SIMON RIPOT

DECLARATION

I SIMION KAMBANGA 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 would like to thank so much ShomariSaidiChodo for supervising me in a manner that built me with critical thinking skills and evaluations when conducting academic and social activities and so becoming a remarkable supervisor in the way that her supervision made this field work successful.

Lastly, 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 Madaba Village under the Tandahimba Ward. 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 from Madaba Village 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

WCDO:           Ward Community Development Officer

WEO:              Ward Executive Officer

MEOs:             Mtaa (Street) Executive Officers

TASAF:          Tanzania Social Action Fund.

CHAPTER ONE

HISTORICAL BACK GROUND OF THE ORGANIZATION

1.0 Introduction

This field report entails what I have been doing in community development department in Madaba VillageatTandahimba Ward which is direct related to sociology Diploma program. This chapter will include historical back ground of the department, vision and mission, objective, purpose of the field, location of the department, core activities of the department, challenges and the way forward.

1.1 Back Ground of the Organization

Madaba is one among of the village forming Tandahimba District. Tandahimba District is the west by Madaba village and cost of Mtwara Region. Madaba ward is the administratively subdivides into 1 ward village and in Madaba has 13 hamlets and Madaba have small town cost in Tandahimba ward. 

According to team of ethnicity records from census hydrates that majority of the in the Mtwara Region are Makonde origin of the Makonde dominates with 95% of the inhabitants followed by Makuwa, Mwera and Mawia.

1.1.1        population

basing on the 2012 census determine up the village had a population of 2502 people of who 1378 were female and 1127 male and 714 children were 405 girls and 309 boys and disabilities 33 whom 69 females and 14 males.

1.1.2        climate

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.

1.1.3        ecological characteristics

The ward is divided into 2 ecological zones

1.1.4        Makonde plateau

This is the biggest zone in the ward and village. The zone corves the control part of the it is the most productive zone for both food and cash crops and small stock keeping. The main economic activities is only agriculture and since there is neither river nor like fishing is not experienced crops grown in order of their important are cassava, sorghum, maize, upland paddy and legumes cash crops in dudes cashewnut, coconut, sesame and groundnut.

1.1.5        administrative setting 

Administratively the ward is divided into 1 ward village 12 hamlets

Table1. Ward administrative

NO	WARD	VILLAGE	HAMLETS
1	1	5	12

Source, Tandahimba profile 2020

1.2.0 Vision and mission

1.2.1 Vision

Customable social and economic development for the people of Tandahimba ward and Madaba village by the year 2020

1.2.2 Mission

Tandahimba ward counted to create conducive environment for social and economic development.

1.2.3 Education

Primary education the village has total of 1 primary school which has 516 are Madaba primary school.
Table2. Primary education faalitate in Madaba village 

Madaba	Girls	Boys	Total
	273	243	516

In Madaba village there has no secondary school has primary school only.

1.2.4 Water and sanitation

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.

1.2.5 Community development

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.

1.2.6 Nature of the business

The ward provide 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 Madaba village through the identifying and utilizing natural postures for their own.

1.2.7 Agriculture

Agriculture is the predominating economic sector in Madaba village and Tandahimba municipal about 90% of the agriculture cutup is by small holder’s farmers. The village 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. A cash crop includes cashew nuts. Sesame yield of all crops in the district and ward and village are much compered to national yield of crops productivity and consequently raise the living standard of the people in the village especially of our poor farmers

1.2.8 Livestock production

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 165 sheep 110 hence 93,652 goats 2008 and 90 dogs

Present yield of all livestock production in the villages are very low compared to national Tandahimba and Mtwara.

1.2.9 Cooperativeman-eating

One presence of cooperative mane ting in Tandahimba municipal and Tandahimba ward and Madaba village 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 thanthe 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

1.3. 0 Trade sector

This is another important sources of revenue to district and ward and village is also potential source too poverty alleviation aiming the people district and ward village was a total 524 shop 90 restaurant 120 kiosks the district and ward village 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.

1.3.1 Ward and village revenues

Since over 90% of the habitants of Tandahimba ward 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.

1.3.2 Health

The district has a total number of 26 health facilities of which four (4) of them are Health Centre and 22 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	-	-	-

1.4Economic infrastructure

1.4.1 Roads

Bicycles and motor vehicles are the major means of transport the ward and village had no railway and airport, the ward and village using its roads for social and economic activities within its bound and at national since the nature of roads are all weather passable.

1.4.2 Energy

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 ward and village 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.

1.5 Challenges and its solution

1.5.1 Challenges

·         Lack of experiences to my food so I was given sore tasks which was above of my capability to perform ie.

·         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

1.5.2 Solution

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.

1.6 Strategies direction

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 ward also aims at increasing number of fevered and allocated plots.

1.7 Products

Tandahimba ward 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.

1.8 Location

Madaba is within Tanzania and West of Lilombe, East of Tandahimba and North of Miridu. Madaba has on devotion of 268 meters.

Location: Tanzania East Africa latitude 10˚ 45˚ (10. 45˚) south longitude 39: 41˚ (39.6833˚) East elevation 268 meters (879 feet).

Figure1. Village organization chart

CHAIR PERSON

 

SECRETARY/ VEO

 

VILLAGE COMMITTEE

 

HEALTH DEPARTMENT

SECURITY DEPARTMENT

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

 

VILLAGERS

1.9 Objectives and Function of the Village

1.9.1 Objectives of the Village

The village government together with the villagers themselves have some objectives to new generation and future generations, some of those objectives are

v  Quality and quantity of economic services such as improvement of agricultural sector, business and livestock keeping.

v  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.

v  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.

v  Other objectives of the village are social welfare and gender empowerment and good management of environment and environment conservation.

1.9.2 Function of the Village 

v  To deliver the problems of the central government.

v  To fulfill orders from the district council.

v  To encourage citizen in development program.

v  To conduct village mediation council.

v  To receive and discuss report of revenue and expenditure of the village cash.

v  To maintain peace and security in the village.

v  To solve conflict emerged within the community in the village..

CHAPTER TWO

PLACEMENT IN THE ORGANAZATION

2.0 Introduction

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 Madaba village in Tandahimba Ward

2.1 The core activities of community development at Tandahimba ward and Madaba Village

To resolve various social misunderstanding of Tandahimba ward and Madaba village community in order to reach several of Tandahimba community

To empower Tandahimba and Madaba 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 Tandahimba ward and Madaba village

To encourage people with production activities in order to improve their development

2.2 Working environment

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.

2.3 Measuring Demands of Assigned Tasks

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

2.4 Problems Faced by Organization and its Solution

2.4.1 Problem Faced

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

2.4.2 Solution to the Problems Faced

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 Tandahimba ward or Madaba village 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.

2.5 New things learned

·         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.

2.6 Gaps between theory and attachment

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.

2.7  Relevance of attachment

·         Tandahimba ward 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

3.1 Lesson Learned

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.

3.2 Knowledge Gained

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

3.3 The Sustainability of an Organization

Madaba Village 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.

3.4.2 Recommendation for field Officers

·         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 ideas on what going on in the community and brings positive change by solving challenges that occurred.

REFERENCES

Tandahimba Ward (2020), Madaba Village Officer; Field students on trainers attachment.