Impact assessment of Ihushi Jitegemee Youth Training Center : Bujashi-Magu District
In: Original format: Bound CED Project Report, Shapiro Library, Southern New Hampshire University, 2005
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PANUA is a community Based Organization at grassroots level in Magu District, Mwanza Region. Its centre of operation is IHUSHI Village in Bujashi Ward, situated about 50 m and 18 km from Magu District Headquarters and Mwanza City respectively. It also enjoys good proximity with Kisesa Minor settlement (6 km away) on the Mwanza Musoma Road (5 km), the National Vocational Education Training centre (13 km) and it is hardly 15 km from the shores of Lake Victoria. The Mission, goal and objective of the CBO is well embodied in its name PANUA. PANUA is a Kiswahili acronym carrying the words "Panda Mbegu ya Maendeleo, Inua Hali ya Wananchi" The literal translation of these words is, "Plant Seeds of Development to raise the standard of living of the most Vulnerable". PANUA Memorandum of understanding defines the most vulnerable as those girls and boys who complete primary education and stay at home without opportunity to be engaged into any gainful and sustainable income generating activity. The rate of youths' vulnerability is exasperated by two factors: the age at which they finish primary education (13-16 years) and the equipment used in the major means of production, farming with hand hoes. These two factors prevent the youth from entering the production market. Once they complete their education, there is a necessary prolonged time-lag period, between primary school completion and acquiring the basic capability to work on farms using had hoes as major means for production.However, during this long period, the youths are faced with a number of temptations as they struggle to make a meaningful living. The result is early pregnancy leading to forced marriages for the girls, urban migration for both girls and boys in search of employment as bar and restaurant attendants, house-servants. On the other hand, the youths, who remain in the village, end up joining fishing villages scattered along the lake. Once in the fishing villages they are subjected to a number of anti-social practices, such as multiple sexual partners, ...
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Impact assessment of Ihushi Jitegemee Youth Training Center : Bujashi-Magu District
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Maarugu, Elias Kajeli ; Rukantabula, Augustine A. |
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Zeitschrift: | Original format: Bound CED Project Report, Shapiro Library, Southern New Hampshire University, 2005 |
Veröffentlichung: | Southern New Hampshire University, 2005 |
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