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Karimu 2023 Goals

 

Last updated October 2023

 

Ayalagaya Ward

Sanitation 

 

Free and clean water was brought to all of Ayalagaya in 2018 and we completed the last school bathroom project in Ayalagaya in 2022. Sanitation projects are now in maintenance and monitoring mode.  

 

Sustainability and Maintenance 

Health 

 

See Karimu’s Health Program for an overview of goals and approach

 

Complete Phase 1- Foundation for a Healthy Community - This focuses on providing access to basic healthcare within a 1 hour walk. All of the construction projects for phase one have been completed. We are focusing on health interventions. 

 

Advance Phase 2 - Supporting Medical Staff Retention and Excellence - Phase 2 focuses on improving medical staff retention and excellence through housing and advanced education. The only remaining projects are to complete IT system installation for Gajal Dispensary and Dareda Kati Health Center. However, there is no funding for these in 2023.

 

 

Advance Phase 3 - Expanding the Medical Services through a Health Center - The key goal is to provide access to a health center (a mini-hospital) within a 30 minute drive. We completed the construction in 2022 and partnered with the Tanzanian government’s Babati District Medical Office to open the Health Center. The government has provided the center with additional staff—three new nurses, and one doctor and training for current staff to advance in their qualifications, such as in radiology and anesthesiology. In addition, they will contribute hospital beds, other furniture items, and medical equipment such as a refrigerator for medicine, an ultrasound and a biochemistry machine. However, they cannot cover all costs so Karimu will be working to help them close the gap in 2023.

 

Sustainability and Maintenance 

Education 

 

See the Education Program for an overview of goals and approach. In general, the start of new projects, even given adequate fundraising, is subject to a set of conditions being met by the local community and school. The full list can be reviewed in the Education Program description and status can be viewed on the Karimu School Dashboard, but the most notable ones are feeding all school children a meal, cleaning and maintaining the facilities, providing hygiene education and supplies, and student and teacher attendance rate of at least 90%. 

 

Extend Phase 1 - Creating a Healthy School

  • Extend Ayalagaya School Kitchen - Planned start in November

 

Advance Phase 2 - Building Adequate Learning Environment - Our goal is to provide healthy, bright, and sufficient classrooms to limit class sizes to 45 students per classroom. Even with all the completed construction we have still only achieved that ratio at 2 schools: Ayalagaya Secondary and Bacho Primary. You can see where we are by school on the Karimu School Dashboard. We are also planning to build school kitchens so that students and school staff are not impacted by the smoke from open fires. We have raised sufficient funds to build more classrooms and plan to execute them in 2023, but these projects are on hold pending resolution of maintenance issues at Ayalagaya Secondary school.

 

Advance Phase 4 - Supporting Teacher Excellence - This phase focuses on teaching quality and teacher retention.

 

Sustainability and Maintenance

Income 

Income enhancement projects focus on increasing the income of households based on the local agricultural economy. We follow the priorities used by the local leadership to ensure more attention is given to those households with greater need, i.e., households with heads who are not able to work, are women, or young adults 18 to 35 years old. 

  • Vanilla farming -  In progress, began June 2020.

  • Green Bean Pilot - In progress, began in May 2022. Pilot extended due to new partner

  • Chicken Pilot - Planned start October

  • BioChar pilot - Planned start in November

Entrepreneurship

The Entrepreneurship Program is intended to give 25% of households the skills to run a small business through a 6-8 month training and coaching program. 

Financial Services

 

The Financial Services Program aims to increase access to capital for at least 25% of households. The program aims to form and train savings groups, support the formation of a federation whose members are savings groups, provide capital for lending, and train community based trainers for sustainability.

 

Arri Ward  

Sanitation

 

Complete Phase 1 - Creating a Healthy School - This focuses on providing sanitary bathrooms for all schools. In partnership with the government, we have completed 2 of the 9 school bathrooms.

  • Dohom Secondary Bathrooms - Added to plan, planned start October

 

Sustainability and Maintenance 

Health

 

Complete Phase 1 - Foundation for a Healthy Community - This focuses on providing access to basic healthcare within a 1 hour walk. 

 

  • Implementation of Phase 1 of the health interventions - The health interventions are being rolled out simultaneously in Ayalagaya and Arri. See the interventions above in the Ayalagaya Health section. 

  • Malnutrition Survey - The health survey  conducted in Ayalagaya determined that malnutrition and vaccination interventions are unnecessary. We confirmed these results for Arri and are only making a few changes in maternal education for nutrition and detection of malnutrition and obesity. - In progress

 

Education

Income 

Income enhancement projects focus on increasing the income of households based on the local agricultural economy. We follow the priorities used by the local leadership to ensure more attention is given to those households with greater need, i.e., households with heads who are not able to work, are women, or young adults 18 to 35 years old. 

  • Vanilla farming -  In progress, began June 2020.

  • Green Bean Pilot - In progress, began in May 2022.

  • Chicken Pilot - Planned start in October

  • BioChar pilot - Planned start in November

Entrepreneurship 

Financial Services

 

Karimu Social Fund

Karimu 2023 Goals

 

Last updated October 2023

 

Ayalagaya Ward

Sanitation 

 

Free and clean water was brought to all of Ayalagaya in 2018 and we completed the last school bathroom project in Ayalagaya in 2022. Sanitation projects are now in maintenance and monitoring mode.  

 

Sustainability and Maintenance 

Health 

 

See Karimu’s Health Program for an overview of goals and approach

 

Complete Phase 1- Foundation for a Healthy Community - This focuses on providing access to basic healthcare within a 1 hour walk. All of the construction projects for phase one have been completed. We are focusing on health interventions. 

 

Advance Phase 2 - Supporting Medical Staff Retention and Excellence - Phase 2 focuses on improving medical staff retention and excellence through housing and advanced education. The only remaining projects are to complete IT system installation for Gajal Dispensary and Dareda Kati Health Center. However, there is no funding for these in 2023.

 

 

Advance Phase 3 - Expanding the Medical Services through a Health Center - The key goal is to provide access to a health center (a mini-hospital) within a 30 minute drive. We completed the construction in 2022 and partnered with the Tanzanian government’s Babati District Medical Office to open the Health Center. The government has provided the center with additional staff—three new nurses, and one doctor and training for current staff to advance in their qualifications, such as in radiology and anesthesiology. In addition, they will contribute hospital beds, other furniture items, and medical equipment such as a refrigerator for medicine, an ultrasound and a biochemistry machine. However, they cannot cover all costs so Karimu will be working to help them close the gap in 2023.

 

Sustainability and Maintenance 

Education 

 

See the Education Program for an overview of goals and approach. In general, the start of new projects, even given adequate fundraising, is subject to a set of conditions being met by the local community and school. The full list can be reviewed in the Education Program description and status can be viewed on the Karimu School Dashboard, but the most notable ones are feeding all school children a meal, cleaning and maintaining the facilities, providing hygiene education and supplies, and student and teacher attendance rate of at least 90%. 

 

Extend Phase 1 - Creating a Healthy School

  • Extend Ayalagaya School Kitchen - Planned start in November

 

Advance Phase 2 - Building Adequate Learning Environment - Our goal is to provide healthy, bright, and sufficient classrooms to limit class sizes to 45 students per classroom. Even with all the completed construction we have still only achieved that ratio at 2 schools: Ayalagaya Secondary and Bacho Primary. You can see where we are by school on the Karimu School Dashboard. We are also planning to build school kitchens so that students and school staff are not impacted by the smoke from open fires. We have raised sufficient funds to build more classrooms and plan to execute them in 2023, but these projects are on hold pending resolution of maintenance issues at Ayalagaya Secondary school.

 

Advance Phase 4 - Supporting Teacher Excellence - This phase focuses on teaching quality and teacher retention.

 

Sustainability and Maintenance

Income 

Income enhancement projects focus on increasing the income of households based on the local agricultural economy. We follow the priorities used by the local leadership to ensure more attention is given to those households with greater need, i.e., households with heads who are not able to work, are women, or young adults 18 to 35 years old. 

  • Vanilla farming -  In progress, began June 2020.

  • Green Bean Pilot - In progress, began in May 2022. Pilot extended due to new partner

  • Chicken Pilot - Planned start October

  • BioChar pilot - Planned start in November

Entrepreneurship

The Entrepreneurship Program is intended to give 25% of households the skills to run a small business through a 6-8 month training and coaching program. 

Financial Services

 

The Financial Services Program aims to increase access to capital for at least 25% of households. The program aims to form and train savings groups, support the formation of a federation whose members are savings groups, provide capital for lending, and train community based trainers for sustainability.

 

Arri Ward  

Sanitation

 

Complete Phase 1 - Creating a Healthy School - This focuses on providing sanitary bathrooms for all schools. In partnership with the government, we have completed 2 of the 9 school bathrooms.

  • Dohom Secondary Bathrooms - Added to plan, planned start October

 

Sustainability and Maintenance 

Health

 

Complete Phase 1 - Foundation for a Healthy Community - This focuses on providing access to basic healthcare within a 1 hour walk. 

 

  • Implementation of Phase 1 of the health interventions - The health interventions are being rolled out simultaneously in Ayalagaya and Arri. See the interventions above in the Ayalagaya Health section. 

  • Malnutrition Survey - The health survey  conducted in Ayalagaya determined that malnutrition and vaccination interventions are unnecessary. We confirmed these results for Arri and are only making a few changes in maternal education for nutrition and detection of malnutrition and obesity. - In progress

 

Education

Income 

Income enhancement projects focus on increasing the income of households based on the local agricultural economy. We follow the priorities used by the local leadership to ensure more attention is given to those households with greater need, i.e., households with heads who are not able to work, are women, or young adults 18 to 35 years old. 

  • Vanilla farming -  In progress, began June 2020.

  • Green Bean Pilot - In progress, began in May 2022.

  • Chicken Pilot - Planned start in October

  • BioChar pilot - Planned start in November

Entrepreneurship 

Financial Services

 

Karimu Social Fund