African Union Summit, African governments demonstrated their strengthened dedication by producing a set of recommendations for successfully achieving the MDGs by 2015 in Africa. In June 2008, Ghana achieved the MDG to halve poverty,
though it still faces challenges in other areas. Uganda’s government has worked very hard to close the gender gap in education, and will have attained the goal of universal primary education by 2015. Small accomplishments such as these demonstrate that larger changes can be made through continued world-wide commitment to the MDGs, sustained dedication from global leaders and governments, and coordination between local and global efforts. Governments of the world have committed themselves to achieving these goals is by committing to dedicate 0.7% of annual GNP to overseas aid. In the case of Ireland, by 2012 this will amount to e1.5 billion of Irish taxpayer’s money each year. In this newsletter read about gorta projects supporting these goals. Just look out for the symbols below as you read on.
Honey production creates sustainable futures for villagers 9 Community transformed by food security
Blacksmith jobs benefit whole communities
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Response from Village in Zambia
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60 new blacksmiths trained
Village Headwoman Thanks gorta
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Cover photograph: Felicia uses Gorta funded borehole, Kambanizite village, Malawi
gorta newsletter 2008/9 www.gorta.org ON THE GROUND
WORLD FOOD DAY 2008
The Global Challenge of Food Security, Climate Change and Bioenergy – a Private Sector Response
gorta, as an affiliate of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN), will be celebrating World Food Day this year by focusing on the challenges of food security, climate change and bioenergy. Much of the
recent global food price increase can be attributed to the increased demand for land to grow crops such as corn, wheat, rapeseed and soybeans to meet the growing demand for biofuels in order to reach the EU and US policy targets.
Population and economic growth will continue to increase global food requirements, particularly in developing countries where practically all of the population expansion and much of the economic growth is taking place.
Above: Deirdre Fox, Deputy Chair, gorta Board of Directors, is pictured at gorta’s UN World Food Day 2007 held at the Institute of Bankers, Dublin, with Amali Babu, Vice Chair, Social Change and Development (SCAD) Agency, India, Joe Walsh, Chair, Hunger Task Force, Cletus Babu, Chair, Social Change and Development (SCAD) Agency, India and Agnes Gannon, gorta Board of Directors.
On this year’s World Food Day, the conference hosted by gorta will focus on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). This is about what Irish businesses can contribute to the global development agenda. Businesses have a role in achieving the MDG’s and issues around sustainability, job creation and food production will be addressed on the day. The conference will be held in Dublin on October 16th, 2008.
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WHAT IS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) ? CSR can be defined as the overall contribution of business to sustainable development. An important component of a 21st century NGO is an ability to interact with the business community at many levels and on many different agendas. gorta supports a CSR development model and is spear heading this approach to development. Specifically, gorta works with companies interested in addressing the CSR agenda in the developing world. For gorta CSR is not about management, it is about leadership.
gorta has worked successfully with a number of different large corporations including Intel and AIG on a varied CSR agenda. A one size fits all approach to CSR does not work as each company needs a strategy tailored towards its needs. In some instances this could relate to fundraising with employees for a specific programme, or guiding direct corporate funding for a country area or providing opportunities for people to share skills and time for specialist volunteering both in Ireland and abroad.
‘If you think it is bad for a country to be exploited by a multinational corporation, try being ignored by one’. Jeffrey Sachs, 2007.
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AIG Builds Bridge to Save Lives
Employees Raise Funds to Make a Difference
AIG takes action AIG Investments Ireland, Ltd. is a worldwide leader in asset management and employs more than 2,200 people around the world. As a corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative, AIG partnered with Gorta in 2007 to work on Project Africa, which aims to provide essential development infrastructure for under-privileged communities.
Making a difference in the world In the coastal province of Kenya, the crocodile-infested River Galana poses a dangerous threat to the lives of the local Watta community, whose daily tasks often require passage across the river. AIG proposed a project to raise €100,000 to build a bridge that will span 345 ft and save numerous lives. In addition, the bridge will broaden access to healthcare, reduce transportation costs for farmers, improve market access and increase access to education, as a newly opened school
lies on one side of the river. In effect, AIG’s contribution to this province in Kenya will greatly improve the quality of life for those living nearby the lifethreatening River Galana.
Coming together to deliver life-saving change The corporation’s goal is to have raised the €100,000 by December 2008 and had received nearly €70,000 as of July 2008 through a number of fundraising strategies, including ongoing corporate donations. This project has given AIG employees a way to become involved in overseas development and contribute to those less fortunate than themselves in a creative and meaningful way. Staff members participated in the Bupa Run in 2007, raising €5,000, and also have brought in funds by sponsoring events like a Greyhound Race night in November 2007. Strong employee enthusiasm and involvement has proven essential to the success of this
project and others in the future. AIG Investments, recognising the continuing importance of corporate social responsibility, plans to continue their work in developing regions of the world with future projects in South America, Asia and Africa.
Kenya Population: 33.830.000 inhabitants (2005) Surface Area: 582.647 km² Population density: 58.06 inh./km² Capital: Nairobi Official Language: English National language: Swahili Political system: Republic
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Left: A local sign warns of the dangers of river Galana at the proposed site of AIG’s bridge
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Clean water critical for survival
gorta provides sustainable water source for over 3,000 villagers
Challenge In the Dowa District of Malawi, malaria, dysentery, and cholera are the top three causes of death for children under five years old as they are vulnerable to waterborne diseases and are poorly nourished. Young people, adults and the elderly also suffer from poor access to water. Before this project, there were over 650 people sharing each water point in this District. For the Mtifu village, home to 34 families, the only source of water came from a nearby, muddy stream. The village chairman, Mr. Ntifu, pointed out the severity of the village’s water problem stating that, “In 2007 seven children died and all of them had diarrhoea, they were no more than two years old, some much younger.”
Action by gorta The Participatory Rural Development Organization (PRDO) has used gorta funds to drill five new boreholes and rehabilitate five existing ones. Ten shallow wells have also been upgraded to provide safe drinking water for the first time. In addition, extensive
hygiene and sanitation training has been provided and latrines have been constructed. The training ensures that in the future, villagers will be able to build sanitation facilities and continue water development on their own.
has inspired us to learn. All the women of the village come together in the evening and take classes. We’re learning to read, write and count. It will help us to do business, read our hospital cards and simply get ahead.”
Benefits In Mtifu, such work has greatly improved quality of life and has inspired the villagers. Since receiving a new water pump, health problems have receded. Their newly installed and easily accessible borehole has also allowed women in the village to save time on their household chores so they can help with farming and improve the quality of their crops.
Malawi Population: 12.341.000 (in 2005) Surface Area: 118.484 km² Population density: 104.16 inh/km² Capital: Lilongwe Official language: English Political system: Republic
Dorothy Ntifu, a widow and mother of six children, is one villager who built herself a latrine with the help of PRDO. She shares her house with her eldest daughter who is divorced and has eight children. Though she once believed a latrine of her own was an impossible goal, PRDO’s work has encouraged her. Dorothy recently said that “Gathering together and talking about our problems
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“Gathering together and talking about our problems has inspired us to learn. All the women of the village come together in the evening and take classes. We’re learning to read, write and count. It will help us to do business, read our hospital cards and simply get ahead” Left: Water Development has inspired Joyce Thomas to learn to read and write
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New Enterprise gives vulnerable women positive future
Sunflower seeds offer business opportunities
Challenge Poor irrigation has led to a food shortage. Communities are food insecure and face hardships because of poor agricultural production, lack of land ownership and lack of access to markets. There is very little capital for agricultural investments. In addition, middlemen exploit villagers and pay very low prices for their cash crops.
Action by gorta gorta has funded Tanzania Grassroots Oriented Development’s (TaGrODe) community livelihood improvement project, concentrated in Lupembelwasenga, Ilandutwa and Itwaga, areas located in the South Western highlands. An enterprise structure has been set up. Sunflower seeds are pressed to produce oil and the remaining sunflower cake can be used or sold as animal fodder. In addition, TaGrODe has just started a land rights
project in the village of Ibumila. The goal is to explain to the community the importance of title deeds, understanding who owns the land and then demarcating the land of the village. This will be helpful in future projects pertaining to land use and improvement.
Benefits The livelihoods project provided 60 vulnerable women with training and seeds to produce sunflowers. One woman who was selected for sunflower seed production explained, ‘Our village is poor and a lot of women stay with grandchildren because the children’s parents have died. The village leader selected us, because he knows the problems we have. TaGrODe came to give us training on how to grow sunflowers, and after that they come to give us seeds.’ In addition to sunflower production, villagers have benefited from the land rights component of the programme. Individual title deeds
“Our village is poor and a lot of women stay with grandchildren because the children’s parents have died…TaGrODe came to give us training on how to grow sunflowers, and after that they come to give us seeds”
Right: Luciana Mdota, member of TAGRODE-gorta sunflower growing group, Lupembelwasenga village
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protect vulnerable farmers, enable people to capitalise on their possessions and make it possible to receive bank loans, which can pay for children’s education. The land rights programme will ensure security and stability, and prevent future territorial disputes. Tanzania Population: 36.481.000 inhabitants (2005) Surface Area: 945.087 km² Population density: 38.60 inh/km² Capital: Dodoma Official Language: Swahili, English Political system: Republic
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new water system improves quality of life dramatic drop in waterborne diseases
Challenge The current water system in Lugarawa village does not meet the demands of the population as it has not been updated since the late 1970s and now it leaks and breaks down frequently. Up until 2007, the majority of the 1,500 Lugarawa inhabitants were drinking and cooking with water from unprotected rivers and mountain streams. Waterborne diseases like dysentery, bilharzia and diarrhoea are common in Lugarawa. Women and children need to travel long distances every day to reach water sources, which affects other areas of their life, such as work and school.
Action by gorta Using funds from gorta’s donors, the Ludewa Environmentalist Association (LEA) has been able to install three water intake tanks, three supply pipelines and nearly one hundred water
taps throughout Lugarawa village. The installation of water taps in the village and at the secondary school were aimed at impacting a variety of aspects of daily life for the people of Lugarawa.
Benefits So far, one third of the village has clean water and the hospital has already seen a dramatic drop in waterborne diseases as a result. The secondary school, where two taps were installed, has also seen a decrease in disease especially among their boarders, who visit the clinic less often than before. Hygiene has also improved with the availability of extra water, and the well-placed and numerous taps have decreased the time it takes to retrieve water, since women no longer have to make the journey to the river to fill their buckets.
Tanzania Population: 36.481.000 inhabitants (2005) Surface Area: 945.087 km² Population density: 38.60 inh/km² Capital: Dodoma Official Language: Swahili, English Political system: Republic
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“So far, one third of the village has clean water and the hospital has already seen a dramatic drop in waterborne diseases as a result”
Left: Bosco Msanga and Mary Diluoga, technicians working on Ludewa irrigation project
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gorta funds village renewal programme Mosquito nets provided to families
Challenge The rate of death from malaria is as significant as HIV/AIDS and in many ways is a silent killer. Every year, 500 million people become severely ill with malaria. In the Chilangoma area of Malawi, a serious prevalence of waterborne diseases and infection exists due to a lack of drinking water and sanitation facilities. Villagers have to travel long distances to access local health services, which is especially difficult for children and pregnant women. In this region, the diseases that affect the most number of people are Malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.
Action by gorta Funds from gorta’s donors have supported the Centre for Women and Social Development’s (CWSD) ‘Village Renewal Programme’ and ‘Malaria Programme’. They have trained villagers and assisted them in building sanitation facilities. In addition, mosquito nets have been provided to prevent infection and a mobile malaria testing facility, as well as
emergency transportation to the nearest hospital has been provided.
Benefits The ‘Village Renewal Programme’ in Zimba village has benefited many people. Gladys Bernard is 46 years old and a single mother with six young children. She says, ‘Life is hard for us, we don’t have a lot of manpower to farm our land well, or to build a strong house. Even building a latrine is difficult for us, the last one collapsed two years ago and we just didn’t know how to build a new one. We are glad that CWSD came to help us, because we know that hygiene is important for our health.’ The organisation also provided goats for female-headed households and has installed a water pump that allows women more time for cultivating crops. CWSD’s Malaria Programme has supplemented the ‘Village Renewal Programme’. Mosquito nets have decreased the incidences of malaria while a mobile malaria testing facility prevents death when villagers
do contract malaria. It is vital to have these since travelling to the nearest clinic takes time and money. One woman commented on the necessity of the new programme, explaining that ‘it is important that we can check and get transport, because when children get malaria, they can die very quickly.’ In addition, emergency transport to a hospital has been essential for survival for those with severe malaria. Malawi Population: 12.341.000 (in 2005) Surface Area: 118.484 km² Population density: 104.16 inh/km² Capital: Lilongwe Official language: English Political system: Republic
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“It is important that we can check and get transport, because when children get malaria, they can die very quickly” Left: Mercy Brighton received mosquito nets from gorta funded CWSD, Zimba village
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Honey production creates sustainable futures for villagers
Community transformed by food security
Challenge Villages in the Mwanza District of Malawi have experienced declining food production and an acute lack of income in recent years. Low yields of citrus fruit have compounded the problem and households needed a second source of income.
Action by gorta With a previous gorta grant, the Nkhomano Centre for Development (NCD) had developed expertise in the area of bee keeping. With the current gorta grant, NCD is hoping to build on this success, and it is also planning to add an additional citrus fruit tree planting component, which will complement the bee keeping. Ten modern beehives and one catch hive (to attract bees) have been given to 17 different bee keeping clubs in Mwanza district, with the understanding that they would eventually pay back the cost of the hives. The NCD has trained in excess
of 250 people in modern beekeeping practices and have provided each club with the tools that are needed to extract the honey from the combs when it’s ready.
Benefits The clubs have already seen great results with honey production helping communities in many different ways. 60% of the 1000 households that have benefited from this have been femaleheaded homes. One beekeeper from Kasuza says “In this village we have almost 50 orphans, 12 disabled people and 30 elderly people. We plan to set aside part of our income to support the vulnerable people in our village.” According to another villager, the training has been the most important part of NCD’s help, and soon they will learn about processing and marketing, which will bring sustainable growth and success.
Malawi Population: 12.341.000 (in 2005) Surface Area: 118.484 km² Population density: 104.16 inh/km² Capital: Lilongwe Official language: English Political system: Republic
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“In this village we have almost 50 orphans, 12 disabled people and 30 elderly people. We plan to set aside part of our income to support the vulnerable people in our village” Left: Children benefiting from the beekeeping project in Mwanza Town
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Blacksmith jobs benefit whole communities 60 new blacksmiths trained
Challenge Rueben Mtitu began the Kisangani Smith Group as a business venture but soon realised that there was an alarming shortage of trained blacksmiths in Ludewa District. He also noticed a new pattern of rural to urban migration in the region and so he decided to set up a Blacksmiths’ Training Centre.
Action by gorta gorta through funds from its donors was able to help Rueben Mtitu, set up blacksmiths’ workshops from scratch in three village based locations, Mkiu, Mawengi and Ludewa village, all in Ludewa District, in order to train 60 new blacksmiths. Mtitu described the process of creating and constructing these workshops, saying, ‘The local authorities gave us land and members of the community were happy to help us dig the foundations and collect locally available materials to build the workshop structures. We used gorta funds to provide the equipment we couldn’t make ourselves; bench shears, vice,
grinding peddle, etc. In each training centre we took on twenty young people, and they all underwent the initial six months training.’
Benefits At the end of the course, every student received a starter pack so that they could set up their own workshops. The Kisangani Smith shop in Njombe now employs half of its former students as full time employees. One employee, 18 year old Sheria Mgimba, said of his new career, ‘I really like the idea of being a black smith because people will always need tools. I am planning to work here for at least another two years until I become really good and then I want to set up my own workshop somewhere in Ludewa District.’ Many employees like Sheria send home part of their wages to support their families and hope to return to their villages as blacksmiths in the future. The Kisangani Smith Group has recently taken on 17 new students and plan on bringing them to the upcoming trade fairs in Dar es Salaam.
“I really like the idea of being a black smith because people will always need tools. I am planning to work here for at least another two years until I become really good and then I want to set up my own workshop somewhere in Ludewa District” Right: Employees and apprentices working at Kisangani Smith Group, Njombe
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Their venture has been very successful at providing young men with a skill that they can utilise for the rest of their lives.
Tanzania Population: 36.481.000 inhabitants (2005) Surface Area: 945.087 km² Population density: 38.60 inh/km² Capital: Dodoma Official Language: Swahili, English Political system: Republic
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In Mnkhambwa Village, Zambia, the first 2-year phase of a six year project has already been completed by the CODeP, the Community Oriented Development Project using gorta funds. During this phase, 19 new boreholes were created for water security for domestic and agricultural use. Improved seeds and fertilizer for farmers were also provided. The gortafunded project is currently in its second phase. The following letter by the Village Headwoman is a response to the work that had been completed so far.
Headwoman a Village Mnkhambw
left: The signatories of the letter from Mnkhambwa Village, Zambia, around their life changing water well.
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