Nanyumbu



DECLARATION

I Sarah Menas  Nambunga  declare that this field work report is my original work and has not been presented to any of academic institution, No part of this report should be reproduced without my consent or that of Stella Maris Mtwara university collage
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Declaration by the supervisor
This report has been submitted to academic supervisor with my approval as Stella Maris Maura University College.
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DEDICATION

This work is dedicated to my lovely parents; relatives, and to different stakeholders whose materials and moral support have made it successful.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Firstly, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Almighty God for his love, care and blessings that have made me fulfill my duties and responsibilities in both social and academic arenas, by giving me good health of both physical and mental capacities.
Secondly,  I express my gratitude and thanks to my family, relatives and friends who showed me their fully support and cooperation through their prayers, fiscal and moral support for the whole time I was carrying out this field work. May the Almighty Lord bless them all.

ABSTRACT/EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This report is a result of practical training undergone at Nanyumbu district council. The report is perquisite for the certificate students who have to attend practical training. The training took four weeks as from the 17 February 2020 to 17 March 2020. The mode of training involved was participatory in different activities and observation of instructions from the supervisor where also different people participated in different activities such as cleanliness, entrepreneurship and in community development activities in general hence becoming much advantageous not only to me but also to the officers and majority at large


TABLE OF CONTENTS





 

LIST OF ABBREVIATION

CDO:              Community Development Officer
DCD:              Department of Community Development
TASAF:          Tanzania Social Action Fund.







CHAPTER ONE

HISTORICAL BACK GROUND OF THE ORGANIZATION

Nanyumbu is one of the six districts of the southern Mtwara Region in Tanzania. Districts of Mtwara Region, Tanzania .Masasi Mtwara Nanyumbu NewalaTandahimba .This Tanzania location article is a stub. Nanyumbu Map  Satellite Images of Nanyumbu original name: Nanyumbu geographical location: Masasi, Mtwara, Tanzania, Africa geographical coordinates: 11° 8' 0" South, 38° 30' 0" East map 3d map hotel car rental flight detailed map of Nanyumbu and near places
Nayumbu District was officially declared a District by former President of the United Republic of Tanzania President Benjamin William Mkapa, on 29/07/2005. The District Headquarters is the City of Mangaka.Nayumbu district has a size of 5071.5 square kilometers equal to 30% of the total area of ​​Mtwara Region.This district borders Nachingwea district to the north, Masasi district to the east, Mozambique Republic to the south and Tunduru district to the west.The district receives between 400mm and 832mm of rain a year and average temperatures between 250C and 320C.
According to the National Population and Housing Census 2012, the District had a total population of about 150,857 (72,237 women and 78,620 men). Population growth averages 2.1 percent a year. The income of a Nanyumbu district is estimated to be Tshs 442,572 per year.
More than 80% of the population of Nanyumbu District relies on agriculture for their livelihood and income. Commercially grown crops include Cashew, Sorghum, Peanuts, Wheat and Peas. Food crops are Maize, Rice, Cassava, Sorghum, Peas, Peanuts, Grain and Popcorn. Investment opportunities in Nanyumbu District
 Geographically  the  town  council  is located  in the most  southern east part of  country  located  between  longitude.  Populated place a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work, Nanyumbu District, Mtwara Region, Tanzania , latitude 11° 7' 59" S and longitude  38° 30' 0" E    Köppen climate type: -11.13333,38.5
According to the National Population and Housing Census 2012, the District had a total population n of about 150,857 (72,237 women and 78,620 men). Population growth averages 2.1 percent a year. The income of a Nanyumbu district is estimated to be Tshs 442,572 per year.
More than 80% of the population of Nanyumbu District relies on agriculture for their livelihood and income. Commercially grown crops include Cashew, Sorghum, Peanuts, Wheat and Peas. Food crops are Maize, Rice, Cassava, Sorghum, Peas, Peanuts, Grain and Popcorn. Investment opportunities in Nanyumbu District .The population development of Nanyumbu as well as related information and services Census 2012-08-26   44,928,923According to Gender (C 2012) Males 72,237 Females78, 620. Urbanization (C 2012) Rural1 31,075 Urban 19,782Age Groups (C 2012) 0-14 years 63,690 15-64 years 78,487 , 65+ years 8,680
The ward and village has main season. Worm humidity rainy seasons which started from November to April and dry seasons which strait from June to October. The average annual rainfall granges between 800 mm – 900 mm while the average temperature range between 22.c June and 26/29.m October.
Administratively the ward is divided into 1 ward village 12 hamlets
Table1. Ward administrative
NO
WARD
VILLAGE
HAMLETS
1
1
19

Source, Nanyumbu profile 2020
Customable social and economic development for the people of Nanyumbu and its villages by the year 2020
Nanyumbu counted to create conducive environment for social,political and economic development.
Primary education in Nanyumbu district has total of 1 primary school which has ……..
About 2% of population access adequate clean and safe water through pipe water supply scanners deep and shallow well sifted with had pumps dams and ram water harvesting times.
Community development refers to those measure and efforts that enables people to recognize their own abilities identify problems and use the available resources and opportunity for income and build better life on self-reliance basic.
The district provides services all people who need to acquire services from district since the targeted is to serve the community to improve living standard of people at Nanyumbu district through the identifying and utilizing natural postures for their own.
Agriculture is the predominating economic sector in Nanyumbu district about 90% of the agriculture cutup is by small holder’s farmers. The Nanyumbu district defends on farming and destructs in generally as the main source of income of which contribution about 75% of the total income. Food crops growth include cassava, maize. A cash crop includes cashew nuts and sesame. Sesame yield of all crops in the district and ward and village are much compared to national yield of crops productivity and consequently raise the living standard of the people in the district especially of our poor farmers
Livestock keeping is very low regulating into advice effect on the status of the people one person consumer less than a little of meal less than kilo of meat and egg per year. The estimated live suffice population are cattle 1655 sheep 1107 hence 9, 36,752 goats 20,308 and 970 dogs Present yield of all livestock production in the district are very low compared to national.
One presence of cooperative mane ting in Nanyumbu district is important because most of the members are too poor to their own transport storage facilities or even to influence prices of their communities especially cashew nut which is the major cash crop the objective of having the cooperative union in the ward and village are promote the economic and social welfare of its numbers and to market their commodity more efficiently than the Mudale increase accessibility to credit and education to its members and at the same times services the need of their consumers effectively. There are several constraints faced cooperative to the district and ward and village there include lace of effective capital both is funds and capital. Requirement educational training of personal lack of capital has led not only insufficient business but also to little seven expansion this had led to failure of most of these societies to tap economics of scale
This is another important sources of revenue to district  is also potential source too poverty alleviation aiming the people district was a total 524 shop 420 restaurant 1620 kiosks the district and revenue has collection through various organization however services delivery by the sector is hampered by shortage of sounds and local of transport for supervision generally the ward and village increase the number of traders including big cashew nut traders and training of business community on business skills and management and also increase animal inspection of business.
Since over 90% of the habitants of Nanyumbu district are employed in agriculture this means that the ward and district and village generally own revenue base relies on this source about 90% of the ward. Own provides is from agriculture the other 30% of income is business increases however there source are highly unless to the communities to their expectations as the result of the ward and village has to poly not only on its own revenue sources. Apart from there is sources of revenue the ward and village also expects to recover subsidies from the central government and some other find from development parties
The district has a total number of 93 health facilities of which four (43) of them are Health Centre and 50 dispensaries that are owned by government and provide institution. However health performance is adversely affected by limited sands this has resulted into in adequate supply of drugs materials, shortage of qualities and skilled presumed and into inadequate poor incentive for the existing staff.
Table 4: Show types of health facilities
Facility types
Government
Private
Total
Hospital Health Centre
1

1
Dispensaries



Bicycles and motor vehicles are the major means of transport in the district had no railway and airport, the district using its roads for social and economic activities within its bound and at national since the nature of roads are all weather passable.
The use of fire wood in rural areas and charcoal in urban is traditional way to the preparation of food heating water etc. with only 50% the district household gain up access to electricity through solar power, fuel wood is indeed the predominant energy source for domestic purposes


1.4.3 Other forms of energy
Fossil fuel is also important for domestic lighting purposes kerosene is the number one source in both rural and urban areas.
Lack of experiences to my food so I was given sore tasks which was above of my capability to perform i.e.
Poor resources like cars, computer and internet connection through that we have failed to visit various community members for provision of lessons concerning social life.
Ignorant of source community members so they were brings some ceases which was not concerned with the officer I was taking my told.
Lack of patient to the village member.
Poor timing of field attachment
Patient helps me to concerning some problem faced in the field attachment I was provides education of the community member which cases can be breached.
Strategic government is to improve, encourage and ensure that people occupy and utilize land in a proper manner for social, economic developments without caducity degradation to the environment currently the ward and village has 150 surveyed plots in this planning period counal arms at demarcating primary and secondary school, Health Centre and village boundaries.
The district also aims at increasing number of fevered and allocated plots.


1.7 Products
Nanyumbu district deal with the services provider as the institute through the various departments which enables the town to meet the targeted goals to the whole provides quality services to the whole society with no segregation to any one, where her is poor, rich, educated people and those who are not educated for example to provide knowledge on sexual reproductive health.
Geographically  the  town  council  is located  in the most  southern east part of  country  located  between  longitude.  Populated place a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work, Nanyumbu District, Mtwara Region, Tanzania , latitude 11° 7' 59" S and longitude  38° 30' 0" E    Köppen climate type: -11.13333,38.5












Figure1. Organization chart




















The village government together with the villagers themselves have some objectives to new generation and future generations, some of those objectives are
Quality and quantity of economic services such as improvement of agricultural sector, business and livestock keeping.
Good leadership and administration enhanced, the village has on objective of having proper leadership which can promotes free and fair contribution of ideals to the got by involve the villagers in the village meeting, also a village enhanced gender `balance.
Poverty reduction, a village aims to reduction of poverty when reaches 2025 by sustaining the government policy of Tanzania to reduction poverty in 2025 by improving various sectors.
Other objectives of the village are social welfare and gender empowerment and good management of environment and environment conservation.
To deliver the problems of the central government.
To fulfill orders from the district council.
To encourage citizen in development program.
To conduct village mediation council.
To receive and discuss report of revenue and expenditure of the village cash.
To maintain peace and security in the village.
To solve conflict emerged within the community in the village.


CHAPTER TWO

PLACEMENT IN THE ORGANAZATION

In this chapter explained the placement of the organization, activities undertaken, working environment, measuring demands of assigned tasks, problems faced, solution to the problems faced, new things learned, gaps in the theory and relevance of attachment. As the things that I learned during field attachment which I was conducted at Nanyumbu district
To resolve various social misunderstanding of Nanyumbu district community in order to reach several of Nanyumbu district community
To empower Nanyumbu district community with a knowledge which can liberate them from the poverty and others problems which are facing community
To improve the different several of TASAF
To educate people to engage in entrepreneurship groups in order to reduce poverty to the people in Nanyumbu district
To encourage people with production activities in order to improve their development
Work environment was good to some extent although there was financial problem our chief supervisor used to motivate us by providing breakfast and some incentives at the end of the month. Good relationship between students and supervisors and among students themselves was a matter of consideration we normally collaborated in each task assigned to us.
During field activities performed at my field training some activities were more challenging since financial activities being implemented through information technology system which include computer. High tax all these are system used in finance
Lack of experience to my field, so I was given some task which was above of my capability performed.
Poor resources like cars, computers and internet connection through that we have fail to visit various community members for provision of various lessons concerning social life.
Ignorant of source community members so they were brings some ceases which was not concerned with the officer I was taking my told.
Lack of patient to the village member
Poor timing of field attachment
Through the knowledge which I grasp from the college I was succeed to perform those task I was given by the head of department of community development.
Even though we have poor resources to reach various community members so community development staff was decided to use phone in order to listen various problems which were facing community concerned.
We were provide education to the community members which cases can be brought to Nanyumbu district and which cases should be not brought to the ward.
We were educate people to engage in entrepreneurship that can help them to improve their lives
Patient help I to overcome some problems faced in the field attachment.
I learned and get how to educate people about entrepreneurship
To learn how to negotiate the various cases found in the community
To know how to register different groups of people example elders and disable people
Increasing of confident and understanding on how community development officer operate in our community
I learned that patient is very important in order to successful.
The gaps in the theory field programs it exist simply because all the things which we learned in the college some does not exist and some of them exists since the program or sociology system that we learned at the college all are not applicable due to the system set by the institute so that situation is one of the gaps in the theory.
Nanyumbu district have given chance to student to join in that organization to their field in order to get many things that may help them to increase their knowledge and skills with their training and in order to help other people in the community.
The field attachment training program should be improved in order to attract student to practice so as make them being good community development officer within the society.
The field attachment training help I some people come to get advice from me other ways those people since advice.








CHAPTER THREE

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

In this field work I learn on how to manage time and working in team. The organization deals with different people who have different levels in education, culture, attitudes and historical background.
Achievement which I achieved in community development officer such as;
-          Good cooperation among the staff members
-          Educate people on how to participate in entrepreneurship 
-          good system of working procedure in which it make my performance well and appreciated by other staffs
-          Good arrangement of duties, assign make the management to believe on my performance.
-          Good cooperation with community members 
-          Reduces conflict to the community members
Nanyumbu district is very or strong enough on heaving required properties, qualified personnel whose employed and attached to the relevant department, since the workers perfumed their tasks in accordance with higher confidence, objectivities and interpret as well as set of rule and regulation that enables them to report at work on time.
3.4 Recommendation

3.4.1 Recommendation to Stella Maris Mtwara

-          More time should be allocated to the field attachment training at least two months or four months than three weeks are not enough to make students to understand works more practically.
-          To get information which  will improving the relations between university, field organization and students also  will help to know the developing of the student during the field and will be easily to solve some problems in any community.
-          The students must be given financial support that would help them during field attachment training to reach limited areas and met with other people.
·         Students should give more time in order to accomplish their field work so that they can learn and occur more skills and knowledge in data collection.
·         During field time, supervisors should visit their students in order to make them competent to what needed in the work.
·         Field reports collected should be utilized fully in order to have an idea on what going on in the community and brings positive change by solving challenges that occurred.


Nanyumbu dictrict Council (2020), Nanyumbu Officer; Field students on trainer’s attachment.

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