THE United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) has launched an am- bitious training programme that
seeks to curb school related gender based violence and enhance safe
learning en- vironment for the girl child.
Deputy Minister for Health, Community Devel- opment, Gender, Elderly and Children, Dr Faustine Ndugulile presiding over the launch of the training programme on Thursday at Mwisenge Secondary School in Musoma Municipal Council, said the training will be implemented in Musoma and Tarime Districts in Mara Region.
Dr Ndugulile commended the USAID for the initiative which he said supports the government’s strategic plan to ensure that every child gets quality education, adding; it will also be implemented in Karatu District, Arusha Re- gion under the agency’s fund- ed project called Waache Wa- some ( let them learn).
“I commend you (US- AID) for this initiative and I wish the project could be extended to cover the entire region of Mara.
Education should be given priority and other things will follow later,” further pointed out the Deputy Minister.
Without going into details, he stressed that the govern- ment is determined to elimi- nate all sorts of gender based violence (GBV) and violence against children (VAC) in the country, including tak- ing stern measures against deemed culprits.
On her part, the USAID Acting Mission Director, Ms Christine D jondo said that the training programme was expected to reach 26,000 stu- dents and 1,300 teachers.
She hinted that the programme will give them in- sights and techniques to tackle challenges, which contribute in cutting short their educa- tional dreams.
The director cited the major challenges as teenage pregnancies, child marriages as well as harmful traditional practices like female genital mutilation (FGM) which still takes place in the region. “
On behalf of American people, I thank you all for coming together to launch this important programme, which is a good foundation to curb violence against children and enhance safe learning environment in schools,” she added on part of her Kiswahili speech.
She said that the five year ‘Waache Wasome project’ is part of the important assis- tance provided to the Tanzani- an government and its people by the US government in Tanzania through the agency.
World Education Inc (WEI), an international non- profit organisation is implementing the same project in partnership with other stake- holders including the govern- ment of Tanzania.
Mara Region is rated as one of the areas in the country with high rate of gender based violence and violence against children cases.
The event was also attend- ed by some senior officials in the region as well as several hundreds of students from Mwisenge Secondary School and from the neighbourhoods.
Deputy Minister for Health, Community Devel- opment, Gender, Elderly and Children, Dr Faustine Ndugulile presiding over the launch of the training programme on Thursday at Mwisenge Secondary School in Musoma Municipal Council, said the training will be implemented in Musoma and Tarime Districts in Mara Region.
Dr Ndugulile commended the USAID for the initiative which he said supports the government’s strategic plan to ensure that every child gets quality education, adding; it will also be implemented in Karatu District, Arusha Re- gion under the agency’s fund- ed project called Waache Wa- some ( let them learn).
“I commend you (US- AID) for this initiative and I wish the project could be extended to cover the entire region of Mara.
Education should be given priority and other things will follow later,” further pointed out the Deputy Minister.
Without going into details, he stressed that the govern- ment is determined to elimi- nate all sorts of gender based violence (GBV) and violence against children (VAC) in the country, including tak- ing stern measures against deemed culprits.
On her part, the USAID Acting Mission Director, Ms Christine D jondo said that the training programme was expected to reach 26,000 stu- dents and 1,300 teachers.
She hinted that the programme will give them in- sights and techniques to tackle challenges, which contribute in cutting short their educa- tional dreams.
The director cited the major challenges as teenage pregnancies, child marriages as well as harmful traditional practices like female genital mutilation (FGM) which still takes place in the region. “
On behalf of American people, I thank you all for coming together to launch this important programme, which is a good foundation to curb violence against children and enhance safe learning environment in schools,” she added on part of her Kiswahili speech.
She said that the five year ‘Waache Wasome project’ is part of the important assis- tance provided to the Tanzani- an government and its people by the US government in Tanzania through the agency.
World Education Inc (WEI), an international non- profit organisation is implementing the same project in partnership with other stake- holders including the govern- ment of Tanzania.
Mara Region is rated as one of the areas in the country with high rate of gender based violence and violence against children cases.
The event was also attend- ed by some senior officials in the region as well as several hundreds of students from Mwisenge Secondary School and from the neighbourhoods.
No comments :
Post a Comment